C3 commercial ratings, now in their second year, have shown increases in off-network syndication comedies, MediaPost reports. One of the strongest syndication performers, “Two and a Half Men,” was up 14% in its C3 rating for the fourth quarter of…
Nielsen, known for its television ratings service, is asking its customers to rate its performance in a “satisfaction survey,” Media Post reports. Nielsen’s effort to get customer feedback comes after the service suffered from some glitches that caused it to…
Showtime, known five years ago mainly for movies and “Queer as Folk,” has broadened its audience on shows such as “Weeds,” “Dexter” and “Californication,” which feature antiheroes as their central characters, the Los Angeles Times reports. The CBS unit has…
On Tuesday night, the 2-month-old news program “Worldfocus” beat its closest competitor, “BBC World News,” in the overall ratings, says the TVNewser blog. “Worldfocus” is anchored by former NBC News reporter Martin Savidge and airs on many PBS stations around…
Dish Network has enlisted Rentrak Corp. to help measure its audiences, Multichannel News reports. Rentrak’s TV Essentials will deliver anonymous viewer-measure data from Dish’s set-top boxes, including second-by-second television programming and advertising information, Multichannel says. Dish will use Rentrak’s TV…
Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” proved to be the most successful outing in the unscripted franchise’s history. Past seasons have used Orange County, Calif., and New York City as locales. Multichannel News reports the Tuesday season finale of “Atlanta”…
Disney-ABC’s “Legend of the Seeker” is performing well after its first week on the air, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The show scored a 2.9 live-plus-same day household rating and 4.1 million total viewers during its two-hour premiere on Saturday and…
The Saturday night premiere of “The Two Mr. Kissels,” a Lifetime original movie starring John Stamos and Robin Tunney, had 4.2 million total viewers, garnering a 3.3 household rating for the night, Multichannel News reports. The movie, based on the…
Sen. John McCain’s appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” Tuesday night helped the show to its best metered-market Nielsen household ratings in 10 months. “The Tonight Show” averaged a 4.9 rating and 12 share, Media Life Magazine reports….
CBS’ “CSI: New York” is continuing the franchise’s success in its first year of syndication, beating ratings for NBC Universal’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” for the week ended Oct. 19, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The New York and…