Reality entertainment shows "America’s Got Talent" and "So You Think You Can Dance" were the strongest players in the Wednesday night Nielsen ratings, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance" had a 2.25 average…
TV Land has renewed "Hot in Cleveland" for a second season, adding even more fuel to 88-year old Betty White’s career resurgence, reports B&C. The network has given a 20-episode order for the show, which also stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane…
Syfy’s "Warehouse 13" debuted its second season with an episode that drew 2.96 million viewers on Tuesday, making the episode the network’s most watched telecast this year, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. Nevertheless, that represents a decline from the show’s premiere in July…
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" usually reserves political criticism for its half-hour broadcast, which makes it all the more unusual that 30 female staffers have posted an open letter on its Website defending the show from charges of sexism,…
Two hours of fresh "The Bachelorette" on ABC delivered a solid victory in the Nielsens for the network on Monday night, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. From 8-9 p.m., "The Bachelorette" had a 2.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic for the hour,…
After today, Friday, July 1, the next day we will publish our three daily e-newsletters: TVBizWire, E-Daily and the Daily Viral Video, will be Tuesday, July 6th. Meanwhile if there is breaking news we’ll post it on our website and…
Interesting analysis by Bill Gorman of TVbytheNumbers on "The Tonight Show," Leno vs. Conan. Gorman writes, "In the four weeks that Jay Leno’s Tonight Show overlapped with Conan’s on a calendar week basis (2010 vs. 2009) he’s finished behind Conan….
After protests from media agencies and marketers, Nielsen said it will reverse its decision to eliminate live program ratings and will include them again in its local market reports, according to a story in Mediaweek. The company said it will include…
CNN’s other King–John King–has his own ratings problems, but the cable news network hasn’t yet widely discussed it because executives have been swamped handling other issues, reports the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. Among those other issues is Larry…
The ESPN networks reported that they averaged their largest audience ever for the second quarter, boosted by a record June for ESPN. The combination of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic, ESPNU and ESPN Deportes averaged 1.13 million households in the…