ABC cancels soaps, replaces with food and health programming
'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' will end their broadcast replaced with two new reality programs: Food and Exercise. 'General Hospital,' is not
CBS takes second as Fox enjoys Idol-night dominance
It wasn't even close 18-49 – Fox 6.0, CBS 3.0 on Wednesday. But that 3.0 put CBS well ahead of ABC, and Univision edged...
Kaiser campaign to turn off television on tap
In its ongoing effort to promote healthy children and to fight childhood obesity, Kaiser Permanente has often urged that children get off the couch...
15 electronic journalists selected for RTDNF German Fellowship
The Radio Television Digital News Foundation (RTNDF) announced that 15 producers, reporters and educators have been selected to become journalism fellows in Germany this...
FOX Sports signs rights 13-year rights deal with Big 12
The Big 12 Conference unveiled a 13-year media rights deal with FOX Sports that’s expected to bring the conference's schools better than $1 billion...
90-minute 'American Idol' wins for Fox Wednesday
Airing the AMERICAN IDOL Top 8 performance show and Week 2 of new comedy BREAKING IN, FOX won the night across all key demos...
NBC 10pm repeat 'Law -Order: SVU' second-place
From 8-9 p.m. ET, "Minute To Win It" averaged a 1.0/3 in adults 18-49 and 3.7 million viewers overall in a highly competitive hour...
Wednesday Late-Night 'Leno-Letterman' tied; 'Nightline' by nose
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," 2.8/7; and ABC's...
ABC 9:30pm sitcom 'Happy Endings' took second
Up against Fox with a 90-minute Idol into Week 2 of the comedy Breaking In on Wednesday night, ABC ranked #2 in Adults 18-34,...
'America's Next Top Model' sees most watched todate
AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL had its most watched episode since March 9 (2.25M viewers), and was up 11% versus last week in A18-34 (1.0/3),...
Genachowski speech: what about the other local news stations?
He mentioned a lot of over-the-air stations do not provide much in the way of local content...RBR-TVBR had to take note that we count at least 12 stations
Moody's turns positive on Nexstar debt ratings outlook
Revised the outlook of Nexstar Finance Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Nexstar Broadcasting, to positive from stable. It is looking good for Perry
Telemundo see best ratings week
On the heels of announcing its best quarter in history, Telemundo continues its record-breaking momentum reporting "La Reina del Sur" beat Univision, ABC, NBC...
Crime pays on Tuesday for CBS
The slate of crime dramas on CBS dominated the Tuesday ratings. The premiere of "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" on ABC failed to attract a...
Charlie Sheen claims 85% chance of returning to show
After another night of being booed by people who’d paid to see his stage show – this time in Boston – Charlie Sheen dodged...