TLC’s “Must Love Kids” debuting 7/15
On July 15, TLC will premiere “Must Love Kids,” a new hour-long docu-series that follows three single mothers as they embark on an emotional...
Summer viewing much like winter viewing
The overall numbers may be a bit lower, but the same shows are still the viewer favorites in the summer as far as syndicated...
Univision newscasts in LA, NY #1 and #2 in Adults 18-49
The Univision Television Group says that two of its stations’ newscasts have taken the top two spots across all people meter markets in the...
AT&T to drop Dish
Dish Network saw its stock take a dive yesterday after AT&T decided to stop marketing Dish programming services. The long-running deal will end December 31st. The marketing deal began
LIN and Charter sign retrans deal
Charter Communications announced several weeks ago that it had come to terms with LIN TV on retransmission consent and would not have to pull...
Talent wins out
NBC's "America's Got Talent" topped viewing for the past week, but the Peacock only managed to strut to second place in the overall ratings.In...
Split Scripps stocks go opposite directions
Official trading began yesterday in the separate stocks of E.W. Scripps Company (TV/newspapers) and Scripps Networks Interactive (cable networks/interactive sites). E.W. Scripps’ stock moved...
The Look rebooked
TV Land has renewed its original reality series "She's Got The Look" for a second season. Emmy Award-Winner Allison Grodner will return as executive...
Hollywood begins virtual lockout
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the bargaining organization for the studios, calls it a “de facto strike,” but a more accurate description is a virtual lockout
NAB’s DC DTV shelter scatter
Washington DC has a lot of off-air TV viewers, and acting on the theory that many of them also use the city’s bus system,...
No strike vote at hand by SAG
The contract between the Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood studios expired overnight, but it appears SAG members will continue to work without a contract – at least for a while.
A la carte lawsuit lives on
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that a lawsuit against cable MSOs, satellite TV companies and the owners of many national cable...
FCC proposes simultaneous sponsor identification
The rulemaking part of the FCC’s Notice of Inquiry (NOI) and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on product placement could require TV stations to...
CBS announces 2008-2009 premiere dates
CBS has slated dates for the fall premieres of its new and returning series, which include a pre-season debut for Survivor: Gabon and the launch of its Thursday and Friday drama series
NBC settles “Predator” lawsuit
NBC has reached an out-of-court settlement with a woman who had sued the network over her brother’s suicide. William Conradt Jr., an assistant district...