NBC may be reaping millions in viewers and dollars during its broadcast of the Beijing Olympics, but its New York City Telemundo affiliate and owned-and-operated flagship WNBC-TV are losing their Spanish-speaking audiences because of the Games, reports TVNewsday. Ratings for…
Jordan Breslow, MediaCom’s director of broadcast research, predicts ABC will come in first in the fourth quarter on the strength of shows including “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Dancing With the Stars,” Media Life Magazine reports. However, RPA entertainment specialist…
USA Network had five of the 10 most-watched programs among ad-supported cable networks for the week ending Aug. 10, MediaWeek reports. WWE Raw continued to deliver, garnering the network’s best rating at 5.06 million viewers, the newspaper says. USA’s originals…
The season premiere of Style Network’s “Clean House” on Wednesday garnered a 0.68 household rating and more than 546,000 viewers, Multichannel News reports. The numbers are an all-time high for the program and a 143% improvement from last season’s premiere…
Univision Communications’ net revenue declined 4.3% to $533.1 million during the second quarter, Broadcasting & Cable reports. However, Univision CEO Joe Uva argued that ratings for the network rose, making it “the No. 3 network in prime time with a…
Oxygen’s “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood” brought in 1.4 million viewers for its Tuesday episode, the Hollywood Reporter says. The episode was Oxygen’s most watched telecast ever, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Nielsen will deliver C3 ratings to networks and advertisers in 12 days beginning this fall, Media Daily News reports. That’s only a three-day reduction from the current minimum 15 days because Nielsen has to wait seven days after a programming…
The Sunday premiere of E! Entertainment’s “Pam: Girl on the Loose” got off to a good start, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The new reality show following “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson pulled in 1.1 million total viewers in its intial…
USA Network won the prime-time ratings race in July among cable networks thanks to new episodes of “Burn Notice,” “Monk,” “Psych,” “In Plain Sight” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” Multichannel News reports. The network averaged 2.94 million viewers compared…
ABC had the best ratings among the broadcast networks Tuesday night, as its “Wipeout” drew almost double the audience of NBC’s “Celebrity Family Feud,” Daily Variety reports, citing Nielsen figures. NBC finished second as its “America’s Got Talent” had the…