SNL delivers its top overnights in five weeks
In Late-Night Metered-Market Household Averages for Saturday night: An encore telecast of “Saturday Night Live," with host Melissa McCarthy and musical guest Lady Antebellum...
ABC and Fox in Sunday dead heat
Both ABC and Fox posted 18-49 results of 1.4/4, with Fox doing better 18-34 and ABC getting more total viewers. But #3 CBS had...
Aretha Franklin wants to judge “American Idol”
Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” said on Saturday she’s interested in joining "American Idol" as a judge, just days after Jennifer Lopez and...
Politics is good for Gannett television
First and foremost, Gannett is a newspaper business, and newspaper is a challenged business. But its television group did quite nicely during Q2.
Gannett President/CEO...
“Dateline” #1 in 10 p.m. hour
Friday Primetime Results: From 9-11 p.m. ET, "Dateline NBC" (1.2/4 in 18-49, 4.6 million viewers overall) grew 20 percent week to week in 18-49...
Emily Maynard Gives Viewers Tears and Ulcers in Curacao
Seeing Arie’s sweaty face as he described to Emily how he would slowly form a friendship with Ricki before diving into full on fatherhood,...
The Emily Maynard Rumor Review and Why Ricki Should Pick Final Guy
With all of the backlash in sending Sean home this week, I wonder if Emily is second guessing her choice. It still seems strange...
NBC: Top “Rock Center” since Jan. 23
Thursday Results: At 10 p.m. ET, “Rock Center” (1.2/4 in 18-49, 5.2 million viewers overall) is currently reporting its highest 18-49 and total-viewer results...
Fox scores third on Thursday
Thursday night, TAKE ME OUT kicked off the night with a 1.2/4 among Adults 18-49, the same as last week. TAKE ME OUT tied...
ABC’s “Duets” Outdraws Fox’s “Take Me Out” by 1.8 Million
ABC ranked No. 2 on Thursday night to a “Big Brother”-fueled CBS in Total Viewers (5.0 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.3/4), beating NBC (+47%/+63%)...
Analyst likes prospects for AMC Networks
Barclays Capital thinks that there is more than a compensation dispute involved in the decision of DISH Network to drop AMC channels from its...
Russian MSO suspended BBC, CNN, Bloomberg
A major Russian cable operator temporarily suspended broadcasts by the BBC, CNN and Bloomberg Television, saying the channels had ignored repeated requests to obtain...
Big night for CBS
Reruns of Big Bang and a first run of Big Brother gave CBS Big Four wins in 18-49, 18-34 and total viewers. However, #2...
Cable organization slams Viacom
The ACA is calling on Viacom to end its DirecTV blackout, make its online programming available to those
Steven Tyler leaving “American Idol”–Lopez, too
After headlines were buzzing that Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson were leaving "American Idol," it was Steven Tyler who actually pulled the trigger first...