Sunday’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI on NBC set a record for U.S. television viewing, according to Nielsen’s fast nationals, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The game was watched by 111.3 million viewers, eclipsing Fox’s telecast of last year’s Super Bowl, which came…
FX appears to be as big a fan of one of its dramas as the critics are. The network has already announced it’s bringing back the critically acclaimed “Sons of Anarchy” for a fifth season, and now it has picked…
NBC is moving a ratings-challenged show from its prime real estate on the schedule to a low-rent neighborhood. Deadline.com reports that the legal drama “The Firm” is shifting, effective immediately, from its Thursday night 10 p.m. slot to Saturdays at…
Fox’s once untouchable ratings powerhouse “American Idol” continues to show signs of vulnerability. The singing competition was beaten in the Thursday night ratings by CBS’s hit sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” for the third week in a row, TVbytheNumbers.com reports….
As NBC tries to reverse its ratings — which have been in the doldrums (to put it mildly) for years now and seem to be getting worse rather than better — it is betting heavily on a charismatic cultural figure…
ABC Family has renewed a scripted show that has become a staple on the network, EW.com’s Inside TV blog reports. Coming back for a fifth season will be "The Secret Life of the American Teenager." Additionally, ABC Family is working…
With the Super Bowl on NBC likely to occupy male viewers, among others, for much of this Sunday, CBS is going in the opposite direction and will try to attract women, TVNewser.com reports. The network is rolling out a “60…
A potential problem for the TV networks is receiving attention as fallout from a hassle one network has been having for months. A possible explanation surfaced recently for Nickelodeon’s ratings decline, which has been a source of contentiousness between Nick…
The trailer for the upcoming season of one of HBO’s series has broken the network’s online viewing records since it was released Sunday, EW.com’s Inside TV blog reports. The trailer is for the second season of "Game of Thrones," and…
Television networks are relying on scheduling tricks to help juice their ratings numbers — including renaming shows and labeling them as "specials" so that they won’t be counted in low-rated weeks, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. That…