Thursday, August 6, 2026

Music awards win Sunday for ABC

Given the recent success of music competition shows, it's hardly surprising that the Billboard Music Awards were a big tune-in and gave ABC the...

CBS wins Sunday w/ 'Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost'

CBS won every half hour in viewers on the final Sunday of the season, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for...

Dennis Swanson reflects on hiring Oprah

As President of Station Operations for Fox Television, Dennis Swanson is not someone you

CALM Act pronounced doomed to fail

An online consumer technology site has taken a look at the CALM Act, passed to widespread acclamation with bipartisan support at the end of 2010 with the intent of making it illegal to broadcast ultra-loud commercials on TV. The result of this look is

PGA 'Crowne Plaza Invitational' major viewership for CBS

CBS Sports' final-round coverage of the PGA TOUR's CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL AT COLONIAL on Sunday, May 22 (3:00-6:00 PM, ET), which saw David Toms...

Fox animation Sunday like by teens

FOX's Sunday ANIMATION DOMINATION block ranked #2 last night among Adults 18-49 and #1 among Adults 18-34, Teens and all key male demos.  In addition,...

Season-finale 'Celebrity Apprentice' solid second

For its second hour from 10-11 p.m., "The Celebrity Apprentice" ranked #1. From 9-11 p.m., the finale of "The Celebrity Apprentice" (2.9/7 in 18-49, 8.4...

Young demo's enjoyed 'The 2011 Billboard Music Awards'

ABC's 3-hour broadcast of The 2011 Billboard Music Awards won its 8-11pm time period. ABC won the final Sunday of the 2010-11 TV Season and...

Wonya Lucas taking the helm at TV One

The vacancy created by the retirement of Johnathan Rodgers has been filled. Wonya Lucas is the new President and CEO of TV One, effective...

Good Morning America canceling $10K check to botox mom

A day after Sheen Upton admitted she made up the story Good Morning America ran about her injecting her 8-year-old daughter with the wrinkle-removing...

NBC's Saturday primetime 'Law-Order' average

At 8 p.m. ET, "Chase" (0.7/3 in 18-49, 3.7 million viewers overall) ranked #2 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49.  "Chase" matched...

NBC affiliate impressed by Comcast

Gray Television owns multiple affiliates of each of the big four networks, so Gray President knows something about dealing with the networks

'2011 Billboard Music Awards' Eminem – Justin Bieber dominated

"The 2011 Billboard Music Awards" with Eminem and Justin Bieber dominated this year's Billboard Music Awards, tied for the most awards garnered, taking home 6 each. RBR-TVBR full list of all winners

Finale of 'Saturday Night Live' w/ 'Lady Gaga' No.1

The 36th season finale of "Saturday Night Live" has scored the highest metered-market household average for an "SNL" season-closer in seven years and equaled...

ABC takes second-place Friday w/ 'Shark Tank' and '20/20'

With a replay Shark Tank, Primetime: What Would You Do? and 20/20, ABC earned second place on the final Friday of the May Sweep...