The return date for "Good Morning America" host Robin Roberts, who has been off the ABC morning show while she deals with medical issues, will be in May 2013 at the earliest, and more likely June, reports TMZ.com. An earlier…
ABC’s New Year’s Eve broadcast "Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest" pulled its largest audience ever on ABC, and also marked the first year without Dick Clark, reports Deadline.com. Clark, known for hosting “American Bandstand,” died…
The National Football League said that its games accounted for 29 out of the top 30 most-watched TV shows this fall, reports B&C. The only non-sports program on the list was the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which drew 22.4 million…
The television industry is wrapping up 2012 after learning some lessons about how audiences’ tastes are changing, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. "If 2012 taught us anything about TV, it was that anyone who still thinks this technology should…
ABC Sports and ESPN had a big turnout for their combined five NBA games on Christmas Day, the networks announced. ABC’s Knicks-Lakers game at 3 p.m. delivered a 5.9 overnight rating, the best-ever number for the network for the early…
NBC News anchor Brian Williams plans to start distancing himself from the prime-time newsmagazine "Rock Center with Brian Williams," which has failed to perform well with viewers, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Williams may drop his name from…
MTV has ordered a second season of its newest hit series after the show set a ratings record for the network with its Nov. 12 premiere, B&C reports. The series, “Catfish,” is a reality program focused on online dating, based…
NASA is convinced the world will make it to Dec. 22, 2012, despite rumors based on the Mayan calendar that say the world will end tomorrow, Dec. 21. So the space agency has posted a video on YouTube, designed to…
CBS took the wraps off plans for a new unscripted series set for a midseason rollout, Deadline.com reports. The show is “The Job,” a reality competition that will air Fridays in the 8 p.m. time slot, starting Feb. 8. The…
The finale of NBC’s singing competition “The Voice” surged in the Nielsen ratings Tuesday night, based on overnight numbers, pushing the Peacock Network to an easy win in the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the two-hour finale delivered a…