Last night’s third-season premiere of AMC’s "Mad Men" beat the series’ record, drawing 2.8 million total viewers at 10 p.m. according to The Hollywood Reporter. Citing Nielsen overnight numbers, the Reporter said the audience was the show’s largest ever, up 33% from last year’s second-season premiere….
In what looks like a major challenge to the stanglehold Nielsen Media Research has on the currency controlling the spending of billions of dollars on TV, some of the nation’s biggest advertisers, media agencies and networks–broadcast and cable –have formed a consortium to…
David Letterman was in repeats on CBS last week but he still eked out a win over originals of NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien” in total viewers, reports the New York Times. Letterman averaged 2.947 million viewers to…
ABC for the third time this summer last week hit a ratings low in its target demo of viewers 18 to 49, reports the New York Times. The network posted an average 1.1 rating in the demo, a record low…
Comedy Central’s Sunday night roast of Joan Rivers drew 2.8 million viewers, a full 32% fewer than its last one in March, which put Larry the Cable Guy in the hot seat, Variety reports. The winner of “Celebrity Apprentice” had…
Could NBC be second-guessing its choice of David Gregory to take over “Meet The Press”? You have to wonder in light of the fact that “This Week With George Stephanopoulos" was the No. 1 newsmaker show on Sunday, Aug. 2, in…
Daytime soap “As The World Turns” is having ratings problems and could be next on the CBS hit list, the New York Post reports. Like “Guiding Light,” which goes off the air in September and will be replaced by a…
Fox’s new reality dating series "More to Love," featuring a plus-sized bachelor and women competing for his love, drew 4.2 million viewers for its premiere Tuesday night, Daily Variety reports. "More" scored a 1.9 rating/6 share among adults 18-49 and…
USA Network will finish July as the most-watched cable network, averaging 3.15 million total primetime viewers and winning all three major demos, Mediaweek reports. Citing Nielsen data for June 30 through July 27, Mediaweek says USA averaged 1.45 million adults…
NewMediaMetrics , a New York-based research company, is predicting that CBS’ “NCIS: Los Angeles” will score big ratings Tuesday nights at 9 p.m., while NBC’s “Jay Leno Show” could be a strong performer at 10 p.m., particularly on Tuesday nights,…