As the upfront presentations roll out this week, along with networks’ 2012-13 television schedules, it’s becoming clear that broadcasters are turning to a familiar strategy in an effort to improve their ratings, reports The New York Times. The strategy is…
A long-running prime-time reality show aired its season finale Sunday night and wound up with the lowest ratings for a finale in the show’s history, according to Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that CBS’s “Survivor” averaged a 2.8 rating in the…
Despite "dismal" ratings, the Brian Williams-anchored newsmagazine "Rock Center" will remain on NBC’s schedule, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. "Rock Center" averaged fewer than 4 million viewers this season, less than half the turnout for NBC’s legal drama…
Two NBC comedy series had their lowest-rated finales ever Thursday night, as the trend on most of the broadcast networks was down, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. According to Nielsen overnights, NBC’s “The Office” scored a modest 2.2 average rating in the key…
NBC has given short season orders to two comedy series and has renewed a dramedy, Deadline.com reports. The Peacock Network ordered a fourth season of "Community," consisting of 13 episodes, the website reports. A question has surfaced whether Dan Harmon…
Fox has made its decision on three freshman dramas, canceling two of them and opting to bring back a third. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the network has canceled J.J. Abrams’ "Alcatraz" along with “The Finder,” while giving…
NBC was on top of the broadcast ratings world Tuesday night, with its two-hour season finale of “The Voice” topping all shows in the Nielsen overnights and leading the network to an overall win for prime time in the key…
In an arrangement that’s unusual because it comes 18 months before his current contract expires, Fox News Channel political news anchor Bret Baier has signed a new agreement with the cable news channel, TVNewser reports. The deal will keep Baier…
With the two-hour season performance finale of “The Voice” doing the heavy lifting, NBC won the night Monday in the key 18-49 demo in Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. CBS saw one of its best-performing new shows go out with a…
In a season of historic ratings lows for not just NBC but broadcast overall, the bar seems to find ways to continue moving lower. The latest series to hit an all-time low is NBC’s “Harry’s Law,” which sank to a…