ABC’s "Private Practice" has tapped a "Law & Order" veteran as a cast regular, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Details about the role are being kept quiet, but Benjamin Bratt will appear in the season finale and join the series…
In programming other than CBS’s NCAA Basketball Tournament coverage–where the regional nature of the live event makes it impossible to compare overnight ratings–Fox was the runaway winner Thursday night, even as “American Idol” continued to fall short of its numbers…
The first full day of action in the “March Madness” NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship pulled in strong ratings for its CBS, TNT, TBS and truTV telecasts, the outlets reported. The Thursday telecasts combined for an average household rating…
The Academy Awards people got some good news as they scramble to overcome sagging ratings and harsh reviews for the latest Oscars telecast, the AP reported. The news comes from one of the most universally acclaimed Oscar hosts of years…
As viewers continue to seek out news about the disaster in Japan, CNN notched a rare prime-time ratings victory over Fox News on Wednesday night, reports the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. CNN’s lineup averaged 679,000 viewers between the ages of…
"Roast of Donald Trump" on Comedy Central drew 3.5 million total viewers, while breaking a record with men between the ages of 18 to 24, reports Multichannel News. The story notes that the broadcast became the highest-rated Comedy Central roast…
Fox’s “American Idol” continued to dip in the ratings, down 9% Wednesday in the 18-49 demo from a week ago and also down 9% from the comparable episode last season, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. But its numbers were still easily strong enough…
“Glee” was off 13% Tuesday night from a week ago in adults 18-49, but it was still good enough to give Fox the overall win for the night in the 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. CBS, with a lineup of all-repeat…
The big syndication winners in the February sweeps were Twentieth’s "Family Guy," Warner Bros.’ "TMZ" and CBS Television Distribution’s "Jeopardy!", with the latter being helped by the computer-versus-human battle created by IBM’s Watson, reports B&C. "Family Guy" jumped 25%, with…
Here are more syndication ratings from the February sweeps, courtesy our friend Paige Albiniak at B&C. Because last year in February the Olympics were going on, B&C made comparisons to November instead. According to the article, "Court was mostly steady…