Michael Jackson Memorial Ratings: How Does It Compare To Other Major TV Events? (SLIDESHOW)
Michael Jackson's memorial service on Wednesday drew 31 million TV viewers in the US. Millions of others are expected to have streamed the service onl...
Michael Jackson's memorial service on Wednesday drew 31 million TV viewers in the US. Millions of others are expected to have streamed the service onl...
Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 07.01.2009 | Media
HLN has been in the news much this past month, making headlines with morning anchor Robin Meade's skydive with President George H.W. Bush and with the...
Daily Finance | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media
As it happens, Nielsen, the ratings firm, recently started tracking such a metric. It's called Nielsen Fusion, and it combines viewership and online u...
Broadcasting & Cable | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media
At 9, the ABC News 20/20 and NBC News Dateline specials both drew a 1.7 rating/5 share in the 18-49 demo. At 10 p.m., the CBS news Michael Jackson spe...
mediabistro.com | Posted by Chris | 02:15 PM | ABC | Posted 06.25.2009 | Media
The ABC News special edition of Primetime "Questions for the President: Prescription for America" drew 4.7 million Total Viewers - last in the time sl...
thrfeed.com | James Hibberd | Posted 06.25.2009 | Media
The "Late Show" drew more viewers than the "Tonight Show" in last week's ratings -- the first time the CBS program has pulled a larger audience for a ...
Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 06.23.2009 | Media
CNN's "Campbell Brown" hit a new ratings low for 2009 on Friday, June 19, when she averaged just 516,000 total viewers. Brown's previous 2009 low had...
Jack Myers | Posted 06.15.2009 | Media
This year's Upfront results will have significant impact on the future of the network television business.
New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 05.06.2009 | Media
In what one television executive called an unprecedented data delay, Nielsen Media Research failed to provide overnight TV ratings for four days this ...
Earl Pomerantz | Posted 04.08.2009 | Media
TV ratings don't accurately measure the size the audience. It doesn't matter.
MediaWorks | John Rash | Posted 03.10.2009 | Media
"Celebrity Apprentice," which is running concurrently with host Donald Trump's endgames with several of his troubled, if not bankrupt, business ventur...
Los Angeles Times | Scott Collins | Posted 03.04.2009 | Media
Thanks to "American Idol," Fox is still beating up on rivals, at least among the young viewers that advertisers crave. But the punch isn't what it onc...
The Live Feed | James Hibberd | Posted 02.25.2009 | Media
Barack Obama's latest speech on the economy commandeered primetime, displacing shows from the 9 p.m. hour with a highly viewed address. Obama's talk ...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.07.2009 | Media
ABC Family's "Secret Life of the American Teenager" smashed network rating records with its season premiere Monday night — and in the process, b...
AP | The Associated Press | Posted 12.24.2008 | Media
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Dec. 15-21. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 11.26.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — With another dominating week in the television ratings, CBS will win the November "sweeps" for the eighth straight year. Back when t...
Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media
A guest appearance by former cast member Anthony Edwards on "ER" helped boost the Thursday night medical drama to its highest rating in five weeks and...
AP | The Associated Press | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media
Prime-Time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 13-19. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — CBS is continuing its strong start to the new television season, but for NBC and Fox, last week was one to forget. CBS was the only ...
Nielsen | Posted 10.21.2008 | Media
Do politics play a role in TV viewing? Yes and no, according to Nielsen IAG, which recently released data showing which cable programs are most "eng...
Hollywood Reporter | Nellie Andreeva | Posted 10.15.2008 | Media
CBS' new drama "The Mentalist" has been picked up for a full season with a back-nine order. The Simon Baker starrer, from Warner Bros. TV, has emerge...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 10.15.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — The season premiere of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" on CBS drew nearly 23.5 million people to the screen last week, a bright spot...
Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media
Right on schedule, "Desperate Housewives" and "Brothers & Sisters" halted their ratings drops during their third week back on the air. "Housewives" (...
New York Times | Benjamin Toff | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media
The return of "CSI" on Thursday lifted CBS over its competitors. According to Nielsen's estimates, 23 million viewers tuned in to its ninth-season pre...
New York Post | Michael Starr | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media
ABC and NBC are having a rough go of it in the new season. ABC's "Private Practice" and "Dirty Sexy Money" and NBC's "Knight Rider" and "Lipstick Jun...
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Al Franken's been anointed as Minnesota's junior senator, but how did the...
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Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 07.08.2009 | Media