Monday, August 09, 2010

Overnights
NBC gets a kick from preseason football
Game scores best NFL preseason rating in six years, averaging a 7.6 in households, and the network's best Sunday since Olympics

Magazines
ABC: Newsstand circ begins to stabilize
Falls 5.63 percent during the first half of 2010, compared to 12.36 percent a year ago, the smallest decline in several years

Cable
Boys of 'Entourage': We're outta here
HBO series will end next year, after an abbreviated eighth season, though a movie spinoff may be in the works. So long, Vince.

Here & there
Salahi antics amp up 'Housewives' ratings
Other shorts: Vogue Italia takes on oil spill - Hastings: DOD nixed my embed - Programming notes: 'Palin' debuts in November

TV Reviews
'Wild Nights With Mireya Mayor,' hardly
Nat Geo Wild's new show about wildlife in urban areas might be interesting as a straight documentary, but it way over-promises

TV This Week
Night for teens, with so hot Katy Perry
It's Fox's 'Teen Choice Awards,' and she's hosting as the voice of the summer hit 'California Gurls,' with help from the 'Glee' cast

Overnights
Three-way tie: Univision, CBS and ABC
Three networks average a 1.6 in 18-49s, with CBS's 'Big Brother' the night's top show, as Fox's 'Dance' falls to a season low

Monday, August 16, 2010

Overnights
CBS wins a slow Sunday with PGA
Averages a 2.0 in 18-49s, 18 percent ahead of No. 2 Fox with golf playoff peaking at 2.4 after controversial Dustin Johnson call

Cable
Discovery: Oprah will have her own show
Winfrey ups her commitment to appearing on OWN, slated to launch next year, as cable parent bumps funding from $100M to $189M

Here & there
Details on Murdoch's new iPad newspaper
Other shorts: 'Jersey Shore' hits another series high - Holiber replaces NY Daily News CEO Kramer - Web radio host facing 10 years in jail

TV Reviews
'Melissa & Joey,' in search of a script
ABC Family sitcom stars two able veterans, Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence, but the writing doesn't live up to their talent

Radio
A look at what women want from radio
Their preferences are very different from men's, and it goes beyond the usual differences. Talking with consultant Alan Burns.

TV This Week
New field of play: The Meadowlands
Giants and Jets play the first football game in the new, ever grander stadium, and the curiosity factor should boost viewership

Overnights
Fox trots off with a win with 'Dance' finale
Averages a 2.4 in 18-49s as Lauren wins, up 33 percent from last week but down 8 percent from last December's season-ender

Monday, August 23, 2010

Overnights
CBS's 'Big Brother' continues to build
Averages a season-high 2.6 in 18-49s, though NBC's preseason NFL game is the night's top show, winning the night for the network

Television
Neil Patrick Harris finally gets his Emmy
Two, actually, one for his guest role on Fox's 'Glee' and the other for Tony Awards. Betty White also wins at Creative Arts Emmys.

Here & there
'Jersey Shore' hits yet another high in 12-34s
Other shorts: Satellite service will Dish content online - MSNBC rejects MoveOn ad targeting Target - Sidney Harman: What I want for Newsweek

TV Reviews
'Hardcore Pawn,' second-hand goods
TruTV series lifts much from History's 'Pawn Stars' and suffers for it, though it's probably a truer picture of pawnbrokers

Radio
Busting myths about baseball ratings
Here's one: Only the hot teams get hot ratings for live games. Fact: Some teams with more losses than wins are doing well.

TV This Week
Spike Lee looks back on Katrina, again
HBO's 'If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise' revisits the New Orleans Lee profiled so well just a year after the disaster

Monday, August 30, 2010

Overnights
Strong night for NBC with the Emmys
Averages a 3.1 in 18-49s, just ahead of Fox with a 3.0 for a preseason football, according to early numbers. CBS third with a 1.7.

Television
Finally, some unexpected Emmy winners
Jim Parsons, Kyra Sedgwick and Archie Panjabi pick up surprise acting trophies, while first-year 'Modern Family' earns best comedy

Television
Jimmy Fallon does the Emmys proud
Critics: NBC special was well-paced and entertaining, unlike so many of the past, and the credit goes to the host and comic

TV Reviews
' 'Quints by Surprise,' not Jon and Kate
TLC series features a family with quintuplets, and the parents are a likeable pair, but looming over is another couple, the Gosselins

Here & there
Brown out: Tina won't join Newsweek
Other shorts: Between 87K and 500K attend Beck's rally - Nielsen: TV households increase to 115.9M - Pew: Grandpa's getting on social networks

TV This Week
Jersey ladies' reunion: Pow! Take that!
Word is that there is shoving at a get-together of Bravo's 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' when the ousted Danielle shows up

Overnights
CBS wins Thursday with 'Big Brother'
Averages a 1.9 in 18-49s, edging Univision, led by the reality show, which pulls a 2.7, up 8 percent over last week

Newspapers
USA Today shifts focus from print to digital
Nation's No. 2 paper will lay off 130 to prep for reorganization that will emphasize mobile reading devices and the web

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Overnights
ABC and CBS tie for first on Monday
Average 1.7 in 18-49s, with CBS's 'Big Bang' the night's top show with a 2.2. ABC's two-hour 'Bachelor Pad' averages a 2.0.

Here & there
Stern: I may leave satellite radio for mobile
Other shorts: ABC News president Westin leaving - Thursday overnights: 'Big Brother' lifts CBS - Green with envy? NBC follows ABC with Shrek special.

Cable
'Camp Rock 2' becomes year's top movie
Disney Channel sequel draws 8 million total viewers, including 3.2M tweens, to become cable's No. 1 film in 2010. Credit JoBros.

Television
Kara DioGuardi gets the 'Idol' boot
Her exit, long rumored, leaves three judge slots to fill on the hit Fox show, just days before the important auditions begin

TV Reviews
'Terriers,' an old dog with new tricks
FX private eye dramedy mines all the old cliches--ex-cop, ex-boozer cracks cases--but a fine cast saves it from the bone heap

TV This Week
For Katey Sagal, kudos where it matters
She returns in her role as Gemma on 'Sons of Anarchy,' the much praised FX series, following her surprise snub for an Emmy

 

Monday, September 13, 2010

Overnights
Huge opener for 'Sunday Night Football'
Redskins-Cowboys game averages a 16.6 household rating on NBC, best for any week-one Sunday or Monday primetime game since 1997

Media economy
Buyers are conflicted over the ad market
Media folks seem increasingly worried about a dip in the economy, yet they report clients are more upbeat and hiring is on the rise

Dayparts update
Onto the syndie stage: 'Nate Berkus'
Latest Oprah protege debuts with big expectations, and this time the theme is living in style, as the new syndication season begins

Magazines
Coming, a glitzy Hollywood Reporter
Fading trade will transition from a daily to weekly glossy under former Us editor Janice Min with an eye to drawing new advertisers

Here & there
CAB: Cable upfront tallied record $8 billion
Other shorts: NBC's NFL Kickoff is most-watched ever - Study: HBO subscriptions fall to four-year low - Pew: Time spent with news media rises

TV Reviews
'Outlaw,' send this one to death row
New NBC procedural appears written for children by children, distinguished by bad writing, flimsy plotline and dreadful dialogue

TV This Week
'Oprah Winfrey Show': In with a bang?
Queen of daytime talk returns for her final season in syndication, aiming to build her base for her cable launch in January

Monday, September 20, 2010

Overnights
'SNF' Manning bowl delivers for NBC
Averages a 15.2 household rating, fifth best ever for the show and up 3 percent from the last Manning brothers game four years ago

Television
Media buyers give Monday to CBS
Predict new 'Hawaii Five-0' will lead the night, assuming the role held by 'Big Bang Theory,' which moves to Thursdays

TV Preview
NBC's 'Chase,' in a hurry going nowhere
Jerry Bruckenheimer's new drama about U.S. Marshals has lots of action but little character development, and it airs at a tough time

TV Reviews
'Running Wilde,' arrested laughter
New Fox show, much in the mold of axed 'Arrested Development,' is amusing but falls well short of break-out-laughing funny

Here & there
Fineman becomes latest to flee Newsweek
Other shorts: Study: Affluent readers drift from magazines - WSJ editor: NYT 'not a serious competitor' nationally - Limbaugh duped by Wikipedia prank

Radio
On the street, the PPM works pretty well
Interviews with panelists pick up on a few flaws in the electronic system for tracking radio listening, but no serious problems

TV This Week
For 'Dancing with the Stars,' a faster step
Hit ABC reality series returns with a host of challenges, and not the least is topping last year's ratings, without Kate

Overnights
Poor start for poor-man's 'Apprentice'
Averages a series-low 1.5 in 18-49s for two-hour premiere on NBC against minimal competition as CBS wins the night with reruns

Television
Fox: We'll name new 'Idol' judges Wednesday
Ryan Seacrest will host the big unveil next week. Who will it be: Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler, Harry Connick Jr. or a surprise?

This week in out of home
Your client at Midnight Madness
The partying begins, on court and off, at 12 sharp on the first day Division I college basketball teams are allowed to practice

Monday, September 27, 2010

Overnights
Football gives NBC another Sunday win
Averages a 5.3 in 18-49s, while ABC tumbles to fourth for the night as 'Housewives' falls 11 percent in its debut to a still-solid 4.2

Overnights
CBS takes Friday with strong 'Blue Bloods'
Tom Selleck drama averages a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating, No. 1 for the night and lifting the network to a victory over No. 2 Univision

Television
Comcast COO will head NBC Universal
Man who fired Jeff Zucker will step into his shoes, and Stephen Burke faces a huge challenge: Lifting NBC out of the basement

Here & there
Saturday overnights: Football kicks ABC to No. 1
Other shorts: Harman makes mark: Layoffs at Newsweek - NBC's 'SNL' premiere grows - CBS earns two-year high for Alabama-Arkansas

TV Reviews
'Chase,' every good trick in the book
This NBC cop procedural lifts a bit of this and that from all manner of shows and fits them together into an entertaining drama

Radio
In streaming, pure plays are taking share
Majority of new listeners are choosing them over streams offered by terrestrial radio stations. It goes beyond the gee-whiz factor.

TV This Week
Alas, Elmo, Big Bird, but no Katy Perry
Neither the pop singer nor her cleavage will appear on the season debut of 'Sesame Street' following the stink over her outfit

Overnights
CBS edges ABC to win Thursday night
Averages a 3.7 in 18-49s to ABC's 3.4, with 'Grey's Anatomy' the night's top show with a 5.3. Relocated 'Big Bang' averages a 4.8.
This week in out of home
Your client's message on an iPad
Street teams sweep through crowds, inviting folks to engage with the devices while team members show off the client's online wares