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A Telecast This Week Was Cable’s Most-Watched Show of 2010

While the broadcast networks aired reruns and endured a dismal night of ratings earlier this week–and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision topped all the English-language broadcast nets in the key18-49 demo–cable was putting on its blockbuster show of 2010, according to The…

Fox News Shows Dominated Cable News Ratings in 2010

Fox News dominated the cable news ratings in 2010, with "The O’Reilly Factor" ending the year as the most-watched show, reports TVNewser.com. The top 10 shows–in total viewers and in the key news demo of adults 25-54–were all on Fox…

Univision Beats All the English-Language Broadcast Nets in Monday Ratings

On a Monday night when the major broadcast networks aired nothing but reruns and settled for subpar viewer totals, Spanish-language broadcaster Univision was able to pull off an outright win for the night in the adults 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reports….

ABC Scores Big With Lakers-Heat Showdown

With the star power provided by LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, the Christmas Day NBA showdown between the L.A. Lakers and Miami Heat was ABC’s highest-rated holiday contest since 2004, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. The game logged a…

Fox Wins Slow Night in Ratings as Snowed-Out Football Game Dooms NBC

The overrun of the Giants-Packers game was enough to push Fox to a win in adults 18-49 on a night when NBC lost its NFL game to a snowstorm and the bulk of the prime-time schedule consisted of reruns, TVbytheNumbers.com…

Christmas Program Tops Thursday Night Ratings

Deadline.com reports that ABC’s rebroadcast of the Jim Carrey film "Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas" won Thursday night as the highest-rated program with viewers between the ages of 18 and 49. ‘The Grinch" earned a 2.1 rating with…

Cable Gained Strength in 2010, Putting Broadcast Networks on Notice

This year has put the broadcast networks on notice, perhaps more than ever before, about the strength of cable television shows, reports USA Today. While the top 4 broadcasters and basic cable gained 1% in 2010 in terms of overall…

Spanish-Language Series Is Most-Watched Show in Key Demo

The most-watched show on Tuesday night among viewers between the ages of 18 and 49 years old wasn’t an English-language show, but a Spanish-language telenovela on Univision called ‘Soy Tu Dueña, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The result underscores the…

Underwhelming Numbers for ‘Skating’ Finale on a Night of Lackluster Overall Ratings

NBC’s ratings were the “least bad” among the broadcast networks on a Tuesday night marked by mostly repeat programming and weak numbers overall, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. NBC wound up with an average rating of 2.3 for the night in the 18-49…

NBC’s ‘Sing-Off’ Finale the Top Show on a Night of Weak Ratings Across the Board; Few Stick Around for Peacock’s New Sitcom

On a slow Monday night for the broadcast networks, NBC’s season finale of "The Sing-Off" and preview of a new sitcom failed to made much of a splash in the Nielsen overnights, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. But the combination was enough to…