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Ann Curry To Tell Viewers Thursday That She Is Stepping Down as ‘Today’ Co-Host; She Says She Is ‘Not to Blame’ for ‘Today’ Ratings Woes

"After a year as co-host, and days of fevered speculation about her future, [Ann] Curry steps down [Thursday morning] from the high-profile post" on the ‘Today’ show, USA Today reports. In her first public interview since news of NBC wanting…

Signs of Life in Tuesday Ratings

A couple of networks turned in some OK numbers Tuesday night, breaking out momentarily from what has been a summer of ratings doldrums. Fox and NBC both showed signs of life, even though they wound up in a dead heat….

CNN Shuffles On-Air Personalities — Including Shipping One Off to HLN

CNN announced a number of lineup changes Tuesday, including shipping one familiar on-air personality to sister channel HLN, Deadline.com reports. Among the changes, Kyra Phillips is being sent to HLN while morning fixture Ashleigh Banfield gets a new time slot….

ABC’s ‘Glass House’ Wins Another Round in Legal Battle With CBS — but the Show’s Performance on Air Is Another Story

ABC’s new reality show “The Glass House” is doing a lot better in the courtroom than it is in the ratings. The series won another key ruling Tuesday in its ongoing legal dispute with CBS, but the Nielsen results for…

CNN’s Numbers for Q2 Paint a Grim Ratings Picture

The second quarter has been tough for CNN, with the cable network having its lowest-rated prime-time quarter since 1991, reports TVNewser.com. In prime time, CNN declined 35% in total viewers, while viewers 25 to 54 — the key news demo…

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Is Suddenly on a Ratings Roll — Cable Net Reveals Its Three Most-Watched Telecasts Ever

The Oprah Winfrey-owned OWN cable network announced its second consecutive quarter of ratings growth, with the second quarter of 2012 posting double-digit increases in prime time and total day. Additionally, the network saw improved numbers for part two of Winfrey’s…

Does HBO Have Another Hit on Its Hands in ‘The Newsroom’?

The numbers are in for the premiere of HBO’s high-profile new series "The Newsroom." So what’s the headline — is it a hit or a miss? As it turns out, the Jeff Daniels-led series came in somewhere in the middle,…

Audience Shrinks — by a Lot — for Daytime Emmys After Move to Cable

The Daytime Emmys’ move from broadcast to cable produced what many observers would consider a predictable result: The audience got smaller. The 39th Daytime Emmy Awards drew 912,000 viewers on HLN on Saturday night, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It…

NBC Wins Sunday by Default — With the Lowest Winning Demo Average in Recent Memory

NBC won the Sunday night ratings battle, if it can be called a battle, with the lowest winning average rating in the key 18-49 demo in recent memory — a 1.2, according to Nielsen overnights. But NBC was the only…

Why NBC’s ‘Smash’ Survived Even Though It Flopped in the Live Ratings

"Smash," which did not do well in the live, daily ratings on NBC, was renewed by the network for a second season because of the DVR, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. Says Carter in the article, "The…