This Week in HD: Music Men
HD programming picks for Nov. 6-12: “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” “The Blues Brothers” and “Eli Stone” “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” (Starz) Sun., Nov. 9, 9 p.m.: John C. Reilly stars as the title character in the…
Yearly Archives : 2008
NFL Network Still Blocked by Cable
If you didn’t get the NFL Network last year, or the year before, you still can’t get it, the New York Times says. NFL Network is about to start its eight-game schedule of live regular season telecasts, but it doesn’t…
Cox Plans Job Cuts
Cox Communications plans to cut its work force by about 460 jobs, or 2%, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says. The company had revenues of $8.3 billion last year and recently announced plans to offer wireless phone service next year. “Essentially we…
‘Dancing’ Over for Lucci
Say goodbye to Susan Lucci, this week’s celebrity to be eliminated from “Dancing with the Stars,” the Associated Press reports. “I just have to say, I have had the most incredible experience here. I leave with a life experience, something…
Fey Putting Palin to Rest
Tina Fey will no longer play Sarah Palin, the VP candidate who did wonders for her career and the ratings for “Saturday Night Live,” Entertainment Weekly reports. “I have to retire just because I have to do my day job,”…
Obama Speech Scores 4.8 Mil Online Views in 24 Hours
Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech after winning the presidential election last night had earned more than 4.8 million viral video views 24 hours after the clip began to circulate online, according to data from online video measurement service Visible Measures….
CNN, MSNBC Web Sites Most Popular on Election Day
CNN.com won the online news race on Election Day for TV networks, ranking as the most visited Web site on Nov. 4 among all TV network Web sites, with MSNBC.com second, said online audience measurement firm Hitwise. CNN.com’s traffic rose…
Schumer Sparks New Fairness Doctrine Debate
Comments made by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., during an interview with Fox on Wednesday have prompted concerns whether a new Fairness Doctrine will be imposed on broadcast networks and talk radio, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Sen. Schumer told Fox the…
78.6 Mil Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage
An estimated 78.58 million people watched prime-time coverage of the historic election on 14 broadcast and cable networks Tuesday night, according to final national averages from Nielsen Media Research. That’s a dramatic increase from the 59.17 million who watched Election…
Fox Stations Pull Down News Corp. Profit
Fox Broadcasting parent News Corp. said today that its fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 30% as a drop in profit from its local television operations more than offset a boost in earnings from cable network programming. The company, factoring in the…