Americans watched a record 151 hours of television per month during the fourth quarter, the Nielsen Co. says. In a new “Anytime Anywhere Media Measurement [A2/M2] Three Screen Report,” the ratings company said that Americans are also watching more video…
There’s an early glimmer of hope that this year’s Oscar ratings won’t be quite as bad as some prognosticators had feared. Accurate Nielsen numbers for Sunday’s Oscars won’t be available until later today, but in the nation’s biggest TV markets,…
The Screen Actors Guild on Saturday rejected the “last best” contract offer from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, TelevisionWeek reports. The rejection raises the possibility of a strike authorization vote, the Hollywood Reporter says. Some wonder if…
A study due out next month shows that despite worries about fragmentation and digital video recorders, the effectiveness of advertising on television hasn’t declined, Advertising Age says. The study, funded by Nielsen’s Council for Research Excellence, finds that TV remains…
Anchors are corresponding with their viewers via Twitter, the social networking service, the Washington Post reports. David Gregory of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Terry Moran of ABC”s “Nightline” and Rick Sanchez of CNN are among those sending and receiving short…
Warner Bros. is planning to move production of the Fox series “Fringe” to Vancouver, Canada, from New York because of the economy, Entertainment Weekly reports. A New York tax incentive program recently ran out of money, the magazine adds. —Jon…
The Academy Awards again failed as an exercise in good television, the Washington Post said in a review. “A few earnest attempts were made to liven up the program—one of them the hiring of multitalented movie star Hugh Jackman as…
Universal is negotiating with Glen A. Larson to write a movie version of “Battlestar Galactica” as the Sci Fi Channel series airs its final episodes, the Hollywood Reporter says. The movie wouldn’t have a connection to the cable series, except…
CNBC put reporter Rick Santelli’s rant about President Obama’s housing plan on the Web to generate traffic on its Web site, the New York Times reports. When Santelli was called out by Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs, his profile was…
Television news coverage of President Obama’s stimulus package featured political commentators but few economists, the Associated Press reports. The Center for Economic and Policy Research said the media had “badly failed” to inform the public about what the stimulus plan…