NBC O&Os beefing up local news
NBCUniversal plans to enhance local news at its 10 owned television stations, hiring more than 130 people to cover more local news -- including reporters, producers and photographers. The goal
truTV gets Impractical next month
Hidden camera shows are always a favorite for producing silly video. Four friends are trying to take that concept to a new level in...
NBC Monday ratings
Monday Results (ABC carried NFL football in Kansas City): * From 8-10 p.m. ET, "The Sing-Off" averaged a 1.4 rating, 4 share in adults...
World News gains viewers
For the week of October 24, 2011, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 7.50 million Total Viewers and a 1.7 rating/6 share/2.01 million...
ABC tops in Halloween viewers
With its Halloween lineup, featuring ABC’s debut of Scared Shrekless (previously airing on NBC), Dancing and Castle, ABC registered as Monday’s most-watched TV network,...
23 million watched Sunday Night Football
The Philadelphia Eagles 34-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football was the most-watched and highest-rated primetime program of Sunday night, and...
CBS wins Monday in key demos
CBS won Monday in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 for the seventh consecutive week, led by TWO AND A HALF MEN, the night's #1...
Local broadcast television stations get access to White House
Live at the White House is taking place 11/1/11, bringing news anchors from nine local television stations from across that country, plus one more...
Second season pickup for Long Island Medium on TLC
TLC has announced that its new series LONG ISLAND MEDIUM has been picked up for a second season. Season two is slated to premiere...
Hostilities come to an end between Fox and DirecTV
The negotiations between News Corporation and DirecTV over the compensation for the latter
ESPN Deportes names sponsors for El Diez
It’s ESPN Deportes’ first scripted series, soccer drama “El Diez.” The lineup of major consumer-brand sponsors include American Airlines, Burger King, Coors Light, General...
Week 5: Broadcast 88, Cable 12
Broadcast networks programs claimed the top four slots in the weekly ratings mash-up by TVB from Nielsen numbers for both broadcast and cable/satellite TV,...
Paisley, Gill and Urban to salute Glen Campbell
Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Brad Paisley and former CMA Entertainers of the Year Vince Gill and Keith Urban will pay tribute to...
Football wins Sunday night ratings
NBC was tops for the night with "Sunday Night Football" and CBS was a strong second, including its NFL game running over into primetime.
Sunday...
Indy cable offering Ovation blasts the state of retransmission
Charles Segars, CEO of arts channel Ovation, says that the rules on retransmission consent are nearing 20 years of age and that the massive changes in the media world