Most of the major syndicated programs did well ratings-wise in the week ended Feb. 14 but one did exceptionally well, and that was “Ellen DeGeneres,” reports B&C. Perhaps not coincidentally, that was the host’s first week as an “American Idol”…
Recovering from a rare second place finish last Wednesday, Fox’s "American Idol" returned to form by taking first place in the Tuesday night ratings, according to TVbythenumbers.com. "Idol" posted an 8.9 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic yesterday, off 2%…
Two hours of ABC’s "The Bachelor" from 8-10 p.m. offered somewhat of a challenge to NBC’s reign in the ratings, as the second Monday of the Vancouver Olympics ticked down from last week. Thanks to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, NBC…
The animated spy-spoof “Archer” is coming back for a second season on FX, B&C reports. The show hasn’t yet finished its debut season, but with three episodes to go, it is drawing an average 1.2 million total viewers. The second…
The season finale of "Keeping up with the Kardashians" set a viewing record for E!, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The show drew 4.8 million viewers Sunday night, making it the network’s most-watched program ever. The number was about six times…
The Writers Guild America Award for best new series writing went to ABC’s “Modern Family” on Saturday night. But the top drama and comedy series winners were familiar names: the already much-honored “Mad Men” won in best drama, and “30…
NBC continued to score well in the ratings with its coverage of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, but there were interesting results among the other shows as well, including CBS’s "Undercover Boss" significantly beating ABC’s "Desperate Housewives" in the 9 o’clock…
The No.1 market amongst those that are metered with the highest ratings for the Olympics for the first nine days of the Games is in the Midwest, according to Nielsen Media Research. That city is Milwaukee. And the biggest city where…
Through Saturday night, Feb. 20th, "More than half of all Americans (162 million) have watched the Vancouver Olympics on the networks of NBC Universal through the first nine days of the Games; five million more than watched the first nine…
Tiger Woods apology this morning didn’t mention any specifics about a return to golf, which could be a major issue with PGA viewership, tvbythenumbers.com says. TVBythenumbers.com points out that Tiger’s injury in 2008 that for took a major bite out…