Nickelodeon’s Jan. 18 debut of “Big Time Rush” was the network’s highest-rated and most-watched live-action Nick series premiere, Multichannel News reports. It benefited from a lead-in from a new episode of “iCarly,” which drew its best numbers ever. The “iCarly”…
In an interview on PBS’ “Charlie Rose” on Monday, NBC Universal head Jeff Zucker said he had shown leadership and “guts” in his handling of the Jay Leno-Conan O’Brien drama, Reuters reports. He said his job was to take chances,…
NBC’s telecast of the 67th annual Golden Globes drew 16.9 million total viewers and a 5.4 rating among adults 18-49, up 10% from last year’s edition and good for the network’s best performance in the time period, aside from sports,…
NBC Universal head Jeff Zucker said he takes responsibility for the failure of Jay Leno’s prime time program, The New York Times reports. “At the end of the day Jay at 10 o’clock didn’t work,” Mr. Zucker told The Times,…
We continue our series of interviews with the top executives of Discovery Communicaions, TVWeek’s "Cable TV Programmer of the Decade." Today we speak with Marjorie Kaplan, who’s been with Discovery for 13 years, the last three overseeing a major transformation…
FX’s new animated sitcom, "Archer," made a splashy debut Thursday night, drawing 1.8 million total viewers, reports B&C. Among adults 18-49, "Archer" had 1.2 million viewers. The performance was better than that for the network’s last new comedy, "The League,"…
The deal is set for Conan O’Brien to leave NBC with a payout, and NBC won’t keep him from jumping to another network before his contract expires, according to a report by the veteran–and well-respected–entertainment reporter Kim Masters at The Daily…
Fox’s "American Idol" slipped in its second night, after a big season debut, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The 90-minute Wednesday episode dropped 14%, to 26.4 million viewers, according to preliminary ratings, from its Tuesday opening episode, which drew nearly 30…
A research firm calculated the financial losses among NBC’s affiliates as a result of dropping news ratings caused by a low “Jay Leno Show” lead-in, and said the damage could have been collectively $22 million, the Associated Press reports. Harmelin…