A daytime soap opera that has been struggling in the ratings is shaking things up in the writers’ room, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. The NBC soap "Days of our Lives" replaced its head writers less than a year after hiring…
Fox is readying a programming strategy that it hopes will remake the Saturday night broadcast landscape, B&C reports. The network is counting on sports to pump new ratings life into the night. Fox will air more than 100 hours of…
Sunday’s prime-time ratings were mediocre or worse across the broadcast spectrum, with CBS, fueled in part by overrun from The Masters golf tournament, rising to the top of a short heap, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. NBC’s all-original lineup of low-rated shows was…
Fox has announced the renewals of three popular prime-time series, Deadline.com reports. Returning for new seasons will be “Glee,” “New Girl” and “Raising Hope.” “New Girl,” one of the best-performing freshman sitcoms, will return for a second season. Said Kevin…
NBC’s “Today” show kept alive its historic winning streak in the morning daypart last week, fending off a challenge by ABC’s “Good Morning America” and former “Today” co-host Katie Couric with what turned out to be surprising ease. “Today’s” domination…
With one of the stars of "Modern Family" as the host, NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" saw a boost to its ratings last week as it returned from a month’s hiatus, reports Deadline.com. The Sofia Vergara-hosted episode drew a 5.0/13 household…
Fox is pulling a long-running show from prime time for most of the remainder of 2012, and plans to cut its episodic commitment to the program, reports Joe Adalian in New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. In place of the long-running…
ABC’s new drama from "Grey’s Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes premiered to mediocre ratings Thursday night, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “Scandal” pulled in a 2.1 average rating in the 18-49 demo, finishing second in its 10 p.m. time period to CBS’s “The Mentalist”…
Putting an end to speculation about whether “Today” co-host Matt Lauer is preparing to exit the NBC morning show, the network’s news division has signed a multiyear contract with Lauer to keep him on the show, reports Bill Carter in…
On a Wednesday night when NBC found itself in the increasingly common position of fifth place in the ratings, the network’s newest sitcom premiered to mediocre numbers while another NBC comedy wrapped up its difficult freshman run with some of…