RATINGS PLUMMET FOR AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS

Perhaps it was simply a case of viewers becoming inundated with awards shows. Perhaps it was the strong competition. But Fox’s telecast of the American Country Awards saw its audience decline by almost a third from last year, according to overnight Nielsen ratings. The awards telecast attracted just 5.2 million viewers. In the first hour […]

TWO AND A HALF MEN/15 MILLION VIEWERS

Despite competition from Fox’s telecast of the American Country Awards, which averaged 7.4 million viewers, CBS’s comedy lineup dominated the ratings Monday night, topped by Two and a Half Men, which drew 15 million viewers, followed by Mike & Molly, with 12.7 million. ABC’s A Charlie Brown Christmas at 8:00 p.m. scored with 9.1 million […]