Ratings results are in for November sweeps, and it’s a split vote, with one network taking the key demo while another network won total viewers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. For the sweeps period of Oct. 28-Nov. 23, Fox won…
The Hallmark Hall of Fame has found a new network home on ABC, but apparently much of its audience didn’t follow, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. The franchise aired its first ABC Hallmark movie, "Mitch Albom’s Have a…
ABC’s two Thanksgiving holiday specials — “A Very Gaga Thanksgiving,” featuring pop superstar Lady Gaga, and the perennial animated special “Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" — both fell well short of the ratings for a comedy rerun on CBS, EW.com’s Inside TV…
A new AMC drama series has dropped significantly in the ratings since its debut in early November, reports Joe Adalian in New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. "Hell on Wheels" slipped Sunday to 1.58 million viewers younger than 50, down from…
Monday’s first installment of ABC’s morning show without Regis Philbin — which by the way has a new name — drew healthy ratings, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show, now anchored by Philbin’s former co-host, Kelly Ripa, and now…
How far has NBC’s regularly scheduled lineup of prime-time shows sunk? Well, last week its evening "Nightly News," averaging 9.1 million viewers, beat almost everything offered on NBC’s prime-time schedule, reports David Bauder at the Associated Press. Excluding “Sunday Night Football” and…
NBC has given a full-season order to a new drama, and will give the show a tryout in a new time slot, Deadline.com reports. The fairy-tale-inspired police procedural "Grimm" received the full-season order and will get a tryout in the…
NBC has increased its episode order for a freshman comedy, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The network ordered two additional episodes of "Up All Night." The series had already received a full-season order, and will now air 24 episodes this…
ABC’s Sunday night broadcast of the “American Music Awards” matched last year’s program in the ratings, equaling the all-time low for the ceremony, Reuters reports. The ceremony averaged a 4.3 rating in adults 18-49, with 12 million total viewers. NBC’s…
Digging into Nielsen ratings by demographics, two shows stand out for being unpopular with wealthy viewers, in an analysis by New York Magazine. According to the piece, Fox’s "Cops" is the most unpopular show among upscale adults 18 to 49…