Tonight is the season finale for Heroes. Will it be the series finale?
Posted on 08 February 2010 by Robert Seidman
Super Bowl XLIV Becomes Most-Watched Program Of All Time
Posted on 08 February 2010 by Robert Seidman
Based on time-zone adjusted (but still preliminary) fast nationals, Super Bowl XLIV averaged over 106 million (106.5 million) viewers and overtook the 1983 series finale of M*A*S*H (105.97 million) to become the most-watched program of all time.
TV Ratings: Saints, Super Bowl XLIV Win the Night; All-Time Most-Watched Program
Posted on 08 February 2010 by Robert Seidman
Fate smiled on CBS with a very close game until late in the fourth quarter. The game was the all-time most-watched program with 106.48 million average viewers and Undercover Boss wound up as the most watched post Super Bowl show since 2001 (Survivor) [...]
TV Ratings: CBS Wins Friday Again; Two New Hours of Smallville Are Better than One for CW
Posted on 06 February 2010 by Robert Seidman
CBS won the night with viewers and adults 18-49, and the two hour Smallville “Absolute Justice” special provided CW with better Friday night ratings than the typical one new hour and a repeat. FOX saw its Friday night fate improve with a House repeat and Kitchen Nightmares.
TV Ratings: ABC Edges CBS, Fox; Mentalist, Community, Parks, Office, 30 Rock Rise
Posted on 05 February 2010 by Bill Gorman
In a very close Thursday night overall, ABC edged Fox and CBS for the nightly adults 18-49 ratings win, while NBC’s comedies gained vs. their last new episodes. [...]
TV Ratings: Human Target Shoots Blank at 8p; Idol, Modern Family Lead Night
Posted on 04 February 2010 by Robert Seidman
Human Target dropped 25% to a 2.4 rating with adults 18-49 in its first appearance on Wednesdays at 8pm[...]
TV Ratings: Lost Premieres Up; Idol Lifts Fox To Ratings Win
Posted on 03 February 2010 by Bill Gorman
The final season premiere of Lost was up in the adults 18-49 ratings from last season’s premiere, while American Idol stayed strong and helped Fox win the night. [...]
If Only Fringe Could Always Air Against Repeats
Posted on 02 February 2010 by Bill Gorman
Against repeat or special competition on broadcast networks, Fringe has had its best three ratings weeks this season since its premiere[...]
Stop The Presses, Castle’s Good Enough For Next Year
Posted on 02 February 2010 by Bill Gorman
The pieces of ABC’s fall 2010 schedule puzzle are falling into place a bit earlier than usual. [...]
1-Featured
“Caprica” Drops; Out-Rated By “Swamp Loggers“
Posted on 08 February 2010
Caprica dropped to a .4 adults 18-49 rating and 1.13 million viewers on Friday.
2-Featured
“Undercover Boss” Averages 38.6 Million Viewers, Most-Watched Post Super Bowl Show Since 2001
Posted on 08 February 2010
Undercover Boss averaged 38.6 million viewers and was the most-watched post Super Bowl show since 2001 (Survivor II) eclipsing Grey’s Anatomy in 2006.
3-Featured
NBC Announces Season Finale Dates, including Two Hour Chuck Finale on May 24
Posted on 08 February 2010
NBC announced today season finale dates for a variety of shows that extend all the way to Tuesday, May 25[...]
4-Featured
Saturday Night Live With Ashton Kutcher Up a Bit
Posted on 08 February 2010
Saturday Night Live with host Ashton Kutcher and musical guest Them Crooked Vultures, averaged 5.3/13 in metered-market households, up six percent versus the previous week when Jon Hamm hosted.
Broadcast TV
Will Heroes Be Renewed Or Will It Be Canceled?
Posted on 08 February 2010
Tonight is the season finale for Heroes. Will it be the series finale?
Broadcast TV Network Weekly Ratings
American Idol Lifts Fox Over CBS For The Week
Posted on 02 February 2010
American Idol was all Fox needed to take the adults 18-49 ratings crown for the week. [...]
Broadcast TV Show Ratings - Weekly Top 25
TV Ratings: Grammy Awards, American Idol, House and NCIS top weekly viewing
Posted on 02 February 2010
With the second most-watched NFC conference championship game ever, and strong performances from American Idol, FOX easily dominated the top of the broadcast primetime show rankings for the week.
Cable TV
“Spartacus: Blood and Sand” Viewing Inches Up Again For 3rd Episode
Posted on 08 February 2010
Friday night’s Spartacus: Blood and Sand, it’s third episode averaged .858 million viewers and a .4 adults 18-49 rating[...]
Cable TV Network Weekly Ratings
Even With The NFL Pro Bowl, ESPN Can’t Top USA In Primetime Cable Ratings
Posted on 02 February 2010
USA with its full slate of new series (lead by Burn Notice), and the ratings favorite NCIS repeats managed to edge out ESPN for the primetime cable ratings win [...]
Cable TV Show Ratings - Weekly Top 25
Cable ratings: Pro Bowl, State of the Union Analysis, NCIS and Burn Notice Top Weekly Cable Charts
Posted on 02 February 2010
The highest-rated, most-watched NFL Pro Bowl in a decade topped the weekly cable charts.
Daytime TV Ratings
Soap Opera Ratings: All My Children Only Show Up vs. Last Week & Year In Viewers
Posted on 05 February 2010
In a very mixed week overall, All My Children/i> was the only show to gain viewers vs. last week and last year. [...]
Network TV Ratings Season to Date
NBC Ratings Losses vs. Last Season Are Increasingly Grim
Posted on 03 February 2010
The ratings losses at NBC vs. last season are looking increasingly grim, much worse than in the fall when the TV media were all over them for the Lenopocalypse. [...]
- CBS to Air Encore of Undercover Boss Premiere Episode on Friday, February 12
- “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” Viewing Inches Up Again For 3rd Episode
- Cable News Ratings for Friday, February 5, 2010
- “Caprica” Drops; Out-Rated By “Swamp Loggers“
- Andre’ Leon Talley Joins “America’s Next Top Model” As New Judge
- Dish Network ® and Rentrak Announced Landmark Television Audience Measurement Agreement
- NBC Announces Season Finale Dates, including Two Hour Chuck Finale on May 24
- Will Heroes Be Renewed Or Will It Be Canceled?
- Undercover Boss Marks Biggest New Series Premiere Since 1987
- CBS Sports Coverage of Super Bowl XLIV Is Most-Watched Program In Television History
- 580,000 Started Streams of Lost Premiere on Wednesday; How Many Finished?
- Super Bowl XLIV Becomes Most-Watched Program Of All Time
- “Undercover Boss” Averages 38.6 Million Viewers, Most-Watched Post Super Bowl Show Since 2001
- Out-Pick the “At The Movies” Critics Contest Begins February 26
- Video: Promo for “American Idol” “Hollywood Round”
- “Two and a Half Men’s Jon Cryer to Guest Star on Disney’s “Hannah Montana“
- NBC Will Air Special One-Hour Baby Episode of “The Office” on March 4.
- Anger over “excessive stories” on Safety Problems Leads Toyota Dealerships to Pull Ads from ABC Affiliates
- ANA/Forrester Survey on TV Advertising: Nobody Goes There Anymore, It’s Too Crowded?
- Emily Rose Joins Syfy’s “Haven“; New Drama Series Slated For Summer 2010
- TV Ratings: Saints, Super Bowl XLIV Win the Night; All-Time Most-Watched Program
- Howard Stern Confirms Reports That He’s Considering Becoming “American Idol” Judge
- BIO Chanel Presents “Scott Hamilton: Return to the Ice” On Monday March 8
- CBS Sports Coverage of Super Bowl XLIV Scores Highest Rating In 23 Years
- Early Ratings: Super Bowl On Pace To Break Records
- Early Ratings: Undercover Boss On Pace To Have Best Post Super Bowl Numbers since 2006
- Saturday Night Live With Ashton Kutcher Up a Bit
- Mad World: Jay Leno Appears in Promotion For CBS Late Show Along With Oprah and David Letterman
- Mainstream Media Catching On That Online Video Streaming Will Have Full Ad Loads In The Future
- ABC Affiliates Fuming Over Sporting Events Migrating to ESPN
- How Many People Watch the Puppy Bowl?
- American Chopper Canceled
- TV Ratings: FOX Laps The Saturday Field With NASCAR Budweiser Shootout
- Video: Saturday Night Live Mocks Burn Notice
- After The Super Bowl: Will Undercover Boss Waste The Timeslot?
- Community Creator Dan Harmon Mocks TV by the Numbers’ “Renew-Cancel Index”
- Will Broadcast Transmission Fees End Up Squeezing Some Cable Networks’ Carriage Fees?
- FX Strategy: Originals Damages, Archer, It’s Always Sunny + Theatrical Premieres
- TV Ratings: CBS Wins Friday Again; Two New Hours of Smallville Are Better than One for CW
- Henry Winkler Set To Appear In USA Network’s “Royal Pains“