HBO has renewed a weekly show for two more seasons, bringing it back for seasons 11 and 12 and ensuring it will stay on the air at least until 2014, TheWrap.com reports. The show is "Real Time with Bill Maher,"…
The critically acclaimed Julia Louis-Dreyfus series “Veep” premiered Sunday night on HBO, improving the viewer numbers for its 10 p.m. slot — but only a little, Deadline.com reports. “Veep” drew 1.4 million viewers for the premiere telecast, up 8% from…
British period drama is enjoying a renaissance on television, but it hasn’t translated to success for the series that some observers credit with starting it all. The BBC has decided not to order another season of "Upstairs, Downstairs," which originally…
ABC’s evening news broadcast is closing the gap substantially on perennial leader NBC, according to the latest figures from Nielsen Media Research. “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 7.12 million total viewers and a 1.6 average rating/6 share in…
NBC is close to new deals with "The Voice" coaches Adam Levine, Cee-Lo, Blake Shelton and Christina Aguilera, reports Deadline.com. All four will be receiving bigger salaries, with Levine, Cee-Lo and Shelton moving into the high seven-figure range for a…
Fox’s heavily promoted ‘25th Anniversary Special,’ accompanied by special airings of the pilots for the network’s seminal shows “The Simpsons” and “Married … With Children,” failed to pump life into the Sunday ratings. When all was said and done, none…
With network series reaching new viewership lows this spring among viewers 18 to 49, fingers have been pointed to a few culprits, with the two main theories singling out a drop in ratings for "American Idol" and the string of…
Fox came out on top on another night when shows on all four major broadcast networks hit series lows in the Nielsen overnights for Thursday, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. Fox’s “American Idol” matched its series low for a results show with a…
ABC’s “Good Morning America” celebrated the news that its ratings win over NBC’s “Today,” which was reported previously on the basis of preliminary figures, is now official. The show broke “Today’s” 852-week winning streak during the week of April 9…
Discovery’s documentary channel Investigation Discovery (ID) set a ratings mark this week with the premiere telecast of “The Woman Who Wasn’t There,” TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The April 17 program notched highs for an “ID Films” telecast in total viewers (863,000), households…