Overnights
Another lame night against the Games
ABC, CBS and Fox deliver a combined 3.9 rating in 18-49s, less than half the 8.1 that NBC pulls with its coverage of the Olympics

Sports TV
Beijing Games are closing in on No. 1
They're about to become the most viewed event ever, at 203.3 million total U.S. viewers through Tuesday, approaching Atlanta

Magazines
More hurt: Hachette shuttering Home
Latest fatality in the shakeout of shelter titles. Ad pages tumble
as advertisers pull back in the face of the housing mess.

Dayparts update
Olympics glow spreads to NBC news
'Today' and 'NBC Nightly News' are clocking big gains airing from Beijing, and so too are late news shows on affiliate stations

Research
Olympics ads that have a story to tell
The stand-out campaigns create a personal connection between the brand and the consumer. Talking with TNS's DeWitt Mallary.

TV This Week
And now Margaret Cho as she really is
The iconic Korean comic's 'The Cho Show' debuts on VH1 as an exploration of all things Cho. Not your all-American girl.