History Channel announced that it had its all-time highest-rated telecast Monday night, with two shows racking up big numbers for the cable channel. The star of the network’s lineup is “Pawn Stars,” which drew 7 million total viewers for its…
MSNBC got some surprising news on its first weekday evening without Keith Olbermann reports Bill Carter in the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The surprise? Ratings were actually up. It’s possible that the controversy surrounding Olbermann’s sudden departure from…
The second episode of MTV’s "Skins" slumped to 1.6 million viewers, losing more than half of its debut audience of 3.3 million, reports the New York Post. The show’s target audience of viewers between 18 to 34 years also declined,…
MTV has announced that it is greenlighting season four of “Jersey Shore,” which has been setting ratings records for the cable network. The show will begin production this spring in Italy. “While the stateside ‘Jersey Shore’ locales have become iconic…
With a fresh episode of “House” pacing Fox and two hours of “The Bachelor” driving ABC, the two networks split a close ratings battle Monday night. Fox came out ahead for the night in the 18-49 demo while ABC had…
The latest Kardashian reality TV series, "Kourtney & Kim Take New York," was a ratings bonanza for the E! Channel, reports Reuters. Three million viewers tuned in for the season two debut Sunday night, the most watched season opener yet…
"Spartacus: Gods of the Arena" premiered to almost 1.1 million viewers on Starz, marking a 66% jump from the debut for the network’s bloody gladiator drama "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," reports TVbytheNumbers.com. "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" drew 659,000 viewers when…
Without its PBS affiliation, KCET-TV’s prime-time ratings have suffered, the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog reports. The station’s prime-time viewership is down 38% in the first three weeks of January compared with the same weeks a year earlier, according to…
CBS’s prime-time broadcast of the AFC Championship Game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets was a ratings blockbuster, the highest-rated conference championship game since 1987, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. With the usual disclaimer that the numbers could change significantly due…
The "American Idol" results show was easily the top-rated program of Thursday night, even as the downward trend from last season continued for the Fox singing competition show, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. The second night of “Idol’s” new season averaged a 7.8…