Tonight’s return of the singing competition show “The Voice” to the NBC lineup is a big moment for the Peacock Network in a season in which ratings have been hard to come by. But it also will be closely watched…
CNN’s new prime-time program "The Lead" is off to a tough start in the ratings, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Four days after its debut, the show continues to trail its predecessor, Wolf Blitzer’s "The Situation Room," the…
Thursday night’s coverage of the first full night of the March Madness NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament by CBS Sports and Turner Sports delivered the tournament’s best numbers in 22 years, the CBS Communications Group reports. It was the most-viewed first…
Fox’s onetime ratings juggernaut “American Idol” continues to deliver lower numbers, based on Nielsen overnights for Thursday night. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the show was down 10% from a week ago in the key 18-49 demo, settling for a 2.8 average…
Amid Jay Leno’s jabs at NBC executives on "The Tonight Show" and reports that he will be replaced as host by Jimmy Fallon, Leno was taken out to dinner by NBC Entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt last night, reports Kim Masters…
Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone has made a move that some in the business world find puzzling, reports the New York Post. The 89-year-old Redstone on Thursday nominated TV journalist Deborah Norville to the Viacom board, a move that’s puzzling because…
Charter Communications has refused to air advertisements from a company that wants to run on a number of cable channels, the Associated Press reports. The company, Antennas Direct, says the refusal is an example of the cable industry’s growing worries…
Statistics just released by the Motion Picture Association of America confirm which country is the second-largest box office territory in the world, after the United States. China has moved into the No. 2 spot, replacing Japan, the U.K.’s Guardian reports….
The Lifetime cable channel scored a court victory today on an emergency appeal, clearing the way for its television movie “Romeo Killer: The Christopher Porco Story” to air as planned Saturday, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. The decision…
Fox’s “American Idol” continued to slip in the ratings Wednesday night, based on Nielsen overnights, but it still had enough drawing power to lift Fox to a comfortable win for the night. Meanwhile, TVbytheNumbers.com reports that a couple of ABC…