Primetime (tv program)

Fast National ratings for Thursday, July 27, 2006 Crime drama, the gift that keeps giving at CBS, led the network to another sizable ratings win Thursday. For the night, CBS drew a 6.3 rating/11 share, easily topping second-place ABC's 4.4/8. FOX took...

If I could have called each and every one of you last Wednesday night at 10:01 p.m. (ET), the conversation we would have had would have gone a little something like this: Me: Oh my God, wasn't "Lost" so good? You: It was so good. Me: I love this show....

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006 A strong performance by a rerun of "CSI: NY" helped propel CBS to the top of the ratings heap Wednesday against rather light competition. CBS earned a 6.6 rating/11 share among households for the night....

When I covered college basketball, Bob Knight was a profound pain in the neck. Now that I am a sports media writer, I kind of like him. After a promising debut in ESPN's studios last March, Knight will expand his......

Bad news in TV and everywhere else seems to come in "threes" and that was the magic number in Century City yesterday too: ABC has whacked "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money," and the end of "Pushing Daisies" now......

We are surely about to witness a strange, strange January, and as evidence - this from ABC: "Homeland Security USA." Read this logline for the newbie that arrives Jan. 6 at 8: "Every day the men and women of......

Big shake-up at NBC last week in the wake of gawdawful ratings and horrific programs and sacksack schedules: Angela Bromstad, whom I know to be a very smart programming exec with a long NBC history, is returning to the......

Lotsa little news items today - nothing big, but certainly worth noting in our on-going feature, "Catching up with the News." So...let's get right to it! - Oprah's Harpo signs a deal with HBO. For series, movies, minis, etc.......

This just in: Katie Couric will anchor a one-time-only primetime edition of "The Evening News" next Wednesday at 8. CBS says this will be "in addition" to the earlier 6:30 edition, while a spokeswoman says it will contain "all......

ESPN's Rick Reilly on the guy with the most unusual sportswriting assignment in the history of the Super Bowl. Speaking of ESPN and The Big Game . . . click below for 2,100 words on the network's plans for covering......

Welcome to the department of "D'Oh": Fox has finally officially said "The Simpsons" will go through seasons 21 and 22. The network/studio had already signed the cast for four years, which would take the classic through 23 and into......

Will this great actor beat "Gunsmoke?" (Nicole Rivelli/NBC) ...And don't expect to see "Chuck," "My Name is Earl" or "Medium" there either. The network just sent out its new season release - head to the jump for EVERYTHING -......