Jan
27
Grammys Broadcast Draws More Than 28 Million Viewers
Posted in: UncategorizedThe awards show was moved up from February to avoid the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl, a strategy that paid off for CBS.
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Jan
24
After Controversy, ‘Duck Dynasty’ Draws a Smaller Audience
Posted in: UncategorizedAn audience of 6.6 million is still huge, but is less than what the show was getting before comments by the show’s patriarch, which were criticized as homophobic.
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Jan
24
Advertising: Super Bowl Ads to Help Start Busy Season
Posted in: UncategorizedThe power of big-event television is on display as perhaps never before.
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Jan
22
NBC Looks to Cosby to Revive Its Comedy Prospects
Posted in: UncategorizedNetwork executives say a “multigenerational comedy” starring Bill Cosby is only in the planning stages, but the hope is to restore the luster of NBC comedies.
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Jan
22
Talent Agency Specializing in TV News Is Acquired
Posted in: UncategorizedWith its acquisition of N. S. Bienstock, the United Talent Agency is adding more than 600 clients, including Bill O’Reilly and Robin Roberts.
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Jan
19
Chet Kanojia and Aereo Seek to Shake Up Television Industry
Posted in: UncategorizedChet Kanojia’s company, Aereo, has figured out how to grab over-the-air television signals and stream them to subscribers on the Internet. It is an invention that could topple TV titans.
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Jan
17
Your Money: Weighing the Need for a Landline in a Cellphone World
Posted in: UncategorizedQuestions to consider include the state of wireless 911 service, what happens when the power goes out and consumer protections.
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Jan
15
TV Sports: Small Deal for N.F.L. Games Has Major Implications and Potential
Posted in: UncategorizedThe league is interested in selling the rights to several of the Thursday night games that are now shown on NFL Network.
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Jan
14
Awards Shows Help Clark Productions Bounce Back
Posted in: UncategorizedNetworks these days are craving event television, and, increasingly, Dick Clark Productions’s live, star-studded spectacles are delivering it.
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Jan
12
For TV Fans, Cramming In Sunday’s Best
Posted in: UncategorizedDecades ago, families gathered around the only set in the house on Sunday nights because networks scheduled their best programming then. Today, even with DVRs and on-demand program selection, the phenomenon continues.
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Jan
10
SodaStream to Bring Some Heat to Super Bowl Ad With Scarlett Johansson
Posted in: UncategorizedThe ad for the home soda-making system is part of a multiyear, worldwide endorsement deal.
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Jan
07
‘Downton Abbey’ Returns and Sets Ratings Record
Posted in: UncategorizedThe audience of 10.2 million for the Season 4 premiere was a huge increase from the Season 3 premiere of 7.3 million.
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Jan
03
Bratton and Miller Back in Blue for Round 3
Posted in: UncategorizedAs New York City’s police commissioner, William J. Bratton will reunite with his friend and sidekick, John Miller, a prominent CBS News reporter.
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Dec
27
John Miller, CBS Correspondent, to Join New York Police Dept. Again
Posted in: UncategorizedAfter a career spent toggling between television and law enforcement, Mr. Miller is leaving CBS News to work in counterterrorism, the network announced on Thursday.
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Dec
24
Time Warner Cable, Bruised After Its Battle With CBS, Extends Viacom Deal
Posted in: UncategorizedThe cable company announced that it had reached a multiyear agreement to renew distribution for Viacom Inc., whose networks include MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.
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Dec
23
Disney Chief Was Paid Less in 2013, Filing Shows
Posted in: UncategorizedRobert A. Iger received overall compensation valued at $34.3 million, down from $40.2 million in the 2012 fiscal year.
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Dec
23
The Media Equation: When ‘60 Minutes’ Checks Its Journalistic Skepticism at the Door
Posted in: UncategorizedViewers expect and deserve the show to bring its A game when it takes on a huge issue like the N.S.A., to serve as a stand-in for the American people and ask the uncomfortable questions.
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Dec
23
Strong Profit Margin at Paramount Pictures Underlines a Hollywood Shift
Posted in: UncategorizedBrad Grey of Paramount Pictures has chosen to produce fewer films, giving up revenue, but increasing profitability as the industry moves into survival mode.
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Dec
18
ABC Viewers Tilt Female for a Network Light on Sports
Posted in: UncategorizedFor ABC, every important ratings measure in prime time is qualified by what amounts to a footnote: “not counting sports.”
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Dec
10
Live ‘Sound of Music’ Added 3 Million Delayed Viewers
Posted in: UncategorizedThe total audience for the Carrie Underwood version of the musical on NBC rose to 21.3 million after three days of delayed viewing.
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