Fox sells eight TV stations to Oak Hill
News Corp. had made good on its promise to sell eight of its Fox TV stations, and it did to the newly-formed Local TV group headed by private equity firm Oak Hill Partners for $1.1 billion. The...
View Article"Oprah" in trouble?
(Editor’s Note: A rough draft appeared earlier here by mistake, resulting in an error in the second paragraph which has since been corrected. In other words, the word “repeat” should have been where...
View Article"My Name is Earl" clears WPWR
More Twentieth Television news: The syndicator has cleared NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl in 47 percent of the country beginning this fall, including nine out of the top ten markets. Fox-owned My Network...
View ArticleWITI says no to "Osbournes"
Fox affiliate WITI-TV in Milwaukee decided not to air the abomination that is Osbournes: Reloaded, a variety special aired tonight on Fox, after American Idol. Instead, the program is airing at 1 a.m....
View ArticleThis just in: Local news trumps reruns
KRON-TV San Francisco to dump Dr. Phil? It looks like these days viewers prefer the corruption, depression, politics, and crime to escapist fare. It what could be yet another blow to the syndication...
View ArticleWPWR picks up "Bones" for 2nd syndication cycle
Fox’s WPWR-TV and stations owned by Tribune, Sinclair, and Local TV have picked up the second syndicated cycle of Bones from Twentieth Television. The procedural drama has been a solid ratings...
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Fallon to succeed Leno as host of “The Tonight Show”
Reach out and sing at someone. Here we go again. After weeks of speculation, NBC made it official last week: it was handing the hosting duties of The Tonight Show to Jimmy Fallon, replacing Jay Leno in...
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Tribune buys Local TV LLC for $2.7 billion
Tribune adds stations from Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Memphis to its stable About a year or so ago, there was speculation on whether or not Tribune Broadcasting, planning to exit Chapter 11, would...
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T Dog’s Grab Bag: WCIU to replace “This” with “Bounce”
Time to see what’s in this week edition of the Grab bag: – With This TV leaving for WGN-TV November 1, Weigel Broadcasting is replacing it with Bounce, moving from its 23.2 subchannel position to the...
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Super Bowl ratings: One for the record books
Tribune Broadcasting came out as biggest winner of all – four of its stations placed in the top ten most-watched markets If you thought the audience would dwindle due to the Seattle Seahawks’ blowout...
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