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June 14, 2018

The Media Notepad: Summer vacation starts early for NBA, NHL

Short series ends basketball and hockey seasons early. Also: updates on “Springer”, “CrimeWatch” Even without the Chicago Blackhawks and other big-market original six teams, the NHL Stanley Cup Final was a big hit for NBC. According to Nielsen, Game 5 of the Final with the Washington Capitals clinching their first-ever title over the first-ever Las Vegas Golden Knights drew a […]

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May 14, 2018

NBC unveils 2018-19 schedule

Nine new shows overall; three to debut this fall In advance of its upfront presentation on Monday, NBC unveiled its 2018-19 schedule and announced nine new series – three of them premiering this fall. Highlights include Dick Wolf’s trio of “Chicago” shows: Midnight Texas gets a promotion from a summer series to a fall pickup; and Brooklyn Nine-Nine is being […]

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October 20, 2017

Syndicated “Dateline” leads true crime charge

Interest in genre explodes as off-net debut puts up strong numbers When the news was announced Dateline NBC reruns were being sold into broadcast syndication, the idea was…laughable. After all, since Cops broke the mold in 1992 and became the first reality show to be sold into off-network syndication, others came along and weren’t exactly successful (Rescue 911, Top Cops, […]

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October 1, 2017

Friday ratings roundup: “Inhumans”…what a joke

The show was about as bad as yours truly expected (Editor’s note: Some tweets in this story were removed as their accounts were suspended. – T.H.)  The only thing worse than watching the Bears Thursday night was the even bigger mess airing on ABC Friday night called Inhumans. And like the Bears, the Inhumans did the television equivalent of not […]

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April 13, 2017

Media Notepad: Blackhawks begin holy grail to the Stanley Cup

Also: WCIU has another prime-time stand up comedy special; Dateline NBC to enter syndication this fall (Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with new information.) The Chicago Blackhawks begin their quest for their seventh Stanley Cup Thursday night when they drop the puck against the Nashville Predators in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. With the popular […]

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September 27, 2015

T Dog’s Media Notepad: “Big Bang” suffering from “90210” syndrome

Bears decline in ratings  Sidenote: From here on out, all ratings news will be here in the notepad. – Is it too early to declare the Bears season over? Last Sunday’s defeat at the hands of the Arizona Cardinals drew a 22.2  household rating according to Chicago Business Journal, down 20 percent from last week’s Packers game and down 33 percent from last […]

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September 27, 2014

“The Amazing Race” ratings not so amazing

It looks like another TV series has fallen victim to the Friday Night Death Slot. The Amazing Race – winner of ten Emmy Awards over its long run, moved to Fridays to make room for CBS’ new drama Madam Secretary. And as a result, ratings have plunged accordingly. Race averaged a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demo Friday night – […]

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September 28, 2013

Friday night fights – of sorts

While Friday night television has become a former shell of itself, it still has some decent programming options – though it still have the stigma of the “Death Slot” (Hello, Hawaii Five-O!) All ratings numbers are those for adults 18-49, unless noted otherwise. The premiere of Fox’s Junior Masterchief won its time slot with a 1.6 rating, beating CBS’ Undercover […]

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February 14, 2012

T Dog’s Think Tank: Comcast’s “donation” to MBC

  In an item posted in Chicagoland Radio & Media about two weeks ago, Comcast Corporation announced it was making a $2.7 million donation to the Museum of Broadcast Communications to help open the new facility at the southwest corner of State and Kinzie in the River North neighborhood (immediately north of the Loop and Downtown Chicago.) The deal includes […]

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September 27, 2011

Friday Night Fights

Cops slides on Saturdays; American Dad on two stations in Chicago at the same time? Here’s a brief synopsis on last Friday’s and Saturday’s night ratings in prime-time during premiere week: – CBS’ premiere of new drama A Gifted Man on Friday night wasn’t so gifted with a 1.4 adult demo (18-49) rating and a 5 share and 9.45 million […]

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May 16, 2011

NBC unveils 2011-12 schedule

In a rather sly move, NBC released its 2011-12 schedule to the press on Sunday, a day before their upfront presentation in New York City to advertisers. So without further ado, here it is (all times are Central). New shows are in CAPS: MONDAY 7-9 p.m. The Sing-Off 9:00 p.m. THE PLAYBOY CLUB TUESDAY 7-9 p.m. The Biggest Loser 9:00 […]

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January 7, 2010

Report: Leno headed back to 10:35 pm

With the Jay Leno-Conan O’Brien saga unfolding hourly it seems, here is the latest: – According to the New York Times, it looks like NBC is expected to move Jay Leno back to 10:35pm (Central Time), beginning perhaps as soon as the Winter Olympics is over.The show is expected to be cut back a half-hour. – This means Conan O’Brien’s […]

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