CNN has continued to draw viewers with its coverage of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, reports the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The story says that Friday’s audience for the total day, 2.27 million, was CNN’s biggest draw…
Ratings for the big three-hour finale of ABC’s reality staple “The Bachelor,” while strong enough to push the network to an overall win for the night, were down a troubling 15% from the show’s spring 2010 finale, according to The…
CNN and Fox News saw huge jumps in viewers and online visitors as people sought out coverage of the earthquake that has devastated parts of Japan, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog. The story says CNN’s viewer numbers jumped…
CBS’s “CSI: Miami” bucked the trend on a night when broadcast viewing was generally lower, surging 17% from a week ago to lead the Eye Network to an overall win for the night in the 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. CBS…
“American Idol” slipped in the ratings Thursday night, falling 21% in adults 18-49 from the numbers it scored with its two-hour episode a week ago. But “Idol” still was easily the night’s top show and Fox still took home a…
Fox juggernaut “American Idol” was even stronger Wednesday night–up 3% from the previous week in adults 18-49 and 6% higher in total viewers–as Fox cruised to a huge ratings win for the night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Fox finished with an 8.0…
A strong performance by “Glee” helped bring Fox a ratings win Tuesday night, as the network averaged a 3.4 rating in adults 18-49 for the night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. That was better than NBC (2.3 average), CBS (2.1), Univision (1.5) and…
"NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" won the February sweeps among the three broadcast networks’ evening newscasts, drawing an average of 9.71 million total viewers during the period, reports TVNewser.com. The program beat the second-place finisher, "ABC World News With…
Fox’s "House" was the top show in the Nielsen ratings Monday night while NBC’s “The Event” returned from hiatus with a two-hour episode that did even more poorly than the struggling show was doing before the break, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. “The…
Food Network announced that the season premiere of “Chopped All-Stars” pulled in big numbers Sunday night, contributing to the network’s highest-rated March night ever. The 9 p.m. premiere was the second-highest-rated show of the night in adults 25-54 on ad-supported…