USA Network | Adweek
Advertisement

Topic: USA Network

Type
Burke: NBC Is Leaving $1 Billion on the Table Network exec vows to gain equal footing with rivals

NBC is consisting on crumbs while its broadcast television rivals dine like kings, and Steve Burke is fed up. Speaking to investors Thursday at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012…

September 13, 2012, 8:25 PM EDT

All Methed Up and Nowhere to Go Return of AMC's 'Breaking Bad' scares up big ratings

Despite being blacked out in some 14.1 million DISH Network homes, the return of AMC’s Breaking Bad on Sunday night set a series ratings record. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the Season…

July 16, 2012, 7:29 PM EDT

FX Lands Warner's 'Mike & Molly' Cable net buys off-net rights for a song

In what can be characterized as one hell of a bargain, FX has landed the off-network rights to the Warner Bros. Domestic Television comedy Mike & Molly for about half…

July 5, 2012, 1:39 PM EDT

TNT Orders a Second Helping of ‘Dallas’; Sheen Scores for FX Turner net also renews cop drama ‘Rizzoli & Isles’

Just three episodes into its premiere run, TNT’s Dallas reboot has earned a second season order. The Turner network has ordered 15 episodes from Warner Horizon Television, with plans to bow…

June 29, 2012, 5:31 PM EDT

The Season of Broadcast Disconnect With cable's vampires, stage moms and methheads, this could be nets' worst summer yet

Perhaps no series is more emblematic of cable’s summer slate than the HBO vampire drama True Blood. A gory bouillabaisse of sex, death and escapism, Alan Ball’s gleefully erratic swamp…

June 18, 2012, 12:04 AM EDT

NBCU's Burke: We'd Love to Be Average NBC makes headway in Q1, but CEO admits it has 'a long way to go'

Steve Burke on Wednesday echoed a familiar refrain, telling investors that NBC has “a long way to go” before it truly can be said to have regained its standing with its…

May 3, 2012, 6:30 AM EDT

Cable Unit Props Up Ailing NBC Broadcaster in Q3 endures poor ratings, flat ad sales

NBCUniversal’s cable networks once again saved the day at 30 Rock, as the stable of popular channels took in $803 million in third-quarter ad sales revenue, up 10 percent versus…

November 2, 2011, 2:42 PM EDT

President Obama's jobs speech will push NBC football pre-game to cable
NBC Kickoff Show Pushed to Cable Obama speech chases pregame to USA, other Comcast channels

President Obama’s Sept. 8 jobs speech won’t butt heads with the first game of the 2011-12 NFL season, but it will run up against NBC’s pregame coverage. As such, the…

September 7, 2011, 4:07 PM EDT

Rivals Have No Shot at Unseating USA This Season Comcast-NBCU net pounds out another summertime victory

Rival cable channels cannot conquer USA Network, they can only hope to contain it. With less than a week to go before the sun sets on another summer TV season, USA…

August 25, 2011, 6:31 AM EDT

CAB Eyes Cable Upfront Haul at $9.29 Billion Record sales gives TNT, USA, et al., advantage over broadcast

After a frenzied selling season that saw top-tier cable network groups writing price increases of as much as 15 percent, the final tally for the 2011-12 upfront is in. At…

August 1, 2011, 5:45 AM EDT

Advertisement