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Katie Exits Without Much Of A Ratings Bump
Ratings for the NBC and ABC nightly newscasts were down significantly last week. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams once again led the field with 8.61 million viewers, but second-place ABC World News with Diane...
By Lew Irwin on 25 May 2011
Abc's Got A Secret -- And It's A Hit
Secret Millionaire , a hit British TV reality series that failed when a U.S. version was launched by Fox in 2008 -- it folded after six hour-long specials aired in December 2008 -- turned out...
By Lew Irwin on 09 March 2011
Fox Hails One Of Its Biggest Weeks
Needless to say, Fox TV, which drew the largest U.S. audience in TV history with this year's Super Bowl telecast (111 million viewers) and cashed in afterwards with the post-game show and a special edition...
By Lew Irwin on 09 February 2011
Cbs Again Dominates Weekly Ratings
Some 50.55 million viewers tuned in to CBS's telecast of the AFC Divisional Playoff game between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots on Sunday, and while Nielsen did not include the primetime...
By Lew Irwin on 20 January 2011
Sawyer Lands Husband Of Wounded Congresswoman
Certifying her reputation as queen of the "gets" -- especially now that Barbara Walters is, for all intents and purposes, out of the competition -- Diane Sawyer has landed the first interview with Mark Kelly,...
By Lew Irwin on 17 January 2011
Cbs A Smash During Xmas Week
During a week that saw millions of folks doing last-minute Christmas shopping instead of watching TV, network schedules that included as many reruns as a week in July, and a blizzard that knocked out Sunday...
By Lew Irwin on 29 December 2010
Nbc Ratings Champ Again
With 24 million viewers tuning in to the game itself and another 17 million watching the "Pre-Kickoff" telecast, Monday Night Football gave NBC its second consecutive ratings victory among the key 18-49 demographic last week,...
By Lew Irwin on 22 December 2010
Ratings Soar For Nbc News
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams boasted ratings last week that would have been the envy of any of the network's entertainment programming. With an average of nearly 10 million viewers tuned in during the...
By Lew Irwin on 08 December 2010
Bristol Et Al Lift Ratings For Dwts Finale
The season finale of ABC's Dancing with the Stars shoved aside NBC's Sunday Night Football last week as the results show attracted a whopping 24.2 million viewers and the final performance show drew 23.7 million....
By Lew Irwin on 01 December 2010
Mnf Moves The Goal Post
For the first time ever, a weekly sports telecast appears to have a lock on first place in the weekly Nielsen ratings. Indeed, the audience for NBC's Sunday Night Football appears to be growing each...
By Lew Irwin on 27 October 2010
Cbs Maintains Ratings Lead; Rivals Fade
ABC and NBC were one-hit wonders in the ratings last week with ABC taking first- and third-place with its two weekly episodes of Dancing with the Stars, and NBC taking fourth place with Sunday Night...
By Lew Irwin on 13 October 2010
The Bachelorette Rises To No. 1
ABC's hit summer reality series The Bachelorette rose to the top of the Nielsen ratings heap last week as it drew 7.55 million viewers. The number amounted to not a lot by ordinary standards and...
By Lew Irwin on 28 July 2010
The 2009-2010 Season Is Over
The last full week of the 2009-2010 broadcast season was won by ABC, an also-ran through most of the season, among adults 18-49 and by CBS among viewers overall. ABC was helped by a full...
By Lew Irwin on 26 May 2010
Idol Is Again Tv's Most-watched Show
Heading towards the final competition showdown, Fox's American Idol regained its position as the most-watched television show last week, with Wednesday's results show drawing 19.57 million viewers and Tuesday's performance show, 19.17 million. ABC's Monday-night...
By Lew Irwin on 19 May 2010
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