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In Guthrie’s First Full Week as Co-Host, NBC’s ‘Today’ Has a Fight on Its Hands

If NBC’s aim in replacing Ann Curry with Savannah Guthrie on the “Today” show was to pump up the morning show’s numbers in its ratings fight with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the first week has not gone well. "Today" is…

Disney Channel Renews Comedy Series

Disney Channel has ordered another season of a family sitcom, Deadline.com reports. The cable channel has picked up a fourth season of “Good Luck Charlie.” The show was the top cable series in tweens and in kids 6-11 in the…

Nickelodeon Renews Animated Series

Nickelodeon has made the decision to bring back an animated series for a second season, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. The show is "The Legend of Korro." The series averaged 3.8 million viewers for its first season. The sequel to "Avatar:…

Weak Premieres for Two New ABC Shows; All-Star Game Numbers Down From Last Year

Fox won the prime-time ratings battle Tuesday night, according to Nielsen overnights, even though its Major League Baseball All-Star Game saw its numbers slip from last year’s game, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The game scored a 2.9 average rating in the key…

ABC’s ‘Good Afternoon America’ Pumps Up Numbers for Time Slot — Despite Dissing Liza

The debut of ABC’s "Good Afternoon America" — a spinoff of the network’s morning show "Good Morning America" — drew 1.92 million total viewers on Monday, reports B&C. That’s an improvement of 40% in total viewers from the average delivery…

Reality Check for NBC: Monday Lineup Tanks

One NBC reality show hit an all-time low in the ratings Monday night while another returned from a hiatus to a big drop in viewers, TVbytheNumbers.com reports, citing Nielsen overnights. For prime time as a whole, the network finished in…

How Did NBC’s ‘Today’ Do Against ABC’s ‘GMA’ While the Ann Curry Drama Played Out?

With NBC’s “Today” show in the spotlight during the week of Ann Curry’s rocky departure from the show as co-host in late June, TVNewser reports that “Today” ended up in a tie in the ratings with its fierce rival, ABC’s…

Why Oprah’s Latest Strategic Move for OWN May Look Familiar to Her Longtime Viewers

Oprah Winfrey has made a strategic move in her effort to revitalize her ratings-challenged OWN cable network, and it’s a move that may resonate with longtime Winfrey fans, Advertising Age reports. The move is rolling out “Oprah Builds a Network,”…

Syfy Gives Renewal to New Series

Syfy has ordered a second season of a series that recently premiered its first season, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. The cable channel picked up the competition series "Total Blackout" for season two, ordering 16 half-hour episodes, the story…

Ratings Drop for Latest Episode of Charlie Sheen’s ‘Anger Managment’

"Everybody expected the ratings for Charlie Sheen’s ‘Anger Management’ to go down in week 2," writes our good friend James Hibberd at EW’s Inside TV. "The question was: By how much?" The answer, Hibberd writes, is a 35% drop in…