NBC was the winner Tuesday night in the adults 18 to 49 demographic, with all four of its shows showing week-to-week increases in the demo.“Law & Order: SVU” was the top-rated program for the night in the demo, scoring a…
Fox Sports’ coverage of the first game of the New York Yankees-Los Angeles Angels playoff series drew a higher rating than any of last year’s first-round playoff contests. The game drew a 6 Nielsen Media Research rating and 10 share,…
As previously reported in TelevisionWeek, author and cable network cooking personality Rachael Ray has made a deal with King World Productions for a syndicated talk strip.The new series, which will be shot in New York, will be distributed and produced…
UPN has given a full-season order to its new Thursday night sitcom “Everybody Hates Chris.” The single-camera comedy, which profiles the Brooklyn childhood of comedian Chris Rock, was an early critics and advertisers’ favorite. The series premiere of “Chris” was…
The Association for Maximum Service Television and the National Association of Broadcasters announced Wednesday that they have recruited LG Electronics and Thomson SA to develop low-cost, high-quality prototype digital-to-analog converter boxes for the industry.MSTV and NAB said development of the…
Giving broadcasters cause for concern, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said Wednesday he’s planning to move two bills on the digital TV conversion later this month. One measure would set a hard date for the DTV conversion and include only other…
Media giant Viacom submitted long-awaited details Wednesday of its planned split into two companies, but the additional details failed to move the company’s stock price much.The company submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission a 315-page filing that spells out…
For the second full week of syndicated ratings, Warner Bros.’ new talk strip “The Tyra Banks Show” improved its performance in all key female adult demos and households, while NBC Universal’s debuting talker “Martha” saw across-the-board declines. But the top…
The White Stripes will be the first band ever to perform on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central announced Wednesday.The band will perform Dec. 1 on the program.“We’ve never had a musical performance on the show before —…
Fisher Communications has named Colleen Brown as president and CEO, the company announced Tuesday. Ms. Brown is a former senior VP at Belo who is currently president of Aberdeen Media, a company she formed to try to acquire TV stations….