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Coverage of the 2017 NBA Playoffs is posting big gains over a year ago, with ABC and ESPN announcing that their telecasts were up by double digits in the second weekend of action, based on metered-market ratings. “The seven weekend…
Press release from Disney-ABC, April 24, 2017: Almost a year to the day that Disney Media Networks Co-Chair and Disney|ABC Television Group President Ben Sherwood made the announcement during his 2016 NAB Show keynote of a landmark Clearinghouse initiative that…
Erin Moran, who played Joanie Cunningham on “Happy Days,” has died at 56, according to a number of media reports. Writes TMZ, which broke the story, “[A]uthorities in Indiana got a call just after 4 PM ET Saturday from someone…
The co-anchor of CNN’s “New Day,” Alisyn Camerota, who previously worked at Fox News for 16 years, has come forward to accuse former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment and “emotional harassment,” reports CNN. Camerota also says Ailes…
The full schedule of televised games for the 2017 NFL season has come out, which includes coverage on CBS, NBC, Fox, ESPN, the NFL Network and Amazon Prime. Click on the link below to see the full announcement from CBS Sports…
The TV show that has been the most tweeted-about of any show this year is one that does not have ratings, meaning that the Twitter data stands as a unique measure of the show’s popularity. Variety reports that the show…
At 67, Bill O’Reilly is old enough and rich enough — walking away from Fox News Channel with what has been widely reported to be a severance package worth about $25 million — to retire gracefully. But veteran TV writer…
Sony said today that it anticipates net profits for the financial year ending in March 2017 to be $620 million. “That represents a tripling of the Japanese corporate giant’s previous forecast of $222 million but is still only half of…
The Federal Communications Commission continued deregulation efforts under the stewardship of the panel’s new Republican chairman, Ajit Pai, relaxing two key rules Thursday affecting TV stations and telecom companies. Both moves were approved on 2-1 votes by the currently undermanned…
The Sinclair Broadcast Group has added 14 stations in eight markets to its lineup of television stations. TVNewsCheck reports that Sinclair acquired the stations from Bonten Media for $240 million. Sinclair announced the acquisition today. “The deal takes advantage of…