Thursday, August 6, 2026

ABC night of season-finales 'The Middle' 2nd place

At 8pm, ABC's sophomore season finale of The Middle finished #2 to Idol in viewers and young adults.  Opposite Fox's 2-hour American Idol season closer...

Big numbers for Idol finale

What were you expecting? The other networks largely programmed reruns and got out of the way of the "American Idol" steamroller as it finished...

TV Watch helping parents get ready for kids' summer viewing

School is still dominating the schedules of most US children, but in most jurisdictions, summer vacation is only weeks or even days away. Television...

Telemundo has best may in ratings and demo growth

Network on Track to Become Fastest Growing Network Regardless of Language During May Among Adults 18-49 Fueled by Success of "La Reina Del Sur" Miami,...

Univision finished strong in the 2010-2011 broadcast season

Powered by a strong mix of hit novelas - including the most-watched Spanish-language novela in U.S. television history and Univision Studios' first original primetime...

Wednesday was all finale of 'American idol'

Last night's AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 10 FINALE ran from 8:00-10:07pm and posted a 9.2 rating among Adults 18-49, up +12% in the core demo...

Best NBC had Wednesday was 'Law Order: LA'

   From 8-9 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Minute To Win It" averaged a 1.0/3 in adults 18-49 and 3.4 million viewers overall...

Wednesday Late-Night 'Jay Leno and Nightline' tie

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," 2.7/7; and ABC's...

ABC adds nine Scripps stations to Live Well Network

The digital multicast offering Live Well Network from t he ABC Owned Television Group has added the Scripps Television Station Group as affiliates. The...

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...

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...