Local television stations are bracing for a rough 2009 now that the election is over, the Boston Globe reports. According to data from advertising tracker TNS Media Intelligence/CMAG, stations in Massachusetts and nearby New Hampshire received $23 million this year…
Turner Broadcasting’s Adult Swim, the late-night program block on Cartoon Network, will be expanding by a hour beginning in January. Adult Swim will start at 10 p.m. and run through 6 a.m. under the new schedule. It now appears from…
Television networks at 11 p.m. EST called Sen. Barack Obama the winner of an election campaign that generated huge voter turnout and big ratings, TelevisionWeek reports. As early as 9 p.m., CBS quoted an aid to Republican John McCain as…
With an Obama administration on the way, AT&T and Comcast may find some of their business practices under scrutiny, Bloomberg reports. The Democrat favors “net neutrality” by Internet service providers. The policy is favored by Internet-based business such as Google,…
Time Warner reported flat financial results for the third quarter, and said it was adjusting its full-year business outlook in the face of a “challenging economic environment.” Net income was $1.07 billion, or 30 cents a share, compared with $1.09…
Not long ago, a great media guessing game was when CBS was going to part ways with “Evening News” anchor Katie Couric. Now in the New York Observer she’s lobbying for the newscast to be an extra half hour long….
ABC set Jan. 5 as opening night for two reality series: “The Bachelor” and “True Beauty,” TelevisionWeek reports. “True Beauty” is a new show from Ashton Kutcher and Tyra Banks, while “Bachelor” is entering its 13th round. — Jon Lafayette
CBS has ordered a sixth film in the “Jesse Stone” series starring Tom Selleck, the Hollywood Reporter says. The order comes before the debut of the fifth film in the franchise about a small-town police chief. Returning in the cast…
Many cable news networks hope the coverage of the remaining “burning issues” will be enough to keep the strong ratings they had in the months leading up to the presidential election, the Hollywood Reporter says. “After a massive story like…