"Parker Spitzer" may not be the ratings powerhouse that CNN hoped, after its debut failed to impress viewers, reports our friend Bill Carter in the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The program drew only 454,000 total viewers, far below…
[UPDATE: 11:11 AM 10/5/10…Trying to be too clever, our headline was too confusing for too many people, so we changed it…] "Despite most of its Monday line-up being down week-to-week, CBS had a big reason to smile this morning: its…
NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” telecast featuring the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants scored a 14.2 household rating in the overnight Nielsens, according to The Hollywood Reporter, as the network easily won the night’s overall ratings battle. It was…
Established hits came through for their respective networks in the Thursday Nielsens, with ABC’s "Grey’s Anatomy" the top-rated drama and CBS’s "Big Bang Theory" the top-rated comedy of the night, according to TVbythenumbers.com. At the other end of the ratings…
Bill Carter of The New York Times examines whether it was worth it for NBC to return Jay Leno to the "Tonight Show," and finds that the first week of the new season’s ratings suggests that it was–by a hair….
After three weeks into the new television season, Martha Stewart hasn’t much improved her ratings on the Hallmark Channel, reports the New York Post. "Martha" is averaging 187,000 viewers weekdays at 10 a.m., representing a decline of 60% from the average for…
Two networks in particular got good news and bad news in the ratings Wednesday night, based on overnight Nielsens. The newest installment in NBC’s “Law & Order” franchise premiered to solid numbers, but the second episode of the network’s new…
The Los Angeles Times‘ Joe Flint takes a look at whether another show is in trouble or whether its ratings are an example of how viewers are changing the way they watch programs. The program is NBC’s “Parenthood,” whose audience…
ABC had its best ratings of the young season for a new show on Tuesday night despite going up against a Britney Spears-fueled episode of Fox’s “Glee,” TVbytheNumbers reports. ABC’s “No Ordinary Family” had 10.5 million total viewers and a…
A heavy promotional push for MSNBC’s new prime-time show paid dividends for the network, which saw the show improve on its lead-in and increase viewership for the 10 p.m. time slot, The New York Times reports in its Media Decoder…