The second night of Jay Leno’s revamped "Tonight Show" soundly beat its competition, boosted in part by a visit from former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, tvbythenumbers.com reports. Leno posted a 1.6 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic versus CBS’…
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin took in a double dose of "American Idol" last night, the Los Angeles Times reports. Palin sat with Jay Leno on Tuesday’s "Tonight Show," which featured last year’s "Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert. The…
CNN’s primetime audience dropped 54 percent in February compared to a year earlier, as Campbell Brown, Larry King and Anderson Cooper all hit new lows, the Los Angeles Times reports. Among adults 25-54, the network was off 57 percent in…
With the Olympics over, NBC reclaimed its fourth-place position in Monday night’s ratings, as ABC’s "The Bachelor" finale led ABC to a nightly victory, tvbythenumbers.com reports. ABC posted a 5.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic, with "The Bachelor" two-hour finale…
The return of Jay Leno to "The Tonight Show" Monday evening resulted in the show scoring a rating better than the norm for the Leno "Tonight" tenure, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The numbers, however, weren’t as good as Conan…
NBC’s 17 nights of Winter Olympics coverage drew about 190 million viewers in total to both its broadcast and cable channels, and an average of 24.4 million viewers in NBC prime time, reports the Los Angeles Times, citing Nielsen figures….
In what turned out to be the final, and perhaps the most dramatic event of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Sunday’s gold medal ice hockey game between the United States and Canada was a ratings boom, according to TVbythenumbers. In preliminary…
Film critic and former television personality Roger Ebert will make a reare on-air appearance as a guest on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on March 2, according to the Boston Globe. Ebert is unable to speak because of complications from cancer. However, he will use…
A special Thursday night "American Idol" continued to surpass the Winter Olympics coverage on NBC in adults 18-49 ratings, tvbythenumbers.com reports. "Idol" posted a 6.4 rating in the 18- to 49-year-old demo in the 8 o’clock hour versus the Olympics 4.4…
Two hours of the top 12 men singing were a major draw on Fox’s "American Idol," giving the network a sizable win in the Nielsen ratings. "Idol" posted an 8.7 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic, according to TVbythenumbers.com….