Letterman jokes about death threat (video)
David Letterman returned from vacation Monday (8/22) as the FBI and other authorities investigated a death threat against the CBS
New Katie Couric talker dubbed "Katie"
With the end of “Oprah” earlier this year, syndicators are wasting no time in filling that void for stations. So Disney-ABC is already ramping...
Bounce TV adds Philadelphia, Kansas City
The over-the-air broadcast television network for African-Americans launching 9/26 keeps adding markets and groups: This time it’s Philadelphia and Kansas City on multicast channels...
WMAQ-TV adding noon news in Chicago
NBC O&O WMAQ is jumping into the lunch hour news competition. It will launch a new half-hour NBC 5 noon newscast on Monday, September...
No US bid for 2020 Olympics
NBC affiliates can forget about having a Summer Olympics on the home front in 2020. The US Olympic Committee (USOC) has decided not to...
'SNF' Chargers – Cowboys leads NBC to Sunday night win
Last night's "Sunday Night Football" preseason game, in which the San Diego Chargers defeated the Dallas Cowboys, 20-7, delivered a 7.1 overnight rating and...
Football is back for Sunday win
It was only a pre-season game, but having the NFL gave NBC an easy Sunday ratings win. Click on the headline for the chart...
Nexstar sets ABC launch in Terre Haute
Terre Haute, IN, DMA #152, is the market where Nexstar has dumped Fox, instead of the other way around. WAWV, the new calls replacing WFXW, is set to launch September 1st with its new ABC affiliation. WAWV is actually
Texas consumers brought into incentive auction loop
The controversy surrounding the possibility of incentive spectrum auctions in order to free airspace for mobile broadband has to date been an inside-baseball issue...
CBS Sunday w/ 'Big Brother' solid
BIG BROTHER SUNDAY delivered the series highest numbers of the summer (on any night) in viewers, adults 25-54, 18-49 and 18-34, according to Nielsen...
CBS Sports '2011 College' football expands 'SEC' coverage
CBS Sports Network has increased its college football programming for the 2011 season with four new shows including the SEC TODAY PRESENTED BY SONIC,...
CBS Sports Network's new shows for college football season
CBS Sports Network has increased its college football programming for the 2011 season with four new shows including the SEC TODAY PRESENTED BY SONIC,...
TNT claims basic cable's top summer dramas
TNT’s powerhouse dramas Rizzoli & Isles, The Closer and Falling Skies are set to score major victories as basic cable’s top drama series of...
ABC, the two-hour '20/20: The Sixth Sense' No. 2 Sunday
Up against stiff competition from NBC's preseason NFL coverage (Dallas-San Diego) from 9:00-11:00 p.m., ABC's debut of 20/20: The Sixth Sense surged over its...
Fox Sunday animation falls in fourth-place
FOX aired encores of its animated comedies and an original installment of IN THE FLOW WITH AFFION CROCKETT last night:
AMERICAN DAD (R): 0.8/3 BOB'S...