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‘NCIS’ Dominates Tuesday, ‘V’ Ratings Dip in Second Outing

CBS returned to the top of the ratings for Tuesday as "NCIS" dominated ABC’s hot newcomer "V," with the CBS show getting a 4.2/11 among adults 18-49 (20.2 million total viewers) compared to "V’s" 3.7/10 (10.6 million viewers), B&C reports. "NCIS"…

Leno Format Being Retooled as Ratings Lag

NBC is retooling the format of Jay Leno’s 10 p.m. weeknight strip to make it more closely resemble his old latenight talk show, B&C reports. Leno’s signature comedy bits, including “Headlines,” and “Jay Walking,” are now airing after his monologue,…

Nick’s ‘Fanboy and Chum Chum’ Has Big Debut

Nickelodeon’s “Fanboy and Chum Chum” set some series opening records for the network on Friday night, thanks partly to a huge lead-in from “SpongeBob SquarePants,” Multichannel News reports. The new series was the highest-rated series debut among Nickelodeon’s target kid…

TV Viewing at Highest-Ever Levels and Growing, Nielsen Says

Nielsen data indicates that the amount of time Americans are devoting to TV-watching is continuing to grow despite more time also being spent in front of computers, according to James Hibberd at The Hollywood Reporter. The average American spends 4 hours and 49 minutes daily…

Guess Which Program Led to E!’s Highest-Rated Day Ever?

Lots of eyeballs were glued to E! Sunday, so many that the network enjoyed its highest-rated day ever. The debut of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians: The Wedding" — featuring Khloe’s wedding to NBA star Lamar Odom — at 8 p.m. drove…

TBS’ ‘Lopez Tonight’ Talker off to a Strong Start

TBS’ debut of "Lopez Tonight" — the latenight talk show hosted by George Lopez that was also seen on TNT and truTV — drew for a total of 3.2 million viewers across all three cable networks, according to James Hibberd at The Hollywood Reporter. On TBS…

Strong Season Finale for ‘Mad Men’

 The third season of AMC’s “Mad Men” finished on Sunday with 2.3 million viewers, up 33 percent from last season’s finale, B&C reports. The numbers were off from the season premiere of 2.8 million viewers, but the show did well…

Wanda Sykes Latenight Show Improves on Predecessor

Wanda Sykes’ new Saturday latenight show on Fox had a good start, outperforming its predecessor "Mad TV," Variety reports. The show’s premiere averaged a 2.2 household rating in Nielsen’s metered-markets, up 16% from the fourth-quarter average for “Mad TV.” –Elizabeth…

ABC Wins Thursday in Demo, CBS in Total Viewers

ABC’s overall average in the key adults 18-49 demographic put it in first place Thursday night, with a 3.7/10, while CBS was smidge behind with a 3.5/9, according to B&C. NBC’s comedy line up earned a 2.4/7 with Fox trailing at…

Fox Cleans Up in Ratings With World Series Game 6

Fox’s coverage of World Series Game 6 between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies was a home run in the ratings, raking in 22 million total viewers and a 7.0/18 Nielsen rating, reports B&C. For the rest of…