Basic cable networks have been facing the same audience fragmentation that broadcast networks have been facing since the 1980s. In 2009, ten basic cable networks reported percent double-digit audience ...

Streaming services snatched their biggest piece of the TV pie ever in 2018. According to FX’s annual report on the number of scripted originals on TV, the number of streaming shows has surpassed the ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. TheFCC adopted a Report and Order Oct. 10, 2012 that amends its rules to allow cable TV operators ...

See which other non-premium networks got love from the critics. This week’s question: What’s is the best current basic cable network? Why? It’s not all prestige dramas, either, which is incredible and ...

Scanning a list of basic cable channels is like rummaging through an attic. What is that musty aroma? MTV, VH-1, TV Land, USA Network, E!, TBS? It seems so. But when does it come time to clean out the ...

You know that cable television is in trouble when at least two widely distributed basic cable channels are each relying basically on one show apiece. It is a state of ridiculousness. That happens to ...

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The union changes a statistic from 91 percent to 84 percent, redefines the phrase “on the air” and declines to provide hard data. By Jonathan Handel Monday morning, a person authorized to speak on ...

ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” has been rightly praised as broadcast TV’s great new Emmy hope, a critically acclaimed comedy that helped the traditional networks avoid completely getting shut out in the ...

LOS ANGELES — Basic cable TV looked more like a pop-culture bargain Thursday as AMC’s “Mad Men” and FX’s “Damages” snared historic best-series Emmy nominations, while stars from cable’s less glamorous ...

Moving into on-campus housing and losing access to DirecTV. Basic cable is provided with the rent, but due to it being a bulk account the cable company won't rent a DVR unit to me so I'm looking for ...