Hugh Laurie, whose long-running Fox drama “House” is winding down after eight seasons, let his feelings be known after reports surfaced that he was tired of the show and it was his idea to kill it, TVGuide.com reports. Fox recently…
NBC is back — at least on Monday nights. The network’s “The Voice” continues to flex its ratings muscle, finishing Monday as the highest-rated show of the night and leading NBC to its second consecutive Monday win, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. NBC…
Oprah Winfrey did something that got her in trouble with the Nielsen TV ratings service over the weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The trouble started when Winfrey sent out a tweet asking her fans to watch "Oprah’s Next Chapter,"…
The third-season debut of a basic cable drama has set ratings records in key demographics, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. AMC’s "The Walking Dead" premiered Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, and ranked as the strongest drama telecast in basic cable…
CNN reaped some of its strongest recent ratings with its coverage Saturday night of the death of Whitney Houston, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. CNN pulled off the rare feat of beating Fox News for the night….
A cable network is leveraging its top-rated show with a weapons-themed spinoff. Announcing plans today for the new show, “Hardcore Pawn: Fort Bragg,” a spinoff of its top-rated “Hardcore Pawn,” was TruTV, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new series…
E!’s Grammys red carpet show on Sunday went through the roof, finishing as not only the channel’s top-rated Grammys red carpet show, but also its most-watched “Live from the Red Carpet” for any awards. The channel announced that Sunday’s 6-8…
This year’s Super Bowl got a big ratings bump from people watching outside the home, Advertising Age reports. Adding in the out-of-home figures raised the program’s total audience by at least 20.7%, depending on the demographic, the story reports. In…
With “American Idol” getting a bump in the ratings and reclaiming its top dog status on Thursday night, Fox took the top spot in the key 18-49 demo for the night, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “Idol” was up two-tenths from last week…
A cable network that is languishing in the ratings will scrap its prime-time programming and replace it with repeats of the shows that currently air on the network from 5-8 p.m., reports The New York Times. The network is four-year-old…