Contest for Free Groceries Fails to Win Ratings

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Contest for Free Groceries Fails to Win Ratings

We're guessing that people can not be bribe with Groceries in Milwaukee.

A contest that offered viewers a chance to win one year of groceries at Sendik’s Food Markets failed to bag a ratings win for WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) as rival WISN-TV (Channel 12) won the February sweeps ratings for key newscasts.

Channel 4 news anchors Mike Jacobs andCarole Meekins appeared in spots promoting the station’s giveaway of $100 gift cards weekly for groceries with a $5,200 grand prize of “Groceries 4 a Year.”

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Sweeping up in Denver

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Sweeping up in Denver

Despite having NBC's shitty prime time schedule as a lead in, KUSA pulled it off.​

The Denver NBC Affilate was able to win the late news race, even with not so great lead ins. ​

Here is a breakdown of the late news numbers:​

The 10 p.m. newscasts, viewers age 25-54, Monday through Sunday, for Feb. 2013:
KUSA 3.6 rating, 13 share
KCNC 2.5 rating, 9 share

KMGH 2.5 rating, 9 share

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Comeback for WFAA in Dallas Ratings

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Comeback for WFAA in Dallas Ratings

​Winless a year ago in the four-week February "sweeps," WFAA8 took back the 10 p.m. top spots this time around while Fox4 logged the most overall victories. 

WFAA8 bested CBS11 by a bare handful of viewers overall while dominating the late night news among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. CBS11 had won both competitions in February 2012. The final numbers again had to be broken down to three decimal points to determine a total viewers champ in the late news race. And in other races as well. 

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20 Years at the Peacock for BriWi

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20 Years at the Peacock for BriWi

Brian Williams has reached his 20 year anniversary working at NBC.   

He is the Star of NBC News, but admitted he won’t give his daughter Allison Williams, a star of HBO’s “Girls,” advice on managing fame.

He said, “She got through Yale. I only have 18 [college] credits. I think I could actually do harm to a perfectly promising career if I try to give her advice.”

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Internet Takes Over TV for News

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Internet Takes Over TV for News

​Damn! Maybe this whole Internet thing isn't a fad after all.​

The Washington Examiner says Bye bye Walter Cronkite (I guess that don't know Uncle Walter is Dead), Brian Williams and Scott Pelley. Hello Google, Yahoo and Drudge.

A new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that traditional network news continues to fall as the nation's source for news. The internet now is a bigger source of news for Americans than network TV, by a point, 25 percent to 24 percent.

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Sinclair Buys a Bunch More Small Market Stations

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Sinclair Buys a Bunch More Small Market Stations

​Sinclair Broadcast Group announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the broadcast assets of 18 television stations owned by Barrington Broadcasting Group for $370.0 million and entered into agreements to operate or provide sales services to another six stations.

The 24 stations are located in 15 markets and reach 3.4% of the U.S. TV households.

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More Bad News For The Today Show

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Ever since Matt Lauer got rid of Ann Curry at the Today Show, things have been going from bad to worse.​

In the latest ratings the Today Show got beat by WNYW's Good Day New York. Ouch!

Yes....a local show beat the Today Show in their home market of New York. Somewhere Ann Curry has a huge smile on her face. ​

Today also got their ass handed to them by Good Morning America as well.  Thanks to Robin Roberts fast recovery and return to ABC, GMA posted the largest total viewers lead over Today in nearly 19 years last week.

Double Ouch!​

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CNN Hires EP for New Morning Show

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CNN has named Jim Murphy as the EP of what will be another try at a morning show.​

Murphy worked at Good Morning America as the senior executive producer. This continues Jeff Zucker's streak of hiring people that either worked at ABC or NBC for his new regime at CNN.​

Murphy will oversee the new morning show which will be hosted by Chris Cuomo and ?????​

Cuomo and Murphy worked Together at GMA. ​

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Ax Swings at NBC.com

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The Blood is on the Floor at NBC.com.

​Word is that five senior NBC.com employees were laid off from the digital property.

The list includes VPs Josie Ventura (VP Primetime Production), Emre Celik (VP technology) and Robert Angelo (VP Late Night, Daytime & Mobile), Senior Quality Assurance Manager Jennifer Grant and Chris Himes, Supervising Digital Producer, SNL, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, 30 Rock.

It seems that NBC wants to go a different direction with the site and this is part of their ​restructuring plan.

The positions are expected to be refilled.

H/T Deadline

Holt (not that one) Helps Bring Up NBC Chicago Ratings

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Holt (not that one) Helps Bring Up NBC Chicago Ratings

Years ago in Chicago, Lester Holt was the anchor that many talked about.

Today, they are still talking about Holt, but not Lester.​

It's his son Stefan and he's making some waves in the Chicago ratings. 

Our man Robert Feder writes that it only took a year for Stefan Holt and Daniella Guzman to close the gap in Chicago’s early morning news race.

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Sinclair Boots Longtime Texas Anchor

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Sinclair Boots Longtime Texas Anchor

Longtime Austin Anchor ​Ron Oliveira has been a fixture TV for three decades. He has loved bringing Austin viewers the news, for the last 8 years on KEYE.

But now, Oliveira is being kicked to the curb. He will sign off from KEYE’s 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts on Friday.

“I was informed that the corporate office in Baltimore (Sinclair) decided not to renew my contract,” he said to the American-Statesman. “No reason was given. It took me by total surprise. I’m heartbroken because I love what I do.”

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Longtime Houston Sports Director Up and Quits

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Longtime Houston Sports Director Up and Quits

KHOU sportscaster Butch Alsandor ended the Feb Book with a bang. He surprised viewers with the news that he was leaving the station.

Durining last night's 10PM newscast (the last of the Feb Sweeps) Alsandor announced that he has decided to leave the station after 20 years, including almost four years as sports director.

“I’ve been thinking for quite a while that I’d like to try something new, and now, after 20 solid years, this seems like the time to go ahead with that,” he said in a statement issued by the station. “KHOU has been good enough to give me the opportunity, even though my contract still has several months remaining.

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