Pernell Roberts dead at 81
Actor Pernell Roberts has died at age 81. He had been the last surviving cast member from the long-running TV series “Bonanza.”Roberts played Adam...
‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ and ‘The Suite Life on Deck’ hit ratings high
Ratings Highlights For Friday, January 22, 2010 – Final National Ratings“Wizards of Waverly Place” Hits Series Highs in Total Viewers and Kids 6-11“The Suite...
AFC Championship on CBS highest ratings in 16 years
"THE NFL ON CBS" SCORES WITH HIGHEST RATING FOR AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN 16 YEARSCBS Sports' coverage of the 2010 AFC Championship Game featuring...
RBR-TVBR analysis: Small market Super Bowl still a big deal
Nielsen ranks the Indianapolis market #25 in terms of size, and New Orleans comes in #51; over at Arbitron the numbers are #39 and #52. So will the NFL’s Colts and Saints prove to be a weak
OT yields extra ratings
The NFC Championship game went into overtime on Sunday and gave Fox a huge ratings victory.Sunday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-4917.6/411.9/41.3/30.9/20.6/1Adults 18-3415.1/401.3/40.9/21.0/30.4/1Total Viewers (millions)47.896.426.402.483.78Click here...
House panel gets into the Comcast/NBCU act
The Senate’s Antitrust Subcommittee may have been the first to ink the proposed Comcast/NBC Universal merger on to its schedule, but the House Communications...
CBS orders more ‘Survivor’ and ‘Amazing Race’
CBS's EMMY AWARD-WINNING REALITY FRANCHISES TO RETURN IN 2010-2011. Network Orders Two More Editions of "Survivor". "The Amazing Race" to Make its 17th Sprint...
British TV talker Jeremy Kyle to jump the pond to US
Debmar-Mercury is teaming with producer ITV Studios to launch a new US version of the highest-rated UK daytime talker, “The Jeremy Kyle Show.” The debut...
ABC against football scores w/ ‘America’s Funniest’ and ‘Extreme Makeover’
Opposite Fox’s Huge NFC Championship Vikings-Saints Overtime Game, ABC Stands as Sunday’s No. 1 Non-Sports Net in Viewers and Adults 18-49 A Repeat “America’s Funniest...
NBC’s ‘Figure Skating’ was #1 in adults while ‘SNL’ dominated
From 8-9 p.m., an encore telecast of MERCY averaged a 0.4/1 in 18-49 and 1.9 million viewers overall. From 9-11 p.m., NBC Sports' coverage of...
‘Dateline NBC’ Friday pulls down #2
From 8-10 p.m., NBC and other broadcast and cable networks carried the "Hope for Haiti" benefit special, which was sustaining and will not be...
Writers prevail in age discrimination suit
17 networks, producers and talent agencies are going to pay a combined $70M to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by some 165 television...
‘LOST’ – The Incident sees Jack wanting it right
JACK WANTS TO SET THINGS RIGHT ON THE ISLAND BUT IS MET WITH STRONG RESISTANCE BY THOSE CLOSE TO HIM, AND LOCKE ASSIGNS BEN...
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ it’s day one of the Merger
IT'S DAY ONE OF THE MERGER, AND THE COMPETITION BEGINS BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS OF MERCY WEST AND SEATTLE GRACE, ON ABC'S "GREY'S ANATOMY" “Invasion"...
‘Scrubs’ sees a fatal error
DR. COX MAKES THE FATAL ERROR OF ASSIGNING LUCY AS HIS "HELL WEEK" LEADER, ON ABC'S "SCRUBS""Our Dear Leaders" -- Lucy takes her new...