Good news: Fox’s World Series coverage ratings beat last year’s ratings significantly. Bad news: It’s the second lowest rated in televised World Series history. Fox’s coverage of the four-game Series between the victorious Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies…
National Ratings for Week of Oct. 22-28, 2007 Event Outlet Household Rating Men 18-49 Rating Monday, Oct. 22 NFL Football (Colts-Jaguars) ESPN 8.2 7.5 Wednesday, Oct. 24 World Series- Game 1 (Rockies-Red Sox) Fox 10.5 7.4 Thursday,…
CBS Corp. boosted profit 8.3% to $343.3 million as growth at its publishing and billboard businesses overcame weakness at its radio unit. The television division posted a 4% rise in operating profit. Net income for the third quarter came in…
NBC has promoted longtime exec Kevin Monaghan to senior VP, business development, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics. He had been VP of business development at NBC Sports since 1999 and was instrumental in the creation of NBC Sports Ventures, the…
FX has ordered a fifth season of its original series “Rescue Me.” Production is scheduled to begin next spring on 22 episodes, which will be spilt and aired in two separate cycles. “Rescue Me” star Denis Leary was nominated for…
Bluefly.com, L’Oreal Paris, Saturn and Tresemme will be the key sponsors for the fourth season of “Project Runway,” Bravo announced Thursday. Bravo is continuing its partnership with Elle magazine for a fourth season. Other sponsors of the show include Brother…
A&E has suspended production of its hit show “Dog the Bounty Hunter” after tapes surfaced of star Duane “Dog” Chapman using racial epithets. The National Enquirer published a story saying Mr. Chapman used racial insults in a phone conversation with…
Akamai, a global service provider accelerating content and applications online, Monday announced TheHDWeb site, a portal designed to show users the potential high-definition experience they can have online. The site is intended to serve as a temporary Internet programming guide…
HDNet, a completely high-definition network, launched its Ultra Video on Demand platform Thursday, offering select movies as early as three weeks before they premiere in theaters. The network will be kicking off the new service with Brian De Palma’s critically…
Blu-ray Proponents Bow ‘I Do Blu’ Campaign Blu-ray supporters Monday launched an educational campaign employing the slogan “I Do Blu.” The promotion began during Sunday’s airing of the final game of the World Series, with a commercial showing a generic…