“CBS Sunday Morning” was #1
CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD was the #1 Sunday morning news program in households, viewers and adults 25-54, according to Nielsen live plus...
Viacom sees ad growth this quarter
After reporting that ad revenues fell 3% in Q4 to $1.3 billion, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman told analysts he expects to see “sequential improvement”...
FOX"s Sunday animation line-up sees slight decline
Airing against very heavy competition from the American Music Awards and the NY Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles game, FOX's ANIMATION DOMINATION block saw declines...
Nielsen Says Goodbye To Diaries For TV Ratings
Nielsen will provide electronic measurement in all of its local TV ratings, retiring paper TV diaries in some 140 local TV markets
LPTV organization makes its case
Among its arguments is that CTIA isn’t so much against LPTV participation as it is...
Thursday, 'Grey's Anatomy' solid , ABC place competitive second place
ABC placed a competitive second on the opening Thursday of the season among Adults 18-49, while ranking a strong #1 the evening in Adults...
‘Ugly Betty’ gets an award; Wilhemina is enraged
WILHEMINA IS ENRAGED BY HER DRAG QUEEN IMPERSONATOR, AND BETTY GETS AN AWARD FOR HER BLOG, ON ABC’S “UGLY BETTY”Vanessa Williams’ Real-Life Brother, Chris...
ABC's 90-minute Barbara Walters special draws viewers
ABC's Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011 earned second place in its time period with viewers and key Adult demos...
Video Streaming Fragmentation Continues
Have U.S. televised programming consumers reached a tipping point when it comes to their preference of streaming video platforms versus linear, traditional platforms? New research from Horowitz Research illustrates just how dominant SVOD, AVOD, OTT and Connected TV already are in the 50 states and its territories.
Sinclair and ABC continue talks
Affiliation agreements were due to expire New Year’s Eve for Sinclair Broadcast Group’s nine ABC stations. No agreement has yet been reached, but the...
Cablevision buyout rejected
Shareholders of Cablevision have turned thumbs down on the offer from the Dolan family to buy them out for 36.26 per share and take...
Life. Changing. Transaction: A Texarkana TV Station Is Sold
For television viewers in the Texarkana, Ark./Tex., market, a Class A digital TV station has provided "life-changing" non-secular programming for several years. Now, the future of this property is in question thanks to its sale.
"The Talk" premiere week shows growth with Women 25-54
The premiere week of CBS's new daytime talk show, THE TALK, posted impressive growth among women 25-54 on the CBS O&O stations and across...
Sinclair sees Q3 at low end of guidance
Sinclair Broadcast Group has updated its guidance to Wall Street, saying Q3 net broadcast revenues will be at the low end of the guidance...