Donald Trump’s highly publicized “birther” campaign and flirtation with running for president have apparently helped pump up ratings for his NBC reality show “Celebrity Apprentice,” and now he is taking that idea one step further, CNN reports. Trump has made…
Two hours of “NCIS” programming pushed CBS to a comfortable overall win in the ratings Tuesday night, even though the network slipped in the standings when it aired “The Good Wife” at 10 p.m., TVbytheNumbers.com reported. For the night, CBS…
CBS News chief Jeff Fager, addressing network affiliates at the NAB Show this week, reportedly addressed strategies for improving ratings for “The Early Show” and “CBS Evening News,” B&C reported. Details on the strategy were not revealed, but Kirk Black,…
CNN is considering a popular comedian who was a regular on “Saturday Night Live” and a former host of "Talk Soup" as possible hosts for its 7 p.m. time slot, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. The contenders are…
Viewership for the controversial miniseries "The Kennedys" peaked Sunday with the finale on ReelzChannel, when it was watched by 1.4 million viewers, reports Joe Adalian in New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. In the end, despite months of publicity leading up…
A Syfy supernatural drama ended its first season with 1.7 million viewers for its finale, a big number for the network, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The series is "Being Human," which became the network’s best winter series since "Battlestar…
A solid turnout for a two-hour “Dancing With the Stars” gave ABC an easy win in the Monday ratings, but the news was all bad over at NBC, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC wound up as the top network by a wide…
As Oprah Winfrey approaches the May 25 finale of her syndicated daytime talk show, ad prices are soaring, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The current asking price for a 30-second spot: $1 million, the story reports. With better placement in…
Neal Baer is out as showrunner of “Law & Order: SVU” after more than a decade with the show, and Warren Leight, former showrunner of “Lights Out,” will take over the job, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Leight got his…
A 13-minute overrun of The Masters Golf Tournament staggered CBS’s programming Sunday night but also helped get the Eye Network off to a good start in the ratings, as CBS went on to a sizable win for the night as…