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Schedule Change Fails to Pump Life Into ‘Rock Center’ Ratings

Despite getting moved to a new night and an earlier start time, NBC’s "Rock Center with Brian Williams" has failed to catch fire in the ratings, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The newsmagazine was moved to Wednesdays at 9 p.m….

TV Consumption Declining in One Important Demo Group, Rising in Another

Television remains the country’s No. 1 pastime, with Americans averaging 4 hours, 39 minutes of TV consumption daily, reports Brian Stelter in The New York Times. But Americans 12 to 34 years old are spending less time watching television in…

Supernatural Drama Gets Third Season

A supernatural drama series has been renewed for a third season, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The show is "Being Human," which was renewed by Syfy. The decision comes three weeks after the show debuted its…

Super Bowl Broke Ground in Media Technology, but Halftime Show Was Deja Vu

Sunday’s record-breaking Super Bowl broadcast featured a great game, terrific ads and a wide range of technological innovations, but what it may be best remembered for was a low-tech gesture during the halftime show. TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin…

Disappointing Debut for ABC Series

A new ABC series bowed to disappointing ratings Tuesday night as CBS parlayed a milestone episode of “NCIS” into a big win for the night in total viewers, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. CBS averaged 16.2 million viewers for prime time, more than…

‘Idol’ Executive Producer Thinks Show’s Talent Pool Is Being Poached

"American Idol" executive producer Nigel Lythgoe put out some theories about his show’s recent ratings dip during a telephone press conference Tuesday. Lythgoe accused two rival singing competitions, NBC’s "The Voice" and fellow Fox show "The X Factor,’ of "feeding"…

While Most of Us Had Onion Dip This Past Sunday, Some Had Yorkshire Pudding: Can You Guess Which TV Show Came In Second to the Super Bowl in the Ratings?

With NBC’s Sunday telecast of the Super Bowl setting a record as the most-watched TV show in history, as previously reported, another ratings achievement has been largely overlooked. It didn’t come close to the Super Bowl’s numbers, but coming in…

Super Bowl Sets Streaming Record

It has been widely reported that Sunday’s telecast of the Super Bowl on NBC was the most-watched TV show in history, but now word has surfaced that the game set another record. NBC attracted 2.1 million viewers to watch its…

Syfy Renews Reality Series

Syfy has announced the renewal of a reality competition series, B&C reports. Returning for a third season will be the special-effects reality show "Face Off." The network will start production on 10 new episodes in the spring, with the third…

NBC Finds a Winning Formula — Including a Big Opening for ‘Smash’ — to Launch February Sweeps

NBC snapped out of its ratings doldrums in time to win the first Monday of February sweeps, as its singing competition “The Voice” combined with the series debut of “Smash” to lift the network to No. 1 in total viewers…