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. [...]

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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.

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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. [...]

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