CBS has been able to buck the big broadcasters’ trend of lower viewership levels so far this season, TelevisionWeek reports. The Eye network was tops for the 12th straight week in total viewers and had nine of the top 10…
NBC won’t allow multiple companies to share a single Super Bowl ad, refuting an earlier report that the network agreed to do so, Adweek says. NBC denied that it was in the process of giving permission to Los Angeles advertising…
Comcast and the NFL Network buried the hatchet for the holidays in Minnesota, where all Comcast digital subscribers will be able to see the Minnesota Gophers play Kansas in the Insight Bowl New Year’s eve, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports….
Four top science and environmental journalism groups issued an unprecedented joint statement criticizing CNN for shutting down its science reporting team, the Columbia Journalism Review says. The statement calls the cuts a “shortsighted” move made “at a time when science…
The San Francisco Chronicle chronicles key events that played out on TV and behind the scenes during 2008. The list includes the Writers Guild of America strike, the end of “The Shield” and the announcement that Jay Leno will move…
A heavy load of short-term debt coming due at Cablevision Systems may force the Dolan family that controls the cable operator to focus on its core business rather than dabble in acquisitions, the Wall Street Journal says. Shutting down the…
Lauren Velez, who plays Lt. Maria Laguerta on “Dexter,” will appear in multiple episodes on ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Velez will play a nurse involved in a plot twist that may lead to the death of one…
The Federal Communications Commission, which cancelled a Dec. 18 meeting because Chairman Kevin Martin couldn’t get enough votes for certain agenda items, will meet Dec. 30, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The regulator is required to meet once a month, B&C…
Time Warner Cable in September will start airing two Mexican television networks in its Texas markets, Multichannel News says. Mexico’s Multimedios Television will have its Multimedios and TeleRitmo networks air in 15 Texas markets, Multichannel News reports. —Danny King
NBC Universal’s USA Network supplanted the Disney Channel as this year’s most watched basic-cable channel, the Hollywood Reporter says. USA, which regained its 2006 ratings lead with shows such as “Monk,” averaged about 460,000 more primetime viewers than Disney Channel,…