NBC Saturday has rerun crime drama; w/ 'Harry's Law'

At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Harry's Law" averaged a 0.4/2 in 18-49 and 3.1 million viewers overall.  From its first half-hour to...

NBC Friday 2nd hour of 'Dateline NBC' better showing

At 8 p.m. ET, a rebroadcast of "The Office" delivered a 0.7/2 in 18-49 and 2.1 million viewers overall.   At 8:30 p.m. ET,...

Hulu non sale seen as good for Dish Network stock

Dish Network’s stock price was up on Friday (10/14). That could well have been because of an announcement late Thursday that Hulu was no...

Television coalition to offer alternative spectrum plan

When it comes to providing broadband access for citizens the US, the Coalition For Free TV and Broadband says that it can do better than

Senators add voices to call for incentive spectrum auctions

In a development that comes as no surprise whatsoever, Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), the top

LIN Media and Mediacom come to retransmission terms

It took about a month and a half, but the wrestling match over retransmission consent between television group LIN Media and cable MSO Mediacom

Wheel rolls on

"Wheel of Fortune" continues as the #1 show in syndication, although reruns of "Two and a Half Men" from the Charlie Sheen days are...

X is the Thursday night Factor for Fox

"X-Factor" was back on Thursday and powered Fox to the 18-49 title. CBS, led by "Big Bang Theory," had the most viewers. Thursday Overnight Nielsen...

FOX No. 2 Thursday w/ 'The X Factor'

Airing the first installment of THE X FACTOR "Judges' Homes" round last night, FOX won its fourth consecutive Thursday night among Adults 18-49, Adults...

CBS line-up wins Thursday w/ 'The Big Bang Theory'

At 8:00 PM, THE BIG BANG THEORY was first in households. At 9:00 PM, PERSON OF INTEREST was first in households. At 10:00 PM,...

ABC Thursday line-up w/ 'Charlie's Angels' third-place

In its time period, Charlie's Angels topped NBC's established comedies... improved the hour for ABC over the year-ago. As each of its Thursday series posted...

NBC's Thursday line-up touch on the weak side

At 8 p.m. ET, "Community" (1.7/5 in 18-49, 3.8 million viewers overall) is up week to week by 13 percent in 18-49 rating (to...

Thursday late-night clear winner 'Nightline'

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.8/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.9/7; and ABC's...

Ted Koppel joining NBC's Rock Center

Former ABC “Nightline” host Ted Koppel is returning to network television as special correspondent for NBC’s “Rock Center with Brian Williams.” The new primetime...

LIN executives and analyst say auto is picking up

Looking to the future, the tone was very positive from the LIN execs, particularly for 2012. Somewhat cautious about ad trends. Broadcast TV is