Biggest Loser makes NBC a winner
Good news for the Peacock, and the Great Pumkin, which ABC used to edge Fox's So You Think You Can Dance.Tuesday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults...
ABC Posts Best Tuesday Numbers Since Premiere Week
Building on the night for the 3rd straight week, ABC posts its best Tuesday numbers in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 Since Premiere Week.“It’s...
Liberman: Three waivers deserve another
Hispanic specialist Liberman Television LLC wants to be able to operate its Estrella TV network and at the same time provide spot sales representation...
NBCU may head for NYSE
The chief executive of overseas corporation Vivendi said that if it decides to part with its 20% stake in NBC Universal, it could lead...
Category inventor CNN comes in #4 primetime
CNN invented the 24-hour cable news channel. Now it is looking up at three others that are pulling in a greater number of viewers...
Cost of network prime spots still down in Q3
An analysis by independent media agency TargetCast tcm shows the average cost per unit for a primetime spot on network television in Q3 dropped...
ABC Dances into another win
Dancing with the Stars was the big winner for ABC. And watch out NBC: Leno faced a 10PM rerun and lost to it, CBS's...
Barclays likes what is sees on TV
Barclays Capital analyst Anthony J. DiClemente says that broadcasting networks are looking good coming out of the 2009-2010 chute, enough that it may translate into upside for Q4 2009. The news is particularly
NAB defends TV spectrum use
Television spectrum is hardly laying fallow, points out the National Association of Broadcasters. It argues that a recent study commissioned by CEA failed to consider or valuate public
FCC spectrum hunters eyeing broadcast
They’ve been thinking about white space wireless applications for some time. Now the FCC may be considering even more aggressive moves
ABC grows its overall Audience for the 2nd consecutive week
ABC Claims 7 of the Top 20 Entertainment Shows in Adults 18-49, As “Grey’s” is TV’s No. 1 Scripted Show for the 4th Time...
Leno’s lag starting to bother affiliates
The new Jay Leno Show primetime effort had a good first week. It has not done nearly as well during the other five, and it’s starting to cause restlessness
NBC gives thumbs up to three
New NBC comedy program “Community” and drama “Mercy” can get the writers busy – the network has ordered nine more episodes of each. And...
Fox, NBC don't give competition a sporting chance
NBC had Sunday Night Football - that was good, but not as good as Fox's football overrun plus Yankees-Angels playoff baseball.Sunday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults...
ABC’s Desperate Housewives Sunday's most-watched entertainment show
Up on Sunday for the 2nd Consecutive Week, against Big Sports competition on Fox and NBC, ABC Beats CBS by 7% in viewers and...