Thursday, June 18, 2026

CBS had most Sunday viewers

As you would expect, NBC won the key 18-49 demo with "Sunday Night Football," but CBS actually had more viewers for the night, partly...

CBS dominated premiere week; "Hawaii Five-0" "The Mentalist" most played back

"Hawaii Five-0" and "The Mentalist" most played back shows on DVR of All Time. "Hawaii Five-0" Adds +3.4 Million Viewers and Grows to a...

'Saturday Night Live' hosted by 'Jane Lynch' dominate the time period

"Saturday Night Live" (4.8/12 in metered-market households), hosted by Jane Lynch with musical guest Bruno Mars, matched its week-ago household rating to dominate the...

Arbitration may be condition for Comcast/NBCU approval

One of the chief concerns of MVPDs that compete with cable giant Comcast is that its acquisition of NBCU will give it power over must-have programming

ABC's 'Desperate Housewives' Sunday's #1 entertainment show

ABC Tops Fox on Sunday in Total Viewers and Young Adults. "Home Edition" Beats Fox's Animated Comedies at 8pm by 2.0 Million Viewers  "Desperate...

Tonight 'Dancing With The Stars' nine teams dance the Rumba or Argentine Tango

Season's nine remaining couples will dance in-the-round for the first time in the show's history. On Monday's show, nine teams will dance the Rumba or Argentine Tango in a completely transformed ballroom, on "Dancing with the Stars,"

ABC's premiere week; holds 18-49 demo

ABC's Premiere Week Results Grow from First-Reported Numbers By 1.0 Million Viewers and by 14% Among Adults 18-49. ABC Claims TV's Top 2 Biggest...

5th week NBC's 'Sunday Night Football' No. 1, beats baseball playoffs

11.7 Overnight is Up 8% Vs. Last Year's Week 5 Game SNF Defeats Baseball Playoffs by 200%. Philadelphia Leads All Markets With 24.1 Rating. Last night's "Sunday Night Football" game was the No. 1 program on Sunday night for the fifth consecutive week

FOX Sunday animation holds well against sports

FOX's animated comedies aired against significant competition from NFL Football and Major League Baseball playoffs last night and did not have the benefit of...

New Zealand host resigns after international outcry (video)

If you visit YouTube, you’ve no doubt come across the video posted last week of New Zealand TV morning show host Paul Henry mispronouncing...

New report of Hulu IPO plans

Rumors have been circulating since August of plans by video website Hulu to sell stock in an IPO. Now Reuters has checked in with...

HSN, TLC and Kelly Ripa out to create female millionaires

Women entrepreneurs are going to be given the chance to bring their useful inventions and business ideas to fruition in a TLC series, “Homemade...

"Law & Order" duo does well for NBC Saturday

At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "The Event" averaged a 0.5/2 in 18-49 and 2.3 million viewers overall.   At 9 p.m....

'Leno and Letterman' just about a tie in Friday Late-Night

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.6/6; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.7/7; and ABC's...

"Dateline NBC" ranked #1 in the two-hour time period Friday

From 8-10 p.m. ET, "Dateline NBC" (1.6/6 in adults 18-49, 6.5 million viewers overall) ranked #1 in the two-hour time period in adults 18-49,...