Ratings

New Learning Ratings From Common Sense Media

Daniel Donahoo | Posted 04.12.2012

Daniel Donahoo

The rise of game-based learning has come a long way from the 1985 version of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Today, in the world of education and learning, computer gaming is all the rage.

A Challenge to Rush: Prove Your Ratings

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.04.2012

Cenk Uygur

How many listeners does Rush Limbaugh have? Well, in the press there are only two numbers you'll ever see -- 20 million or 15 million. I've got news for you -- those numbers are a total fabrication.

'The Walking Dead' Smashes Ratings Records

Posted 02.13.2012

AMC's "The Walking Dead" broke cable records with its midseason premiere. "The Walking Dead" returned on Sun., Feb. 12 to more than 8 million viewers,...

Ratings Are In For 'CBS This Morning'

Posted 01.20.2012

Morning show ratings were released on Friday, which included the first ratings for the new kid on the morning show block: "CBS This Morning." As e...

CBS Continues Ratings Domination

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 12.12.2011

NEW YORK — CBS' strength in scripted material made for another non-competitive week in television ratings. Increasingly, it appears ABC, Fox an...

What Do Glenn Beck and Hugh Hefner Have in Common? (Video)

Lee Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

Lee Camp

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Ai Fiori's Two Stars From Adam Platt: An Ozersky Rant

Josh Ozersky | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Ozersky

I'm never going to criticize Platty again, but I can never bring myself to believe that a restaurant of Ai Fiori's caliber can only get two stars, much less three or four.

Olbermann Gone. Who Cares?

Mike Hegedus | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Hegedus

I have to preface this by saying I've never been a fan of Keith Olbermann. But then I've never been a fan of any particular commentator. I've always...

Jason Linkins

Bush Interview Fails To Garner Decent Ratings

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Despite all of our efforts to talk about Matt Lauer's interview with former President George W. Bush, it seems that the televised tete-a-tete was something of a ratings disaster for NBC.

Prediction: Netflix Will Soon Produce Original Content

Jeff Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Steele

In the world of streaming, Netflix is the undisputed king of prime time. According to the Fall 2010 Global Internet Phenomena report, "In the United ...

Fox News Dominates July, MSNBC Tops CNN... Top 30 Programs...

Posted 05.25.2011

Fox News continued its domination of cable news ratings in July. The network averaged 1.85 million viewers in primetime for the month--more than CNN, ...

Rupert Murdoch Defends Glenn Beck After Question About Boycott

Posted 05.25.2011

Rupert Murdoch called Glenn Beck a "terrific kickoff" for Fox News programs and denied that the network was "subsidizing" Beck's show due to decisions...

6 Ways To Fix The Mortgage Mess NOW

Peter G. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter G. Miller

For all the talk of reform on Wall Street, a quicker and easier way to assure that big banks don't fail and small borrowers don't get screwed is to si...

Moody's Risk Committee Disappeared At Height Of Collapse

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- As the bottom fell out of the housing market and complex mortgage-backed securities began tanking in 2007, a strange thing happened at M...

A $uper Super Bowl

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I just flew back from Miami, and boy, are my arms tired. But seriously. I loved the Super Bowl. The weather was great. The food was terrific. The mood...

Leno Ratings Study: Lead-In Blamed For Drastic Drop In Local News Audiences

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

PASADENA, Calif. — A study emerged Wednesday illustrating just how damaging Jay Leno's prime-time show was to NBC's local stations. The researc...

Jay Leno Off 10 PM After Low Ratings, NBC Wants Him Back At Late Night Timeslot

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011

PASADENA, Calif. — NBC said Sunday it decided to pull the plug on the Jay Leno experiment when some affiliate stations considered dropping the n...

DVR Ratings Bringing TV Networks Money

New York Times | BILL CARTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Against almost every expectation, nearly half of all people watching delayed shows are still slouching on their couches watching messages about movies...

Health Summit Reality Check

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

The point of this post is probably obvious, but given the tendency among political junkies to assume that other Americans follow politics the way we d...

Coalition For Innovative Media Measurement: Networks, Advertisers Form Alternative Ratings System

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Fourteen media companies said they are joining forces to fund new ways to track viewership of television programming throughout vario...

America's Greenest Colleges: Did Your School Make the Grade?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Avital Binshtock

While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.

Jackson's Death Means We're All Older Now and Need to Sober Up

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 11.17.2011

Francesca Biller-Safran

The passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett has hit us near-baby boomers and full-on baby boomers with a rock and roll punch to the gut we weren't ready for.

Iran Coverage Ratings: Fox News On Top

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 05.25.2011

Since the beginning of the protests over Iran's presidential election began on June 13, Americans have tuned in in large numbers to Fox News for cover...

Obama's Snipe at Fox Aids and Abets the Network

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Fox will be Fox. It will continue to crusade against anything and everything Obama proposes. His snipe at the network won't do anything to change that. It will only shove Fox's ratings upward.

A Surprise In Obama's Poll Numbers

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Rather than looking at the overall picture of how Obama's doing in the polls, I have been noticing something interesting which I don't believe others have picked up on.