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Yankees Beat Giants, "Sunday Night Football" In TV Ratings

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK — Sports fans in New York overwhelmingly chose to watch a decisive baseball playoff game over a regular-season football matchup Sunday ...

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CBS Wins First Week Of TV Season On Strength Of "NCIS"

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media

Read More: TV Ratings, Television, Cbs, Television Ratings, Ncis, Tv, Media News

NEW YORK — CBS began the fall season with a bang, winning the first week overall, scoring the top-rated program and premiering the most-watched ...

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Us Weekly's Freaking Out That Jon & Kate Are Yesterday's News

Disgrasian | Posted 09.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Schadenfreude, Reality Television, Reality TV, Us Weekly, TV Ratings, Divorce, Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin, Celebrity Culture, Jon and Kate Ratings, Jon and Kate Gosselin, Tabloids, Jon and Kate Divorce, Jon and Kate, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Media News
Disgrasian

Us Weekly has profited enormously from the Gosselins' marriage failing -- producing six consecutive covers this summer featuring either Jon or Kate -- and they're not quite done feasting off that carcass' bones.

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CNN Beats MSNBC In July, Fox News Still On Top

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

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CNN had its best July ever this month, and reclaimed second place in the cable news ratings, topping MSNBC. CNN, which may have been aided by its in-...

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Revolting Revelation: Michael Jackson Still Not Allowed Burial

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 08.25.2009 | Entertainment

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Francesca Biller-Safran

It's been more than a month since Michael Jackson's demise and still no burial, cremation, resting place, or any manifestation of "closure" for this fallen King of Pop.

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"Nightline" Wins 4th Week In A Row, Letterman Tops "Tonight" For Second Straight Week

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Late Late Show, The Tonight Show, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, TV Ratings, Nightline, The Late Show With David Letterman, Craig Ferguson, Abc, Cbs, Jimmy Fallon, Nbc, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, The Late Show, Media News

The week of July 13 turned out to be something of a historic one for late night TV, as both "Nightline" and "The Late Show with David Letterman" achie...

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HBO's Big Sunday Ratings Are Back

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — Much to its relief, HBO has finally discovered that there's life after "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City." The pay cable network,...

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"True Blood" May End HBO Slump

New York Times | BILL CARTER | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media

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The slump at HBO is apparently over. In "True Blood," the pay cable giant has its first hit since "Rome," and the numbers indicate it may be the bigg...

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Michael Jackson Memorial Ratings: How Does It Compare To Other Major TV Events? (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

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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...

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HLN, CNN Post Record Junes

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

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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...

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New Nielsen Measurement: CNN Tops Fox, MSNBC in Total Exposure

Daily Finance | Posted 07.27.2009 | Media

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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...

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Jackson, Fawcett Specials Score Big Ratings, ABC's Fawcett Special Wins

Broadcasting & Cable | Posted 07.27.2009 | Media

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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...

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ABC Health Care Special Draws 4.7 Million Viewers

mediabistro.com | Posted by Chris | 02:15 PM | ABC | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media

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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...

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Letterman Outdraws Conan

thrfeed.com | James Hibberd | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media

Read More: The Tonight Show, Late Night Shows, TV Ratings, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, The Late Show With David Letterman, The Late Show, Media News

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 ...

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Campbell Brown Ratings Hit 2009 Low

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media

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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...

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Network Upfront Results Will Impact the TV Content Landscape for Decades

Jack Myers | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media

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Jack Myers

This year's Upfront results will have significant impact on the future of the network television business.

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Technical Problems Delaying TV Ratings

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

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In what one television executive called an unprecedented data delay, Nielsen Media Research failed to provide overnight TV ratings for four days this ...

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Agreements

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media

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Earl Pomerantz

TV ratings don't accurately measure the size the audience. It doesn't matter.

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"Celebrity Apprentice" Ratings Down 21%, More Trouble For Beleaguered Donald

MediaWorks | John Rash | Posted 04.10.2009 | Media

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"Celebrity Apprentice," which is running concurrently with host Donald Trump's endgames with several of his troubled, if not bankrupt, business ventur...

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CBS Threatens To Unseat Fox As Top Rated TV Network -- Despite "Idol"

Los Angeles Times | Scott Collins | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Television, TV Ratings, Network TV, Television Ratings, Tv, CBS Ratings, American Idol Ratings, Fox, Cbs, American Idol, Media News

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...

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Obama Speech Draws Strong Ratings

The Live Feed | James Hibberd | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media

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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 ...

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"Secret Life Of American Teenager" Smashes "Gossip Girl" Ratings, Sets ABC Family Records

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media

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ABC Family's "Secret Life of the American Teenager" smashed network rating records with its season premiere Monday night — and in the process, b...

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CBS Shows Take 9 Of Top 10 Spots In Weekly Ratings

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 01.24.2009 | Media

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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...

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CBS Dominates, Wins November Sweeps For 8th Year In A Row

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 12.27.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — With another dominating week in the television ratings, CBS will win the November "sweeps" for the eighth straight year. Back when t...

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Anthony Edwards Lifts "ER" To Largest Audience In Over A Year

Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

Read More: TV Ratings, Television, Anthony Edwards ER, Mark Greene, Tv, Er, Dr. Mark Greene, Nbc, NBC Ratings, Anthony Edwards, ER Ratings, Media News

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...

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