Post No. 200! The Sun-Times Robert Feder reports that Urban AC WVAZ-FM (or V103) “dodged a bullet” from the FCC and renewed the station’s license after it rejected a complaint from a Joliet listener who claims that her family was slandered and harassed by the syndicated Tom Joyner radio show.
In what may open the door for similar lawsuits from other media companies, (yep, the genie’s out of the bottle) Viacom has filed a lawsuit against YouTube and its parent Google, Inc. for $1 billion dollars in damages, due to the unauthorized clips from its cable networks (MTV, Comedy Central, etc.) that appeared on the popular site. Viacom ordered YouTube […]
We’re back, and we’re sweeping up from the recent February ratings period in local markets (All ratings are measured by Nielsen): New York: WABC-TV dominated the ratings and in all local news time periods as usual, but it was WCBS-TV that surged to second place overall. A bad book for WNBC-TV, which fell to third, but it was an even […]
In a move that’s been rumored for the last several months, Fox-owned WFLD-TV will launch a 10 p.m. newscast on April 9. The move replaces the late-night airing of The Simpsons. Repeats of the program will remain in the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. time slots, for now. Bart & Co. has held the 10 p.m. time slot for a […]
In a move that been universally panned by the blogging and message board community (except this blog, which thinks this is a good idea – Wait a minute. Hold up. Am I praising something Clear Channel is doing? I must be high…), Clear Channel has decided to split the management at top-rated Urban Contemporary outlet WGCI-FM, and successful Urban AC […]
While Chicago’s late news competition is like the recent mayoral race – a snore as always (WLS-TV wins again. Whoopee.), Let’s focus on neighboring Milwaukee, where it is always fun and exciting! Ratings are based on households and are from Nielsen. WTMJ, Journal Broadcasting’s NBC affiliate is in a dead heat with rival WISN-TV, Hearst-Argyle’s ABC affiliate for 10p.m. news […]
There is a sitcom in development at ABC that is based on – get this – The Geico Caveman.The copywriter behind those ads would also create and write the sitcom. Alright, which TV executive stepped into a time machine and went back to 1967 to get this inane idea? Next thing you know, The CW will develop a sitcom around […]
Perhaps, but if you are dumber are a 5th grader, you’re already more than qualified to run the Blackhawks. (Click on the link, scroll down, and you’ll see a comment by yours truly pointing out a goof B&C made on that story regarding 5th grader facing Survivor.)
This petition comes from some dopes in the Kansas City market, complaining that their CBS programming is being interrupted by something unimportant as a severe weather alert.
To no one’s surprise, there will be no more scripted programming on MyNetworkTV, according to Greg Meidel, the newly-installed president of News Corp.’s MyNetworkTV. The humongous failure of the network’s nightly soap operas are being replaced, and now will focus on unscripted reality projects. MyNetworkTV will relaunch next week with a more balanced plate of programming, with the last of […]
NBC’s Las Vegas is returning for season 5, but without James Caan who’s leaving, and Nikki Cox, who was let go because of budget cuts.
Congratulations to Jennifer Hudson for her win for Best Supporting Actress in the movie Dreamgirls from everyone here at The T Dog Media Blog. Thanks for making Chicago and the South Side proud! Keep up the great work!
After the stunt in which Grey apparently drowned while rescuing people from a ferry boat accident, she “survived” on Thursday Night’s episode. Wow! It’s a miracle! It’s amazing! It’s a bunch of crock. Thursday’s episode was about as predictable as Mayor Daley winning next Tuesday’s election. We all knew they weren’t going to kill off the lead character of a […]
On Monday, the nation’s two satellite radio providers announced a merger. XM and its only other competitor, Sirius, will get together in a deal that will mean that will be only one satellite radio provider. XM was founded in 1988 as American Mobile Satellite Corp. and incorporated in 1992. Sirius was founded in 1990 as CD Radio. Both companies beat […]
The NBC Tower (home to WMAQ-TV here in Chicago) appears to be a leading candidate to land the production facilities for the new game show from Merv Griffin and syndicator Program Partners, Let’s Play Crosswords, which made a deal on Tuesday with five NBC O&O’s, including WMAQ here. Robert Feder in today’s Sun-Times has a little more on the deal, […]
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