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Are Snooki and JWoww Nearing the End of Their 15 Minutes of Fame?

Snooki and JWoww have been ratings gold on MTV’s reality flagship “Jersey Shore,” but that success appears to have hit a speed bump. The "Jersey Shore" spinoff "Snooki & JWoww" debuted last week to relatively soft ratings, drawing 2.36 million…

ABC Wraps Up NBA Finals With Series’ Best Ratings in Eight Years; NBC Endures Another Night of Bieber, Sees Its Numbers Go From Bad to Worse

ABC probably wishes the NBA Finals would have gone longer than five games, with Thursday night’s deciding game wrapping up the highest-rated NBA championship series in eight years, Deadline.com reports. ABC used the opportunity Thursday to stomp on the prime-time…

Bieber Bombs on NBC

Whether Justin Bieber dragged down NBC or NBC dragged down Justin Bieber is a matter of interpretation, but one thing is clear: The combination didn’t work. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that Wednesday night’s concert special “Justin Bieber: All Around the World” was…

Is the Palin Family’s Star Fading? Anemic Numbers for New Bristol Palin Reality Show Offer a Clue

A feeble viewer turnout for the premiere of "Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp" on Lifetime raises a question about whether the Palin family has lost its ratings appeal, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. The new show focusing on the teenage mom…

CBS in Talks to Revive Canceled Series

CBS is reportedly talking with the production company behind a series that was canceled by the network, with the plan being to try to bring the show back for a summer run of 13 episodes. The show is the Poppy…

NBA Finals Lift ABC to Nightly Win

Game four of the NBA Finals on ABC — in which the Miami Heat topped the Oklahoma City Thunder to tighten their grip on the title with a 3-1 series lead — was the top-rated program Tuesday night, reports TVbytheNumbers.com….

NBC Racks Up Ratings Milestones for U.S. Open Golf Broadcast

NBC’s coverage of the 112th U.S. Open Championship golf tournament produced some ratings milestones, the network announced. Among them, according to an NBC Sports statement citing Nielsen data: — The most-watched final round in four years— The most-watched third round…

Cable’s Most-Watched Network Is in a Prime-Time Ratings Slump

The channel that has been the perennial most-watched cable network has slipped into a prime-time ratings slump in the first two quarters of 2012, reports the New York Post. NBCUniversal-owned USA Network saw the most pronounced decline in the second…

Kardashian Interview a Ratings Winner for Oprah, OWN

Oprah Winfrey’s "Oprah’s Next Chapter" got a ratings boost from her visit to the Kardashian family, with 1.1 million viewers tuning in, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The 8 p.m. Sunday broadcast was one of the top episodes…

Fox Business Network Marks a Milestone

Fox Business Network achieved a major milestone last week, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town reports. FBN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” beat rival CNBC’s "The Kudlow Report" for the first time, the story reports. "Lou Dobbs Tonight" averaged 139,000 nightly viewers…