Entertainment Industry
NBC takes weekly ratings crowns (Reuters)
Reuters - Thanks to a boost from primetime NFL games Thursday and Sunday, NBC won the latest weeklong primetime ratings race in both viewership and adults 18-49. The week ended September 7 was marked by Hurricane Gustav and Republican National Convention coverage. More »
More viewers want their MTV video awards (Reuters)
Reuters - MTV's Video Music Awards had a huge night Sunday, while HBO's vampire drama "True Blood" got off to a modest start. More »
Streisand, Freeman, the Who among Kennedy honorees (Reuters)
Reuters - Singer-actress Barbra Streisand, who performs for Barack Obama at a Hollywood fundraiser next week, will herself be feted in the U.S. capital later this year for her contributions to American culture and the arts. More »
Liberty eyes merging DirecTV, Liberty Entertainment (Reuters)
Reuters - Liberty Media Corp said on Tuesday it would like to merge satellite TV operator DirecTV Group with Liberty Entertainment if the terms are suitable to its shareholders. More »
Prime-Time Metered Market Monday Ratings: CBS and NBC Share Leadership (Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: Deal or No Deal (NBC), Two and a Half Men R (CBS), CSI: Miami R (CBS) More »
Ratings Box: What's Hot/What's Not (Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - What follows are the day one overnight rating results for the five first-run syndicated strips debuting yesterday -- The Bonnie Hunt Show (Warner Bros./Telepictures), Deal or No Deal (NBC), The Doctors (CBS Television Distribution), Family Court With Judge Penny (Program Partners) and Judge Karen from Sony Pictures Television. As always, the benchmarks are lead-in and year-ago time period averages. These are weighted overnight averages. And the rule of thumb, of course, is that one day of overnights does not a hit or miss make. Let's be patient and see what happens. More »
Dreamworks CFO sees bounce from Potter delay (Reuters)
Reuters - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc Chief Financial Officer Lew Coleman on Tuesday said he expects the studio to benefit significantly from the delayed opening of Time Warner Inc's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" from November to next July. More »
Sarah Palin docu wins record ratings for Fox News (Reuters)
Reuters - In a week of records surrounding the Republican National Convention, Fox News Channel earned another one with its weekend documentary on vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. More »
CBS chief offers optimistic view of ad market (Reuters)
Reuters - CBS Corp Chief Executive Les Moonves said national TV advertising remained strong and some local advertising was recovering -- suggesting that marketers haven't cut budgets as deeply as some feared. More »
Fox's coverage of GOP convention No. 1 on cable (AP)
AP - Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Sept. 1-7. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: More »