The return of ABC’s "The Bachelor" and the network’s new reality show, "Conveyor Belt of Love," performed well in the Nielsens Monday night, with "Bachelor" scoring a 3.3 in the 18-49 adult demographic and "Conveyor" nailing a 2.7, according to…
ABC’s daytime drama "One Life to Live" had a lousy Christmas week, earning only a 0.9 rating among women 18-49, according to Nielsen numbers listed at TVbythenumbers.com. "One Life’s" total viewer count of 2,254,000 was a new low, as was…
New episodes of "Extreme Makeover," "Desperate Housewives" and "Brothers & Sisters" helped boost ABC to a Sunday night win in the key adult demo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. At 8 p.m. "Extreme Makeover" scored a 3.3 in the adult…
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ABC’s “World News” got a slight Nielsen bump for Diane Sawyer’s Monday debut as anchor, B&C reports. Preliminary data put the audience at an average 8.9 million viewers, up from the show’s usual Monday average of 8.4 million viewers. For…
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What do you get when you broadcast a National Football League game between America’s team, the Dallas Cowboys, and an undefeated New Orleans Saints squad? The NFL Network’s most-watched cable telecast of all time, reports Multichannel News. The Dec. 19 primetime…
NBC affiliates are beginning to question Jay Leno’s 10 p.m. show, B&C reports. Metered market results from the November sweeps have some stations worried about dropping ratings for their late local news. Post-Newsweek Stations President and CEO Alan Frank told…
PBS has for the first time signed up for weekly ratings data from Nielsen, the New York Times reports. In the past, the public broadcaster has only received monthly reports; now it will get weekly ratings, but not overnights. PBS…