Debate ratings clarification
Yesterday’s report that CNN had scored high with its presidential debate coverage was misleading because the four broadcast networks presented their coverage commercial-free and...
CBS orders up full season of “The Mentalist”
CBS has given a full season order to its new drama The Mentalist, the season's top new freshman series in viewers and adults 25-54....
Consumers subscribing to DTV myths
A new study from the Consumers Union shows that 93% of consumers are aware of the upcoming DTV transition. But a substantial number of those who need to take action of one kind or another are unaware of that fact
Broadcast saves the quarter
Q3 was far from a cake walk for Media General, but lower expenses and a 24.5% improvement in broadcast division profits boosted quarterly earnings to 28 cents per share from 11 cents a year ago
Hopes for a howling success
Animal Planet is hoping that viewers will be captivated by a love story that begins airing next Tuesday, October 21st. It’s the story of...
Hawaii opts for early DTV-Day
The decision to kick off the digital television era in Hawaii just over a month ahead of the rest of the US is literally...
Fox Reality Channel launches mobile video service
Fox Reality Channel has debuted an Apple iPhone mobile video service to feature reality-only content. The mobile service is aimed at keeping the legions...
Week 3: Broadcast 91; Cable 9
ESPN is once again in the Top 10 for all of television with "Monday Night Football" for the third week of the 2008-2009 season....
Americans unprepared for DTV
With only four months to go until analog television is shut off, Nielsen research shows millions of US households are still completely unprepared for the DTV transition. More than nine million would be unable
Classless Class A act?
A number of members of the Class A television community made it to Nashville for yesterday’s historic FCC vote which would have possibly put them on the road to must-carry status, only to find
Two in a row for CBS
The season premiere of "CSI" helped power CBS to another weekly ratings victory in both Households and the coveted 18-49 demo. The ninth season...
Granite serving up caffeine in the Bay Area
Street teams from Granite’s San Francisco station are distributing cups of “KOFY Coffee” as the station returns to its original call letters and rebrands...
Two killed in news copter crash
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating why a helicopter shooting video for ABC O&O KTRK-TV Houston crashed without warning Monday. The chopper was...
NBC Local Media lives up to its name
The Peacock Network’s O&O station group is launching new websites targeting “Locals Only” with news, entertainment and information. The first has launched in Chicago,...
Class A vote pulled
A proposal to grant cable must-carry status to Class A television stations has disappeared from today’s FCC Open Meeting. There are multiple possibilities, among them that the statistical underpinnings