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CBS is television's most popular network for the 15th straight year, even though the bragging rights don't mean quite what they used to.

On Wednesday, Virginia ABC announced that they will be closing at 6 p.m. on Memorial Day. Officials say the stores will open at their normal hours.

The week in May when ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox traditionally unveiled programming plans in glitzy presentations to advertisers has always spoken to the networks' power over popular culture.

Coverage of mass shootings have seemingly taken on a numbing sameness.

Fox Corp.’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation charges is eye-popping, but the ultimate cost to the media company is likely to be much lower.

All Virginia ABC stores will be closed on Sunday, April 9, in observance of the Easter holiday.

America is waiting for former President Donald Trump to surrender to authorities on history-making criminal charges.

Ratings for women's college basketball are at their highest levels in years.

Whether it was the lingering drama of “The Slap” or the prominence of blockbusters in the best picture race, a bigger audience was lured back to the Oscars this year.

“The Last of Us” fans set another rating high with the season one finale of the apocalyptic, mushroom-infected zombie video game adaptation.

It’s almost time for the Oscars.

Will Joel and Ellie finally reach the doctors in “The Last of Us”.

Growing up, Catherine Haena Kim never dreamed of being the lead.

Ryan Seacrest has revealed he’s leaving “Live with Kelly and Ryan” this spring, saying he never expected to stay so long and thanking his co-host Kelly Ripa, who he jokingly called his “work wife.”.

Sheryl Lee Ralph is living a career dream: The “Abbott Elementary” star won her first Emmy last year and lends her powerful vocals as a Super Bowl pregame performer this weekend.

The newest Virginia ABC Store celebrated it's grand opening in Downtown Roanoke Monday.

A new Virginia ABC store is set to open in downtown Roanoke.

Cecilia Vega is joining the CBS TV newsmagazine “60 Minutes"' as a correspondent.

Ryan Seacrest will usher in 2023 on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from Times Square, with iconic bands from the 1980s and 1990s as well as a member of BTS and a TikTok sensation.

The Thanksgiving weekend wasn't just big for turkey, family visits and the Macy's parade.

Three women were ejected from the set of ‘The View’ on Monday after interrupting an interview of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz for what appeared to be a climate change protest.

ESPN and Formula One have reached a new broadcast deal through 2025.

A finalist on “American Idol” has died in a vehicle crash in Tennessee.

Essentially unnoticed by the world, ABC's Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos have reached a milestone on “Good Morning America.”.

Hilary Swank has announced she’s pregnant with twins and says that revelation might explain some of her wardrobe alterations and other actions on set of her new ABC series “Alaska Daily."

For more than half a century, ABC, CBS and NBC have aired evening newscasts each weeknight on television.

It could have been just one night, but Serena Williams' exit from tennis turned into a boon for ESPN.

In the Commonwealth, September is celebrated as Virginia Spirits Month. This is a time to recognize the State’s rich history of spirits and highlight local distilleries.

The NCAA women’s basketball title game will be broadcast on ABC this season for the first time.

The Big Ten's next television contracts will not include a deal with ESPN.

Dr_ Meredith Grey will be cutting back her workload next season on “Grey’s Anatomy.”.

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony before the Jan. 6 committee was a big hit with TV viewers.

Instead of closing at 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, Virginia ABC said that they will now close at 9 p.m.

ABC took home the crown as television's top-rated network last week behind two games of the NBA Finals series between the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics.

The U.S. split from Great Britain is history, but the monarchy still has a hold on its former colony’s heart.

If you haven’t picked up some spirits for the upcoming long weekend, the Virginia ABC has you covered.

There were constant reminders this past week, when major entertainment companies hawked their wares to advertisers in Manhattan presentations, of the diminished role of broadcast networks.

Broadcast television networks, inundated with competition from cable and streaming services, have learned the power of franchises.

ABC is teaming Hilary Swank and the writer of the “Spotlight” movie for a new series with a journalist as a hero.

Did an 80-1 longshot really win the Kentucky Derby.

ABC's ‘black-ish’ ended its eight-season run with a relatively modest audience of 2.52 million viewers last week.

The CEO says previously some customers would camp out or even follow truck on deliveries.

There's no overwhelming favorite for NBA champion as the playoffs start, but that was by no means a problem for ABC and ESPN.

Tiger Woods fell short of his goal of winning the Masters golf tournament in his stunning return from serious injuries suffered in an auto accident, but he was a winner for the television networks who followed the event.

“Dancing With the Stars” will waltz away from its longtime ABC home and over to streaming service Disney+, the network’s corporate sibling.

Will Smith's violent slap of Chris Rock during the Academy Awards ceremony had no appreciable difference on the size of the ABC broadcast's television audience.

A Bedford County native is going to Hollywood!

John Travolta, Mila Kunis and Wesley Snipes are among the latest batch of celebrities who have been added to the Oscars telecast, producers said Friday.

By drawing power alone, President Joe Biden was last week's biggest TV star.

ESPN is near the goal line of landing a top-tier talent to join the “Monday Night Football” booth.

After more than a month, Virginia ABC stores will soon be back to their normal operating hours.

NBC will be happy to put the Beijing Winter Olympics in the rear-view mirror, as the event had a record low viewership for an American audience and the Olympics.

Whoopi Goldberg returned to “The View” on Monday following her two-week suspension for remarks about the Holocaust.

ESPN’s return to broadcasting NHL games has generated plenty of fanfare, but not a lot of games on either ESPN or ABC.

ABC’s decision to suspend Whoopi Goldberg from “The View” for two weeks for her remarks about the Holocaust has opened the network up to criticism that its response derailed a teachable moment for the nation.

Whoopi Goldberg’s colleagues on the ”The View'' had virtually nothing to say Wednesday about her two-week suspension for her comments on Jews and the Holocaust.

Starting Monday, Jan. 24, all Virginia ABC stores won’t open their doors until noon as ABC’s retail employees continue to be impacted by COVID-19.

Judge Steve Harvey.

Actor Alec Baldwin says any suggestion that he's not cooperating with a probe into last fall's shooting on his movie set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is a lie.

Rockin' Ryan Seacrest is still the king of New Year's Eve television, no matter what Andy Cohen might say.

Dick Vitale is taking an extended break from the airwaves to rest his voice.

Television viewers were in the mood for competition last week.

This week’s new entertainment releases include a double album from Alicia Keys and a posthumous one from Juice Wrld, Sandra Bullock playing an ex-con in the Netflix film “The Unforgivable” and Will Smith testing himself in a wildlife documentary series.

ABC News has released a clip in which Alec Baldwin tells George Stephanopoulos that he did not pull the trigger on a gun that went off on a New Mexico film set, killing a cinematographer.

Conference champions will be crowned, bowl selection pecking orders will be locked in and more clarity will emerge about which teams will and won’t be among the four picked for the College Football Playoff.

This year, Virginia ABC stores have decided to forego Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales due to the impact of global supply chain disruptions.

At first glance, broadcast newcomers “Ghosts” and “The Wonder Years” have barely had a chance to prove themselves in the ratings.

“Girls Trip” producer Will Packer will produce next year’s Oscars.

Looking to change up your go-to cocktail?

NBC owes Tom Brady a thank you note.

Television viewers are ready for some football.

Locast, a service that streamed local TV for free in about three dozen U.S. cities, is suspending operations after losses in court against the broadcast industry.

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends in how people are watching television differently.

Few things Meghan McCain has done on “The View” can be classified as low-key, until her exit on Friday.

The first day of the House investigation into the Jan. 6 uprising at the U.S. Capitol exposed daytime television viewers to profane language and racial slurs.

Disgraced country star Morgan Wallen said it was ignorant of him to use a racial slur.

ABC says consumer demand and a labor shortage are to blame

The NBA Finals has gained some, but not all of its audience back after last year's trip to the pandemic bubble.

A state law that goes into effect next year is already starting to be put into place at some Virginia ABC stores.

Conservative firebrand Meghan McCain says that she's quitting ABC's daytime talk show ‘The View’ after four years.

There was plenty of competition across the television dial last week — the NBA conference finals, Olympic trials and even “Celebrity Family Feud.”.

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Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia.

This week’s new entertainment releases include DMX’s first posthumous album, the documentary “Moby Doc” and the gang from “Friends” getting together again.

ABC will air a limited series, ‘Women of the Movement,’ about Mamie Till-Mobley, whose son Emmett Till became an icon of the civil rights movement after he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955.

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia.

A 16-year-old “American Idol” contestant has dropped out of the singing competition after a video circulated of him sitting next to someone wearing what appears to be a Ku Klux Klan hood.

With COVID-19 cases on the decline in Virginia, Virginia ABC stores will return to their usual hours starting this week.

Two sports events last week, the Kentucky Derby and first round of the NFL draft, pulled in more television viewers than the Academy Awards less than two weeks earlier.

Republican Sen_ Tim Scott is accusing Democrats of tearing the country apart and suggesting they’re wielding race as “a political weapon.”.

The premise was simple at the Oscars.

Frances McDormand has two more Oscars.

Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao also became just the second woman — and the first woman of color — to win best director.

The Academy of County Music honors drew a record-low audience, joining other awards shows also finding dwindling viewer interest.

This week’s new entertainment releases include the final two parts of Eric Church's three-album project, “Heart & Soul.”.

It's a reliable sign of spring: television networks are grumbling that the Nielsen company is not accurately measuring how many people are watching their programs.

This week’s new entertainment releases include screen options with women taking charge.

During the “After the Final Rose” special, he revealed that he had broken up with her after the controversy came to light. It's tough to judge whether Harrison's absence had any impact on the “After the Final Rose” ratings, because ABC hadn't done one of those specials since 2018. CBS won the week in the ratings, with an average of 4.5 million viewers in prime time. “The Bachelor,” ABC, 6.1 million. “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose,” ABC, 5.67 million.

CBS' Grammys telecast reached 9.2 million — television and streaming — viewers Sunday, the lowest number on record and a precipitous 51% drop from last year, the Nielsen company said. That followed the Golden Globes' 63% decline in ratings a few weeks ago and record low ratings for the Emmy Awards last fall. NBC had 4 million, ABC had 3.4 million, Fox had 2.6 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 1.2 million and Telemundo had 1 million. ABC's “World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race, averaging 8.9 million viewers. “Grammy Awards,” CBS, 9.23 million.

Last year's show, in the pre-lockdown era, reached 18.4 million viewers, the Nielsen company said. The Academy Awards in 2020 reached a record low 23.6 million viewers, and that was also pre-lockdown. ABC had 3.9 million, NBC had 3.4 million, Fox had 2.3 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 1.2 million and Telemundo had 1 million. AdFox News Channel topped the cable networks, averaging 2.46 million viewers in prime time. ABC's “World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race, averaging 9.5 million viewers last week.