EUROVISION FINALE DRAWS 125 MILLION VIEWERS

The finale of the Eurovision 2013 talent contest, staged this year in Malmö, Sweden, attracted an audience of about 125 million. Rarely has the contest launched the career of a new performer (although several used-to-bes regularly are selected as contestants), and it is often roundly lampooned on comedy shows throughout Europe. This year’s winner was [...]

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS SOAR IN RATINGS

He was roundly booed after performing twice and receiving two awards, but Justin Bieber was no doubt a significant factor in ABC’s telecast of the Billboard Music Awards drawing its best ratings in 12 years Sunday night. The three-hour show averaged 9.47 million viewers and a 3.6 rating/10 share among the key 18-49 age group. [...]

RATINGS CRASH FOR IDOL SEASON FINALE

For the first time in its history, the season finale of Fox’s American Idol did not attract 20 million viewers. Far from it. Last night’s closer, in which soul singer Candice Glover triumphed over country singer Kree Harrison and judge Randy Jackson bade farewell after 12 seasons, drew 13.61 million viewers, according to overnight Nielsen [...]

IDOL PERFORMANCE FINALE DOWN 29% FROM LAST YEAR

The final title competition on Fox’s American Idol attracted 11.57 million viewers Wednesday night, and while that was well below previous performance finales — it was off 29 percent from just a year ago — it was nevertheless enough to draw the biggest audience of the night among total adults and set up a strong [...]

THE VOICE AGAIN LIFTS NBC

Thanks in large measure to the continued ratings rise of The Voice, NBC was the only broadcast network to post higher ratings last week than it did during the comparable week a year ago. CBS, although remaining the leader among both total adults and the key 18-49 age group, nevertheless was down 13 percent from [...]

TOP TEN SHOWS WEEK OF MAY 5-12

The top ten shows of the week according to Nielsen Research: 1. NCIS, CBS, 11.1/18; 2. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 9.9/17; 3. Dancing with the Stars (Monday), ABC, 8.5/13; 4. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 8.4/13; 5. Person of Interest, CBS, 8.0/13; 6. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 7.9/13; 7. The Voice, NBC, 7.3/11; [...]

THE VOICE ENCOUNTERS “ISSUES,” STRONGER IDOL

NBC acknowledged on Wednesday that its hit music competition show The Voice encountered “issues” with some of the online votes cast on Tuesday. During Wednesday’s telecast host Carson Daly said that the show’s producers “noticed some inconsistencies with this week’s texting and online voting.” Neither he nor the network nor the producers of the show [...]

SAME TOP TEN SHOWS — BUT MORE VIEWERS

The list of the top ten television shows for last week was virtually identical to the previous week’s list — although there was a noticeable increase in the number of viewers among most of them. The No. 1 show, CBS’s NCIS, attracted 18.3 million viewers this week, versus 17.3 million during the prior week. No. [...]

NICKELODEON MAKES A COMEBACK

It may have been a case of “nowhere to go but up,” but the Nickelodeon kids channel, which had seen the bottom drop out of its squarepants since the fourth quarter of 2011, reported on Tuesday that its ratings have risen for the 15th week in a row. Its audience numbers for last week, it [...]

CNN RATINGS HEAT UP FOR ANTHONY BOURDAIN SERIES

TV chef Anthony Bourdain’s new series on CNN, Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, debuted on Sunday with 747,000 viewers of whom 282,000 were in the 25-54 age group, the demo advertisers prize when it comes to news programs. Tellingly, that number was more than twice that of CNN’s principal rival, Fox News during the 9:00 p.m. [...]

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