Forget “American Idol” or “Revenge.” TV’s most furious drama is going full-bore in morning TV — and it’s only just begun. The seesaw battle between NBC’s “Today” show and ABC’s upstart “Good Morning America” has set fire to one of TV’s oldest and most ch...
While a lot of us have been focusing lately on Greek debt, the US economy, the $2 billion screw-up at JPMorgan and Facebook’s not-so-wonderful initial public offering, there was something really important going on: broadcast and cable networks were showi...
‘Master of your domain.” Ross loves Rachel. Latte lunches with Frasier and Niles Crane. Some of the best-loved moments in TV history — until Donald Trump killed them all. At least according to Warren Littlefield, the former NBC executive who documents th...
ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” notched a first last week in its late-night battle with NBC’s “Tonight Show” — and also scored a rare win against CBS’s “The Late Show.” “JKL” beat Jay Leno’s “Tonight” in adults 18-49 on Thursday, May 10 — the first time, on an...
NBC confirmed Monday that "30 Rock" will end after seven seasons. The Tina Fey comedy will sign off with a 13-episode season, culminating with an hour-long series finale, NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt told advertisers at the network's upfr...
By Miriam Gottfried A new ad-skipping feature of Dish Network's digital video recorders has sent the broadcast-television industry into a tizzy. But the dispute raging over the technology may end up being little more than static.Auto Hop, which allows ce...
NBCUniversal will provide comprehensive coverage of the 2012 London Olympics, starting with the Opening Ceremony, Friday, July 27. Olympic fanatics will find 5,535 hours of Olympic action across NBCUniversal, including massive daytime and primetime block...
This week in New York, L.L. Cool J delivered a rap about CBS, Jimmy Kimmel roasted rival networks (and his ABC bosses) and the CW, Fox and NBC trotted out stars of their own. Courting advertisers at the annual "upfront" presentations, the broadcast netwo...
By Suzanne Vranica Linda Yaccarino woke up one night last week fretting about an ad-sales pitch she has to make. She picked up her BlackBerry and typed a note to herself. Then she tried to go back to sleep.That happens a lot these days as Ms. Yaccarino p...
By Christopher S. Stewart When Bob Greenblatt, NBC's entertainment chief, talks about his new comedy-heavy programming for the network's prime-time schedule this fall, he likes to use words like "attention getting," "hotter," "noisy"—and also "hopeful." ...
Cordillera Communications and Time Warner Cable have struck a retrans deal for NBC Affiliate KRIS, KAJA (Telemundo), and KDF, all Corpus Christi. President and GM Tim Noble announced the deal Friday on the station's Web site. He said the station was "ple...
Let the branding begin. That's the mantra at cable sports networks renamed by NBC and CBS to take advantage of rights owned by the companies that run on their bigger broadcast brothers. The two cable webs -- formerly Versus in the case of NBC Sports Netw...
NBCUniversal is in negotiations to buy out Microsoft’s stake in MSNBC.com, the Wall Street Journal and AdWeek report. NBC acquired Microsoft’s last remaining stake in the cable network in 2007. But the website MSNBC.com has remained a joint venture with ...
NBC Universal is in negotiations with Microsoft to purchase MSNBC.com, which is the joint venture between the two. Negotiations have reportedly progressed to the point where a deal could be reached within months, perhaps sometime this summer. Comcast, NB...
Image Credit: NBC For the first time in eight years, NBC may avoid finishing the broadcast season in last place. The 2011-12 season concluded Wednesday and network ratings analysts say NBC officially ranks third among the Big Four networks among the key ...
