Broadcasting & Cable News

NFL Rally Continues with Strong Thursday on Fox

December 16, 2018

National Football League ratings continued to score touchdowns as Thursday night’s game on Fox scored the second-best ratings of the season for the network’s primetime gains. Fox’s final Thursday night game, with the Los Angeles Chargers winning a shootout with the favored Kansas City Chiefs with a ...

Sen. Manchin Puts Hold on Carr Re-Nomination

December 16, 2018

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) has put a hold on the renomination of FCC commissioner Brendan Carr, but it is not over anything Carr has done. According to The Hill, the hold stems from FCC chair Ajit Pai's decision to pause a broadband subsidy program while the FCC investigates whether a major ...

Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Chargers-Chiefs

December 16, 2018

Fox won big in Thursday prime ratings thanks to Thursday Night Football, Chargers versus Chiefs leading to a 3.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 14 share. That walloped runner-up CBS at 0.8/4. Fox’s 3.3 was a 57% gain over last week’s Thursday Night Football, which featured ...

18 Anti-Harassment Groups Splitting $20M from CBS

December 16, 2018

CBS said it will give $20 million in grants to 18 organizations to support eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace. The grants are part an agreement the company made when it dismissed former CEO Leslie Moonves, who has been accused of improper behavior with women at work during his career ...

D.C. Marks Anniversary of Restoring Internet Freedom Order

December 16, 2018

Various network neutrality groups were marking the one-year anniversary Friday (Dec. 14) of the FCC's vote to reclassify broadband as a Title I information service; roll back network neutrality regulations against blocking, throttling and paid prioritization, and deed the Federal Trade Commission ...

FCC Seeks Comment on NCTA/NAB Retrans Compromise

December 16, 2018

No, broadcasters and cable operators have not agreed that either the must-carry/retrans regime is still good law (broadcasters) or an anachronistic thumb on the competitive scale (cable), but the FCC has sought comment on a joint proposal by both those camps for updating how TV stations notify ...

ABC Orders More Episodes For Several Comedies

December 16, 2018

ABC has ordered additional episodes for several comedies, including two for Black-ish, and one apiece for The Kids Are Alright, The Goldbergs and Single Parents. Airing on Tuesdays, Black-ish is in its fifth season. Kenya Barris created the show, which is produced by ABC Studios. Also on Tuesdays, ...

Apple Gets New ‘Peanuts’ Shows from DHX Media

December 16, 2018

Good grief! Now Apple is getting new content featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of Charles M. Schultz’s Peanuts gang. Apple, which has been building up original content for a not-yet-announced TV product, outbid competitors to work with DHX Media and its subsidiary Peanuts Worldwide. DHX ...

WarnerMedia Adds New Streaming Platform to Reilly's List

December 16, 2018

AT&T is adding more to the plate of one of its favorite executives, putting Kevin Reilly in creative control of its upcoming direct-to-consumer platform. A veteran TV programming executive, Reilly already serves as president of TBS and TNT, and chief creative officer for Turner Networks, ...