BET is working on a plan to bring back The CW’s comedy "The Game," which will be announced at its upfront presentation this month, the Hollywood Reporter says. The network has renegotiated new deals with the show’s actors after their…
Evening news programs aren’t the only shows losing viewers, according to TVNewser. ABC’s "Good Morning America" and CBS’ "The Early Show" shed lots of viewers during the first quarter, losing 4% and 8% of their audiences, respectively, the Website reports, while…
"ABC World News" and "CBS Evening News" posted their lowest rated first quarters in total viewers since at least 1987, TVNewser reports. It was 23 years ago, in 1987,that Nielsen started using People Meters. ABC averaged 8.27 million viewers during…
Sunbeam Television day in court, against Nielsen, wherein Sunbeam is alleging that Nielsen is effectively a monopoly that overcharges its customers and undercounts television viewers, has been scheduled, Media Daily News reports. The company’s antitrust case against Nielsen has been scheduled…
Here’s an eye-opener, reported by Joe Mandese, who is hands down the best journalist covering the business of media measurement in the country. This is the startling opening paragraph of the article Mandese has written in Media Daily News: "In a…
Besides the challenge of going from her current 230 pounds down to 145 pounds, Kirstie Alley has another concern, reports the Los Angeles Times. That’s the fact that the second episode of her much hyped new show on A&E, "Kirstie…
While many seemingly cannot remember a time when "Law & Order" was NOT on the air, it turns out the show is not TV’s longest running drama series. Evidently "Law" is TIED with CBS’ old "Gunsmoke" western, which ran from 1955…
After a four-month delay, Nielsen said it’s going forward with a plan to end live-only local TV ratings, a change which has been protested by top media agency groups, MediaPost reports. The ratings, which cover about 70% of local U.S….
The TV movie "Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy" gave Lifetime Movie Network its highest rating ever for an original movie, Multichannel News reports. The original film debuted on Palm Sunday and drew a 3.8 household rating and 4.02 million viewers….
CNN’s refusal to schedule partisan talk shows isn’t doing the network any favors, the New York Times reports. The network’s ratings continued to slide in March, with its prime-time star Larry King ratcheting up his worst quarter ever, the newspaper…