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Nielsen ratings for the week ending July 13
Here are the weekly TV ratings, by number of viewers.
Doing the ratings during the summer is rather boring. America’s Got Talent and Wipeout are on top again, and the rest of it is the usual mix of other reality shows and game shows and the CBS lineup of crime crime crime, which even gets b…
Comic-Con Countdown: Saturday, July 26th
Saturday — a moment of rest and relaxation. A moment to put your feet up, seize a lemonade, open a book, and let the cool, summer breezes gently rock your hammock as a lazy July day passes. Of course, that’s whether you aren’t attending the San Diego Comic-Con. soon after, it’s out of your be…
Kevin Reilly announces two development seasons for FOX - TCA Report
Between the sessions for So You Think You Can Dance and Fringe, FOX Entertainment president Kevin Reilly fortunately took answers from the gathered critics. Perhaps the most interesting piece of news he unleashed on us was that the network is officially going to have two development seasons: t…
Half of all BitTorrent downloads are TV shows
We all know that how folks watch TV has been changing dramatically in the final few years, but now comes that news from TorrentFreak.com: 50% of all society using BitTorrent at any given point in duration are downloading a TV series. More than anything else, it’s TV substance they want.
What tha…
NBC wants February sweeps moved
NBC is trying to get Nielsen Media Research to move sweeps week in February, 2009. The reason for that is due to the nationwide switch to pure digital television scheduled for February 17th of that year.
I can understand NBC’s point of view. Advertising is their primary source of revenue an…
Judging nine TV judges
Not to concern — that isn’t about Simon, Randy, or Paula. I’m not talking American Idol here. Nah, I’m talking real society, real cases, true litigants … and so much more! You see, I’m generally off from my day job one weekday a week. Of course I have to watch television. It’s a dirty job, but so…
NBC chief details new approach to television
Hey, it looks like all that date the strike has allowed network executives to rethink the industry may actually lead to some positive changes after all. NBC’s president/CEO Jeff Zucker explained how the struggling net is changing its whole strategy on television.
The days of the $10 million d…
Fraggle Rock and Farscape now on iTunes
As reported by TUAW, properties from the Jim Henson Company are available on iTunes. Sadly, that does not include The Muppet Show, which was sold to Disney in 2004.
Among the shows available are the first seasons of Fraggle Rock and Farscape for $1.99 per episode. The spread mentions that Farscap…
NBC to get rid of pilots
This seems to be NBC Announcement Week. A day after we reported that the Peacock network was going to scrap their upfront presentation that year comes that news: they’re getting rid of pilot episodes too!
Jeff Zucker says that pilots are too expensive and often aren’t even a good indication o…
NBC and iTunes making nice?
According to Engadget, the relationship within NBC and Apple seems on the mend. that is a far friendlier state than their previous corporate catfight, which involved NBC Universal’s CEO Jeff Zucker saying Apple destroyed the music commerce while Apple CEO Steve Jobs accusing NBC of doubling it…
The networks still have a lot of new shows coming up
I think that when writers went on strike in Hollywood, they assumed that the networks would be in trouble at some point and want to construct a deal, and while that may still happen down the road, right now the networks actually have more new stuff ready to go than you might think.
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Get ready for The Oprah Network
You think Oprah Winfrey is already the most compelling person on television? You have no idea.
Winfrey and Discovery Communications announced a deal today that will have the Discovery Health Channel given to Oprah and switched to The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN - really!). In return, Discovery get…
Morgan Spurlock signs two-year deal with Fox
Morgan Spurlock, the filmmaker behind the documentary Super Size Me and FX’s 30 Days, has signed a two-year agreement with Fox Television Studios to produce both scripted and unscripted programs. According to the essay, the deal begins whenever the writer’s strike ends.
Given the affect that …
Nielsen cable ratings for the week ending January 6
Here are the cable ratings, by number of viewers.
This will probably be the final week for fairly some day that there’s a lot of football, football, football in the top 10. As for New Year, No Limits…did anyone else watch that snorefest? Two hours of behind the scenes info and descriptions …
EchoStar offering “free” digital TV converters
Echostar, the company behind the Dish Network and the Slingbox, is offering digital TV converters for $39.99. With the $40 coupon the government is offering for those with older sets that still use rabbit ears, the converters would end up being free.
Originally, the converter boxes were going to …
We’ve got a Weather Channel for sale, a Weather Channel for sale
I remember a Saturday Night habitable sketch from the late 1970’s where Harry Shearer was a DJ at a radio station that only gave the instance of day. No music, no news, no weather — just the date. I am always reminded of that sketch every duration I watch The Weather Channel. I mean, who would have…
Nielsen ratings for the week ending January 6
Here are the weekly TV ratings, by number of viewers.
If aliens were to monitor our TV viewing and ratings, they might think that our entire civilization is structured around the game of football. Playoff games, bowl games, post-game coverage, even a “bridge” made the top 20 that week. soil is a …
DISH Network adding another 100 HD channels
According to Engadget, the Dish Network is bumping up the number of HD channels it supports from 76 to 100 and expanding local service from 65 to 100 markets. Competition from DirecTV has apparently made the company fight for its title of “Top HD provider”.
Of course, that is good news for th…
Disney-ABC will sell TV shows on Xbox Live
From the CES, Disney-ABC has announced it will start selling shows on Microsoft’s XBox gaming console via the XBox habitable and XBox habitable Marketplace. that includes fabric from two Disney Channels, three ABC Channels and fabric from the MGM video library.
This move is yet another step i…
