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‘The Voice’ Carries NBC to Ratings Win as New Series Grows

NBC scored a win in the prime-time ratings Tuesday night, with “The Voice” carrying much of the load and new series “Take It All” continuing to show strength, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that…

Top TV Series of 2012: Plenty of Reality, Lots of Sports … and Not Much Scripted

The top 10 regularly scheduled television broadcasts of 2012 were dominated by sports and reality shows, with very little scripted programming represented, reports MediaPost’s MediaDailyNews. Three of the top 10 regularly scheduled shows were sports, with NBC’s "Sunday Night Football"…

Jeff Zucker Eyes Booting Piers Morgan Out of Prime Time, But Not Off CNN. Morgan’s Current $8 Million Contract Ends Next Year

As new CNN chief Jeff Zucker looks for ways to pump life into the cable news channel’s ratings, one change that is reportedly under consideration is booting Piers Morgan’s talk show from prime time. Morgan might get his show pushed…

‘Amazing Race’ Finale Delivers Not-so-Amazing Ratings

The two-hour season finale of CBS reality franchise “The Amazing Race” stumbled at the finish line Sunday night, delivering a number that tied the program’s lowest-rated finale ever, based on Nielsen overnight results. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that “Race” dipped to a…

ABC’s Rocky Thursday Ratings Ride: A Season High, a Season Low and a Rebound From an All-Time Low

While ABC saw mixed results in its effort to keep pace in the Thursday night ratings, CBS continued to get strong numbers from its comedies “The Big Bang Theory” and “Two and a Half Men,” based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com…

ABC Rethinks Strategy for ‘Dancing with the Stars’ After the Show Gets Hammered in the Ratings

ABC is trying to figure out what to do about “Dancing with the Stars” after the latest edition of the show took a pounding in the ratings, the New York Post reports. For a start, the network may cut back…

Unlikely Hit Is Now A&E’s No. 1 Telecast of All Time

A show that almost no one would have predicted would be a hit is now one of cable’s biggest success stories in years, with its season finale becoming the most-watched telecast of all time for A&E. The show is the…

TV’s Top-Rated Daytime Drama Notches Another Year at No. 1 — Making It 24 Years in a Row

The highest-rated daytime drama on television has held that spot for more than two decades, and this week it will mark 24 years in a row, Deadline.com reports. The show is CBS’s "The Young and the Restless." The streak means…

CBS’s Combo of Sexy Women in Lingerie and a Reindeer With a Red Nose Wins Tuesday Night Ratings

CBS claimed the top spot in the prime-time ratings among the broadcast networks Tuesday night, and the network’s telecast of “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” was the top-rated show of the night, based on Nielsen overnights. Earlier in the evening,…

‘Dr. Phil’ Wins Sweeps for First Time, While Another Syndicated Show Keeps Up One of the Longest Winning Streaks in TV History

The top-rated talk show in November sweeps is “Dr. Phil,” which won the period with a 3.2 rating — even with last year’s number, but the first time in the show’s 11-year history that it has won a sweeps period….