Media General reworking execs with Reid Ashe retirement
O. Reid Ashe Jr. announced plans to retire the end of this year as COO, Exec. VP and a director of Media General. Effective...
Obama and Biden make PSAs with Sesame Street (video)
There wasn’t room in the headline, but we’re talking about First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden. They visited Sesame Street to record...
TV revenues gained in Q1
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Sen. Bernie Sanders challenges FCC on MVPD competition
The FCC has held that when satellite MVPD subscriptions reach a certain level in an area served by a cable MVPD, a state of effective
NBA Eastern Final Game 4 stats for TNT
TNT’s exclusive coverage of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals series between the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat continues to draw big ratings for the...
WIBW-TV gets Jayhawk athletics
The University of Kansas Department of Athletics announced that Gray Television’s WIBW-TV (CBS) has become the Topeka market affiliate of the Jayhawk IMG Television...
Week 35: Broadcast 91, Cable 9
The NBA Playoffs gave cable/satellite networks two entries in the top 50 for all of television in the key 18-49 demo for the 35th...
PTC objects to latest Billboard awards program
On Sunday 5/22/11, the 2011 Billboard Music Awards aired in prime time on ABC, and the first song featured recording artists Rihanna and Britney Spears performing material outside of PTC
Finales ruled Tuesday
Fox had the performance finale of "American Idol" and the season finale of "Glee" on Tuesday, so it is no surprise that it won...
Season-finale 'The Biggest Loser' 4th place NBC
From 8-10 p.m. ET, the finale of "The Biggest Loser: Couples" (3.1/8 in 18-49, 8.1 million viewers overall) delivered the show's weightiest 18-49 rating...
Tuesday Late-Night way out front 'Nightline'
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 3.0/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.5/6; and ABC's...
Fox finished second Tuesday w/ 'American Idol'
Airing the AMERICAN IDOL Season 10 performance finale and the season finale of GLEE, FOX dominated last night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens...
Three hours of 'Dancing with the Stars' wins for ABC
With the Grand Finale 12th-season closer of "Dancing," ABC (17.4 million) stood as the most-watched network on the final Tuesday of the season and...
Telemundo launches first campaign for an Emmy
Emmy Awards don’t just happen. The networks work hard to promote particular shows and stars to win votes to claim the precious statuettes. NBCU’s...
OJ judge Jackie Glass heading to TV
No doubt Judge Jackie Glass has many achievements on her resume, but she is known nationally for one thing: sentencing OJ Simpson to prison....