Monday, June 29, 2026

CBS WLNY buy figures to carry a heft price tag

CBS to get a second broadcast television station makes good sense, and analyst David Schutz thinks it makes fabulous sense and could also carry a very high sticker price. The math on the price is

David Astor dead at 92

For teenagers in Maine in the 1950s and ’60s David Astor was the local king of rock ‘n’ roll, hosting “The Dave Astor Show:...

Tavis Smiley plans on "Remaking America"

Record unemployment, corporate avarice, empty houses but homeless families, dwindling opportunities in a politically paralyzed nation—these are the realities of America, land of the...

Manuel Abud heading Telemundo Station Group

NBC Universal’s Telemundo Media has named Manuel Abud (pictured) President of the Telemundo Station Group, reporting to Emilio Romano, President, Telemundo Media. Abud succeeds...

Sunday is football night

It will take a while to make the time zone adjustments, but NBC won the Sunday ratings game again with "Sunday Night Football." Sunday Overnight...

Lowe

“All-American Muslim” has been running on cable channel TLC for about a month, with advertising support from hardware giant Lowe’s. But after taking heat...

ION scores "Cold Case" from Warner Bros.

ION Television now owns all seven seasons (156 episodes) of Cold Case, in a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. The series will...

Fox Sunday animation fourth-place

Airing against significant competition from the NFL game on NBC (NY Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys), FOX's FAMILY GUY and THE SIMPSONS were the top...

ABC News' Your Voice, Your Vote Debate' No. 1 Saturday

"ABC News' Your Voice, Your Vote - Republican Presidential Debate in Iowa" (9:00-11:00 p.m.) ABC News' "Your Voice, Your Vote - Republican Presidential Debate in...

ABC's 'Once Upon a Time' holds respectable third

Once Upon a Time continued to generate strong year-over-year gains. Building sharply on its repeat lead-in (America's Funniest Home Videos) opposite sports-driven competition during the...

NBC's 'Sunday Night Football' Giants-Cowboys No. 1

Sunday Night Football was the No. 1 broadcast on Sunday night and led NBC to another Sunday night win, according to overnight data released...

Tough quarter for ACME Communications

ACME Communications has been actively trying to sell its television stations and completed the sale of three back in May. But that still left...

Spectrum auctions tied to payroll tax cut

The network neutrality portion of the spectrum bill may prove its undoing

Episode one'The Bachelor' Ben returns to the mansion

Ben returns to the mansion for the first big cocktail party. He explains to Chris Harrison that, as painful as his experience was last season,...

AFTRA crafts new TV contract with networks

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract that includes a 6% pay increase. The agreement with the four major TV broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox) and