ABC has given full-season pickups to three shows, along with ordering five additional scripts for another show, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The fairy tale-themed drama "Once Upon a Time" and the comedies "Happy Endings" and "Last…
MTV is charting plans for the return of a show that has become a huge ratings generator for the network, but the network’s excitement may be tempered by concern about a drop in ratings. The fifth season of "Jersey Shore"…
Fox has announced the renewal of a show it is touting as the “No. 1 reality show on broadcast television this fall,” E! Online reports. The show is Simon Cowell’s singing competition “The X Factor.” While the show’s ratings have…
Distributor Debmar-Mercury has announced the renewal through 2015 of a syndicated game show that has been thriving with its new host, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Family Feud,” with Steve Harvey now hosting, is up a whopping 40% over last…
A new Showtime drama is off to a good start, with its latest airing attracting the show’s biggest audience to date, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. “Homeland” was up 18% on Sunday compared with its debut, with an average of…
All eyes were on NBC’s new newsmagazine Monday night — except those of the viewers, according to the show’s Nielsen ratings. The show pulled a feeble 1.0 overnight rating in the key 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The weak result was…
Kelsey Grammer’s new Starz drama "Boss" saw a huge drop in its audience in its second week, with just 391,000 viewers tuning in for the first airing of the show Friday night, reports Deadline.com. That represents a decline of 44%…
Ratings expectations for "Rock Center" are low — even from its own network — as NBC prepares to debut the program tonight, on Halloween, reports the Los Angeles Times. "I don’t pretend to think that we’re gonna move the needle…
NBC had two key premieres Friday night, and a rainout earlier in the week in the World Series, combined with an improbable rally by the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6, forced the network to compete with Fox’s telecast of…
The return of the 1990s animated show "Beavis and Butt-Head" earned strong numbers Thursday night for MTV, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The show drew 3.3 million total viewers, the story says. Among MTV’s target demo of viewers 12 to…