‘America's Got Talent’ opened NBC Tuesday with second-place
At 8 p.m., an encore telecast of "America's Got Talent" averaged a 2.1/6 in 18-49 and 7.6 million viewers overall. From its first half-hour...
Fox's ‘GLEE’ finished first year; ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ wins 8pm
Against the NBA Finals Game 3 last night, FOX aired an original HELL’S KITCHEN and the GLEE season finale to rank No. 2 among...
Record viewership expected for World Cup
The US is set to enjoy its largest ever TV audiences for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, following record levels of investment from ESPN and Univision to acquire the US FIFA TV rights, according to performance-led media communications company Initiative
US Patent and Trademark Office tosses TiVo patent
The latest round in the long legal battle between TiVo and Dish Network/EchoStar over digital video recorder (DVR) technology goes to Dish/EchoStar. The US...
TeleFutura’s prime increased by +43% among Total Viewers
NPM Broadcast Prime Highlights Week of 05/31/10 - TeleFutura ended the week with nearly 900,000 Total Viewers 2+ (873,000), 507,000 Adults 18-49 and 329,000...
Week 37: Univision #4 broadcast network overall prime
• Week of 05/31/10 - Univision was the #4 broadcast network in overall prime, beating CBS and CW, among Adults 18-34 (988,000) and Teens...
TV music users beware: There’s a new watchdog in town
Universal Music has inked a deal with TuneSat, a company that has developed technology that it says will accurately monitor the use of copywritten...
Univision going all out for World Cup
With World Cup soccer play due to begin Friday in South Africa; Univision is pulling out all of the stops for its exclusive US...
NBA Playoffs big draw for ABC
Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Playoffs were the most watched TV shows last week and powered ABC to a ratings victory in...
Comcast launches two Spanish-language channels in HD
Just in time for the kickoff of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Comcast announced the launch of the high-def versions of two popular Spanish-language...
CBS claims 6 of top 10 programs; NCIS #4
CBS broadcast six of the top 10 programs—more than all of the other networks combined according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending June 6, week 37 of the 2009-2010
Summer premieres ignored
The premieres of "Lie To Me," "The Good Guys," and "Persons Unknown" all got off to a slow start. ABC claimed Monday in 18-49...
NBC News hires Isikoff away from Newsweek
As the Washington Post Company works to sell Newsweek, one of the magazine’s brightest stars has been lured away by NBC News. Michael Isikoff...
FOX shines with ‘GLEE’ and ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
FOX’S GLEE SHINES AS WEEK’S #1 ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM. A winning performance by GLEE, the sizzling season premiere of HELL’S KITCHEN and two strong nights of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE led FOX to a solid second-place finish
‘America’s Got Talent’ and ‘Stanley Cup Final’ helps NBC wk: 37
Paced by strong debuts from “America’s Got Talent” and “Losing It With Jillian,” and with its primetime week bookended by two potent NHL Stanley Cup Final games, NBC averaged a 1.9 rating, 6 share in adults 18-49 and 5.7 million viewers overall for the week