Wednesday, August 5, 2026

NBC sees solid Friday w/ 'Dateline NBC'

At 8 p.m. ET, "Friends With Benefits" averaged a 0.7/3 in 18-49 and 2.5 million viewers overall.  At 8:30, a second episode of "Friends...

Wheel keeps on rollin'

"Wheel of Fortune" retained its #1 position in syndicated television, still holding off "Two and a Half Men." The weekly chart from the Syndicated...

News 12 Long Island reporter loses son

Cablevision’s News 12 Long Island has lost one of its family: News 12 reporter Michael Baldwin's newborn son died 9/1 after being found underneath...

DISH to launch subscription streaming service

DISH is planning to launch its first streaming movie service aimed at Netflix via its $320 million Blockbuster acquisition in April. It comes on...

Earl Arbuckle dead at 61

Fox Television Stations Sr. VP of Engineering Earl Arbuckle suffered a heart attack Monday (8/29) and died. He had held the top position at...

Thursday win for CBS

"Big Brother" led CBS to the ratings crown on Thursday, while reruns dominated the schedule and there was a pre-season game on the NFL...

"Everyday Health" premiering on ABC affiliates

The new :30-minute weekly television series Everyday Health premieres 9/3 from Trium Entertainment and is distributed by Litton Entertainment.  Each episode profiles ordinary people...

NAB responds to FCC diatribe of Mediacom CEO

We have seen cable companies strong-arm program producers when they have the chance

Turner upping show promotions around MLB

Turner Network Sales says it’s ramping up affiliate promotions in Q3 and Q4 around the MLB Postseason on TBS for truTV’s new season of...

Thursday late-night 'Nightline' edged out 'The Tonight Show'

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.9/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.4/6; and ABC's...

Fall primetime insights: younger-skewing entertainment networks

Baseline Intelligence Media analysts Steve Sternberg and Shari Anne Brill have teamed for their latest report, Primetime TV Insight: The 2011 Fall TV Preview...

Mediacom CEO blames FCC for the high price of cable

Rocco Commisso has fired off a letter to FCC Chairman accusing him of turning his back on the consumers...entire letter can be read at RBR.com. RBR-TVBR observation: Last we knew, Julius Genachowski had not been appointed Programming Czar,

Univision announces Fall schedule

The Univision Network, the only top five broadcast network to see primetime ratings growth, season-to-season, among Adults 18-49, today announced its fall line-up, including...

Big Brother powers CBS

The reality show tied its season high and led CBS to ratings victory on Wednesday. Wednesday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 2.0/6 1.7/5 1.6/5 1.5/4 1.0/3 0.4/1 Adults 18-34 1.7/6 1.2/4 1.8/6 1.1/4 0.7/2 0.4/1 Total Viewers (millions) 6.416 6.927 3.661 4.362 3.239 1.044 Click here for...

ABC Wednesday filled with repeats

Delivering its 2nd straight week of gains, ABC hit a 13-week high on Wednesday night among Adults 18-49  - since 6/1/11.  ABC's line-up featured 4...