ESPN will begin to produce two of its daily shows, Cold Pizza and 1st and 10 (no relation to the former HBO sitcom) in high-definition, beginning in June. That’s great in all, but the shows still suck, considering who’s hosting them. (Perhaps they should concentrate on upgrading the content rather than the picture.) Look for me to use the same […]
Phil Rosenthal has a short story today in the Tribune about the continuing sagging fortunes of MyNetworkTV and Fox’s station operations president Dennis Swanson insistence that the brand will be big – someday. In the article, Mr. Swanson points out that his stations need prime-time network programming (Translation: our stations aren’t paying anything for prime-time-unlike the CW and independent stations, […]
Add the owner of NewsCorp to the list of names that want the Tribune Co. Rupert Murdoch wants to buy the Tribune-owned New York Newsday, so he can consolidate back offices between that paper and the New York Post, the paper he owns. But Murdoch owning the Tribune Co.? It may not be likely (because of the regulation mess), but […]
Sony Pictures Television has axed first-year talk show The Greg Behrendt Show because of poor ratings. The death blow came when Tribune, a partner in the talk show, dropped it on its stations in favor of the new Jerry Springer-spinoff talk show, hosted by Steve Wilkos. The program was axed by other stations as well, including WDIV in Detroit. The […]
In a move that really doesn’t surprise anyone, Miller Brewing Co. has dropped its “Man Law” campaign, which is effective immediately. The ads, which featured celebrities such as Burt Reynolds, former coach and Fox football analyst Jimmy Johnson, and WWE wrestler Triple H (who’s injured again) sitting around The Square Table, discussing and establishing “Man Laws”, which included no fruit […]
The Bears weren’t the only winners in yesterday’s NFC Championship Game. Fox’s ratings for the event were up 21 percent from last year’s Carolina Panthers-Seattle Seahawks tilt. The Chicago Bears-New Orleans Saints game drew a whopping 25.1 rating and 42 share, and it drew 43.2 million viewers, the most in 10 years. And yes, like the AFC Championship Game that […]
The Chicago Defender, one of Chicago’s oldest African-American newspapers, has dropped its branding from the paper’s front page. The slogan, “Honest. Truthful. Unapologetically Black.” was discontinued by the paper’s owner, arguably to go in a different direction. The slogan was created by Executive editor Roland Martin, whose contract to the Defender was not renewed. He gave the paper new life […]
Last night’s AFC Championship Game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts, was the highest-rated program of the season, topping the debut of American Idol. The game (which the Colts won 38-34), featured the biggest comeback of all time in a championship game, led by the Colts’ Peyton Manning. The Bears won earlier in the day in the […]
Last night’s AFC Championship Game between the New England patriots and the Indianapolis Colts, was the highest-rated program of the season, topping the debut of American Idol.
The latest from the tour: -The CW announced that its is streaming programs from cwtv.com shortly after their airdate, beginning immediately. The programs include all of the net Monday’s comedies, Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars, Beauty and the Geek, and Supernatural. -Meanwhile, the network is planning to premiere two new reality shows in the next few weeks: Crowned, a mother-daughter beauty […]
Good news for fans of quality shows – and for TV stations looking for off-network sitcoms in 2009. NBC has renewed My Name Is Earl and The Office (and Law & Order: SUV), and the CW has renewed Everybody Hates Chris for next season -all show should be available for off-network syndication in 2009, a year after there will be […]
…. and surprise, surprise, is not WLS (Chicago), WPVI (Philadelphia), or WSB (Atlanta)- stations we usually talk about when we’re talking about ABC affiliates dominance in prime-time (or any time period during the day.)It’s actually three ABC affiliates owned by the Hearst-Argyle Co.– WISN-TV in Milwaukee, KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City, and KMBC-TV in Kansas City. Among adults 18-49 in the […]
Chicago’s Simeon is in the national spotlight tonight as Chicago’s top high school basketball team plays Oak Hill (Va.) at 8pm on ESPN. Whatever the outcome, we’re pretty much guaranteed that Simeon will draw bigger ratings than last Tuesday night’s Blackhawks-Blue Jackets Crap-O-Rama on Versus.
Here is some updated information on the Chandler family $7.6 billion bid for the Tribune Co, and a letter from the Chandler Trust filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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