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Is Ryan Seacrest worth $45 million? Congratulations to Seacrest on his new guaranteed three-year contract to host "American Idol." According to SEC documents filed by CKx Inc., the parent of "Idol" producer 19 Entertainment, Seacrest is getting $10 million a...
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Fox has officially claimed its fifth consecutive win among adults 18-49 for the 2008-09 TV season, while CBS wrapped up the season as the most-watched broadcast network for the sixth time out of the last seven years. With “America Idol” to bolster the second half of the season, Fox finished with a 3...
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“American Idol” wrapped up its eighth season Wednesday night with its lowest-rated finale ever. Last night’s two-hour results show averaged a 10.0 rating among adults 18-49 from 8-10:07 p.m., according to time-zone-adjusted Fast National numbers from Nielsen Media Research. The show drew 28.8 million...
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Tuesday night’s “American Idol” was the series’ lowest-rated final performance night ever. Last night’s episode drew an 8.3 rating/24 share among adults 18-49, according to preliminary Nielsen Media Research figures. About 23.1 million viewers tuned in to see Adam Lambert and Kris Allen give their final...
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TV’s No. 1 network is likely to kick off upfront week by announcing a new schedule marked by stability—and maybe a surprise or two. Fox, which is finishing its fifth season as the top-rated network among adults 18-49, is taking over NBC’s traditional Monday kickoff slot this year at the advertising market...
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TV’s top-rated show, “American Idol,” also topped the Content Power Ratings list put together by media buyer Optimedia US. The list, released Thursday, also held some surprise shows. To create the Content Power Ratings rankings, Optimedia factors in TV audience, Web and mobile viewing, viewer involvement...
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President Obama’s decision to hold another primetime news conference is playing havoc with the networks’ sweeps schedules—and causing some in the industry to grumble about the financial impact. The president has slated a news conference for Tuesday at 8 p.m. EDT, his second since taking office two months...
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There is no cure for reality TV. This fact will no doubt crush many who work in the business of television, people who have silently prayed for the end of unscripted programming ever since Richard Hatch first strutted naked across the small screen on “Survivor” in the summer of 2000. These folks generally...
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Fox is giving its one-hour musical comedy “Glee” a post-”American Idol” premiere, but it will hold back the show’s regular airings until the fall. In what the network is calling a broadcast first, the Ryan Murphy-created series will air its initial episode on Tuesday, May 19, at 9 p.m., immediately following...
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Fox is finally taking the wraps off its much-anticipated Osbourne family variety show . “Osbournes: Reloaded” will bow Tuesday, March 31, at 9 p.m., immediately after “American Idol.” As expected, Fox is treating the project as a series of one-hour specials, with no word yet on when exactly the next...
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Channeling Larry King once again… CNBC's Rick Santelli Rick Santelli, the CNBC blowhard who moronically lashed out at President Obama’s mortgage rescue plan last week in a much-publicized rant , certainly had every right to speak his mind as he did. And I have every right to never watch CNBC again...
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The most-watched commercials in homes with TiVo digital video recorders appeared during the top-rated show, Fox’s “American Idol,” according to TiVo’s StopWatch services. Movie ads also show up on TiVo’s list of ads that encountered relatively little fast-forwarding. The list of the top 10 spots from...
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Going head-to-head on Tuesday night, Fox’s “American Idol” beat out prime-time coverage of the presidential inauguration on ABC, and outranked other networks’ inauguration coverage throughout the night as well. ‘Idol’ scored an 8.9 rating/22 share among adults 18-49 and a 12.1/18 in households, drawing...
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Fox’s Mike Darnell is breathing again. After months of nervous anticipation, the network’s president of alternative entertainment finally was able to relax—a bit—after successfully launching the eighth season of “American Idol” last week. Ratings were down a tad, but in an era of double-digit declines...
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Fox’s tweaks to the format of “American Idol” seem to be working for viewers, but the second week of its new season will determine whether the changes create lasting ratings momentum. Its Jan. 13 debut drew an 11.7 rating/28 share in viewers 18-49 and drew 10.4 million viewers, according to live-plus...