Ratings
see publication for the following charts:Demographic ratings: broadcast prime time, syndicationNight by night nielsen prime time ratings for the week of Oct. 14-20Ratings for the week of Oct. 14-20
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Spotlight on: Trading Spaces
When you see carloads of screaming fans parked outside the house of your television star, you’ve got a hit. When your star is a home designer, you’ve got a bizarre phenomenon.What the screaming is all about is TLC’s “Trading Spaces,”…
CBS looks inside for ad sales chief
JoAnn Ross has been named president of network sales at CBS. Her responsibilities include ad sales for UPN, CBS’s sister Viacom broadcast network.Her predecessor, the well-regarded Joe Abruzzese, is by any measure a tough act to follow, but Ms. Ross’…
Breaking News Archives
Posted Friday, Oct. 25 MSNBC axes ‘Curtis & Kuby’: MSNBC has canceled “Curtis & Kuby,” the 4-month-old afternoon show featuring Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa and defense lawyer Ron Kuby. It had averaged 220,000 viewers and only 125,000 in the preferred…
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Posted Thursday, Oct. 24 Sniper coverage registers ratings record The stunning turn of events in the Washington sniper case Wednesday night helped the all-news networks, which already were registering ratings boosts due to interest in the dramatic story, soar to…
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Posted Wednesday, Oct 23 ‘Jenny Jones’ ruling overturned The Michigan Court of Appeals this morning overturned the $29 million judgment entered against “The Jenny Jones Show” in 1999 stemming from the murder of a former guest, Scott Amedure, by another…
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Posted Tuesday, Oct 22 Powell predicts DTV transition speeding up Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell told broadcasters in Washington today that the transition to digital television will “begin to accelerate exponentially in the next year or so.” Many industry…
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Posted Monday, Oct. 21 Cable firms OK reporting plan In an unprecedented show of unity, the 11 publicly reporting cable operators signed off on voluntary guidelines to provide more consistent details of industry operating metrics. The move comes in response…
Harry Cross
Title: Chief operating officer of Snell & Wilcox, based in Hampshire, England.Background: Mr. Cross trained as an accountant with Arthur Andersen and worked at the firm for three years. He also served as managing director for the U.K.’s Brimar, a…
Station groups at a glance
Dennis SwansonExecutive VP, chief operating officer, Viacom Television Stations GroupNumber of stations: 39 (20 CBS, 18 UPN, one independent)Number of stations with news: 25Fred YoungSenior VP, news, Hearst-Argyle TelevisionNumber of stations: 27Number of stations with news: 25Phil LombardoCEO, Citadel CommunicationsNumber…