ABC revival-debut of 'Charlie's Angels' does well
Series debut of Charlie's Angels scored big gains for ABC.
In Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, Charlie's Angels qualified as ABC's highest-rated scripted series telecast...
Why bid when you can buy
Clearwire is a major provider of 4G wireless broadband service, but it is also in the midst of a major cash crunch. It also has licenses for spectrum that is currently sitting idle. And although the company is not
X Factor gives Wednesday to Fox over ABC by a whisker
Fox had it over ABC by three hairs, one each for 18-49, 18-34 and total viewers. CBS wasn't far behind and won the viewers...
Two And A Half Men win syndie wars
We don’t know how much influence all the publicity surrounding the cast changes of the first-run version of Two And A Half Men had...
FOX winner Wednesday w/ debut of 'The X Factor'
With the two-hour series premiere of THE X FACTOR last night, FOX won the Wednesday night of premiere week for the first time among...
CBS second-place w/ 'Survivor: South Pacific' and 'CSI'
Earlier at 8:00 PM, SURVIVOR: SOUTH PACFIC (P) was second in households (6.3/10), viewers (10.36m), adults 25-54 (4.2/11) and adults 18-49 (3.1/09).
The Season Premiere...
ABC close second-place w/ 'Revenge' and 'The Middle'
The Middle generated ABC's best Adult 18-49 number with regular scripted programming. Revenge stood as the Net's highest-rated series premiere in Wednesday's 10 o'clock...
'Harry's Law' scores well in second season for NBC
"Harry Law" delivered NBC's biggest audience in this time period on an in-season Wednesday since February 9. At 8 p.m. ET, "Up All Night"...
Wednesday late-night 'Nightline' first then 'Jay Leno'
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.9/8; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.5/7; and ABC's...
Nielsen ratings glitch may give wrong DVR viewing data
Nielsen has begun informing clients 9/21 about a software problem that has been generating incorrect data for most of this year for GRPs, reach and frequency estimates. Earlier this year Nielsen changed the way it handled DVR viewing so
Time Warner expanding "TV Essentials"; excludes ESPN
In the wake of impending higher rates charged by ESPN to MSOs and satellite providers for carriage, Time Warner Cable will expand its low-priced programming package, "TV Essentials," that excludes sports channels including ESPN
Low power TV organizations taking their fight to Washington
The Coalition's goal: to make sure Class A TVs, LPTVs and TV translators are not lost in the spectrum auction shuffle. Television broadcasters in general
"New Girl" helps Fox capture Tuesday
CBS and ABC had more overall viewers, but Fox got most of the ones advertisers care about, riding the "New Girl" premiere to a...
MTV tax credit for "Jersey Shore" in jeopardy
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority awarded MTV a production tax credit of $420K for its first season in 2009, and the state