While NBC Universal’s new syndicated strip “Martha” was down 21 percent in its first week on the air, Warner Bros.’ “The Tyra Banks Show” grew from Monday to Monday, and Twentieth’s courtroom strip “Judge Alex” remained even.“Martha” scored a household…
Media buying firm Carat projects in a report released Tuesday that ABC will be the top-rated network among adults 18 to 49. According to the report, written by Shari Anne Brill, VP of programming, ABC will average a 4.2, followed…
Arbitron released its first batch of data from its Houston test of its Personal People Meter technology. Compared with meter and diary data compiled by Nielsen Media Research, the PPMs show higher average quarter-hour viewing for all types of television…
The late ABC “World News Tonight” anchor Peter Jennings was remembered Monday night, with three Emmys going to the flagship newscast at the 26th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, sponsored in New York by the National Academy of Television…
CBS’s two-hour premiere of its new sci-fi series “Threshold” on Friday was the top-rated show for the night in total viewers and the adults 18 to 49 demographic, outpacing The WB’s new Friday night schedule.“Threshold” scored a 2.9 rating in…
HBO on Monday canceled “The Comeback,” its series created by Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, after a first season in which it drew a substantially smaller audience than its lead-in, “Entourage.” In a statement the network said, “We looked…
E! Entertainment’s coverage of Emmy activities on Sunday drew double-digit increases from the previous year. The network’s “Live From the Red Carpet” drew a 2.2 Nielsen Media Research household rating in metered markets, up 16 percent from 2004. Its “Countdown…
TV Land will go dark from 6-7 p.m. Sept. 26 as part of its effort to encourage families to dine together on Family Day, the network said Monday. “Pre-empting TV Land’s normal programming schedule is a symbolic gesture on our…
CBS’s Sunday night “57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards” finished up 30 percent over last year in adults 18 to 49 and increased its total viewer number by 35 percent over the 2004 awards show.The 2005 Emmys scored a 6.0 preliminary…
Spike TV and media buying agency Carat Americas will partner to create integrated marketing opportunities for Schick, the first of which will be a new program, “King of Vegas,” the companies said Monday. The 10-episode series will debut in early…