Hallmark cuts Hall of Fame movie deal with ABC
Hallmark announced today a multi-year deal, beginning with the 2011-2012 TV season, to premiere Hallmark Hall of Fame movies exclusively on the ABC Television...
New home for cancelled Soaps 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live'
Soap fans can breath easier as ABC has licensed its iconic soaps to Prospect Park and the deal enables the soaps' stories to continue beyond their finale dates on ABC. Details of the new productions and tune-in will be soon
Fox and NBC win Wednesday
"So You think You Can Dance" scored big with the young demos, but "America’s Got Talent" had more viewers, so Fox won Wednesday in...
BSkyB sale to News Corp. back in holding pattern
The one-week deadline that UK Secretary for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, Jeremy Hunt, had set for final comments on News Corporation’s proposed buyout...
ABC's 'Primetime Nightline Casey Anthony: Not Guilty' big audience
More than Doubling its Lead-in and Gaining Audience Throughout its Broadcast, ABC's Special "Primetime Nightline Casey Anthony: Not Guilty" Boosts its Time Slot.
"Primetime Nightline"...
Fox 'So You Think You Can Dance' up in viewers
FOX ranked #1 last night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.
The SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Top 14 performance show posted a 2.4/7...
NBC w/ 'America's Got Talent' winner and the new Idol
NBC won Wednesday night in total viewers for a fifth consecutive week.
At 8 p.m.. ET, "Minute To Win It" (1.4/5 in adults 18-49, 5.3...
Wednesday Late-Night ratings winner 'Nightline'
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.8/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.1/5 with an...
Moody's unsure what Joe Clayton is up to
Dish Network has made three big acquisitions so far this year and newly installed CEO Joe Clayton was recently quoted as saying he was interested in Pandora Media, Sirius XM and Hulu as well. That has a Moody
Michele Bachmann takes to the air in Iowa
The first actual genuine votes for the Republican presidential nomination won’t be cast until early next year, but an earlier vote is on the...
Univision's 'CONMEBOL Copa America 2011' match hits 7 million
Monday's CONMEBOL Copa America 2011 match delivered a reach of 7.2 million viewers who tuned in to all or part of Chile's 2-1 win...
Looking for TV M&A to pick up
Radio merger and acquisition activity has picked up noticeably in 2011, but television is still waiting for a bellwether deal. RBR-TVBR got insight from Chris Ensley at Coady Diemar Partners on his report predicting that TV M&A activity. Result: Eye Opening
Food fight breaks out in Washington over marketing to kids
A group of federal agencies led by the Federal Trade Commission worked up a report on the marketing of food to children on television ... Broadcasters have to watch themselves from 6AM to 10PM. And commercial speech is not nearly as free
Week: 41: TeleFutura's 'Do
TeleFutura Continues to Hold More Nightly Wins over Telemundo versus the Same Period in the 2009/2010 Season Among Adults 18-49.
TeleFutura Broadcast Prime Highlights -...
Week 41: Univision ranked No. 1 Friday night among Adults 18-49
Univision ranked as the #1 broadcast network for the entire week among Adults 18-34, out-delivering FOX (+22%), ABC (+32%), NBC (+11%), and CBS (+157%).
Univision...