Syfy had its most-watched series debut since 2009 for a drama it premiered Monday night, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The new drama "Alphas" debuted to 2.5 million viewers, the story says. It was the biggest…
The seventh and final season of TNT’s "The Closer" debuted Monday night with 7.2 million viewers, down from the sixth-season premiere, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Still, the turnout represented cable’s biggest audience of the year…
ABC Family announced that it has given a second-season order to a half-hour comedy, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The show is "Melissa & Joey," starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence. The first season will continue airing through the…
Friday night’s debut of the sci-fi drama "Torchwood: Miracle Day" on Starz drew a combined audience of 1.51 million viewers for its 10 p.m. airing and its 11 p.m. rebroadcast, reports TheWrap’s The Box blog, which calls it a "very…
Following the huge ratings for Diane Sawyer’s special featuring Jaycee Dugard, ABC plans to rebroadcast the show on Saturday, reports TVNewser.com. The program, “A Special Edition of Primetime With Diane Sawyer — Jaycee Dugard: In Her Own Words,” will air…
On a night when the competition served up mostly repeat programming, ABC’s heavily promoted interview with kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard helped the Alphabet Network claim an easy win in the Sunday night ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. A special two-hour ABC "Primetime,"…
On a night marked by plenty of repeat programming, CBS’s “Big Brother” had a decent turnout for its season premiere and the network managed an overall ratings win, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. CBS averaged a 1.9 rating for the night in the…
CNN has drawn criticism for its prime-time lineup, which the news network has just overhauled as it tries to reverse its recent ratings woes. The criticism is coming from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which says…
HLN’s Nancy Grace, who practically single-handedly led the media coverage of the Casey Anthony trial, has fired back at her critics in a blistering interview with Andrea Morabito in B&C. Some excerpts: "B&C: Are you comfortable being the media figurehead…
TNT has placed a second-season order for the drama series that became cable’s top series launch this year, Deadline.com reports. The series is the alien-invasion drama "Falling Skies," from Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks TV. The show debuted last month with…