Tag: Cleveland

  • ‘Breaking Bad’ enters the record books

    ‘Breaking Bad’ enters the record books

    MUMBAI: Breaking Bad has officially entered the Guinness World Records 2014 edition as the “Highest-Rated TV Series.”

    The source for the record is the review aggregation site MetaCritic.com, where the current season of Breaking Bad received a metascore of 99 out of 100. Seasons one through four’s metascores are 74, 85, 89 and 96, respectively. That makes an 88.6 average for the whole series.

    Also entering the 2014 Guinness World Records is Betty White with the “Longest TV Career for an Entertainer (female).” The 91-year-old made her TV debut in 1939 and currently stars in TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland. This means she has been in the biz for 74 years.

  • Dish Network and Raycom Media resolve retransmission dispute

    Dish Network and Raycom Media resolve retransmission dispute

    MUMBAI: The companies say that Raycom stations will be back on Dish Network “overnight,” and didn’t provide any details about the agreement.

    The broadcaster owns or controls 53 stations in 36 markets including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CW, and MyNetworkTV affiliates in cities including Cleveland, Toledo, Honolulu, Tucson, Baton Rouge, West Palm Beach, Louisville, and Memphis.

    The stations went dark on Dish on 1 August when the previous carriage contract expired. Dish accounts for about 15 per cent of Raycom’s viewers, according to data from SNL Kagan.