Give us the Big Four before we cut the cord, 300 people told a Needham & Co. survey. “We found that if folks listed one broadcaster, they generally listed them all,” said Needham’s Laura Martin. “They think of the four broadcasters as a monolith.
ABC is firming up its midseason plans, scheduling Matthew Perry’s new comedy Mr. Sunshine and Elisha Cuthbert’s sitcom Happy Endings.
ABC finally euthanized The Whole Truth, pulling the canceled legal drama from its schedule. The network has decided to not air the seven remaining episodes of the legal drama — at least not anytime soon.
Don Meredith, NFL star and an original member of ABC’s Monday Night Football broadcast team died Sunday in Santa Fe, N.M., after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
After two rounds of ABC affiliates buying extra spots from the network, the reverse exchange — ABC buying ad units during stations’ slow periods in early January — has the early earmarks of a sweeping success, too.
CBS launched its new series “Tough Choices” Wednesday night on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and ABC News is starting an on-going special of its own titled “Afghanistan: Can We Win?” that will air across all ABC platforms starting Monday.
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Dancing With the Stars producers said Tuesday the contestants received a “record amount of activity,” which overloaded its online and phone voting system after Monday’s final competition show. The network has been denying voting issues all season in light of Bristol Palin’s longevity on the show.
Almost two months after ABC announced its landmark Inventory Exchange System, which makes batches of network spots available for purchase by the affiliates, the affiliates are now making their own spots available for purchase by the network.
ABC’s Dancing with the Stars has weathered its share of controversies over the previous 10 seasons. But this year may have produced the biggest controversy of all — Bristol Palin’s triumph over Brandy — heading into tonight’s final performance episode, beginning tonight at 8 p.m., and leading into tomorrow’s finale, set for 9.
NEW YORK (AP) — The top producer of ABC’s “This Week” with Christiane Amanpour is quitting. Ian Cameron says the weekend work has been tough on his family and he […]
CBS, ABC and NBC race to England to cover Prince William and Kate Middleton’s engagement.
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC’s Barbara Walters will interview President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the White House for a network special to air the day after […]
Results from the company’s first Factfinder report finds that regular viewers of Lost and 24 were more likely than the average viewing households to watch ABC and Fox programming; proving, it says, that despite a multitude of consumer viewing options, there is still viewer loyalty to networks.
ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC have asked a federal court to stop the Internet video service FilmOn.com from offering TV channels over the web and on Apple Inc.’s iPad for free.
YouTube wants to be the boob tube. Google is pitching YouTube not only as a popular Web destination, but as a content channel to have a place in the living room alongside TV networks like ABC, CBS and NBC. As Google targets the TV set, it is also making a play for TV-sized ad buys rather than smaller online budgets.
