Sportscaster on GOP ticket
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate. Not much is known about Palin's views...
Strong viewership for Democrats
This week it’s the Republicans turn in the Twin Cities, but let’s look at the ratings results from Nielsen for all four days of...
Reworked “At the Movies” sets debut
With two new co-hosts, Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz, “At the Movies” returns for its 23rd season in national syndication on September 6th. Disney-ABC...
TV Households increase by 1.5%
The Nielsen Company announced that the total number of television households within the U.S. (including Alaska and Hawaii) for the 2008-2009 season will be...
Lifetime turns out the stars
Lifetime’s "Army Wives" Brigid Brannagh and Sally Pressman, Lifetime Network's President and CEO Andrea Wong, Grammy Award-winning singer Ashanti, and Rock the Vote Executive...
Television universe almost DTV-ready
56% of the 1,798 active television stations in the USA are ready to fire on all cylinders when the DTV transition kicks in 2/17/09, and 41% are not quite there but anticipate no problems
Chip out of the old white space
Wireless chip manufacturer Qualcomm and CTIA-The Wireless Association are saying it may be time to give up on the idea of turning the spectrum gaps in between television stations into
ABC News producer arrested
ABC News says producer Asa Eslocker was arrested after police in Denver ordered him to leave a public sidewalk outside a hotel where the ABC News investigative unit was attempting
Judy back on top
No more tie for 1st place. "Judge Judy" was the sole owner for the most recent week in syndicated television. The report from the...
Final Olympic tally: 214 million
That’s how many US viewers watched some part of the NBC Universal telecasts over the 17 days of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. The count had already broken the previous record before the final day
No DOJ karma for Sinclair in Richmond
A Raycom television acquisition in Richmond forced it to divest a station, and in June, Sinclair agreed to buy one from Raycom. It planned...
Alphabet net picks up five
Stephen McPherson, President, ABC Entertainment, announced pick-ups of five new series for the 2008-2009 season. The list includes three dramas, “Castle,” “Cupid” and “The...
Women’s organization joins kidvid organization
A group of groups have banded together to form the Smart Television Alliance (STA), an organization dedicated to helping parents find suitable television programming...
DNC tally for Day 2
Day two of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday August 26, 2008 featured a speech by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) that was carried live during primetime on eight networks – ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, BET and TV One
22 million watch Democrats, night one
Nielsen Media Research reports that Monday night’s kickoff of the Democratic National Convention from Denver scored a Household rating of 15.1. That’s the combined...