NBC scored a big win in Monday’s prime-time ratings, with “The Voice” and “Smash” both posting solid gains, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. NBC easily won the night in the key 18-49 demo, averaging a 4.9 rating to trounce ABC (2.1 average), Fox…
"When the television season ends in May, what will matter most — for both networks and advertisers — is the ranking of shows once digital video recorder playback is included in the viewership totals. In a comeback victory for scripted…
Lindsay Lohan’s appearance as host of “Saturday Night Live” was a ratings success for NBC, delivering the show’s second-best numbers of the season in metered-market households, NBC reports. The show pulled a 5.5/14 household number in metered markets, second only…
NBC’s new series “Awake,” premiering against repeat programming on CBS and ABC, was a case of good news/bad news for the Peacock Network, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The good news is the show did better than the 1.4 for “The Firm” in…
NBC has won the February sweeps, paced by the Super Bowl along with strong numbers for “The Voice.” For the period from Feb. 2-29, NBC led the way in the key 18-49 demo with a 3.7 average rating, ahead of CBS…
Even with CNN’s ratings getting a bump in February from a Republican presidential debate and the death of pop superstar Whitney Houston, MSNBC topped CNN in the prime-time ratings for February. MSNBC reported that it averaged 988,000 total viewers in…
"Rock Center with Brian Williams" is still looking for a niche in the NBC schedule and will be moved for the second time in a month to a new time slot, reports TVNewser.com. "Rock Center" will air Wednesdays at 10…
Updated overnight Nielsen ratings for Sunday night confirm what the metered market returns, reported earlier, hinted at: The Oscars did better this year than last, ABC noted in a press release.. Total viewership averaged 39.3 million for the broadcast, up…
Preliminary ratings for Sunday night’s Academy Awards telecast showed that the ABC telecast was on track to improve on last year’s Oscar ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The news comes as a bit of a surprise considering that box office numbers for…
The battle for Thursday night supremacy between CBS and Fox continues to be one of the most compelling ratings fights of the season, with the two networks settling for a draw last night in the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports…