NBC’s coverage of the men’s Wimbledon Championships garnered a 4.5 rating, the best overnight ratings for the event in 8 years, according to the network, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The coverage peaked at a 6.5 share during the Rafael Nadal…
The debut of ABC Family’s “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” was the network’s most-watched series premiere ever, the Hollywood Reporter says. Tuesday night’s airing garnered 2.8 million viewers, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Summer reality series for ABC are proving to be ratings hits or misses, USA Today reports, citing Nielsen Media Research numbers. Among the early winners are “Wipeout,” which had the biggest premiere in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic this summer…
Syndicated programs saw ratings decline for the week ending June 22, with many shows not airing on June 16 because of the U.S. Open, TVNewsday reports. However, CBS Television Distribution’s “Oprah” and “Judge Judy,” as well as NBC Universal’s “The…
“Late Show With David Letterman” tied its lowest-ever numbers for adults 18-49 last week with a 0.9 rating, the Hollywood Reporter says. “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” averaged a 1.3 rating in the same demo, the newspaper notes. —Vlada…
Tuesday night’s BET Awards Show attracted only 5.8 million viewers, its smallest audience since 2004, Multichannel News reports. Last year’s telecast of the 8-year-old franchise drew more than 6.3 million viewers, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Lifetime’s Sunday night episode of “Army Wives” was the evening’s most-watched cable drama among women, Multichannel News reports. The episode garnered 3.75 million total viewers and a 3.4 household rating, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Nielsen will reissue overnight TV ratings data in 37 local markets for June 15, Media Daily News reports. The reissue is the result of a new computer server configuration glitch that affected data for 14 hours on that day, the…
Media agency buying unit Magna Global USA found that only 25% percent of U.S. TV homes have DVRs, but those that do have the devices “use them with a vengeance,” MediaWeek reports. Time-shifted viewing on DVRs makes up 9% of…
Nielsen’s out-of-home tracking service, which measures viewing in bars, hotels and gyms, will launch later this summer, Media Daily News reports. Nielsen Out-of-Home Report will collect data from 4,700 panelists, who will carry AT&T cell phones with program exposure tracking…