Philly TV and Radio

The 40th anniversary of Action News will be celebrated at the Broadcast Pioneers luncheon, March 17 at noon at the Bala Golf Club. Larry Kane will moderate the panel discussion with Marc Howard, Lew Klein, Steve Levy, Monica Malpass, Matt O’Donnell, Joe Pellegrino, and Don Tollefson.

NBC10’s Tracy Davidson will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of PA monthly luncheon, Wednesday at noon at the Lamb Tavern in Springfield.

NBC10’s Renee Chenault Fattah hosts “Picasso in Paris” Tuesday at 7 p.m.  Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris is running at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through April 25.

From 6ABC:

Oscar Shines Brighter Than Ever

on 6abc!

Academy Awards 29.1 Rating – Highest in 4 Years

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(Philadelphia, PA)  - Everybody loves a good David vs. Goliath story, and that’s exactly what America got at last night’s Oscars.  And more than 1.2 million local viewers tuned in to see the small budget film The Hurt Locker best the mega-blockbuster Avatar. 

The 29.1 rating (approx. 859,000 homes) on 6abc is the highest rated non-NFL TV program in the past year, including the 2010 Grammy Awards and the 2010 Winter Olympics.  Last night’s Oscar audience is the highest in four years, with a 7% increase from last year (22% higher than 2008). 

6abc easily came out the winner the entire night.  Starting at 7pm, The Barbara Walters Special easily took the time period, with an 11.8 rating and nearly ½ million viewers.  At 8pm, the numbers doubled to an audience of more than 1 million with ABC’s Countdown to the Oscars.  And Action News’ late night news audience (9.2 rating) was larger than the entire competition combined!

Oscar Night Ratings

Program                                       HH Rating                Viewers 2+

7pm - Barbara Walters Special        11.8                    486,000         

8pm - Red Carpet Special                 24.0                1,081,000

830p - Academy Awards                   29.1                1,287,000     

March 7^th Late News Ratings

                                                            HH             W25-54        A25-54

WPVI – Action News at 11               9.2          6.2                       4.5

WCAU – NBC10 News at 11           1.6          0.9                      1.2

KYW – Eyewitness News at 11        3.9          2.3                       2.1

WXTF – Fox29 News at 10               2.8          1.7                       1.9

WPVI-TV is the ABC owned station serving the Delaware and Lehigh Valleys.

Here are the sweeps results for each timeslot.  Each rating point represents 29,000 households.

5 - 7 a.m.

6ABC - 4 rating/18 share
NBC10 - 2 rating/10 share
CBS3 -  2 rating/9 share
Fox29 - 1 rating/6 share

7 a.m. - 9 a.m.

6ABC (Good Morning America) - 6 rating/18 share
NBC10 (The Today Show) - 4 rating/11 share
Fox29 (Good Day Philadelphia) - 3 rating/9 share
CBS3 (The Early Show) - 2 rating/6 share
CWPhilly (Eyewitness News) - 1 rating/3 share

9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
6ABC (Regis & Kelly) - 5 rating/15 share
CBS3 (Dr. Oz) - 4 rating/9 share
NBC10 (Today Show) - 3 rating/8 share
Fox29 (Good Day) - 2 rating/6 share
myPHL17 - (Cheaters) - 1 rating/4 share

10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
6ABC (Rachael Ray) - 4 rating/11 share
CBS3 (Let’s Make a Deal) 3 rating/8 share
NBC10 (The Today Show ) - 2 rating/8 share
Fox29 (Wendy Williams) & myPHL17 ( Maury Povich ) - 2 rating/5 share
 

11 a.m. - noon
6ABC (The View) - 6 rating/18 share
CBS3 (The Price is Right) - 4 rating/10 share
myPHL17 (Jerry Springer) - 2 rating/5 share
Fox29 (Divorce Court) - 1 rating/4 share
NBC10 - (The 10! Show) - 1 rating/3 share

Noon - 1 p.m.
6ABC (Action News/Millionaire) - 10 rating/26 share, 6 rating/17 share
CBS3 (Talk Philly) - 4 rating/10 share
myPHL17 (Maury Povich) 2 rating/6 share
Fox29 (News/TMZ) - 1 rating/3 share (both)
NBC10 (Deal or No Deal) & CWPhilly (Judge Pirro) 1 rating/2 share

1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
CBS3 (The Young and the Restless 12:30) - 5 rating/13 share
6ABC (All My Children) - 4 rating/11 share
myPHL17 (Jerry Springer) - 2 rating/5 share
CWPhilly (Judge Mathis ) - 1 rating/4 share
NBC10 (Days of Our Lives) - 1 rating/3 share

2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
6ABC (One Life to Live) 4 rating/11 share
CBS3 (As the World Turns) 2 rating/7 share
myPHL17 - Steve Wilkos - 2 rating/5 share
CWPhilly (The People’s Court) 2 rating/4 share
NBC10 (Martha)  & Fox29 (Judge Alex) - 1 rating/3 share

3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
6ABC (General Hospital) - 4 rating/10 share
NBC10 (Ellen) - 3 rating/8 share
myPHL17  (Maury Povich) - 2 rating/6 share
CBS3 (The Doctors) - 2 rating/5 share

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
6ABC (Oprah) - 6 rating/13 share
CBS3 news and NBC10 news - 4 rating/8 share
Fox29 (Judge Judy) - 3 rating/8 share
myPHL17 (Street Court) - 1 rating/3 share
CWPhilly (Tyra) - 1 rating/2 share

5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
6ABC (Action News) - 9 rating/18 share
CBS3 (Dr. Phil)  & NBC10 (News) - 4 rating/7 share
Fox29 (News) - 2 rating/5 share

6 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
6ABC (News) - 11 rating/19 share
CBS3 (News) - 4 rating/8 share
NBC10 (News) - 3 rating/7 share
myPHL17 (My Wife and Kids) - 3 rating/5 share
Fox29  (News) - 2 rating/3 share 

6:30 - 7:00 p.m.
ABC  (Diane Sawyer) - 11 rating/18 share
myPHL17 (Two and a Half Men) - 5 rating/9 share
NBC (Brian Williams ) - 5 rating/8 share
CBS (Katie Couric) - 4 rating/6 share
Fox29 (TMZ) - 2 rating/4 share

7 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
6ABC (Jeopardy) - 11 rating/18 share
myPHL17 (Two and a Half Men) - 6 rating/10 share
CBS3 (Entertainment Tonight) - 4 rating/7 share
NBC10 (Extra) - 3 rating/5 share
Fox29 (The Simpsons) - 2 rating/4 share

7:30 - 8:00 p.m.
6ABC (Wheel of Fortune) - 9 rating/14 share
CBS3 (The Insider) - 5 rating/8 share
myPHL17 (Family Guy) - 4 rating/7 share
NBC10 (Access Hollywood) - 3 rating/6 share
Fox29 (Seinfeld) - 3 rating/5 share
CWPhilly (The Office) - 1 rating/2 share

10 p.m. (Mon-Fri)
Fox29 (News) - 6 rating/9 share
myPHL17 (News) - 2 rating/3 share
CWPhilly (News) - 1 rating/2 share

11 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
6ABC (News) - 9 rating/16 share
CBS3 (News) - 8 rating/14 share
NBC10 (News) - 6 rating/12 share

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Here’s Bill Lyon’s review of the new book about the late Phillies announcer, Harry Kalas.

James Badge Dale, Joe Mazzello, and Joe Seda, the stars of the upcoming HBO miniseries, “The Pacific,” will be the guests of honor at a special screening, Monday at the National Constituion Center.

It premieres Sunday, March 14th at 9 p.m. on HBO. 

 This Sunday is the season finale of the awesome “Big Love,” which has already been renewed for next season.

Both are productions of Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, who also produced the HBO miniseries, “John Adams.”

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Thanks to Missy Stein of “What’s Up with Missy” on WHAT 1340-AM for having me on her show Friday to discuss television.

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