Sunday, August 2, 2026

ABC

Sunday success for ABC

With a mix of repeat and original programming opposite mostly original competition, ABC ranked #1 on Sunday night in Adults 18-49, tying CBS’ all-original...
FOX

Fox hits the young demos on Sunday

Live+Same Day Nielsen Ratings Airing the original pilots of “Married With Children” and THE SIMPSONS, followed by FOX’s 25th ANNIVESARY special, FOX ranked #1 last...
NBC

Saturday night all right for NBC

In Late-Night Metered-Market Household Averages for Saturday night: An      encore telecast of “Saturday Night Live," with host Daniel Radcliffe      and musical guest Lana...
Jay Leno

Leno bests Letterman Friday late

In late-night metered-market households Friday night: * In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.4/6 with an encore...
NBC

NBC earns Friday win and tie for win in key demos

Friday Primetime Results: * NBC tied for #1 for the night in adults 18-49 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49 and was...
Chart

Hollywood TV scripts depict reality of drug use

Fiction writers working on prime time television programs were found by a new study to have a remarkably accurate sense of the state of...
FCC

FCC set to take advance online TV public files

The FCC would like to move broadcast public files out of file cabinets in a dusty back room

Another easy Thursday victory for Fox

"Must See TV" is but a memory for NBC as Univision beat NBC in 18-49 again on Thursday. Of course, "American Idol" delivered the...
American Idol

Another Thursday win for Fox

Nielsen Fast National Ratings The AMERICAN IDOL Top 7 Results show and an original TOUCH gave FOX another Thursday victory among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers,...

Five in a row for Big Bang

The new leader in syndicated television isn’t yielding. “The Big Bang Theory” has claimed #1 for the fifth week in a row. The weekly...
ABC

ABC claimed 2nd place on Thursday

ABC took second place on Thursday in Adults 18-49 to an Idol-led Fox, leading CBS by 22% and NBC’s all-original schedule by 57%. Growing over...
NBC

NBC spins Thursday’s 5th place finish

Thursday Results: At      8 p.m. ET, “Community” averaged a 1.3/5 in 18-49 and 2.9 million      viewers overall in a highly competitive time period versus...
DirecTV

DirecTV cutting price to snare football fans

Is it a smart marketing move or a financial blunder? DirecTV took a hit on Wall Street after announcing
U.S. Congress

Another high-level call for a spectrum inventory

The FCC is marching forward, trying to put together a plan for incentive auctions in the television space. The authorization to do this was...

NHK World TV launches in NYC

The 24-hour English language TV news channel produced by NHK, Japan’s sole public, independent broadcasting corporation, is now available for the first time to...