View Post CBS Affiliates CBS Picks Up Comedy About Local News Reporter For Fall By Merrill Knox on May. 15, 2013 - 10:53 AM Both CBS and NBC are set to premiere comedies about local news personalities this fall. CBS has picked up “The Millers,” starring Will Arnett as Nathan Miller, “a recently divorced local roving news reporter look ...
ABC Affiliates | CBS Affiliates | FOX Affiliates Sharing Among News Stations Still Going Strong By Kevin Eck on Oct. 3, 2012 - 4:36 PM When KSAZ, the FOX affiliate in Phoenix, signed up for a helicopter sharing agreement with cross-town ABC affiliate KNXV this week, it was just one recent example of TV stations still pursuing opportunities to pool resources. Wh ...
NBC Affiliates | Top 10 | Weather It’s Official: Dreyer Named to NBC’s “Weekend Today” By Kevin Eck on Sep. 13, 2012 - 4:39 PM NBC has officially announced Dylan Dreyer will be joining NBC News as their “Weekend Today” weather anchor. TVSpy reported last month Dreyer, who was the weekday morning anchor for WHDH, would be leaving the Boston ...
NBC Affiliates | Sports Top TV Markets for Olympics Viewing By Chris Ariens on Aug. 13, 2012 - 8:28 PM The London Summer Olympics have become the most-watched event in TV history. The 17 days of the games drew 219.4 million viewers, 4.4 million more than the Bejing Olympics in 2008 and 10 million more than the 1996 Atlanta games. A ...
NBC Affiliates | Top 10 | Weather WHDH Meteorologist Joining NBC’s ‘Today’ By Andrew Gauthier on Aug. 6, 2012 - 5:13 PM Dylan Dreyer, currently the morning and noon meteorologist at WHDH, is leaving the Boston NBC-affiliate to join NBC’s “Today,” where she’ll work as the weekend weather anchor. A formal announcement has not ...
TV Biz Top 20 TV Markets for Opening Ceremony Viewing By Chris Ariens on Jul. 30, 2012 - 8:50 AM As you may have read, the London Games Opening Ceremony was the most-watched opening to an Olympics ever in the U.S. with 40.7 million viewers tuning in Friday night. That’s a million more than watched the 1996 Atlanta games ...
Digital | Top 10 Streaming TV Service Aereo Survives First Legal Test By Andrew Gauthier on Jul. 12, 2012 - 10:43 AM Aereo, the streaming TV service backed by Barry Diller, scored a victory in court this week as a federal judge ruled that the company could continue to operate while it fights broadcasters over the use of their programming. A grou ...
Mornings | NBC Affiliates Savannah Guthrie Makes Official Debut as ‘Today’ Co-Host By Andrew Gauthier on Jul. 9, 2012 - 9:58 AM Savannah Guthrie, an alum of KMIZ in Columbia, MO and KVOA in Tucson, made her official debut as co-host of NBC’s “Today” show Monday morning. “It truly is a new day around here,'” Matt Lauer said, we ...
NBC Affiliates B&C: NBC Affiliates Back Plan to Replace Ann Curry on ‘Today’ By Merrill Knox on Jun. 27, 2012 - 3:30 PM The rumor mill about talent changes on NBC’s “Today” continues to churn. The latest news, from The Hollywood Reporter, is that Ann Curry will remain at NBC in a “substantial” role after her exit from ...
Anchors | Mornings | NBC Affiliates Natalie Morales Is Preferred Choice to Replace Ann Curry on ‘Today’ By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 25, 2012 - 11:46 AM Natalie Morales is the preferred pick to replace Ann Curry on NBC’s “Today” show, at least among TVSpy readers. According to a recent TVSpy poll, posted last week amid reports that Curry was leaving “Today, ...