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The 2012-2013 season is officially over and the final network rankings are in. As was long expected, CBS took the top spot in viewers and the adults 18-49 demo, the first time the network has claimed a No. 1 ranking in both categories since the 1991-1992 season. There wasn’t any significant change from the preliminary numbers I reported earlier this week. Fox fell to second place in adults 18-49 for the season, hurt by a variety of factors including a more-than-25% key demo decline for American Idol, lackluster Season 2 numbers for The X Factor, a lack of traction among its comedies, a disappointing baseball postseason and a plethora of pre-emptions in the fall. That breaks Fox’s hold on the key demo title for the past eight seasons. Related: Full 2012-2013 TV Season Series Rankings As with last year, NBC was third in adults 18-49 and ABC was fourth. ABC did move over Fox to second place among total viewers this year. This season’s results also see CBS as the first network to simultaneously top viewership and the key demo since Fox took the double gold in 2007-2008, the year of the writers’ strike. Here are final numbers: BROADCAST NETWORK PRIMETIME RATINGS SEPT. 24, 2012 – MAY 22, 2013 ADULTS 18-49 1. CBS 2.9/8 (Down 3% from 2011-2012 season) 2. FOX 2.5/7 (Down 22% from 2011-2012 season) 3. NBC 2.4/7 (Down 4% from 2011-2012 season 4. ABC ... Read More »

BOSTON (AP) — Terry Francona is back at Fenway Park as an opposing manager for the first time since he left the Red Sox.

Twitter is deep in the throes of a love affair with TV advertising, launching a program to let marketers tweet ads to TV viewers and inking ad deals with 16 media partners, including A+E Networks, Discovery Communications and Major League Baseball. Social site’s TV ad-targeting service, developed from its acquisition of research firm Bluefin Labs,... Read more »

(Reuters) - If Don Mattingly's comments and lineup change were aimed at shaking up his struggling Los Angeles team, he certainly got his wish as the Dodgers hammered Milwaukee 9-2 on Wednesday. With the Dodgers bottom of the National League West despite having one of the highest payrolls in Major League Baseball, Mattingly questioned his team's toughness and benched outfielder Andre Ethier. "It's not all grit and no talent that gets there, and it's not all talent and no grit. It's a mixture of both," Mattingly told reporters, saying he wanted a team "that is going to compete the whole day. ...