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 12.15.2008 | 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 11.22.2008 | 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 11.22.2008 | 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 11.21.2008 | 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 11.15.2008 | 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 11.15.2008 | 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 11.14.2008 | 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 11.13.2008 | 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 11.13.2008 | 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...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — CBS is looking good so far this TV season, easily winning last week in the prime-time ratings and perhaps minting a new hit in "The M...
AdAge | Brian Steinberg | Posted 11.07.2008 | Media
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- CBS, Fox and the CW are off to the best starts in the new fall TV season, according to a new report from Interpublic Group of ...
Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 11.03.2008 | Media
The premiere of ABC's trio of original dramas posted dramatic declines Wednesday as "Pushing Daisies," "Private Practice" and "Dirty Sexy Money" retur...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 10.31.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — Strong openings by "Dancing With the Stars" and ABC's most popular prime-time soaps led the network to victory during the first week ...
Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media
There was more disheartening news for broadcasters Sunday with another night of season premieres returning lower than last year. Yet the evening's bi...
Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 10.27.2008 | Media
very season premiere drew a lower rating than last fall Thursday night, as returning favorites such as ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," CBS' "Survivor" and NBC...
Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 10.26.2008 | Media
KITT ran a sluggish first lap in the ratings race as NBC's series premiere of "Knight Rider" had starter problems Wednesday night. Despite having the...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 10.25.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — A Sunday night football clash between Dallas and Green Bay helped NBC win its seventh straight week in the television ratings, its lo...
Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 10.24.2008 | Media
The two-hour premiere NBC's top drama "Heroes" was down 25% compared with last year's one-hour opener, taking an expected hit following a creatively m...
Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 09.20.2008 | Media
NBC is running out of ways to describe its stellar Olympics ratings. During last week's Summer Games coverage, the network enjoyed the most-watched w...
Patricia Draznin | Posted 08.13.2008 | Entertainment
Up until last Tuesday, I assumed that my cable service transmitted a signal that could detect WHEN I was watching, WHAT I was watching, what I was EATING, and that it was my third piece.
New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 07.09.2008 | Media
AS the cable channels that populate the television dial conclude their advance advertising sales, they have something to celebrate: they made much gre...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — Broadcast networks are the place to be for prime-time competitions _ if little else. Nine of the 20 most-watched programs on the net...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media
It may have been a rough season for primetime TV, but sports programming is seeing major ratings gains just in time for the Olympics. Television audi...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — With an assist from Kobe Bryant and Paul Pierce, ABC snapped a Fox winning streak that had stretched back to January. For 22 straigh...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 12.27.2008 | Media