News Broadcasting
CBS renews deals for 14 shows
MUMBAI: US broadcaster CBS has delivered full-season orders for the 2006-2007 season to 14 series representing 13 hours of programming.
The renewed series represent dramas, comedies, reality series and newsmagazines. The mass renewal announcement includes three new series Criminal Minds, Ghost Whisperer and How I Met Your Mother.
The other shows returning for 2006-2007 include the reality show The Amazing Race, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY and Survivor.
CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler says, “These series are the foundation of a schedule that is broader and deeper than any on television. From the start of the night through 11 pm, from Monday through Sunday, CBS is populated with successful programmes on every night and in every time period.”
CSI: Miami heads into its fifth season averaging 17.80 million viewers.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
