NBCU programming on the bubble

Greenblatt defended the decision to hire Howard Stern as a judge on

Pat Buchanan kept in suspense at MSNBC

Anybody has been wondering about the status of conservative commentator and former Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan at MSNBC, it is suspended indefinitely. It ties into a book he wrote

Comcast AWS stockpile was investment, not infrastructure

RBR-TVBR observation: The obvious question remains: Why the big rush to chase television stations off their current dial position when the companies that want to do the chasing are sitting on unused spectrum?

Over 6 million view ABC's Republican Debate in New Hampshire

6.25 Million Americans Watched the ABC News Republican Debate in New Hampshire. ABC's "Your Voice, Your Vote" Debate Stands as Saturday Night's #1 Non-Sports Program...

NFL Wild Card, Lions-Saints is third-best for NBC

Lions-Saints is Third-Best Wild Card Saturday Overnight in 12 Years; Trailing Only Previous Two Years on NBC Two-Game Wild Card Average of 17.2/30 is Third-Best...

Saturday Night Live scores top household ratings

"Saturday Night Live" (7.4/18 in metered-market households from 11:45 p.m.-1:15 a.m.) with host Charles Barkley and musical guest Kelly Clarkson, dominated its time period...

ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition took second Friday

Jumping week to week in Total Viewers (+48%) and Adults 18-49 (+40%), ABC hit an 11-week high on Friday night despite facing the Cotton...

NFL 'Wild Card' analysis; Texans vs Bengals, a shootout

It will be a shootout." Dungy on Saints-Lions.  "It will be fun to watch and see who can handle the big stage." - Harrison...

Premiere of 'The Bachelor': Vying for Ben Flajnik (review)

There's a lot of crazy in the air. My skepticism that Ben actually finds true love during his season of the Bachelor was only...

'The Bachelor' jealousy explodes and tears flow

Jealousy xxplodes during the Season's first group date. Finally, the claws come out at a tense cocktail party. The 18 remaining bachelorettes travel to the...

NFL 'Wild Card' playoff analysis: Steelers vs Broncos

Denver's standpoint, the biggest key to this game is, obviously, they cannot turn the ball over.  For Pittsburgh, it's going to be dealing with...

Thursday win to Alphabet Net

"Grey's Anatomy" led the way as ABC won the Thursday ratings race. Thursday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 3.3/9 2.3/6 1.5/4 1.1/3 1.1/3 0.8/2 Adults 18-34 2.6/8 1.2/4 1.6/5 1.2/4 0.7/2 0.6/2 Total Viewers (millions) 9.464 9.341 3.561 2.628 4.563 2.258 Click here for more from TV...

ABC winner Thursday w/ Grey's Anatomy

Returning to its regular Thursday lineup for the first time in 8 weeks (since 11/10/11), ABC turned in a strong first-place finish on Thursday...

FOX w/ repeat of Bones third-place Thursday

FOX aired back to back encores of BONES at 8pm (1.2/3) and 9pm (1.1/3) and ranked third last night among Adults 18-49. CompetitionThe premiere of...

NBC line-up Thursday lands fourth-place w/ repeats

At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Community" (0.8/2 in 18-49, 2.6 million viewers overall) is up week to week by 33 percent...