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"American Idol" easily defeated the completion again on Thursday and gave Fox the ratings win. Thursday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 5.8/15 2.5/7 2.1/6 1.6/4 1.5/4 1.3/4 Adults 18-34 4.7/14 3.0/9 1.2/4 1.3/4 1.6/5 1.4/4 Total Viewers (millions) 17.213 5.173 9.606 5.179 3.824 3.058 Click here for...

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.7/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.7/7 with an...

With CBS running mostly repeats Thursday night it is hard to get a true reading on this night for Idol against the Eye net. With...

Facing Idol on Fox, The CW's return to originals on Thursday night had its most watched Thursday since 11/4 (3.0M), its best A18-34 (1.4/4)...

As Jeff Zucker exits NBC Universal and prepares to open his own production office in NYC on Monday, Friday

At 8 p.m. ET, "Community" (2.2/6 in 18-49, 4.6 million viewers overall) equaled its season high for a regular-slot telecast in 18-49 rating, despite...

The success of the IPO is good news for the company

Months in the making, the official takeover of NBC Universal by Comcast is effective Friday. General Electric is now a minority shareholder and is

The PGA of America announced a new, eight-year agreement with CBS Sports to extend broadcast rights of the PGA Championship through 2019. The broadcast...

Fox easily won the Wednesday night ratings race on the strength of American Idol. Wednesday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 9.2/24 2.1/6 2.1/6 1.5/4 1.4/4 0.4/1 Adults 18-34 7.4/22 1.7/5 1.4/4 1.5/4 1.1/3 0.4/1 Total Viewers (millions) 25.197 6.032 9.855 3.917 4.877 1.234 Click here for more...

Northwest Broadcasting, a small privately owned television group with Fox affiliates serving five DMAs has not been able to come to terms with satcaster DirecTV. Northwest CEO Brian Brady says

'Blue Bloods' won its time period of 10pm in viewers and key demographics. "Criminal Minds" Posts Across-the-Board Increases from Last Week. In its second of four...

American Idol did Milwaukee or maybe Milwaukee did in Idol with the cast of characters. FOX won last night across the board with a two-hour...

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 3.2/8; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.6/6 with an...

At 8 p.m.,  "Minute To Win It" averaged a 1.4/4 in adults 18-49 and 5.0 million viewers overall in a competitive time period that...