Season-premiere 'Masterchef' on Fox ranked No. 2 w/ 18-49
Last night FOX ranked #2 among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens and #1 among Men 18-34.
The premiere of MASTERCHEF posted a 1.8/6 among...
ABC wins Monday w/ summer favorite 'The Bachelorette'
With its winning combo of The Bachelorette and Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition, ABC dominated Monday night by 1.4 million viewers (CBS) and by...
NBC's 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' 3rd place 9pm
At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Minute To Win It" delivered a 1.0/3 in 18-49 and 3.9 million viewers overall.
"Minute" grew from...
Monday Late-Night ratings winner 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 3.1/8; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.4/6; and ABC's...
Waiting for the Olympics decision
Fox Sports, NBCUniversal and ESPN/ABC have all made their pitches to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Switzerland. Now we await an announcement from...
A la carte advocates have to go back to class
An attempt to nail MVPDs on behalf of subscribers for antitrust violations due to the practice of channel bundling has been tossed by the Ninth
Rainbow spin-off set for end of month
We won’t be able to sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” for this corporate split, since Cablevision has now renamed Rainbow Media as AMC Networks...
CBS adds Marv Albert to NFL broadcast team
The next season of “The NFL on CBS” – assuming there is a season – will have legendary sports broadcaster Marv Albert as a...
NBA on ABC crushes competition
Game 3 of the NBA Finals give ABC an easy win on Sunday. Once again the final tally is delayed for time zone adjustments.
Sunday...
Katie Couric deal is done with ABC
Look for new syndicated TV show to launch next year (September 2012) with distribution by Disney/ABC Domestic Television. The format should work well for her. No doubt a lot of stations wish it could have been possible to launch in Fall of this year, rather than next year.
CALM Act commentary calendar established
Congress has passed and President Barack Obama has signed the CALM Act – which is intended to quiet down commercial messages on television. The...
Fox Sunday night repeats of animation and it showed
Last night, FOX aired encores of AMERICAN DAD (1.1/4), BOB'S BURGERS (1.1/4) from 7-8pm, followed by THE SIMPSONS (1.8/6), THE CLEVELAND SHOW (1.6/5), FAMILY...
Sunday at NBC 2-hour 'America's Got Talent' delivered 18-49 demo
From 7-8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Dateline NBC" delivered a 0.7/4 in 18-49 and 3.7 million viewers overall. From 8-9 p.m. ET,...
Stations prepare for NFL, keep fingers crossed
The NFL lockout continues, although various news outlets report that talks between the owners and the players union have quietly resumed in secret. Many TV stations have a lot riding on the pro football season and they
'NBA Finals' game 3 delivers win for ABC Sunday
NBA Finals Game 3 on ABC Wins the Night with 11.1 Overnight Rating 22nd Consecutive Time Finals Generate Highest-Rated Program of the Night.
The NBA...