Even on a night when its franchise series fell to a historic low, one network almost doubled its closest competition for prime time in the key 18-49 demo, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC’s reality franchise “The Voice”…
One talk show continues to dominate the post-Oprah Winfrey era in daytime talk, winning its fifth consecutive sweeps period among talk shows. Wrapping up May sweeps with a 3.0 average rating (3.969 million viewers) was “Dr. Phil,” based on Nielsen’s…
Longtime friends and "American Idol" executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick are leaving the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Idol Worship. Formal exit discussions haven’t yet started, the story notes. The Fox singing competition has suffered a ratings…
A scripted series on MTV opened its third season Monday with series-best viewer numbers. Deadline.com reports that “Teen Wolf” drew 2.4 million viewers for its 10 p.m. airing, a 15% bump from the program’s second-season premiere a year ago. Monday’s…
A long-running reality show delivered its worst number ever in the key 18-49 demo, based on Nielsen overnights for Monday night. Meanwhile, a drama series on the same network — ABC — got off to a slow start. TVbytheNumbers.com reports…
Things went from slow to slower for the broadcast networks Sunday night, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that Fox won the night with a 1.3 average rating for prime time, airing an all-repeat programming…
The Fox broadcast network has wrapped up a sizable portion of its upfront ad sales, and it is reportedly getting price increases. B&C reports that the network is pulling in cost-per-thousand-viewers (CPM) hikes in the 5% to 7% range, according…
ABC’s “Good Morning America” is celebrating an achievement it hasn’t pulled off in 19 years. The morning show won the May sweeps in the key news demo of adults 25-54 — the first time it has pulled off that feat…
The third-season finale of CBS’s “Mike & Molly” made it to air a week late Thursday night after being delayed because of its tornado-themed content, and the result was the show’s lowest rating ever, based on Nielsen overnights for the…
Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings told CNBC that the fourth season of "Arrested Development" has "been huge, just as we had hoped," but declined to release any viewing numbers, reports The Wall Street Journal. "The reason we’re not doing ratings…