NBC wins Monday with The Voice

It's a rare primetime ratings win for the Peacock Network without any sports programming. Monday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 5.7/14 3.5/9 2.4/6 2.3/6 1.6/4 0.6/1 Adults 18-34 4.7/13 2.2/6 1.8/5 1.8/5 1.7/5 0.7/2 Total Viewers (millions) 15.623 10.818 8.401 6.968 3.844 1.391 Click here for more...

Week 20: ABC touts The Bachelor

ABC’s “The Bachelor” Delivers its 2nd-Best Numbers of the Season Posting Season-Best Repeat Results, ABC’s “Castle” More Than DoublesNBC’s Original “Rock Center” in Viewers and...

Scripps offers free air time to candidates

The E.W. Scripps Company will once again offer heightened election coverage in all of its 13 television markets, and will provide free air time...

Woman charged with blackmailing TLC Network

Teresa Hunt of Bettendorf, IA was arrested 2/1 in a blackmail attempt for allegedly trying to get Discovery Communications to cancel its TLC reality...

Fox was down on Monday

Airing against increased competition this week, FOX’s HOUSE (2.4/6) declined -17% and ALCATRAZ (2.2/5) declined -21% versus their most recent telecasts. Competition ABC’s The Bachelor (2.6/6)...

ABC says Bachelor held its audience

Up against NBC’s Super Bowl-promoted premieres (2-hour The Voice/Smash) and CBS’ original Monday lineup, ABC combination of The Bachelor and Castle beat out Fox’s...

NBC celebrates Monday win

Monday Results: * From 8-10 p.m. ET, the regular-slot debut of "The Voice" (6.6 rating, 16 share in adults 18-49, 17.7 million viewers overall)...

Bounce TV signs licensing deals with Paramount, Warner Bros.

Bounce TV, the over-the-air broadcast television network for African-American audiences, has acquired the television rights to more African American-skewing motion pictures in two individual,...

Belo Q4 up sans political and Q1 is looking strong

Q4 revenues for Belo Corporation came in slightly ahead of Wall Street expectations as $180.3 million. That was down 13% from a year earlier, which had included lots of political advertising. Excluding political, Belo CEO Dunia Shive notes that Q4

Jimmy Fallon got boost from Super Bowl

"Late-Night with Jimmy Fallon" results on Super Bowl Sunday: * The special edition of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" averaged a 2.5 rating in...

PTC says NBC should have known who it put on Super Bowl stage

Tim Winter of Parents Television Council suggested that had it not been M.I.A. who used the Super Bowl halftime show to shock America, it...

No way for stations to inoculate against wayward talent

Wouldn’t it be great if a station planning a live broadcast could plan to pin the blame on the bleeper if necessary? However, while...

Super Bowl was most watched TV broadcast ever

With the data from The Nielsen Company in hand and adjusted for time zone differences, NBC Sports has declared that Sunday’s Super Bowl, in...

Nickelodeon acquires Life with Boys tween comedy

The Canadian comedy “Life with Boys” has been acquired by Nickelodeon. The 22-episode series has already enjoyed success in Canada and the UK and...

NBC updates Super Bowl Sunday numbers

Sunday Results, updated with time zone-adjusted fast nationals: * The season 2 premiere of "The Voice" (16.3 rating in adults 18-49 and 37.611 million ...