Fox tops Wednesday with 'Dance'
TV Ratings: NBC, ABC reality fare also delivers solid numbers -- Fox has captured the primetime ratings race for young adults on the first Wednesday of July thanks to its two-hour installment of "So You Think You Can Dance." NBC was also solid thanks to "America's Got Talent," while ABC was propped up by "Wipeout." |
USA bests Q2 cable ratings
TV Ratings: Network rides hit series in key demos victory -- USA keeps piling up hit series and ratings victories, standing as the top-rated cabler in key demos during the second quarter. |
'Talent' lifts NBC in primetime ratings
TV Ratings: Michael Jackson-themed 'Mystery' attracts auds -- Improved week-to-week numbers from summertime stalwart “America’s Got Talent” lifted NBC to a primetime ratings victory among adults 18-49 Tuesday, according to preliminary nationals from Nielsen. The Peacock narrowly missed edging CBS in total viewers. |
BET Awards top weekly ratings
TV Ratings: Audiences hung up on HBO's 'Hung' -- The most-watched BET Awards on record capped another big week for cable, as numerous networks chimed in with year-best results. |
ABC's 'Bachelorette' a ratings standout
TV Ratings: NBC nabs solid numbers with Jackson doc -- In a tough summer for ABC, "The Bachelorette" remains the net's lone standout. |
'Princess' brings in 8.5 mil viewers
TV Ratings: Movie is cable's most-watched scripted program for '09 -- The Friday premiere of Disney Channel original movie "Princess Protection Program" emerged as 2009's most-watched scripted program on cable, tallying 8.5 million viewers. |
Fox wins ratings race on lackluster night
TV Ratings: '60 Minutes' scores most total viewers -- On a Sunday night more noteworthy for the 2009 BET Awards and the series premiere of HBO’s “Hung,” broadcast TV turned in a desultory primetime performance among adults 18-49, with animated reruns making Fox the king of a very small hill. |
Broadcast networks wilt in summer
TV Ratings: 'Jon & Kate,' 'Pains' propel cablers -- Here's what viewers didn't bother to watch last week: the stunning collapse of the once-mighty broadcast networks. |
Jackson tributes can't deter 'Dance'
TV Ratings: Fox narrowly wins Thursday ratings -- A slew of last-minute specials dedicated to Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson dominated the primetime airwaves Thursday but none were able to overcome the elimination episode of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," which gave the network a narrow win. |
Palin row boosts 'Late Show'
TV Ratings: Letterman beats 'Tonight' for first time in 3 1/2 years -- Boosted by the Gov. Sarah Palin controversy, David Letterman's "Late Show" on CBS last week drew more viewers than NBC's "The Tonight Show" for the first time in more than 3 1/2 years. |
Fox wins night but 'Talent' holds on
TV Ratings: 'Philanthropist' wins timeslot with solid sampling -- Although Fox won the Wednesday night ratings race, NBC had to feel good about seeing its reality star “America’s Got Talent” hold on to its opening-night numbers from Tuesday. |
'Talent' tops ratings with low showing
TV Ratings: CBS nabs solid numbers with 'NCIS,' 'Mentalist' -- A bummer of a summer for the broadcasters continued Tuesday night as ABC’s new version of “The Superstars” flopped and NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” opened up on the low side. |
Trump stunt boosts WWE ratings
TV Ratings: Mogul's 'Raw' skit draws 6.8 million viewers -- Donald Trump's stint at World Wrestling Entertainment didn't last long. |
Cable fills Big Four's post-NBA void
TV Ratings: USA Network rides ratings high with 'Royal Pains' -- The week following the conclusion of the NBA Finals and before the launch of some high-profile reality skeins proved to be brutal for the broadcasters. |
'Jon & Kate' make history for TLC
TV Ratings: 10.6 million viewers watch much-hyped episode -- Jon and Kate Gosselin's marriage failure has translated to ratings victory. |
ABC, CBS top Monday ratings
TV Ratings: Viewers still in tune with 'Bachelorette,' 'Men' -- ABC's all-firstrun reality lineup edged out CBS' all-repeat scripted schedule on Monday, with the Eye network's "Two and a Half Men" standing as the night's top show in both demos and total viewers. NBC, meanwhile, continues to be weighed down by "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here," which wraps tonight. |
Fresh fare flops while Fox tops ratings
TV Ratings: 'Merlin,' 'Impact' settle for scrawny numbers -- Audiences didn't show any real interest in Sunday's two first-run broadcast offerings, as both NBC's series premiere of "Merlin" and ABC's opening night of two-part movie "Impact" settled for scrawny ratings. |
Fox trots to top with 'Dance'
TV Ratings: 'Celebrity' second on quiet summer night -- In a night where not a single show earned a 3.0 rating, an elimination round of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" was the top program Thursday in the 18-49 demo, giving the network a win over second place CBS, which aired repeats of its popular procedurals. |
'Tonight Show' still ahead in demos
TV Ratings: Letterman close behind in total viewers -- Conan O'Brien continued to look good in his second week as host of NBC's "Tonight Show," racking up impressive demo victories. |
Fox's 'Dance' nabs ratings spotlight
TV Ratings: ABC grabs solid numbers with 'Wipeout' -- Fox easily led the primetime ratings race with a two-hour installment of "So You Think You Can Dance." |
