Mr. McMahon was in a limo in which it exploded, and he is presumed dead. And if you believe this, then: – The Trix rabbit will steal your cereal this morning. – Rush Limbaugh and Barack Obama will become best friends. – NBC’s new fall lineup will vault the network to No.1 – WGN-AM will fall to 30th place in […]
Several media activist groups have petitioned the FCC to stop the sale of the Tribune Co. to billionaire venture capitalist Sam Zell. The groups in question are the United Church of Christ and the Media Alliance, as well as the Media Access Project. They are calling for the FCC to reject the deal because the company would own a newspaper […]
That’s what Sorpranos creator David Chase basically said to its fans last night’s series finale as the screen went to black – in the middle of the final scene. Well, at least no one went to jail (Seinfeld), it wasn’t a figment of someone’s imagination (St. Elsewhere), and nobody woke up next to Suzanne Pleshette (Newhart – still the best […]
TV Week is reporting that Howie Mandel has accepted a deal to host the syndicated version of “Deal or No Deal” that will now premiere in the fall of 2008. The show will be syndicated by NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. It is expected that the same production team behind the prime-time show will also be behind the daytime syndicated […]
In the Rash Report from Ad Age, Josh Rash of Minneapolis ad agency Campbell Mithun, discusses the stumbling summer season so far – from barely non-existent Stanley Cup ratings to disappointing ratings for Game 1 of the NBA Finals, from lackluster premieres of summer shows to viewers tuning out repeats on the broadcast networks – in favor of fresh fare […]
Canada’s version of the FCC, the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission, approved the merger between CTV Globemedia and CHUM, Ltd. However, the comission did not approve thhe transdfer of five television stations – in Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver, given the fact that CTV already owns a television station in each market. Hadn’t it done so, it would have […]
Yep, he’s gone too. Though they should’ve fired the writers for coming up with that stupid ferry arc. You think Zakk and Isaiah will be hanging out with each other drinking heavily today?
Let’s play the analogy game: Survivor is to Pirate Master as is Scooby-Doo is to Goober and the Ghost Chasers. Okay, Anyone wants to take bets on how long Pirate Master will last? Judging by the ratings, this show should be banished to Saturday Mornings like Goober (which also wasn’t a ratings winner.)
In what could be a very good sign for broadcast stations (such as WCIU) who bought the show (and for Lionsgate-owned syndicator Debmar-Mercury), Tyler Perry’s House Of Payne premiered to big numbers last night on TBS – with a 3.2 household Nielsen rating and 5 share, up 94 percent from its Everybody Loves Raymond lead-in (1.6/3). Not only that, the […]
“But stop sending us nuts”, says CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler, fearing that someone at the network may have peanut allergies (yeah, right.) The fans got a seven episode renewal for midseason.
Her daytime talk show, going into its third season, is moving to New York this fall. Will “Top Model” follow? It would be nice for Tyra Banks’ reality show to go back where it belongs.
One thing Barely Today didn’t want to do is barely get viewers. As a result, NBC-owned WMAQ-TV has dropped the show and will expand its morning newscast to 4:30 a.m. starting Monday, where Barely Today previously aired. The program was hosted by Bruce Wolf, who will now be reassigned to sports anchoring and reporting duties during the morning newscast.
No, we’re not talking about former NFL coach Jim Mora talking about not going to the playoffs. But if WBBM’s newscasts were a sports team, it wouldn’t make the playoffs. And as a result, changes must be made. And so, Antonio Mora is out and Rob Johnson is in after a shakeup at CBS-owned WBBM-TV’s perennially low-rated 10 p.m. newscast. […]
With what else? The Stanley Cup Finals, of course. And the Canadian posters are blaming the United States’ love of mindless dramas and even more mindless reality TV for the very low Stanley Cup ratings, never mind that eight of the top ten highest-ranked programs on Canadian TV two weeks ago were U.S. programs like American Idol and CSI. Of […]
All right, so CBS didn’t have to deal with bags and bags of peanuts back in the day when there were fan campaigns to save Cagney & Lacey and Designing Women. But it’s not the ’80’s anymore, isn’t it? Taking a page from the Roswell playbook (except it was bottles of Tabasco sauce that was sent to UPN), fans sent […]
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