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Shopping network QVC and its majority owner, cable system operator Comcast Corp., are developing a TV audience measurement system that could pose the biggest challenge in years to VNU’s Nielsen Media Research. Research executives have voiced complaints for years about…
see publication for following charts:Demographic Ratings (Broadcast Prime Time, Syndication)Night-by-night Nielsen Prime-Time ratings for the week of Feb. 26-March 4Ratings for the week of Feb. 26-March 4
Viewers’ obsession with reality TV isn’t just in prime time.Universal’s hit strip “Blind Date” has scored the triple play for footage-driven series in syndication. The addition of five third-runs of the series throughout the country, as well as an additional…
With the February sweeps wrapped up and a number of series now pegged as “Dead Shows Walking,” several up-and-comers for the fall season are stepping up to the plate, announcing key clearances and a “go” for the new season, while…
A week of families and fortunes found huge success with game and relationship shows in the household ratings. But in the key demos, audiences are finding their way to brand new formats, according to Nielsen Media Research for the week…
Everyone’s favorite Internet target for a merger with a traditional media company saw its future turn cloudier last week.Yahoo!’s stock plunged to new lows on news that it will dramatically miss its revised advertising revenue and earnings targets, while its…
Match about over for ECWNew York–Extreme Championship Wrestling may be down for the final count. ECW’s scheduled wrestling pay-per-view event for Sunday night was canceled when ECW couldn’t hammer out a deal with PPV distributor InDemand. Sources said ECW couldn’t…
King World hires three execsA trio of executives has been charged with taking King World/CBS Enterprises to the next level.King World Productions has tapped two executives for its programming department following the departure of Andy Friendly last week. Steven Nalevansky…
USA Network is hoping Doug Herzog can find that “South Park”-like hit that has so far eluded the cable network.Mr. Herzog, most recently president of entertainment at Fox, was named to the new position of USA president by USA Cable…
Oh, sure, everybody tosses around adjectives like “visionary” when they talk about Jamie Kellner now that he’s built and branded two networks that proved there were new ways to give the gray-hairs of broadcasting a demographic-specific run for their advertising…