CBS Wins Sunday w/ 'Big Brother'

"Same Name" Wins Its Time Period while Posting Significant Week-to-Week Increases in Viewers and Adults 18-49.BIG BROTHER SUNDAY was the night's top broadcast in...

Fox airing '2011 Teen Choice Awards' winner with Teens

Airing the 2011 TEEN CHOICE AWARDS, FOX ranked #2 last night among Adults 18-49 and #1 among Adults 18-34 and Teens. The 2011 TEEN CHOICE...

NBC's double showcase of 'The Marriage Ref ' average Sunday

From 7-8 p.m. ET, "Dateline NBC" averaged a 0.5/2 in 18-49 and 3.2 million viewers overall. At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "It's...

Telemundo O&Os boosting local news and information

NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke mentioned in the Comcast quarterly conference call that NBCU has been adding news personnel at its owned and operated TV...

Gray Television sees modest core revenue growth in Q3

Gray Television had already provided a preliminary look at its Q2 financial results, so the full details on Monday (8/8) were no surprise, with...

Saturday late-night repeat of 'Saturday Night Live' w/ Paul Simon winner

An encore telecast of "Saturday Night Live" (2.9/8 in metered-market households), hosted by Ed Helms with musical guest Paul Simon, dominated its time period. ...

Saturday primetime NBC's 'Law-Order: SVU' holds loyal audience

From 8-10 p.m. ET, the NBC Movie of the Week "Who Is Simon Miller?" averaged a 0.5/2 in 18-49 and 3.3 million viewers overall,...

Friday Late-Night tie between 'The Tonight Show' and 'Nightline'

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.7/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.1/5 with an...

'Dateline NBC' tied for No.1 in Friday time period

At 8 p.m. ET, "Friends With Benefits" delivered a 0.7/3 in 18-49 and 2.4 million viewers overall.  At 8:30, a second episode of "Friends...

TNT renews Rizzoli & Isles for 3rd season

TNT has booked its blockbuster series Rizzoli & Islesfor a third season. The record-breaking drama – from Warner Horizon Television and starring Angie Harmon...

TNT renews Rizzoli & Isles for Season 3

The drama from Warner Horizon Television and starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander  is in the midst of a terrific second season that has...

TV up in down quarter for Washington Post Company

A big hit for the education division, plus the usual decline for newspaper publishing, made Q2 a tough time for The Washington Post Company....

Summer fun for Wheel and Judy

Once again, "Wheel of Fortune" has the most viewers in syndicated TV, but "Judge Judy" tops the Household ratings. Both have been big all...

Big Brother ruled Thursday

The reality show produced another night of big ratings and led CBS to victory on Thursday night. Thursday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 1.8/6 1.5/5 1.3/4 1.2/4 0.9/3 0.3/1 Adults 18-34 1.2/4 1.2/4 1.4/5 1.0/4 0.7/2 0.3/1 Total Viewers...

Al Franken sides with Bloomberg in dispute with Comcast

Bloomberg wants its financial news channel located in the same set of cable channels, or neighborhood, that is home to other news and financial news