Broadcasting & Cable News

CBS to Air ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Prime Special May 20

March 31, 2019

CBS will air The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2019 May 20, with James Corden hosting and Celine Dion his guest. The special will feature Corden’s favorite moments from the past year on The Late Late Show, which he hosts. It will be the fifth primetime special for Corden and ...

Limited-Government Group: Don't Use Antitrust to Punish Edge

March 31, 2019

Americans For Prosperity is pushing back on Washington's current push to regulate the edge. AFP has launched an ad campaign to run in senator's home states and in their temporary home--D.C.--that will run over the next two weeks. It targets senators because of Senator and Presidential candidate ...

Anthology Series ‘Easy’ Back on Netflix for Final Season May 10

March 31, 2019

Anthology series Easy returns for its third and final season on Netflix May 10. Joe Swanberg created the series, whose characters “are navigating the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture in Chicago,” in Netflix’s words. There will be nine episodes. The new season stars Elizabeth Reaser, ...

FCC Waives Some TV Station Repack Reporting Requirements

March 31, 2019

The FCC's Media Bureau has waived some post-incentive auction reporting requirements for TV stations in three phases of the FCC's 10-phase repack including the phase ending next month. The FCC has both quarterly status report requirements, plus a status report 10 weeks before the completion date ...

NBCU Names Mokhtari to Succeed Kelley at San Diego TVs

March 31, 2019

NBCU has tapped a news vet to head its San Diego TV stations Todd Mokhtari has been named president and GM of NBCUniversal's KNSD (NBC)-KUAN (Telemundo) San Diego. He succeeds Dick Kelley, who is retiring. Mokhtari has been VP of news for NBC's KNBC-TV Los Angeles since 2012. Before that he was ...

NBC Orders 21st Season of ‘Law & Order: SVU’, Setting Record

March 31, 2019

NBC has renewed Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for season 21. The network said that tops the 20 seasons set by franchise original Law & Order and Gunsmoke to be the longest running primetime live-action series. “We tip our cap to Dick Wolf, Mariska Hargitay and the amazing cast and crew ...

Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With Hoops

March 31, 2019

CBS won Thursday’s prime ratings, March Madness Sweet 16 games leading to a 1.6 in viewers 18-49, and a 7 share. That beat the 1.0/5 that ABC posted. NBC did a 0.6/3 and Univision a 0.5/2. Telemundo did a 0.4/2 and both The CW and Fox a 0.3/1. CBS had the NCAA basketball championship on ...

ISE Best in Show LED Display Makes Prolight + Sound Debut

March 31, 2019

Prolight + Sound (2-5 April, Messe Frankfurt, Hall 4.0, Booth B35) sees Calibre demonstrating its innovative AiO (All-in-One) LED display. The first fruits of its relationship with sister company Optoma - also part of Coretronic – the AiO is designed to address one of the biggest drawbacks to LED ...

NCTA's Powell Cites D.C.'s Tech Whiplash

March 31, 2019

Michael Powell, president of NCTA-the Internet & Television Association, says edge providers' reversal of fortune since the 'halo" days of the Obama Administration is the biggest case of policy whiplash he has seen. Powell was being interviewing for C-SPAN's Communicators series, which airs ...