Broadcasting & Cable News

Latest Trump Media Bashing Spotlights NBC

January 13, 2019

NBC may have surpassed CNN as President Trump's favorite target. In a press availability in advance of his trip to Texas and the southern border whose security has become a political flashpoint, the President said that NBC's reporters "may be the most dishonest of all time." That came after an ...

Tribune Reaches Retrans Deal Ending Charter Blackout

January 13, 2019

Tribune Broadcasting and Charter Communications said the reached a new retransmission consent agreement that will end a blackout that started on Jan. 2. The companies said that carriage of Tribune’s stations and its cable network, WGN America, will be restored. “We are pleased to have reached this ...

‘New’ Fox Says it Won’t Bid For Regional Sports Nets

January 13, 2019

“New” Fox, the company that will own the Fox Broadcast Network, Fox News and other assets after the Walt Disney Co. acquires 21st Century Fox, said it won’t try to buy the regional sports networks Disney will have to sell after the deal closes. Disney, which controls sports giant ESPN, has agreed ...

Final Season of ‘Jane the Virgin’ Starts on CW March 27

January 13, 2019

Jane the Virgin is back for its final run on The CW March 27, and new series In the Dark begins April 4. Perry Mattfeld stars in In the Dark, about a hard-drinking twenty-something woman who is blind. Also in the cast are Rich Sommer, Brooke Markham and Keston John. CBS Television Studios and ...

AG Nominee Barr Will Recuse Himself from AT&T-TW Challenge

January 13, 2019

Attorney General nominee William Barr, a former board member of Time Warner, has agreed to recuse himself from the Justice Department's challenge to the AT&T-Time Warner merger. Currently the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is considering DOJ's appeal of a district court decision ...

Digital Liberties Group Slams Dems Over 'Electronic Wall'

January 13, 2019

Fight for the Future, which says government electronic surveillance is already "out of control," took aim at Democrats Friday over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's call for a "technological wall." Pushing back on President Donald Trump's call for a physical barrier, Democrats have been arguing for ...

Telecom Tech Cos.: Shutdown Threatens 5G Rollout

January 13, 2019

Telecom equipment manufacturers and suppliers are telling the President and Congress that the government shutdown could have a "serious and negative impact" on the devices fueling the race to 5G. The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) said Friday (Jan. 11) that the FCC's shutdown of its ...

Season Two of ‘Friends From College’ Premieres on Netflix

January 13, 2019

Season two of Friends From College starts on Netflix Jan. 11. Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Annie Parisse, Nat Faxon and Fred Savage are in the cast. Season two has eight episodes. The second season follows six Harvard alums in their 40s, living in New York, and the complicated relationships ...

Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With ‘Big Bang’

January 13, 2019

CBS won the Thursday prime ratings race, riding Big Bang Theory to a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That topped the 1.2/5 NBC got with the premiere of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. CBS had Big Bang Theory up 9% at 2.4 and Young Sheldon north 12% for a 1.9. Mom grew 25% to ...