ABC’s special edition of “20/20” with Las Vegas iconic performers Siegfried and Roy gave the show a strong Friday night ratings performance, MediaLife reports. The program tied CBS’ “Flashpoint” for No. 1 in the 9 p.m. hour, scoring a 2.0…
Fox’s Friday night line-up of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” and “Dollhouse” is getting a boost after a week of DVR viewing is added to ratings, the Hollywood Reporter says. The debut episode of “Dollhouse,” for example, saw a rating…
Cable sports channels are the least cost-effective for cable operators, based on what the operators pay for the channels versus their ratings, MediaPost says. The cost per rating point for cable operators is the highest for the NFL Network, ESPN,…
World Wrestling Entertainment’s ratings for its “WWE Monday Night Raw” on USA Network during the past two weeks were their best since 2002, Multichannel News reports, citing Nielsen Media Research. WWE also said its “Wrestlemania XXVI” will be held in…
TiVo boosted the number of cable networks using its StopWatch ratings service to 93 from 76, Multichannel News reports. Universal HD, IFC and BBC America are among the channels TiVo added as customers of the service, Multichannel News says. —Danny…
Fox News Channel and MSNBC have boosted their ratings on coverage of the economic downturn while CNN’s audience has shrunk, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing Nielsen Media Research. For the four weeks ended Feb. 22, Fox’s and MSNBC’s audiences…
A U.K. adaption of “Law & Order” won its timeslot and attracted a 26% audience share when it debuted on ITV1 last night, the Hollywood Reporter says. The network, which originally ordered 13 episodes of the new show, is looking…
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams cites the economic downturn as a primary reason for the show’s improved ratings, adding that the show does particularly well in hard-hit cities such as St. Louis and Detroit, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Williams…
Young women are helping boost the ratings for ABC’s “The Bachelor,” which is ranked as the network’s third most popular show among women 18-34 this season, Daily Variety reports. That’s helping the show, in its 13th season, score its highest…
Sci Fi Channel’s “Battlestar Galactica” drew a total 2.8 million viewers for its Jan. 16 episode after live-plus-seven-day numbers from Nielsen were factored, MediaWeek reports. The show saw a 32% increase from its live-plus-same-day viewership, which came in to the…