Tuesday, June 23, 2026

NBC's late night w/ 'Jay Leno – Jimmy Fallon' strong combo

NBC's late-night lineup has scored #1 finishes for the week of July 18-22, as "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" generated bigger audiences than...

Wednesday win for Fox

"America’s Got Talent" was the top show on Wednesday and NBC had the most viewers, but Fox still won the 18-49 demo. Wednesday...

CBS's 'Big Brother' wins streak continues

 BIG BROTHER placed first in its time period in viewers, adults 18-49, adults 18-34 and adults 25-54, continuing its summer-long winning streak, according to...

Comcast/NBCU may be an undone deal

Most of us thought that the joint venture between Comcast and NBCU was completed back at the beginning of the year, but a routine review of the merger was conducted by a federal judge

NBC's Wednesday reality 'America's Got Talent' is hot

At 9 p.m. ET, a Results Show edition of "America's Got Talent" (2.8/8 in 18-49, 10.7 million viewers overall) delivered the #1 rating of...

Wednesday Late-Night close battle between the three

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.6/6; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.4/6; and ABC's...

Most viewers watched budget speech on broadcast TV

Cable may have the 24/7 news channels, but analysis of Nielsen data by TVB found that in each of the top 10 markets, far...

Fox delivers young demo's w/ 'So You Think You Can Dance'

The SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Top 8 performance show led FOX to win last night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens....

Strong interest in buying McGraw-Hill TV stations

A little over a month after McGraw-Hill put its four-station TV group up for sale parent company CEO Terry McGraw-Hill told Wall Street analysts Thursday that there is a lot of interest from potential buyers. He did not offer any timeframe for announcing

Auto rebound could boost LIN and other broadcasters

After reporting Q2 core ad revenues (sans political) essentially flat, LIN Media told Wall Street that Q3 is currently pacing down 4% for core TV ad

ABC News putting away the checkbook

In the minds of many, the Casey Anthony trial exposed problems in the American system of justice – or just maybe, it exposed what...

Erik Estrada to dance on Univision

The Univision Network announced today the first in the lineup of 10 celebrities to participate in the highly-anticipated new season of the reality dance...

Fox wants people to pay for streaming

Come August 15th, if you miss a favorite show on Fox and didn’t record it on a DVR, you won’t be able to watch...

ION acquires three series from NBCU

ION Television furthers its programming strategy of providing high-quality content with the acquisition of three of television’s critically-acclaimed and highly popular series, “Psych” and...

TLC renews Bridesmaids spin-off

TLC is announcing that it has picked up SAY YES TO THE DRESS: BRIDESMAIDS for a second season. The network has ordered 18 half-hour...