Thursday, July 30, 2026

Idol delivers again for Fox

Although down a bit from Wednesday, the second night of American Idol allowed Fox to coast to an easy ratings win. ABC was the...
OWN / Oprah Winfrey Network

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network looking much brighter

The very-recent Lance Armstrong interview—which siphoned off some 19% of American Idol ratings—is the latest in a string of positive revenue and ratings-boosting moves...
BET

BET hosting inaugural event

A limited number of members of the general public will be able to attend a black-tie Inaugural Ball with top flight entertainment, well-known guests...
FOX News

FOX News Channel signs Dennis Kucinich

FNC has signed former two-time presidential candidate and former U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) as a contributor in a multi-year deal, announced Bill Shine,...
ABC

ABC’s Modern Family was #1 scripted show

Up against the season premiere of American Idol, ABC earned second place on Wednesday night in Adults 18-49.  ABC’s Modern Family was Wednesday’s #...
NBC

NBC: “Guys With Kids” takes 100% lead-in audience

From 8-8:30 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Whitney" averaged a 0.8/2 in 18-49 and 2.7 million viewers overall. From 8:30-9 p.m. ET, a...
FOX

Fox: Idol outperforms The Voice

The Season 12 premiere of AMERICAN IDOL posted a 6.0/16 among Adults 18-49 – an expected -19% decline versus last season due to Oprah's...
Weather Nation

WeatherNation signs WBIN-TV Boston

The WeatherNation television network will launch on Carlisle One Media’s WBIN-TV (Ind.) digital channel 50.3 and on Comcast cable channel 289 serving the Boston...

American Idol return puts Fox on top

Fox rode American Idol to wins in 18-49, 18-34 and total viewers. ABC was 2nd in both ratings categories, and CBS was 2nd in...
Jay Rockefeller

Rockefeller bringing back violent content study bill

In the wake of President Barack Obama’s sweeping effort to address gun violence, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is re-introducing a bill...
Comcast

Comcast X1 technology adds new levels of interactivity

Comcast has begun rolling out its X1 technology platform in the Philadelphia area, following Boston, Atlanta, Chattanooga and the Bay Area rollouts last year....
CBS

NCIS delivers second-largest audience ever

NCIS scored its second-largest audience in the history of the series with 22.34 million viewers, its best adults 18-49 ratings since the season premiere...
FOX

Fox: “New Girl” Tops Tuesday comedies

FOX’s Tuesday comedies won last night among Adults 18-34, while NEW GIRL was the #1 comedy of the night among Adults 18-49. At 8pm, RAISING...

CBS NCIS double-header claims Tuesday

The first two hours of Tuesday prime time viewing went CBS's way, and Univision was strong enough to claim second place in the Nielsen...
NBC

NBC taps Jessica Simpson for new sitcom

Jessica Simpson will star in an NBC-produced sitcom based on her life, a la “I Love Lucy.” Universal Television and Electus will co-produce the...