Political filled the gap at Hearst-Argyle
Q3 revenues were flat at Hearst-Argyle Television, with heavy political spending filling the hole left by an 11.5% decrease in core advertising business. CEO...
Moonves upbeat on the new season
Television ad revenues were down 14% in Q3 for CBS Corp., but the company attributed much of that to competing with the Olympics on...
Double dose of candidates
Univision has scored both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama to appear this Saturday on the network’s long-running and highly rated prime time...
MSTV wants to review the review
The Association of Maximum Service Television is using a Freedom of Information Act to attempt to get some answers as to how the latest...
"Wheel" rules again
"Wheel of Fortune" regained sole possession of first place in syndicated television in the most recent week, although "Two and A Half Men" remained...
Obamamercial delivered ratings
ABC got only a small ratings boost by airing “Pushing Daisies” while its three major rivals all carried a 30-minute political infomercial by Barack...
Senators teed off about NFL TV policy
Love of football is a bipartisan thing, and it has resulted in 13 US Senators firing off a letter to the NFL over its use of the NFL Network for late season games. The senators, led by Patrick Leahy
USA delays “L&O: Criminal Intent”
The new 8th season of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” will not begin next week on NBC Universal’s USA Network after all. Instead of...
TV pacings down sharply for Meredith
Political is still providing a cushion, but otherwise Meredith Corporation reports that the percentage drop for TV pacings in the current quarter is in...
LIN and Time Warner Cable settle at last
Nearly a month has gone by since 15 LIN stations were pulled from Time Warner Cable systems in 11 markets – but that changed yesterday as all returned. Terms of the new retransmission
TV5Monde to cover election
TV5MONDE USA, America’s only 24/7 French language channel, will air live coverage of the Presidential election from New York City, for the first time...
Not only is white space on the agenda
At least one FCC commissioner thinks Chairman Kevin Martin’s on white space devices (WSDs) will not only be approved, it may well draw a...
Week 5: Broadcast 96, Cable 4
ESPN's "Monday Night Football" made its usual top 10 appearance (#9), but otherwise the top-rated cable/satellite network show for all of television in the big money 18-49 demo for week five
Strong week for Fox and CBS
With the World Series underway, Fox had a good week in the Nielsen ratings, claiming the top spot in the key 18-49 demo, while...
Play ball! Maybe
If the weather cooperates at last, the rain-delayed game five of the World Series that began Monday night on Fox will resume tonight, with...