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Ratings for The Masters Golf Tourney on Sunday Best in Nine Years

The final round of The Masters golf tournament, featuring the return of Tiger Woods to the links and a competitive final day with the popular Phil Mickelson charging, was ratings gold. "The final round of coverage generated the highest ratings…

Tina Fey Pumps Up ‘Saturday Night Live’ Ratings

The return of Tina Fey to "Saturday Night Live" on April 10 — which included her killer impression of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin — resulted in the best ratings for the NBC comedy series since Charles Barkley’s appearance on…

ABC to Flip-Flop Thursday Medical Dramas

On Thursday, April 22, ABC will give their two medical dramas — "Grey’s Anatomy" and "Private Practice" — a change in time slot for just one week. Much like CBS’s attempt at flip-flopping "CSI" and "The Mentalist" a few weeks…

Leno’s Ratings Ahead of Letterman; Way Ahead of Conan

In the relatively short time that Jay Leno has returned to take the helm of "The Tonight Show" the ratings of the program have improved substantially, Media Life reports. According to the article, "After a couple of early Letterman victories…

USA Network Continues Cable Ratings Dominance

After winning the ratings race in the first quarter, USA Network outpaced its ad-supported cable competition in the first week of April, Mediaweek reports. The network averaged 3.14 million viewers in primetime, beating runner-up Fox News Channel’s 1.96 million viewers….

‘Spartacus,’ Growing Audience, Bucks Cable Trend of Dwindling Viewers For Scripted Shows

Starz’ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" is bucking the general trend on scripted cable shows of losing viewers this season, the Hollywood Reporter says. Since its debut of just 659,000 viewers, the program has recently attracted as many as 1.3 million…

Even When It Loses, ‘American Idol’ Is Tops on Madison Ave.

It’s natural for ABC to brag about its "Dancing With the Stars" beating "American Idol" last week in the ratings, when the dancing competition pulled in 23 million viewers to the 21.8 million viewers watching "Idol," writes Bill Carter in…

Butler vs. Duke–What a Tremendous Game! March Madness Basketball Final Scores High in Ratings

Monday’s exciting NCAA Men’s Basketball final, which went down to the final buzzer, was a winner in the ratings as well. In metered markets the game tied the highest ratings in eleven years, CBS said, quoting Nielsen data. The Duke-Butler…

Fox Business’ Claman Says Cable Network May Take 5 Years to Succeed

 Fox Business anchor Liz Claman says she left CNBC thinking it would take the cable business-news network five years to succeed, the Los Angeles Times reports. Yet since Fox Business wedged itself into the cable lineup in 2007, it hasn’t…

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” Falls Hard in Friday Ratings

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution" plunged 42% in its ratings on Friday, April 2,  from the previous Friday’s ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The show plunged from a 2.6 rating a week ago among adults 18 to 49 to a 1.5 rating in…