NBC announced that its ratings reached five-month highs, both in adults 18-49 and in total viewers, for the week of June 17-23. The network averaged a 1.9 rating (6 share) in the 18-49 demo and 6.7 million total viewers in…
A new CBS drama series bowed to a big viewer turnout Monday night, despite opening against game six of the Stanley Cup Finals. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the series premiere of “Under the Dome” at 10 p.m. delivered a 3.2 average…
Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network is doubling down on Tyler Perry. Deadline.com reports that the cable channel has doubled its order for Perry’s “Haves and the Have Nots.” OWN reportedly ordered 16 more episodes of the rookie drama series, which…
Discovery Channel drew about 13 million people to the live broadcast Sunday evening of Nik Wallenda’s “Skywire” tightrope walk across the Grand Canyon, The New York Times reports. Nothing else on TV that night came close to matching the size…
The AMC drama "Mad Men" drew record ratings for its sixth-season finale Sunday. The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that the telecast drew about 2.7 million total viewers and a 2.1 average household rating. While the viewer number was…
ABC’s front-running morning show “Good Morning America” appears to be serious about maintaining its lead over NBC rival “Today.” Deadline.com reports that the ABC show, which recently broke NBC’s stranglehold on the morning ratings, is adding David Friedman, a veteran…
The new drama series from Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria got a warm reception for its premiere Sunday night on Lifetime. The cable channel announced that “Devious Maids” averaged 2.0 million total viewers for the premiere. Based on Nielsen Research…
Viewer numbers were soft for two new summer broadcast series and a season premiere Sunday night, with a new show from NBC faring especially poorly. The Peacock’s two-hour opener for the cop drama “Crossing Lines” generated only a 0.7 average…
Game 7 of the NBA Finals, aired Thursday night on ABC, turned in a dominant performance in the ratings, pushing ABC to a huge win for the night, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that…
NBC won the broadcast ratings battle by a narrow margin Wednesday night with the Stanley Cup Finals, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC’s 2.2 average for prime time put it just ahead of…