Thursday, June 25, 2026

Friday late-night 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' takes victory lap

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.9/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.0/5 with an...

NBC gets win position Friday w/ 'Dateline NBC'

From 9-11 p.m. ET, "Dateline NBC" (1.9/6 in 18-49, 6.6 million viewers overall) led NBC to the nightlong win with "Dateline's" top Friday rating...

NBC News victim of Twitter hacking

NBC News says the FBI is investigating a Friday incident in which hackers took over the NBC News Twitter account and issued false reports of a

Finale:'Bachelor Pad' high stakes, death-defying drama

"Bachelor Pad: The Final Challenge" -- Our remaining four couples - Vienna & Kasey, Michelle & Graham, Ella & Kirk and Holly & Michael...

The new 'Bachelor' Ben Flajnik returns to find love, again

Millions of viewers shared the heartbreak of Ben Flajnik (pronounced Flannick) when his soulful and heartfelt proposal was rejected by Ashley Hebert in the...

NFL Football: 27.2 Million watched Saints-Packers season-opener

Thursday night's 'NFL Kickoff' was the second-most watched NFL regular season primetime game on any one network in 15 years. The Saints-Packers NFL season opener...

U.S. Open Tennis battles heat; Djokovic-Federer and Wozniacki-Williams

The battles heat in NY as the best in tennis today battle it out for the US Open Tennis crown of champion. Last night,...

Nielsen: 31.4 million watched President Obama's jobs speech

President Barack Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, September 8th, was carried on 11 commercial broadcast and cable networks. The...

FOX Sports fires up Its 18th NFL Season w/ double action

NFL ON FOX KICKS OFF 18th SEASON WITH WEEK 1 DOUBLEHEADER ACTION - The NFL on FOX's journey to the NFC Championship game begins...

Former President George W. Bush opener for FOX 'NFL' Sunday

As the NFL ON FOX begins coverage of its 18th season this weekend, the network commemorates the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with special stories...

Another Oprah to local transition

You can add Nexstar’s WCIA-TV (CBS) Champaign/Springfield/Decatur, IL to the list of stations launching new local programming to fill the slot formerly filled by...

NBC and the NFL win Thursday

The NFL regular season opener was on NBC Thursday night, so the Peacock Network walloped the competition. Thursday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 tbd 1.7/4 1.5/4 1.2/3 0.9/2 0.3/1 Adults 18-34 tbd 1.1/3 1.6/5 0.9/3 0.7/2 0.3/1 Total Viewers (millions) tbd 5.775 3.398 4.877 3.273 0.835 Click...

DISH to boot ESPN over higher rights fees?

Not long after ESPN announced its $15.2 billion, eight-year rights extension deal with the NFL for “Monday Night Football,” starting in 2014, the news...

Sinclair TV buy helps clear the deck at Nexstar

On the face of it, the acquisition of seven Four Points Media television stations by Sinclair clears the deck at Four Points Media. But...

ABC's 'Nightline' taking top slot in late-night programming

Season to Date, "Nightline" Ranks First in Late-Night among Total Viewers and Adults 25-54. Nightline Ranks Second in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Season...