ABC tops mild Monday ratings
NBC’s ‘Jay Leno Show’ hits tough times
ABC, behind “Dancing With the Stars” and improved scores for drama “Castle,” ruled as the top broadcaster in key demos on Monday. It was tough going, meanwhile, for NBC’s “The Jay Leno Show,” which hit a Monday low even opposite a repeat of CBS’ “CSI: Miami.” ● More from: Variety
With CBS in reruns, ABC rises to No. 1
Averages a 3.4 in 18-49s, 13 percent ahead of CBS
With CBS’s powerful lineup in repeats and Fox giving “House” a brief hiatus, ABC climbed to first place on Monday night for the first time this season. ● More from: Media Life Magazine
NBC set to begin push for Vancouver Olympics
Making the U.S. Winter Olympic team is no clear-cut deal. Most athletes earn their spots not at Olympic trials, but based on their performances during World Cup events in the months leading up to the Games. ● More from: Yahoo! News
CNN Finishes Last in Ratings for Prime-Time Cable News
CNN, which created the all-news cable network almost 30 years ago, hit a new competitive low with its prime-time programs in October, with three of its four programs between 7 and 11 p.m. finishing fourth and last among the cable news networks. ● More from: NYTimes.com
Seattle Times circulation grows on P-I’s demise
New figures show the Times held on to two-thirds of its old rival’s daily readers. But the advertising picture remains murky as the critical holiday season approaches. ● More from: crosscut.com
Iceland says goodbye to the Big Mac
Iceland’s three McDonald’s restaurants – all in the capital Reykjavik – will close next weekend, as the franchise owner gives in to falling profits caused by the collapse in the Icelandic krona. ● More from: Seattle Times Newspaper
BBC Planning Film on Phil Spector
The BBC film is called “The Agony and the Ecstacy of Phil Spector. ● More from:
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Ailing Eric Clapton pulls out of NY concert
Eric Clapton has pulled out of this week’s Rock and Roll Hall concert extravaganza in New York to have gallstones removed, organizers said on Monday. ● More from: omg! news on Yahoo!
Amazon.com puts a cork in it, won’t sell wine online
Amazon.com, the Seattle-based retail giant that prides itself on being able to sell almost anything, has abandoned its more than year-long crusade to sell wine online. The company worked extensively with vintners here and in California, right down to having the wineries fill in spread sheets extolling the characteristics of their vineyards. ● More from: seattlepi.com
Bush Is Back! Forges New Folksy Speaking Career
Dubya has mainly been writing a book in crayon since leaving the Oval Office, with his tongue stuck out to help him concentrate. But, perhaps upset that Michael Steele is the only person regularly gaffe-ing, he’s back and giving speeches! ● More from: Gawker
