FIVE SHOWS COMPRISE TV’S TOP TEN

The top ten broadcast TV shows last week were actually five, given the fact that all of them, with the exception of ABC’s Modern Family placed at least two episodes on the list. The season finale of Fox’s American Idol — the results show in which Phillip Phillips was crowned the winner — was the […]

IDOL RATINGS PLUMMET — STILL NO. 1

Even with its ratings way down from where they once were, Fox’s American Idol, with three hours landing in the Nielsen top ten, gave the network a victory among the demographic that advertisers like to target — adults 18-49. The reason may have been that the competition’s shows were also way down from where they […]

CBS AND FOX SPLIT RATINGS HONORS

As usual, CBS was the most-watched television network last week, and its long-running drama NCIS was the most-watched television show. However, it came in second to Fox in the 18-49 age group, the demographic group that advertisers prefer. Back among the top-ten shows — this time without a football overrun to pump up its numbers […]

TWO SHOWS TIE FOR FIRST PLACE IN RATINGS AGAIN

For the second week in a row — and the first time in memory — the same two shows tied for first place in the Nielsen ratings. ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and CBS’s NCIS each attracted 18 million total adult viewers. Fox’s American Idol was close on their heels with 17.9 million viewers. Overall, […]

THE VOICE BEATS AMERICAN IDOL — AGAIN

Fox’s American Idol is no longer the top-rated talent contest on the air. NBC’s The Voice is. For the fifth time in the last six weeks, The Voice came out on top among viewers 18-49, the age group that advertisers primarily spend their money on. Idol, however, led among total adults — counting 18.69 million […]

AND THE WINNER IS … ABC

Thanks to its annual broadcast of the Oscars, ABC wound up in first place on the Nielsen ratings chart for last week, averaging 10.68 million viewers. That figure was skewed by the 39.34 million who tuned in to Sunday night’s Oscar telecast, the No. 1 program of the week. After the awards show and the […]

NCIS FELLS AMERICAN IDOL

For the first time, a regularly scheduled entertainment show has knocked American Idol off its perch at the top of the Nielsen ratings chart as the most-viewed show among total adults. According to final figures, NCIS, now in its ninth season on CBS and seemingly growing stronger every season, averaged 19.59 million viewers last week, […]

ABC MOVING IN ON NBC IN MORNING AND EARLY EVENING

While NBC has struggled for years as generally the last-place network in primetime, it has remained dominant in two other time periods, the morning, with the Today show, and in the early evening, with NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Now, it’s under siege in those periods as well. Earlier this week Nielsen Research reported […]

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, […]

KATIE EXITS WITHOUT MUCH OF A RATINGS BUMP

Ratings for the NBC and ABC nightly newscasts were down significantly last week. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams once again led the field with 8.61 million viewers, but second-place ABC World News with Diane Sawyer narrowed the gap with 7.84 million — just 770,000 viewers behind NBC. The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric […]

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