Movie Reviews Extraordinary Measures
22nd January 2010
There's little of anything that is extraordinary about Extraordinary Measures, most critics agree. Offered as the first film by recently...
It'll Be Avatar Again This Weekend, Say Forecasters
22nd January 2010
Box office forecasters appear to have little doubt that 20th Century Fox's Avatar will hold on to the top position...
Out-of-home Viewers Boost Football Ratings
22nd January 2010
CBS's coverage of the AFC Divisional Playoffs last weekend beat everything else on television last week, but the figures from...
Conan Likely To Get Huge Send-off Tonight
22nd January 2010
Conan O'Brien is expected to draw a massive audience for his final appearance as host of The Tonight Show tonight...
Viewers Approve Heavy Coverage Of Haiti Disaster
21st January 2010
Seeming to confirm that television viewers wish to see more hard news presented in their nightly news programs and less...
Viewers Aren't Missing Paula
21st January 2010
The loss of Paula Abdul has apparently not affected the ratings of American Idol one bit. The Fox talent show...
Saturday Night Lives
20th January 2010
Conventional thinking in the front offices of the television networks that few people are willing to spend Saturdays in front...
Will Cbs Permit Anti-abortion Spot To Air During Super Bowl?
19th January 2010
The Christian "family values" group Focus on the Family reportedly plans to air a spot during the Super Bowl on...
The Long (And Nasty?) Goodbye
19th January 2010
NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker has told the Wall Street Journal that he was "very surprised and disappointed at how...
Letterman's Alleged Extortionist To Stand Trial
19th January 2010
The U.S. TV producer accused of blackmailing comedian DAVID LETTERMAN will be forced to stand trial - after a judge...
Zucker It Will All Blow Over
18th January 2010
NBC chief Jeff Zucker has dismissed criticism that the wrangling over Jay Leno's imminent return to The Tonight Show and...
Idol Slips -- But No Rival Comes Close
15th January 2010
After roaring back with imposing ratings for its season debut on Tuesday, American Idol saw its numbers slump on Wednesday....
Rather's Legal Battle With Cbs Comes To An End
13th January 2010
Hardly noticed amid the wrangling at NBC, Dan Rather's efforts to restore his reputation after being dismissed by CBS as...
Nbc Scores A Big Win With Football
13th January 2010
Football gave NBC executives something to boast about Tuesday even as they faced ridicule from within and without the company...
Idol Returns -- With A Bang
13th January 2010
Lingering worries that American Idol could be running out of steam were quickly dispelled Tuesday when the talent show's new...
Media Titans Seek To Buy Mgm -- If The Price Is Right
12th January 2010
Some of the country's biggest media conglomerates and film producers -- and one Indian player -- are looking to buy...
Bcs Telecast Scores For Abc
8th January 2010
Demonstrating that nothing -- absolutely nothing -- can beat football on television, ABC's coverage of the BCS championship game between...
Nbc Again Has No. 1 Telecast -- But What Now?
6th January 2010
NBC's coverage of the final NFL game of the regular season was the most-watched telecast of the week as it...
Cronkite Is Retired Again From Cbs Evening News
5th January 2010
Walter Cronkite, who was forced to retire as anchor of the CBS Evening News when he reached the age of...
Gma Does Quite Nicely Without Sawyer
5th January 2010
Diane Sawyer's departure from Good Morning America to anchor ABC World News has not cost GMA any viewers. In fact,...
Nbc To Invest In New Programs
1st January 2010
After attempting to reduce the cost of developing new programs in general and avoiding the expensive production costs of pilots...
Leno Beats Reruns -- On Nbc
31st December 2009
NBC has said all along that once television networks began airing reruns, The Jay Leno Show would shine. And Wednesday...
Football Is Nbc's Biggest Xmas Present
30th December 2009
During a typical week of pre-Christmas reruns, the broadcast networks last week saw a huge drop in viewers, save for...
Smith Gives In To Movie Censors Over A Couple Of Dicks
29th December 2009
Director KEVIN SMITH has been forced to change the name of his new BRUCE WILLIS cop comedy because studio bosses...
Its A Wonderful Life Is Still Wonderful
28th December 2009
It seems counterintuitive but the 1946 Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart, captured the majority of younger...
Why Kevin Smith Agreed To Change Title Of His Movie
24th December 2009
Kevin Smith agreed to change the title of his latest movie to Cop Out , after learning that his previous...
Leno's Rivals Begin Reruns, But His Ratings Remain Flat
24th December 2009
NBC's hope that Jay Leno's ratings would surge as competitors went into rerun mode has not materialized. All of the...
Ratings Cbs Swamps The Competition
23rd December 2009
CBS made it almost a clean sweep in last week's ratings competition. Of the top 15 entertainment shows, CBS accounted...
Leno Improves Against Reruns -- Slightly
22nd December 2009
TV analysts will be keeping an eye on The Jay Leno Show for the next few weeks as it faces...
Apple May Offer A La Carte Channels
22nd December 2009
Apple, via its iTunes store, could begin delivering to television viewers as early as next year what many of them...
