Tuesday night’s telecast of the 2010 MLB All-Star Game on Fox received a 9.1 household rating and a 15 share for the prime-time portion of the game (8:30-11 p.m.) in preliminary metered market ratings, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. Those figures are…
While scripted series continue to thrive on cable, viewers are giving a big "ho-hum" to them on the braodcast networks, our friend Gary Levin reports for USA Today. According to the article, "ABC’s Sunday duo of ‘Scoundrels’ and ‘The Gates’…
It was a good Monday night for ABC, with a two-hour installment of "The Bachelorette" ringing in the top Nielsen ratings overall, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. the first hour of "The Bachelorette" had a 2.9 rating and a 3.0…
About 24.3 million people in the United States tuned in to the World Cup Final on Sunday, when Spain beat the Netherlands, making a record audience for a soccer game telecast in the U.S., the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town…
CBS’s Sunday installment of the reality show "Big Brother" was the highest-rated program in the Nielsens for the night, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. At 7 p.m. NBC’s "Dateline" had the best rating with a 1.05 average in the 18-49 demographic, followed by…
If you think Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert are the most popular hosts on Comedy Central, think again, writes James Hibberd at The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Daniel Tosh has secured that title with "Tosh.0," which has become…
ESPN announced that its telecast Thursday night of “The Decision,” in which NBA superstar LeBron James announced his decision to join the Miami Heat, generated a 7.3 overnight rating in households from 9-10:15 p.m. ET. The 7.3 is the highest…
ABC’s ultra-physical game show "Wipeout" and CBS’s claustrophobic reality show "Big Brother" were the top-rated network shows Thursday night in the Nielsen ratings, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. it was a close race between "Wipeout" and the premiere of…
The recent news regarding profit participation and TV shows–the challenge to Disney by the producers of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and Don Johnson challenging Rysher Entertainment about "Nash Bridges"–reminds TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross of the craziness…
Late-night talk shows were once considered bulletproof against digital video recorders because it was thought their topical nature would encourage viewers to watch the shows in their time slots, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. But it’s turning…