The Fox drama "House" is the focus of renewal negotiations, with the network asking producer Universal Media Studios for a 20% reduction in the show’s license fee, reports Deadline.com. The negotiations come after Fox picked up "Bones" for another season,…
NBC’s newest hit show continues to gain traction, rising 10% in adults 18-49 over its premiere a week ago to lead the Peacock Network to an overall win in the 18-49 demo Tuesday night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. With a two hour…
ABC has pulled one of its shows from the schedule for May sweeps, replacing it with competition recaps, Deadline.com reports. "Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution," the television show about chef Jamie Oliver’s crusade to improve American diets, has been taken off…
Television executives are making tough decisions about which long-running shows to cancel in favor of new programs to place on their fall schedules, reports the Los Angeles Times. Veteran shows that are potential cancellations include ABC’s "Brothers & Sisters," NBC’s…
HBO’s highly touted epic fantasy series from George R.R. Martin saw a ratings increase for the first time since its debut, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The Sunday airing of "Game of Thrones" was watched by 2.4 million viewers, up…
With its dance competition show “Dancing With the Stars” dominating the night, ABC waltzed to a huge win in Monday’s ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC closed out the night with a 3.9 average rating for prime time in the 18-49 demo,…
The first round of the NBA playoffs delivered record-setting viewership numbers for TNT, reports Multichannel News. TNT averaged 4.18 million viewers and a 2.7 U.S. household rating over the course of 23 games, up 32% in viewers and 29% in…
CNN found itself in unfamiliar territory–No. 1 in the cable news ratings–when news broke Sunday night that Osama bin Laden had been killed by a U.S. raid, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. CNN led the cable news…
Despite a roster of blue-chip anchors such as Neil Cavuto and Lou Dobbs, Fox Business Network hasn’t yet delivered the kind of ratings that have powered Fox News, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. Fox Business is still a small…
The broadcast networks are quickly arranging prime-time news specials for tonight to cover the killing of Osama bin Laden, Entertainment Weekly reports. Initially, both CBS and ABC announced plans to send anchors to Ground Zero in New York for one-hour…