Showtime announced that it is renewing one high-profile show and canceling another one, Deadline.com reported. Being picked up for a fourth season is “Nurse Jackie,” which stars Edie Falco. Meanwhile, the pay-cable network is canceling “United States of Tara.” Falco…
On the night when NBC aired the two-hour “Celebrity Apprentice” season finale, the biggest ratings splash was made by ABC’s broadcast of the “Billboard Music Awards,” TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC wound up with a win for the night with a 2.6…
As her long-running daytime syndicated show nears its final episode, Oprah Winfrey tells The New York Times she is concerned about building up the audience for her new venture, OWN. "I wish more people were watching," she said when asked…
With two big pop stars in the lineup, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” saw its ratings soar for the season finale, Deadline.com reported. The broadcast had a 7.0 household rating/21 share in metered markets, up 21% over last year’s finale, the…
CBS, ABC and NBC all aired season finales Thursday night, but when the ratings dust settled it was just another routine win for “American Idol” and Fox, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Fox won the night by a wide margin in the 18-49…
With a two-hour “American Idol” setting the tone, Fox crushed the competition in Wednesday’s overnight ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. “Idol” was up a tenth of a ratings point over last week’s 90-minute installment in the 18-49 demo, averaging a 7.2. Fox’s…
NBC got another strong performance from its breakout singing competition “The Voice,” scoring a narrow win in adults 18-49 for the night over CBS, which got good results from its two “NCIS” season finales, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. For the night, NBC…
On a night of season finales for many shows–including NBC’s “Chuck” and CBS’s “Hawaii Five-0,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Mad Love” and “Mike & Molly”–the biggest ratings splash by far was made by “Dancing With the Stars,” which pushed…
After adding original shows such as "Hot in Cleveland," TV Land is gaining both ratings momentum and attention from advertisers. The network added 60 new ad clients in 2010 and has 31 new advertisers so far in 2011, reports Advertising…
TNT chalked up the largest audience in cable history for a basketball game with its Sunday telecast of the opening game in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat, Multichannel News reported. The game, won…