Ratings for NBC’s "Celebrity Apprentice" spiked on Sunday’s edition of the program, most likely because of fan concern over the critical medical condition of contestant Bret Michaels, EW.com‘s Hollywood Insider blog reports. Michaels, who suffered a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage last…
After seven weeks of Jay Leno’s second round on "The Tonight Show," it’s clear that his ratings trend is "eerily similar to Conan O’Brien’s," Bill Gorman at TVbytheNumbers.com writes. "Jay’s beaten David Letterman’s ‘Late Show’ all seven weeks, but so did…
The Food Network is working on a more low-key, grittier version of its food-centric programming with the debut of The Cooking Channel on May 31, the New York Times reports. The new channel, which is replacing the Fine Living Network,…
Fox is bringing back one of television’s longest-lived shows, theHollywood Reporter reports. "Cops" is one of the few primetime broadcast series to keep its ratings steady this year, the article says. Its Saturday night broadcast has been drawing a steady 5…
It’s a good-news, bad-news story for "Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution," TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The ABC program beat out the competition in the 9 p.m. timeslot on Friday with a 1.4 rating in the 18-49 year-old demographic, yet that represents a .2…
Wednesday night’s (April 14) opening night triple-header coverage of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs drew the best NHL playoff opening night ratings on cable in six years. The games, on Versus, did a .5 rating and drew an average of…
"John King, USA" has hit a new low point for the four-week-old show, TVNewser reports. The show drew an average of just 54,000 viewers in the 25-54 year old demographic on Wednesday, the lowest for the cable-news network since Dec….
Discovery Channel’s "Deadliest Catch" drew the biggest audience ever for the show during its sixth season premiere, the Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog reports. The episode was watched by 4.6 million viewers, many of whom likely tuned it to…
The Fox timeslot stunt of a 90-minute "American Idol" followed by the return of "Glee" at 9:28 p.m. ET, was a ratings bonanza on Tuesday night, according to TVbythenumbers.com. For the first hour, 8-9 p.m., "American Idol" had a 6.8…
The fourth season premiere of Showtime’s "The Tudors" was very strong for the network, reports TVbythenumbers.com. Following heavy promotion by Showtime in commercials and print ads, "The Tudors" drew a combined 1.1 million viewers for its two airings on Sunday,…