DTV to be celebrated next week
ION Media Networks will join members of the administration and Congress at the Rayburn House Office Building to celebrate the successful transition to DTV,...
Weighing anchors
With the passing of CBS and journalism icon Walter Cronkite, the pollsters at Rasmussen wondered how people think of him, and how the current crop of network news anchors measured up
Dueling late night spin-meisters
The battle for late night supremacy in the post-Leno era has both sides claiming major advances. Dave kicked Conan’s butt, claims CBS. Conan is leaving Dave in the dust, counters NBC. Are they looking
NBC launches site for “The Jay Leno Show”
President Barack Obama makes a weekly address to the nation, so now Jay Leno is doing the same. His weekly video message is a key feature of the new website that NBC has launched ahead
More Payne for TBS
TBS has ordered 20 more episodes of the powerhouse comedy “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne,” extending its partnership with Tyler Perry and Debmar-Mercury. And...
Dancing beats the Prez
Is this a shocker? Fox passed on President Obama's news conference and "So You think You Can Dance" grew its audience, carrying Fox to...
Gray to manage most Young stations
The lenders who have bid to acquire Young Broadcasting have told the bankruptcy court they plan to hire Gray Television to manage most of the stations
Unsecured creditors object to Young sale
The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors has asked a federal bankruptcy judge in New York to reject the sale of Young Broadcasting to its secured lenders. What’s the rush, they say? Young’s business is improving
Media General stock skyrockets
Wall Street really, really liked the Q2 report from Media General, with net income way past expectations at 90 cents per share. The company’s stock price was double Tuesday’s closing price
Kidvid: Genachowski favors parental control
Children were back on the agenda in the Senate Commerce Committee, for the specific purpose of considering an update of the Children’s Television Act of 1990. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
CBS does some Christmas shopping
A dog in need. A boy with a big heart. How could this not be a warm and fuzzy TV movie classic? Oh, did...
TV Guide Channel gets Ugly
In its first-ever deal for scripted programming, TV Guide Channel will have the cable rights to air episodes of “Ugly Betty” within two weeks...
Give 'em Hell, Fox
The premiere of the new season of "Hell’s Kitchen" gave Fox a Tuesday victory in 18-49, while "America's Got Talent" helped NBC win the...
Sex and drugs in North Carolina lawsuit
Newport Broadcasting’s WCTI-TV (ABC) Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC and chief meteorologist Skip Waters are defendants in a lawsuit by a man who alleges he was...
All-Star game hands Fox the 18-49 crown
Even with the Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Fox as the week's most-watched show, CBS still managed to win the Households ratings with...