OWN’s "Oprah’s Next Chapter" had a hefty 3.5 million viewers when the late Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, appeared for her first interview since her mother’s death, but it was a different story a week later, reports the New York…
NBC has had some low-rated series premieres in its day — last year’s short-lived “Paul Reiser Show” comes to mind. But TVbytheNumbers.com reports that last night’s series premiere of the comedy “Bent” set a new low mark for the network,…
Fox’s struggling Tuesday night comedy block appears to have claimed its first victim. The lowest performer in the two-hour block last night was “I Hate My Teenage Daughter,” which fell to a series-low 1.2 rating in adults 18-49, and today…
With a preliminary ratings report in for the first quarter of 2012, one company is touting a number of significant achievements among its various cable networks. Turner Research spotlighted key ratings success stories among various Turner Broadcasting channels, including TBS,…
Have viewers finally had their fill of "Dancing With the Stars"? Or maybe the show just doesn’t have enough star power this time around. ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” opened to its worst season-premiere numbers in series history last night,…
The season finale of a drama series that has been shattering basic cable viewing records added to its record run, with 9 million viewers tuning in to watch the zombie battle in Sunday’s finale of AMC’s "The Walking Dead," reports…
PBS is looking for a sponsor to back an upcoming series, reports our friend Jon Lafayette in B&C. The new show, from the producers of "Antiques Roadshow," is another take on antiques. Called "Market Wars," the show will consist of…
MTV has ordered a new season of a popular reality show, Variety reports. New episodes will begin shooting this summer for a sixth season of “Jersey Shore,” the story reports. There has been no official word from MTV about how…
A new ABC drama continues to perform well on Sundays, finishing last night as the top-rated show of prime time in Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “Once Upon a Time” had a 2.9 average rating in the 18-49 demo to lead…
Reversing a decade-long ratings decline, the broadcast news divisions of ABC, CBS and NBC added viewers in 2011, according to The Hollywood Reporter, citing the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s State of the Media report. Total viewership across the three…