“Law & Order: SVU,” “Celebrity Apprentice,” & “The Biggest Loser” weekly NBC winners
Paced by strong ratings from “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Celebrity Apprentice,” and “The Biggest Loser,” NBC averaged a 1.9 rating, 6 share...
Late-Night Metered Markets Monday night: “Jay Leno” still strong
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" averaged a 3.3/8 in metered-market households. CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" was an encore and delayed by...
NBC tossed repeats against NCAA & ‘DWTS’; ‘Law & Order’ paced even
At 8 p.m. ET, “Chuck” (2.1 rating, 6 share in adults 18-49, 5.8 million viewers overall) matched a four-week high in adults 18-49 and...
FOX repeats ‘24’ against NCAA comes in 3rd place Monday
Airing against the NCAA Championship game on CBS, a two hour episode of 24 posted a 2.3/6 among Adults 18-49 and led FOX to...
NCAA couldn’t beat ‘Dancing with the Stars’; ‘Castle’ finished #1
Up against CBS’ coverage of the 2010 NCAA Basketball Men’s Championship Game on the night, ABC stood as Monday’s most-watched network for the 3rd...
Oprah snags John Edwards’ mistress
The National Enquirer, which has been on top of the John Edwards love child story from the very beginning, now reports that Oprah Winfrey...
Dispelling the C.W. on The CW
Naysayers in the business declared that the CW wouldn’t be around in five years. Guess what? The network is still here and the future looks bright for the youngest skewing broadcast network as it heads into the
NBC’s ‘The Marriage Ref’ one of three freshman series picked up
NBC has picked up three freshman alternative series as "The Marriage Ref," "Minute to Win It" and "Who Do You Think You Are?" are...
FCC turns down request to halt review of Comcast/NBCU deal
Mabuhay Alliance came pretty close to citing its case in the title of its petition regarding the proposed merger of Comcast and NBCU. And the title is: “Petition Opposing Comcast Acquisition
NBC renews three freshman series
Three “alternative” series on NBC are coming back for second season runs. The Peacock Net announced pickups of "The Marriage Ref," "Minute to Win...
Nielsen begins TV ratings in Puerto Rico
The Nielsen Company says it has begun the TV ratings service in Puerto Rico that it announced in December. In the interim period it also signed up several additional subscribers. The island country’s
Boss wins Easter for CBS
Viewing was typically down for a holiday, but "Undercover Boss" helped CBS claim a ratings win for Easter primetime.Sunday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-492.6/82.0/61.8/51.3/40.8/2Adults 18-341.6/51.6/61.2/41.4/50.8/3Total...
CBS Sweeps Sunday; ‘Undercover Boss’ is the Boss
UNDERCOVER BOSS was Sunday's top program in viewers and key demos and THE AMAZING RACE won its time period in key measures as CBS...
NBC’s "The Celebrity Apprentice" Blagojevich fired; finished #1
Rod Blagojevich got the ax and this is what the Donald said: "...governor, I have great respect for you. I have great respect for your...
Activists attacking burger mascots
Both Ronald McDonald and the Burger King are taking heat – the former for luring children into unhealthy eating habits and the latter for...