Missing doesn’t miss for ABC
From 8-9pm opposite American Idol, ABC’s Missing finished as the 2nd most-watched TV show for the 2nd week in a row, topping CBS’ NCAA...
Twentieth Century Fox sued over “Glee” trademark infringement
News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox Film division has been sued by a British company claiming its ‘Glee’ television series may be confused with U.K....
Idol takes no prisoners
"American Idol" steamrollered the competition again and gave Wednesday night to Fox. Univision tied with ABC for 3rd place in 18-49.
Wednesday Overnight Nielsen ratings
Ratings/Share
Adults...
Scripps Networks Interactive buying TCI
Travel Channel International Limited (TCI) is an independent company HQ’d in the UK that distributes the Travel Channel brand in 20 languages across Europe,...
PTC takes apart body part mentions on TV
Parents Television Council doesn’t just watch everything on prime time television, it takes notes and it keeps score. According to a recent report, it...
Fox wins 10th straight Wednesday
Airing the AMERICAN IDOL Top 10 Performance Show, FOX won last night among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, Adults 25-54 and Teens.
FOX beat...
ABC reruns beat NBC originals
Up against all-original competition on the other nets including Fox’s 2-hour American Idol, ABC’s mostly repeat line-up (1 original half-hour) overshadowed NBC’s first-run schedule...
Moody’s still mulling Media General ratings
Moody's Investors Service has taken note of the successful refinance move by Media General to amend its senior credit facility and push out the...
NBC gained on Wednesday
Wednesday Results:
At 8 p.m. ET, “Whitney” (1.6/5 in 18-49, 4.2 million viewers overall) is up week to week by 14 percent in 18-49 rating (to...
Comcast, Liberty Global invest in Integrate
Integrate, the advertising start-up co-founded by Jeremy Bloom (former NFL player, Olympic skier and college football analyst for Fox Sports), has raised some $11...
FCC kicks off task force on incentive auctions
The conventional wisdom is that the authority granted to the FCC to conduct incentive auctions of spectrum in the television space, itself the result...
CBS won Tuesday
Even with "NCIS" down a bit, CBS still dominated Tuesday night.
Tuesday Overnight Nielsen ratings
Ratings/Share
Adults 18-49
2.7/8
2.1/6
1.7/5
1.5/4
1.3/4
0.6/2
Adults 18-34
1.4/5
1.3/4
1.6/5
1.5/5
0.9/3
0.6/2
Total Viewers (millions)
15.327
5.987
3.705
3.629
3.705
1.212
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Two more Class A TVs on the downgrade bubble
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CBS and NCIS were #1 on Tuesday
NCIS was Tuesday’s #1 show in households, viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, NCIS: LOS ANGELES dominated its time period and UNFORGETTABLE grew in...
Fox claims a demo win on Tuesday
Despite increased competition, FOX's Tuesday sitcom block ranked #1 last night among Adults 18-34 and Teens. In fact, FOX has now won 10 Tuesdays...