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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly That Was This Year’s Oscarcast

From Oprah’s sublime praise of Best Actress nominee Gabourey Sidibe, to the dignity of Mo’Nique’s acceptance speech as Best Supporting Actress to the poor judgment of some of the jokes by Messrs. Baldwin and Martin to the outrageous ommission of…

Great Trivia (But Not Trivial) Question–Impress Your Friends, Colleagues: On Sunday Night, With its Oscarcast, ABC Ranked No. 1 in Primetime Among Women 18-to-34. What Broadcast Network Ranked No. 2 in That Demo?

What’s so wonderful about this question is that’s it’s so telling about both the TV audience on such a popular night of TV viewing, and about where the country is heading, population-wise, as well. The answer is NOT CBS, NBC, Fox nor…

With Popular Films Such as ‘Avatar’ and ‘The Blind Side’ Up for Best Picture, Oscarcast Ratings Improve

Expanding the Best Picture category to include 10 titles,  including popular hits such as "Avatar," and "The Blind Side" helped drive 41.3 million viewers to the Academy Awards telecast on ABC yesterday, the Hollywood Reporter reports. The 41.3 million viewers is the highest…

Report: Fox Renews Cult Favorite for Another Season

One of the big cult favorite TV series has been renewed by Fox for another season, EW.com is reporting. On tap for season No.3 is the J.J. Abrams sci-fi/fantasy series "Fringe," the report says. As the article notes, "Though the…

Station Group Suit Against Nielsen Allowed to Proceed

A lawsuit that was filed by a TV station group almost a year ago has survived an attempt by Nielsen Media Research to have it dismissed, B&C reports. Sunbeam Television’s lawsuit against Nielsen was filed in April 2009 and alleges that…

CW President Ostroff Says It’s Hard to Envision ‘Gossip’ and ‘90210’ Nielsen Ratings Going Up

The CW’s president of entertainment Dawn Ostroff, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, said as the number of DVR and streaming viewers continues to rise, she finds it difficult to see a situation where the live Nielsen numbers for…

‘The Office’ Gets a Baby Bump in the Ratings

Fox’s "American Idol" remained the top-rated program on Thursday night, but the birth of Jim and Pam’s first child on "The Office" pushed it ahead of ABC’s "Grey’s Anatomy" for the first time ever, tvbythenumbers.com reports.  "Idol" posted a 6.5…

It’s the Eleventh Hour, You’re Going to An Oscar Party, You’re Going to Have to Enter an Oscar Poll, and You Don’t Want to Embarrass Yourself. Here’s Our Oscar Picks–Including The Really Tough Ones, Like Short Documentary

 Our guesses are probably as good as yours. Though we DID once win a contest the Village Voice had for picking Oscar winners. The best thing about our choices is that they give you a great out…If you use our choices…

‘Smallville’ to Return for 10th Season

The CW decided not to make “Smallville” fans wait: The network gave the series an early renewal for its 10th season, Michael Ausiello reports for EW.com. The show’s move to Friday nights has paid off for the network, which has…

ABC Slips with ‘Oprah,’ Comedy Block While ‘Idol’ Dominates

 Another Wednesday, another ratings win for Fox’s "American Idol," reports tvbythenumbers.com.   "Idol" took the ratings reins, posting an 8.5 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic, easily giving Fox a first place victory.  CBS placed second for the night,…