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Jay Leno ended his latenight run by dominating his timeslot one last time. Friday night's final edition of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" averaged an 8.8 rating in Nielsen's overnight metered market averages, crushing a repeat of CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman"...
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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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President Barack Obama’s primetime press conference Tuesday night drew 40.4 million viewers across 11 broadcast and cable networks. Last night’s press conference was down 18% from President Obama’s first primetime press conference on Feb. 9, which was watched by 49.5 million viewers across eight networks...
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CBS Sports says ratings for the first and second rounds of March Madness are up 6% from last year, based on overnight metered-market ratings from Nielsen. This year’s games are averaging a 5.4 rating and 12 share, compared to a 5.1/12 in 2008. Sunday’s games were up 10% from a year ago, scoring a 6.4...
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NBC had a solid week in late night as viewers tuned in to see the debut of “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.” Competing networks held their ground, however, leading to win-win results for all. In its first week out, “Fallon” averaged a 0.9 rating/5 share among adults 18-49 and 2.4 million viewers, beating...
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Weeks of marketing and years of pent-up interest from Joss Whedon fans helped Fox's "Dollhouse" score a solid welcome Friday night. The much-anticipated drama notched a 2.0 rating/6 share among adults 18 to 49 during its 9 p.m. Friday premiere, according to preliminary fast national data...
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CBS’ “Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials” tied as the No.1 show in its 8 p.m. slot Jan. 31 in anticipation of Sunday’s big game. The show averaged a 2.0 rating/7 share among adults 18-49 for the hour, tying with two episodes of “Cops” on Fox. “Commercials” also drew 7.9 million viewers. After 350,000...
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USA Network’s “Burn Notice” grew its ratings from last week, so much so that it drew more viewers than a rerun of “ER” on big brother broadcast network NBC Thursday night. USA officials weren't certain whether this was the first time a USA show beat NBC, the once-dominant broadcaster, in prime time...
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NBC's programming chief Ben Silverman has a solution to help broadcasters make more money. They should be able to sell to advertisers against the live-plus-seven-day ratings for shows, Mr. Silverman said during a morning keynote interview at NATPE in Las Vegas. "We don't get paid for live...
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Fox reality chief Mike Darnell says the network's much-hyped tweaks to the "American Idol" formula are behind the show's solid ratings debut this week. "The creative is working," Mr. Darnell said Thursday. "People like [new judge] Kara [DioGuardi]. The word of mouth is...
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The season premiere of “American Idol” continued Wednesday night and held on strong from its Tuesday performance. The Fox stalwart was off just 8% from last season's Wednesday premiere. Last night’s two-hour “Idol” scored an 11.6 rating/29 share among adults 18-49, on par with its Tuesday performance...
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Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Liguori said he and other executives at Fox are breathing "a sigh of relief" in the wake of solid premiere ratings for the new season of "American Idol." "When you look at the broadcast environment (this season), where so many of the top shows...
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As we look for silver linings to the dark clouds overshadowing our industry, we should remember that—although it may not feel like it—we are at a time of opportunity. As the global economy continues to find its footing, we’re seeing that the greatest opportunities lie in an ability to deliver more tangible...
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Sunday night’s “60 Minutes,” featuring the first interview with President-elect Barack Obama, drew the program’s largest audience since January 1999. The interview attracted 24.49 million viewers, giving the program a first-place finish in viewers, households (14.7/23), adults 25-54 (8.2/19) and adults...
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Sen. John McCain’s appearance last night on the final “Saturday Night Live” before the election lifted the series to its second-highest overnight rating since December 1997. Drawing a 9.0 rating/20 share overnight household rating in 56 markets, last night’s “SNL” was second only to the Oct. 18 episode...