Monday, June 22, 2026

Friday 'Dateline NBC' has solid audience

At 8 p.m. ET, "Friday Night Lights" averaged a 0.7/3 in 18-49 and 3.0 million viewers overall.  Week to week, "FNL" is up 17...

Fox Minneapolis O&O fined by FCC for VNR use

KMSP-TV, a Fox O&O, has been found liable for an FCC fine for airing a video news release from General Motors that was found to be close enough to a commercial message..The fine amounts to $4K.

Top syndies mix it up

“Wheel of Fortune” scored the most viewers during the week of 6/20-26/11, according to SNTA and Nielsen, but “Judge Judy” scored the highest rating....

TNT airing "Dallas" pilot

We all know that TNT has greenlighted a redux of the iconic CBS nighttime soap "Dallas" for a full season, and it will now...

CBS News' Harry Smith leaves for NBC

Another departure from CBS News, since Katie Couric left the CBS Evening News anchor chair: The announcement came in an email from CBS News...

CBS relies on Big Brother for Thursday win

Big Brother was back to kick off a new season, and it powered the Eye Network to a win over ABC. Fox beat NBC...

NAACP slams networks for lack of primetime news diversity

CNN fires Elliott Spitzer opening up an opportunity...NAACP slammed CNN, and all of its competition, for maintaining an all-white lineup.

CBS winner Thursday w/ season-premiere 'Big Brother'

Last night's premiere of BIG BROTHER outperformed last summer's inaugural broadcast in viewers, adults 18-49, adults 18-34 and adults 25-54 and was Thursday's #1...

Fox 'So You Think You Can Dance' solid 8pm

FOX aired the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Top 14 Results show and an encore GLEE and ranked third last night among Adults...

ADS delivery hits all time high in US households

According to a TVB analysis of Nielsen Media Research data for May, while wired-cable penetration has declined to a 21-year low, a record number...

NBC's Thursday comedy line-up '30 Rock' last

At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Community" delivered a 0.7/2 in 18-49 and 2.3 million viewers overall.  Week to week, "Community" is...

Thursday Late-Night winner 'Nightline' by a nose over 'Jay Leno'

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," 2.1/5 with an...

ABC's solid w/ 'Wipeout' and 'Rookie Blue' Thursday

With its new summer Thursday lineup, ABC won the evening among Adults 18-34, beating CBS with its season premiere of Big Brother, Fox with...

TNT orders up second season of Falling Skies

The epic series from DreamWorks Television and Executive Producer Steven Spielberg is now cable’s #1 new series. Starring Noah Wyle and airing Sundays at...

Network affiliates look to avoid Congressional revenue bus

This has always had the possibility of being a difficult Capitol Hill battle as a simple struggle between broadcast and telco organizations. Throwing in a totally unrelated but compelling revenue element is just about the last thing we need.