ABC ‘Nightline’ Wins All Target Demos on Third Night in New Timeslot By Merrill Knox on Jan. 11, 2013 - 3:16 PM On day three of the new “Nightline” time, the show placed first across all the target demos. It was the first win among A18-49 viewers, which is the key late night demographic, in the 12:35amET timeslot. ABC’s wi ...
ABC Promising Signs for ‘Nightline’ in New Timeslot By Chris Ariens on Jan. 10, 2013 - 2:45 PM On its second night in a new timeslot, ABC News “Nightline” improved upon its first night by winning not just Total Viewers but also the key A25-54 news demo. Even more promising, versus ABC’s performance at 12:3 ...
View Post ABC Final 11:35 ‘Nightline’ Is Tonight By Chris Ariens on Jan. 7, 2013 - 10:33 AM It’s not very often a number show is moved out of its timeslot by network execs, but that’s what’s happening at ABC as “Nightline” moves from 11:35pm to 12:35am beginning tomorrow night making room fo ...
View Post TV Biz The Ticker: O’Reilly Threat, ‘Nightline’ Guns, Currently Spitzer By Chris Ariens on Dec. 20, 2012 - 12:05 PM An Illinois man who left a threatening message for Bill O’Reilly in January has been sentenced to a year of probation and fined $500. 62-year-old James Rogers faced felony harassment by telephone charges for the death threat ...
View Post ABC ‘Nightline’ Has Most-Watched Show in a Year By Chris Ariens on Dec. 7, 2012 - 7:13 AM With just a month before its timeslot change, ABC’s “Nightline” remains the No. 1 late night show. Last Tuesday’s “Nightline,” which featured a Powerball lottery story and an interview with the ...
ABC | Weather ABC’s Primetime and ‘Nightline’ Sandy Specials By Chris Ariens on Oct. 30, 2012 - 4:38 PM Diane Sawyer and Chris Cuomo will co-anchor “A Special Edition of 20/20: The Perfect Storm” tonight at 10pmET. Sawyer met up with Cuomo’s brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) at Ground Zero this afternoon. That interview wi ...
ABC | Events Editing a Story about a British Pub, In a British Pub By Chris Ariens on Aug. 10, 2012 - 4:11 PM ABC’s Bill Weir continues his reports from the London Summer games, where he’s been reporting for “Good Morning America” straight through to “Nightline.” And if you watch tonight’s “ ...
Events Scott Pelley: ‘It’s Not Our Fault the TV Coverage is Delayed’ By Chris Ariens on Aug. 3, 2012 - 1:41 PM The tape delay pile-on is in full swing as other broadcasters continue taking jabs at NBC for the practice of tape-delaying major Olympic events. Earlier this week we told you about ABC’s Bill Weir, who, while reporting from ...
TV Biz The Ticker: Fugelsang Show, ‘NY Med,’ Olympic Diss By Alex Weprin on Aug. 1, 2012 - 4:31 PM Current TV is adding another new primetime show hosted by a comedian. Following the announcement of Joy Behar’s new program, Current says it will add a show hosted by John Fugelsang in primetime. Fugelsang says his new show ...
ABC ‘Nightline’ #1 in Q2 By Chris Ariens on Jun. 29, 2012 - 7:52 PM They won the 2011-2012 season, so it figures “Nightline” would also be the #1 show in late night for the second quarter. In numbers just released, the ABC News show topped NBC’s “The Tonight Show” by ...