Wall Street investors are becoming uncomfortable about television, according to a report by David Lieberman on Deadline.com, and it has everything to do with the fall season’s lower ratings. “Season-to-date prime time ratings are down 11% vs last year for…
A wildly successful YouTube video could be a game changer for the media business, Deadline.com reports, citing BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield. Commenting on the impact of the “Gangnam Style” dance video by South Korean pop artist Psy, Greenfield notes that…
Two high-profile broadcast drama series premiered opposite each other Wednesday night, with widely differing results. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that ABC’s “Nashville” delivered almost 9 million total viewers and a 2.8 average rating in the key 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen overnights….
An Olympic athlete known for a sport other than golf hit a golf shot last week that is being called the longest putt ever recorded on video, according to TMZ.com. The shot was made by swimmer Michael Phelps while playing…
An actress whose real-life baseball talent helped her land a role as a star pitcher in the 2005 remake of “Bad News Bears” has been killed in a traffic collision, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sammi Kane Kraft, whose performance…
NBC has scored a ratings achievement that it hasn’t accomplished in almost 10 years. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the network pulled off a three-day winning streak in the key demographic of adults 18 to 49. "The last…
Yesterday, the U.S. Doping Agency made its case against Lance Armstrong. What’s very clear to TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross is that now, more than ever, Armstrong needs Oprah. Click here to read Ross’s blog entry.
NBC, trying to figure out a way to recoup its $10 million investment in its ill-fated reboot of "The Munsters," will air the project’s pilot as a Halloween special, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The pilot, which was in development…
On the heels of a well-documented ratings struggle for Viacom’s Nickelodeon cable network, another Viacom-owned cable channel appears to be in trouble in the ratings. Citing a report from Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Todd Juenger, Joe Flint reports…
"Parks and Recreation" employee Jerry Gergich is often the butt of the department’s jokes, but the character on the NBC sitcom, played by Jim O’Heir, is getting a knock-out wife. Supermodel Christie Brinkley has been tapped to play his often…