Friday Night Fights
Cops slides on Saturdays; American Dad on two stations in Chicago at the same time? Here’s a brief synopsis on last Friday’s and Saturday’s night ratings in prime-time during premiere week: – CBS’...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: Comcast’s “donation” to MBC
In an item posted in Chicagoland Radio & Media about two weeks ago, Comcast Corporation announced it was making a $2.7 million donation to the Museum of Broadcast Communications to help open the...
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Friday night fights – of sorts
Now on Fridays. While Friday night television has become a former shell of itself, it still has some decent programming options – though it still have the stigma of the “Death Slot” (Hello, Hawaii...
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“The Amazing Race” ratings not so amazing
It looks like another TV series has fallen victim to the Friday Night Death Slot. The Amazing Race – winner of ten Emmy Awards over its long run, moved to Fridays to make room for CBS’ new drama Madam...
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T Dog’s Media Notepad: “Big Bang” suffering from “90210” syndrome
Bears decline in ratings Sidenote: From here on out, all ratings news will be here in the notepad. – Is it too early to declare the Bears season over? Last Sunday’s defeat at the hands of the Arizona...
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Media Notepad: Blackhawks begin holy grail to the Stanley Cup
Also: WCIU has another prime-time stand up comedy special; Dateline NBC to enter syndication this fall (Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with new information.) The Chicago Blackhawks begin...
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Friday ratings roundup: “Inhumans”…what a joke
The show was about as bad as yours truly expected (Editor’s note: Some tweets in this story were removed as their accounts were suspended. – T.H.) The only thing worse than watching the Bears Thursday...
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Syndicated “Dateline” leads true crime charge
Interest in genre explodes as off-net debut puts up strong numbers When the news was announced Dateline NBC reruns were being sold into broadcast syndication, the idea was…laughable. After all, since...
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NBC unveils 2018-19 schedule
Nine new shows overall; three to debut this fall In advance of its upfront presentation on Monday, NBC unveiled its 2018-19 schedule and announced nine new series – three of them premiering this fall....
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The Media Notepad: Summer vacation starts early for NBA, NHL
WTOP Short series ends basketball and hockey seasons early. Also: updates on “Springer”, “CrimeWatch” Even without the Chicago Blackhawks and other big-market original six teams, the NHL Stanley Cup...
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