Thursday, August 6, 2026

NBC slipped Thursday w/ 'Love Bites' against NBA

At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Community" delivered a 0.6/2 in 18-49 and 2.1 million viewers overall. At 8:30 p.m. ET, a rebroadcast...

Thursday Late-Night 'Jay Leno' edges out 'David Letterman'

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.7/6; and CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.5/6. ABC's...

Analyst: NBC finally getting some traction

The regular television season is over, but Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente is giving ratings-challenged NBC some credit for improving its performance with its...

Fox, 2-hours of 'So You Think You Can Dance' solid

Airing against the high-rated NBA Finals Game 5 last night, FOX ranked #2 last night among in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.                   So You...

Watchdog cheers "Skins" cancellation (audio)

Henson: After getting Foot Locker, L’Oreal, Schick, Subway, General Motors, Taco Bell, Wrigley, H&R Block and others to pull ads for the racy teen faux-reality...

FCC continues to try to make indecency a Supreme Court case

RBR-TVBR suspect the ultimate result of the court battles over this issue may well be a trip back to the drawing board. Perhaps it is time to start from scratch and craft some content rules that keep the gray interpretive areas to a minimum and contain

Dancing wins Wednesday for Fox

"So You think You Can Dance" led Fox to a ratings victory Wednesday in 18-49, while NBC had the most viewers, led by "America’s...

Turner and TNT set worldwide premiere of Spielberg series

TNT and Turner Broadcasting System International, Inc. have teamed for the global premiere of FALLING SKIES, the much-anticipated new drama series from DreamWorks Television,...

Comcast may get out of gaming network

Both the Wall Street Journal and New York Times have reports that NBCUniversal is looking to sell one of its lowest-rated cable channels, G4. The channel now focused on video games could go a whole new direction. The would-be buyer is

FOX's 2-hours of 'So You Think You Can Dance' solid 18-49

Airing a two-hour episode of 'So You Think You Can Dance' FOX ranked #1 last night among Adults 18-49 (tie) and Adults 18-34.  The 'Vegas...

NBC w/ 'America's Got Talent' takes Wednesday

From 9-11 p.m. ET, the Wednesday season debut of "America's Got Talent" (3.7/10 in adults 18-49, 12.6 million viewers overall) grew versus the Wednesday...

Wednesday Late-Night ratings winner 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 3.2/8; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.5/6; and ABC's...

ABC sees slam dunk with NBA Finals Tuesday

With coverage of the 2011 NBA Finals (Miami-Dallas Game 4), ABC ranked #1 on Tuesday in Adults 18-49 for the 2nd week in row,...

TNT acquires crime drama Castle cable rights

In its latest high-profile acquisition, TNT has secured the exclusive off-network cable rights to the hit series, Castle, from Disney-ABC Domestic Television.  Castle, which...

"The Glee Project" debuting on Oxygen

Oxygen is looking for talented young men and women with strong vocal, acting, dancing abilities and big personalities. Musical theater experience is a plus,...