ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown Presented by IBM” and “Monday Night Countdown Delivered by UPS” are back for the season with new segments to complement the older ones, Multichannel News reports. On the Sunday edition, a segment titled “Young Is Restless”…
Fox News Channel closed out its coverage of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday with a second consecutive victory over all cable and broadcast competitors, according to national data from Nielsen Media Research. The 9.2 million viewers…
If there’s a silver lining to Hurricane Gustav’s pounding of the Gulf Coast, it’s that the Weather Channel pulled in 65 million viewers as the storm threatened and then hit New Orleans and vicinity, Multichannel News reports. The network had…
Nearly 39 million people watched Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s acceptance speech on the closing night of the GOP convention Thursday in St. Paul, Minn. That broke the week-old convention record of upwards of 38 million viewers set by Sen….
ESPN’s “NFL Countdown” will introduce new virtual technology as part of its season debut broadcast Sunday, the New York Times reports. The sports network has teamed up with video game company Electronic Arts to allow electronic versions of its anchors…
“Entourage” creator and executive producer Doug Ellin faces a unique challenge—telling a familiar Hollywood story in Hollywood to other Hollywood types, the Los Angeles Times reports. His series, which returns for its fifth season on Sunday night on HBO, will…
While the MTV Video Music Awards will be handed out on Sunday at the Paramount lot in Hollywood, the Los Angeles is prepping for a weekend of parties welcoming the event back to the city, the Los Angeles Times reports….
“Mad Men” creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner is hoping to capitalize on the critical acclaim of his series and the upcoming Emmy Awards as he shops around for an overall deal with a major studio, Daily Variety reports. While…
National Geographic Channel’s “Dogtown” returns for its new season on Friday night with a special episode, “Saving the Michael Vick Dogs,” taken from recent headlines, the Los Angeles Times says. The debut episode follows four of the 47 dogs rescued…
Despite big cable network viewership for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s speech, the premiere of FX’s new series “Sons of Anarchy” drew an encouraging 1.2 rating and 1.5 million viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen Media Research. The series, about…