Even though the final numbers for 2012 aren’t in yet, it’s clear that Fox News Channel will end the year with its 11th straight win as the No. 1 cable news channel, reports TVNewser.com. It will also end the year…
A number of shows sank to series lows and season lows on the broadcast networks Wednesday night, based on Nielsen overnight numbers. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that CBS’s “CSI,” ABC’s “The Middle,” “The Neighbors” and “Modern Family” and NBC’s “Chicago Fire” all…
A major-market CBS-owned station has announced that it’s dropping its morning news show. Mediabistro’s TVSpy reports that WWJ-TV in Detroit is scrapping its "First Forecast Mornings" broadcast. "WWJ remains committed to local programming where it makes sense,” the station said…
Joe L. Allbritton, who founded Allbritton Communications — the parent company of Washington D.C.-based ABC affiliate WJLA, cable’s News Channel 8 in the D.C. area, and Politico — died Wednesday at 87, TVNewsCheck reports. Allbritton, a national champion debater in…
New rules governing the loudness of television commercials, adopted a year ago by the Federal Communications Commission, go into effect today, the Associated Press reports. The rules are contained in the CALM Act, which limits the volume of the audio…
NBC scored a win in the prime-time ratings Tuesday night, with “The Voice” carrying much of the load and new series “Take It All” continuing to show strength, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that…
Less than a week after giving the go-ahead to a new series for the summer schedule, ABC had a change of heart and has shelved the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The project is the paranormal drama…
Cinemax, HBO, Time Warner and a production company called True Crime LLC were sued Tuesday by an actress who claims she was bullied into performing nude scenes and was sexually harassed and placed in a dangerous work environment, according to…
The top 10 regularly scheduled television broadcasts of 2012 were dominated by sports and reality shows, with very little scripted programming represented, reports MediaPost’s MediaDailyNews. Three of the top 10 regularly scheduled shows were sports, with NBC’s "Sunday Night Football"…
PBS has named a new head of programming, reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The job goes to Beth Hoppe, who has worked at the public broadcaster since August 2011. Hoppe replaces John Wilson, who is…