NBC’s Sunday Night Football franchise—which saw New England take on Indianapolis this past weekend—was on the top of the weekly ratings chart for the broadcast networks for the week ending Nov. 15, drawing 22.4 million viewers to watch the pigskin showdown. But the overall winner on the Top 20? Without question: CBS, which served up [...]
Archive for November, 2009
CBS Delivers 12 of Top 20 Shows for the Week
Posted in News on November 19, 2009 | Comments Off
CBS Plans Super Bowl Halftime and… What Comes On After the Game
Posted in News on November 14, 2009 | Comments Off
"Did you hear who’s going to play during the Super Bowl halftime show?"
"No, who?" "That’s what I just said. Who." "No, seriously. Which is the band that’s going to appear?" "It’s Who." "I’m not talking proper English. Which band will be on CBS’s [...]
Over 100 Jobs Cut At A&E, Lifetime
Posted in News on November 14, 2009 | Comments Off
The consolidation between A&E Networks and Lifetime has begun.
With more than 100 pink slips passed over the past week across the A&E Television Networks landscape. Layoffs are across the board, with Lifetime departments like legal, human resources, publicity and marketing particularly hard hit.
Out in the shuffle are Lifetime head of reality Jessica Samet and [...]
Craig Ferguson Draws More 18-49 Viewers Than Jimmy Fallon for First Time
Posted in News on November 14, 2009 | Comments Off
by Tanner Stransky
In a first in the late-night talk show world,
CBS’ Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson beat NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in the coveted 18-49 demo, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Ferguson has been inching closer to this for a while: In five of the last seven weeks, he’s tied [...]
AFTRA Ratifies Vidgame Deal
Posted in News on November 14, 2009 | Comments Off
Voice work pact previously rejected by SAG
Members of the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists have approved a new deal for videogame voice work — two weeks after SAG members rejected the same pact.
AFTRA, which made the announcement Thursday, said the deal received backing from 66% of those casting ballots. The [...]
CBS Makes Big Changes At The Top
Posted in News on November 14, 2009 | Comments Off
Head of WCBS-New York takes over all 29 stations, reporting to new GM Peter Dunn
The same week CBS Corp. said it would promote WCBS-New York president and general manager Peter Dunn to head of the company’s television stations, the Eye has announced a number of other management restructuring moves as the media company [...]
CBS Hints at Better-Than-Expected 4Q
Posted in News on November 6, 2009 | Comments Off
NEW YORK (TheStreet) – Even as Oprah Winfrey reportedly mulls leaving the network for her own cable channel, CBS(CBS Quote) boss Leslie Moonves hinted late Thursday that the company’s fourth-quarter results will come in better than expected, receiving a big boost from strengthening spot rates for television ads.
In response to questions during a conference [...]
