RATINGS FOR ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS FALL BELOW NEWSCASTS’

For the second week in a row, television executives might have been wishing that their entertainment programs were drawing the sizable audiences that their evening newscasts were. While NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams averaged 7.87 million viewers, NBC’s primetime programming averaged 4.56 million (the average was ballooned by high ratings for America’s Got Talent; [...]

NEWS BEATS ENTERTAINMENT IN RATINGS

More TV viewers were watching reports about the budget crisis last week than most entertainment programs. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams averaged 7.9 million viewers for the week. That would have put it at seventh place on the Nielsen primetime ratings list. ABC World News with Diane Sawyer with an average of 7.4 million [...]

FOX FIRST AMONG YOUNG VIEWERS, LAST AMONG TOTAL VIEWERS

Fox’s highest-rated show among total adults last week was the Wednesday edition of So You Think You Can Dance, which came in at No. 23 in the overall weekly ratings. Nevertheless, among the key demographic group of adults 18-49, Fox was the top-rated network for the week, followed by CBS, which attracted far more overall [...]

CBS, FOX SHARE RATINGS HONORS

CBS didn’t have to do much more than air reruns and Big Brother to capture the most viewers last week, although Fox won the week among viewers 18-49, thanks largely to its coverage of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game. NBC also remained a strong contender with its summertime hit America’s Got Talent, which captured three [...]

INDOOR FIREWORKS A HIT ON 4TH OF JULY

Perhaps it’s a sign of the growing number of big-screen HDTV sets that have been installed in households throughout the country, but Macy’s annual 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on NBC drew its biggest audience in 11 years Sunday night. The telecast averaged 8.65 million viewers, peaking in the second half-hour with 10.37 million. A [...]

NBC OWNS HALF OF TOP-TEN RATED SHOWS

Time was when NBC’s Thursday lineup alone would provide five contenders or more for Nielsen’s list of the top ten television shows of the week. These days, however, it is extraordinary when any five NBC shows land in the top-ten. But that’s what happened last week. Of course three shows were titled America’s Got Talent, [...]

RATINGS FOR THE BACHELORETTE HIT SEASON HIGH

On a night that saw reruns filling most of the schedules of its rivals, ABC came out on top Monday with an all-new two-hour edition of The Bachelorette averaging 8.04 million viewers, its best showing of the season, followed by Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition with 6.39 million viewers. NBC also scored solidly at 10:00 [...]

PEACOCK ROOSTS ATOP RATINGS AGAIN

In her TV column in today’s (Wednesday) Washington Post, Lisa de Moraes writes, “Once upon a time, when NBC did not win a week, it was big news. Now, NBC’s winning a week is the big news. Like last week.” NBC returned to the winner’s circle — at least among the key demo group of [...]

NUMBERS SLIP FOR BACHELORETTE BUT STILL BEAT RIVALS’

Ratings for ABC’s The Bachelorette dipped slightly on Monday for the second week in a row but were nevertheless strong enough to beat the competition in total adults and adults 18-49. The two-hour telecast, which began at 8:00 p.m., averaged 7.59 million viewers, peaking in the final half hour with 8.01 million. However, at 10:00 [...]

A BAD WEEK FOR LEBRON IS GREAT FOR ABC

ABC’s telecasts of the NBA finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat dominated the primetime ratings for the second week in a row among total viewers and those 18-49. Along with Monday’s The Bachelorette, the telecasts easily gave ABC the No. 1 spot on the Nielsen top ten list. But NBC’s talent shows, [...]

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