Also: Cubs-White Sox series a hit for The U and CHSN; FCC and Disney drop the gloves over licenses As expected, few viewers turned in last Friday night (May 22) to watch Stephen Colbert’s replacement as Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed took over The Late Show’s old time slot, which ended the night before. According to Nielsen figures, Unleashed in its […]
Most viewership since premiere, with a weird ending The series finale of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert went out with a bang for CBS Thursday night – and in a manner you would not expect. Looking at preliminary numbers, Colbert drew 6.74 million viewers from live plus same-day viewing, nearly tripling his season average (2.69 million) and the highest […]
Move takes place after CBS News shutters Friday It’s going to be off-putting to hear ABC News Radio broadcasts instead of the familiar ding and five-note chime Chicago listeners were used to hearing from CBS News for decades at the top of the hour on WBBM Newsradio. Audacy-owned WBBM-AM and WCFS-FM quietly began airing ABC News Radio newscasts at the […]
Look for lots of NFL as streaming labels the broadcast networks almost irrelevant If anything can be said about the upfronts in recent years, it’s three letters: N.F.L. The league took over the traditional presentations, especially Disney’s as the company had commissioner Roger Goodell as their special guest, promoting ESPN’s first-ever Super Bowl telecast (which is being simulcast on ABC.) […]
Dies at 87, CNN founder reshaped TV Ted Turner, who reshaped television and changed journalism with his groundbreaking launch of CNN, died Wednesday at the age of 87. Though a cause of death has yet to be determined, Turner suffered from Lew Body’s Disease, the same kind of ailment Casey Kasem was diagnosed with as he passed away in June […]
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