The Media Notepad: Super Bowl LX second most-watched ever

Also: Court TV sold; Trump endorses Nexstar-Tegna deal  Super Bowl LX wasn’t much to look at on the field, but it still drew a large crowd.  Ratings released by Nielsen Tuesday showed the game between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks averaged a 39.4 household rating and 79 share and drew 124.9 million viewers across all platforms for NBC, […]

Anna Gomez confirmed as fifth FCC Commissioner

But vote divided mostly among partisan lines as five Republicans cross over to vote for her After three years of waiting, the FCC finally got their fifth member as Anna Gomez was finally voted in by the Senate to serve.  But as a confirmation vote in the past would sail through the Senate easily with both members of either party […]

Quick Hits and Bits: Derrick Rose returns fuels Bulls ratings victory

The latest Quick Hits and Bits contains a lot of good stuff, so here we go! – Even though the Chicago Bulls lost Saturday night to the Philadelphia 76ers, the first WGN-TV regular season game featuring Derrick Rose’s return scored gangbuster ratings for the Tribune-owned station – even on a night notorious for low HUT levels. The game earned a […]