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After Record-Setting Super Bowl, NBC Says It Will Raise Ad Prices for Next Year’s Event

Just days after the Super Bowl attracted a record audience, an NBC executive said that the network will be asking for more than the almost $3 million per 30-second spot charged by Fox this year, reports Jon Lafayette in B&C….

Sources Say Paula Abdul’s CBS Flop ‘Live to Dance’ Is Dead

Former "American Idol" judge and fan favorite Paula Abdul has apparently struck out with her CBS competition show, "Live to Dance," reports TVLine.com. CBS was still saying that a final decision had not been made on the low-rated dance show,…

Thursday Ratings: ‘Idol’ Hits a Season Low, Still Wins the Night

"American Idol" continued to dominate the Thursday night ratings, even with a season-low 7.2 average rating in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen overnight totals reported by TVbytheNumbers.com. Fox was an easy winner in the 18-49 demo for the night as…

FX Likes ‘Very Solid’ Numbers for Second Season Debut of ‘Justified’

FX says it’s pleased with the second season debut of "Justified," saying that it pulled "very solid" ratings, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The show was watched by a total of 3.5 million viewers, which the story says…

Ratings: ‘Idol’ Slips, Sunshine for ‘Mr. Sunshine’ and No Feuding About the Success of ‘Modern Family’

"American Idol’ on Wednesday night, Feb. 9, 2011 was down 7.8% in key ratings from both last Wednesday’s episode and from the comparable Tuesday night episode last season. At the same time, ABC’s ‘Modern Family" was up 9% since its last original episode…

Not Much of a Ratings Bump for ‘Glee’ After Splashy Super Bowl Show

Following the major exposure from its post-Super Bowl airing, Fox’s "Glee" was up only 2% Tuesday night from its previous Tuesday original, according to TVbytheNumbers.com, but that was enough to come in a little ahead of CBS’s powerhouse drama “NCIS”…

MSNBC and Al Gore Get into Argument Over Claims After Olbermann Announcement

MSNBC and Al Gore, the Nobel laureate and former vice president, got into a dispute after Gore and other Current TV officials announced former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann will be joining Current TV to headline a new nightly program later…

CBS and Fox Locked in a Tight Battle for Monday Ratings

With CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” and Fox’s “House” leading their respective networks, the battle for Monday ratings supremacy came down to a tight two-network race. In the end, CBS came out with a narrow victory both in the…

FX Series Renewed for Third Season

With a four percent increase in viewers in season two, FX has renewed on its series for a third seasion, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog. The show is the semi-improvisational comedy "The League," about stars in a Chicago…

Super Bowl’s Super Ratings: Game Is Most-Watched TV Show Ever

The Super Bowl XLV broadcast was the most-watched U.S. TV program in history, lifting Fox to a milestone as the first network to top the 100 million-viewer average for a night of prime time, the network reported, based on Nielsen…