Fox announced that it is bringing back a long-running show that has been a strong performer in the ratings, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The show is "So You Think You Can Dance," which will return for a ninth season,…
Wednesday’s premiere of an eagerly awaited scary series on FX was a winner for the cable network, Entertainment Weekly reports. The Ryan Murphy series “American Horror Story” attracted 3.2 million total viewers for the initial telecast, including 2 million viewers in the…
Fox came out on top Wednesday night in a tight three-way battle for prime time with CBS and ABC, as “The X Factor” continued to turn in solid ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. For the night overall, Fox was No. 1 in…
CBS announced in a tweet that it has picked up one of its freshman sitcoms for a full-season order, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “2 Broke Girls,” which has been performing well as the lead-out to “Two and a Half…
Ratings were generally down for the broadcast networks Tuesday night, when they had to go up against an MLB playoff game between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. When the dust settled it was Fox on top…
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner took to Twitter to provide an explanation for why NBC’s "The Playboy Club" failed, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "It should have been on cable, aimed at a more adult audience," Hefner tweeted to his roughly…
The man who built his father’s company into a firm that’s synonymous with television ratings has died, reports The New York Times’ Bill Carter. Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. was 92. Nielsen, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, died Monday in Winnetka, Ill.,…
NBC has seen enough. The Peacock Network announced it is pulling the plug on one of its new shows, which has struggled to find viewers during the first few weeks of the fall season. "The Playboy Club" is being canceled,…
CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” continues to see a drop-off in viewers after its big premiere, but CBS still claimed a solid win in Monday’s prime-time ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “Men” was off a hefty 18% in viewers 18-49 with…
Ken Burns’ new documentary for PBS, "Prohibition," averaged 3.9 million viewers on Sunday, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. PBS believes at least 7.6 million viewers watched at least six minutes of the first episode on Sunday, a…