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Daily Archives : Oct 6, 2009

An Open Letter to David Letterman

Dear Dave, As a female viewer of your show and an admirer of your comedic talents, yes, you owe me an apology and yes, you gave me—and all your viewers, your staff and most importantly, your wife—one on the air…

Fall Finally a Winning Season for Fox

For the first time in years, Fox is showing signs of two breakout hits this fall, "The Cleveland Show" and "Glee," according to the Los Angeles Times. For the season, the network is up 7% in total viewers, and 11%…

Jennifer Hudson Holiday Special Set for ABC

Oscar and Grammy-winning performer Jennifer Hudson will star in a holiday special for ABC called "Jennifer Hudson: I’ll Be Home for Christmas," reports Access Hollywood. The musical hour will be filmed in Hudson’s hometown, Chicago, where she will incorporate people,…

NBC’s One Sure Thing in Primetime is Football

Four weeks into the new season and NBC can point to one night of primetime in which its on top: "Sunday Night Football," reports the Futon Critic. The average total viewership for "SNF" is up to 20.8 million, significantly higher…

‘Kourtney & Khloe’ Season Finale a High for E!

Sunday’s season finale of "Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami" resulted in E!’s highest-rated first-season finale in more than seven years, the network said. The finale averaged more than 2.6 million total viewers, more than quadrupling E!’s average primetime delivery. The network also said that the finale ranked the…

Music From Fox’s ‘Glee’ an iTunes Success

Fox’s new musical comedy-drama series about a high school glee club, "Glee," is proving to be a hit with music lovers, according to TVbythenumbers.com. Ten songs performed on the show are currently in the Apple iTunes Top 200 and over…

‘NBC Evening News’ Retains Top Spot in Ratings

Brian Williams and the NBC "Nightly News" continues to lead among the network news broadcasts, reports TVNewser.com. For the week of Sept. 28, "Nightly News" drew 8,310,000 total viewers, ABC’s "World News" was next with 7,650,000 and Katie Couric on…

Advanced Post-Season Baseball for Web and Mobile Video

Once upon a time, if you wanted to keep up with the baseball playoffs you had to carry a transistor radio, but now with the new Postseason.TVs, a Web and mobile video product, you can — for example — watch…

Nick Plans ‘SpongeBob,’ ‘Fanboy’ Holiday Specials

Nickelodeon Channel has two new specials for kids this holiday season, reports Multichannel News. On Nov. 6, Craig Ferguson, Tina Fey, LeBron James and Robin Williams will be voices in a one-hour "SpongeBob SquarePants" special, then later in the day,…

‘Idol’ to Give Back for a Third Time

“American Idol” plans a third round of its charitable “Idol Gives Back” this season, after taking a break last year, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The show will air April 21, on the Wednesday top-seven results show. The charities benefiting will…