The revolution will be televised, on Fridays. And actually attract viewers, to boot. "Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution," which posted disappointing premiere numbers last Sunday, actually gained viewers from its premiere, despite airing on Friday, a notoriously viewer-light night, the Hollywood…
As "Lost" draws to a close, advertisers are bidding up 30-second spots in the finale with prices reaching $900,000, Advertising Age reports. That represents more than a quadrupling of average $213,563 price the show fetched during last year’s upfront, the…
CBS’s March Madness secured a solid victory in the Thursday night Nielsen race, with the double-header of games sweeping aside the competition, according to TVbythenumbers.com. At 8 PM, the NCAA coverage for the hour averaged a 3.6 rating in the…
Just one episode into their second seasons, Showtime has given the green light to third seasons to two of its series, B&C reports. The shows are “Nurse Jackie” and “The United States of Tara." The Monday premiere of “Nurse Jackie”…
Cable ratings in the first quarter dropped 2% among viewers in the 18-49-year-old demo, while during the same time period broadcast networks gained 2% among that same demo, Media Daily News reports, citing stats from Nielsen Media Research. The last…
Conan O’Brien’s “Tonight Show” and Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show” could soon be going mano-a- mano in competition for Emmy awards, TheWrap reports. The TV Academy said that both versions of the show will be eligible for Emmy nominations this summer,…
Starcom Media Group Exchange has signed a four-month deal to get set-top data from Rentrak, MediaDailyNews reports. According to the article, " ‘[W]hat makes it so exciting,’ says Tracey Scheppach, senior vice president of innovations director at SMGX. ’15 million…
Disney-ABC Domestic TV is pulling the plug on the syndicated program the made Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel household names, reports The Hollywood Reporter Live Feed blog. The show will end its run the weekend of August 14. The show started…
Showtime’s second-season premiere of “Nurse Jackie” notched a series high, Multichannel News reports. The show drew 1.08 million viewers in its 10 p.m. premiere and another 437,000 at 11 p.m. The 10 p.m. number was 8 percent above the season…
"Scrubs" star Zach Braff has announced the end of the ratings-challenged show after nine seasons, but ABC won’t confirm it, reports The Hollywood Reporter. In a Facebook post, Braff wrote: "Many of you have asked, so here it is: It…