Watch the Letterman, Leno and Oprah Super Bowl Promo…How They Pulled It Off
It was probably the most unexpected 15 seconds in the Super Bowl. No not Peyton Manning throwing a six pick to end the Indianapolis Colts hopes of winning the big game this year. But how did three major figures get together for this promo spot? Two who will be competing against each other for the late night TV audience and the queen of dayti...
Super Bowl Sets Record Number of Viewers, 106,000,000 Plus for CBS
We don’t talk a lot about the ratings here. We leave that for the web-sites that cater to people in the media business and quite frankly they do a much better job at it than we do. But this year’s Super Bowl featuring two not so marquis teams in the National Football League hit over 106 million viewers for CBS. This figure breaks...
USA Network’s ‘Royal Pains’ Welcomes Henry Winkler, ‘Cougar Town’ Gets Sheryl Crow
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Last season’s finale on ‘Royal Pains’ had Hank and Evan’s father taking all of their savings and headed out of town. And we never met the dad but we will this season as Henry Winkler joins the cast as Eddie R. Lawson, father to Hank and Ev...
Goodbye Simon Cowell, Hello Howard Stern, Who May Be New ‘American Idol’ Judge
The loud mouth, foul mouth of Howard Stern could be coming to Fox if the producers of ‘American Idol’ has their way. Word is floating all around the TV world that the legendary shock jock is being courted by Fox to replace Simon Cowell on the massive ratings juggernaut which propelled this network to its number one status.
And what...
Mel Gibson Calls TV Reporter the “A” Word on TV
When you watch this you gotta admit it’s pretty funny. But Mel Gibson probably can use a new public relations person. If he hasn’t fired his PR company, which happens to be one of the largest in Los Angeles, he needs to after this mess that was created during an interview for the release of his new movie. Gibson was grilled by WG...
Matthew Broderick from Stage and Screen Now to Network Television
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Speaking of NBC, this network is going through a whole heck of a lot lately. You just saw the story about the possibility of losing the Olympics and the mess that took place during the late night fiasco with Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien. Well now some really big news.
Matthew Broderick is coming...
Fox, ESPN, Other Networks Set to Make Bids to Snatch Olympics from NBC
Well NBC has had the Olympics for 10 years which seems like forever but this winter Olympics broadcast on the network is set to bring them a huge loss in ad dollars. Close to $250,000,000 is the projected loss for NBC and while these ad numbers are staggering, Fox and ESPN are looking to put in bids for the broadcasts.
CBS and Time Warner are ...
MTV Brings Back ‘Jersey Shore’, ‘Teen Mom’ and New Show ‘If You Really Knew Me’
Well the controversy will continue on MTV as cast members from the highest rated show on the network have come to contract agreements. ‘Jersey Shore’ is returning to MTV despite the protests from Italian groups and the loss of advertisers. Which means nothing to the struggling TV business as there’s always some brand to re...
Alyssa Milano Gets New Comedy, ‘Romantically Challenged’ on ABC
She will be back on the air in April with a new Monday night comedy. Alyssa Milano is returning to network television with a new half hour comedy and it is set to premiere on April 5th at 9:30PM, right after ratings monster ‘Dancing with the Stars.’
The new show is called ‘Romantically Challenged’ focused on a guy pla...
The Most Popular Game Show on Television…
…and the winner is….
OK so we’re talking about not only in the United States but across the world. Television Business International (one of those companies with a cool name that we have never heard of) did a survey based upon the number of times a show has been on the air and a bunch of other criteria that we never really wa...