Filed under: News, Industry, Awards, Reality-Free
While viewership continues to slip and all that “Katie is leaving after the election” speak still swirls, it looks like the industry actually likes her show.
The CBS Evening News won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast from the Radio Television News Directors Association the other night. ABC won the most awards, including Best Overall, Documentary, Hard news, Spot News Coverage, and Videography. Not really sure what the difference is between Best Newscast and Best Overall, but maybe Ideal Overall combines all facets of a Television network’s news division while Best Newscast just focuses on the 30 minute nightly show that the network does. Either way it’s something I’m sure you’re going to see in ads for The CBS Evening News.
CBS News also won for Best Web Site (I’d link to the full list of awards but the RTNDA site seems to be down right now.)
[via TV Newser]
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Filed under: Industry, Programming, Ratings, Reality-Free
Here are the weekly cable ratings, by number of viewers.
That’s right, not only does Monday Night RAW retake the #1 spot on the cable ratings this week, it takes up three spots in the top 10. That doesn’t seem fair, does it? I can hear the people at Disney asking, “why aren’t the two hours of Camp Rock split into two different spots? Or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Fine, we’ll just run Camp Rock every hour for the entire week and we’ll see what the ratings are!”
(And yes, SpongeBob is on the list yet again. It’s comforting to see him there almost each week.)
1. Monday Night RAW (USA)
2. BET Awards (BET)
3. Sprint Cup Racing - Loudon (TNT)
4. Monday Night RAW (USA)
5. In Plain Sight (USA)
6. Camp Rock (Disney)
7. Monday Night RAW (USA)
8. Law and Order: CI (USA)
9. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Disney)
10. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
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Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Hardware, Reality-Free
On February 17, 2009, all wireless television signals will switch from analog to digital, freeing up broadcast space so some folks can make up a lot of money auctioning it off. Allowed, any American that uses cable or satellite will still be able to use the old televisions, however those who still use an antenna will have to purchase a digital tuner. Full details can be found on the FCC site.
My first question is: who out there still even needs a converter box? Most everybody I know has cable or satellite television. You can even get a discount on the device.
Continue reading What will you be doing with your CRT TVs?
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