Fox Sports in deal with Ultimate Fighting Championship

Mixed martial arts promoter Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has cut a multi-year, multi-platform rights agreement with Fox Sports Media Group (FSMG). A few UFC...

Tim Eagan in development deal with ITV Studios America

ITV Studios America announced an exclusive overall development and executive producer agreement with  veteran reality producer Tim Eagan and his Show 5 Productions… Eagan is...

NBC's late-night lineup 'Leno, Fallon and Daly' pulling audience

NBC's late-night lineup has scored #1 rankings for the week of August 8-12, as "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" generated bigger audiences than...

Nexstar launching another independent

Nexstar Broadcasting Group has confirmed that KSFX-TV Springfield, MO will go independent next month as its Fox affiliation moves to a rival station. It...

Big Brother gave CBS a win

CBS was the ratings victor on Wednesday night, led by "Big Brother." Wednesday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 2.0/6 1.7/5 1.4/4 1.3/4 0.7/2 0.4/1 Adults 18-34 1.4/5 1.3/4 1.0/3 1.4/5 0.6/2 0.4/1 Total Viewers (millions) 6.960 6.183 4.313 3.294 1.877 1.117 Click here for more from...

WNBC-TV premiering 5PM newscast

NBC 4 New York announced Shiba Russell and Tom Llamas will serve as co-anchors for the new 5pm newscast scheduled to begin 9/12. With...

Season to Date late-night, 'Nightline' takes No. 1 slot for ABC

Season to Date, "Nightline" Ranks First in Late-Night Among Total Viewers and Adults 25-54. "Nightline" is up by +6% in Total Viewers and by +4%...

Wednesday 'America's Got Talent' delivered No. 1 results

At 9 p.m. ET, the "America's Got Talent" Results Show (2.4/7 in 18-49, 9.4 million viewers overall) delivered the #1 result of the night...

Wednesday late-night winners; 'Nightline' and 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.1/5 with an encore telecast; CBS's "Late Show with David...

Average Wednesday for Fox with repeats of 'House'

Last night FOX aired encores of MOBBED (0.7/2) and HOUSE (0.7/2). Competition ABC aired repeats of The Middle at 8p (1.3/5), Modern Family at 830p (1.4/5)...

CBS's 'Big Brother' solid winner in key demos

"Big Brother" Also Posts Highest Men 18-34 Rating Since August 2005 and Best Adult 18-34 Rating Since September 2010 CBS Wins Wednesday in all Key...

Saga launching new CBS affiliate in Victoria, TX

Saga Communications is the whale in the small pond of Nielsen DMA #204, Victoria, TX. It has three of the big four network affiliates. No wait, make that four of four. It has signed to launch a CBS affiliate

al-Qaeda website targeting David Letterman

Some jokes told by CBS late night host David Letterman apparently angered a radical jihadist so much that a post on an al-Qaeda-related website...

nuvoTV gets distribution boost from Comcast

Comcast Corporation announced an expanded distribution agreement with nuvoTV, an English-language general entertainment network targeting American Latinos and fans of Latino culture. The agreement follows...

TNT begins production on Perception

TNT began production this week on its intriguing new original series Perception, starring Emmy® and Screen Actors Guild Award® winner Eric McCormack (Will &...