Fast national results from Nielsen for Tuesday night’s coverage of the Iowa caucuses in the Republican presidential primary show Fox News Channel well ahead of its competition in the ratings. CNN was solidly in second place, with MSNBC third. Figures…
Monday’s two-hour premiere of “The Bachelor” saw the latest installment of the ABC reality staple get off to a less than promising start for the network, with a 2.4 rating and 6 share in viewers 18-49 and 7.7 million viewers,…
Oprah Winfrey, who was buried in bad news throughout 2011 as her fledgling cable network struggled in the ratings, finally has some good news to celebrate. USA Today reports that the talk show diva’s new OWN series, “Oprah’s Next Chapter,”…
Changes are in store for Fox’s prime-time lineup after the network revealed plans to pull the plug on a show, TVLine.com reports. Fox is canceling the weekly results show for "So You Think You Can Dance," prompting what is expected…
One broadcast network dominated the ratings with its New Year’s Eve programming, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. The network is ABC, which celebrated with "Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve" delivering the network’s best year-end prime-time ratings since…
A familiar television service is mapping out a new strategy, built in part on the recent success of one of its shows, The New York Times reports. With the success of the British period drama "Downton Abbey," PBS is hoping…
MTV is pushing its upfront to later in 2012, made more confident by improved ratings, reports former TVWeeker and our good friend Jon Lafayette in B&C. The network will host its upfront presentation in April, instead of February, when it had been…
Fox News Channel, which continues to dominate the cable news ratings, has something to be concerned about in the year-end ratings, the Associated Press reports. Fox was the only cable news network to finish the year with a loss of…
With the numbers for 2011 just about final, some changes have crept into the annual cable rankings, Deadline.com reports. No change at No. 1, where USA finds itself for the sixth year in a row. The continued strength of the…
Animal Planet has decided to bring back one of its series for another season, TheWrap.com reports. Returning for season five will be "Whale Wars." "Whale Wars" is one of Animal Planet’s highest-rated series and a critical success as well, having…