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It's not much of a comeback story, yet. Heather Locklear's heavily hyped return to The CW's remake of "Melrose Place" did provide a bump in the ratings -- but it was nowhere near as big a bump as the flailing...
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The aliens are still among us. We're apparently just not as interested as we were a week ago. Ratings for the second episode of ABC's "V" took a tumble Tuesday. About 10.6 million viewers tuned in to the remake of...
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Sunday's Season 3 finale of "Mad Men" drew 2.3 million viewers, the series' biggest audience since its debut. AMC said that's up 33% versus the second-season ender. Across all three airings (at 10 p.m., 11 p.m. and 1 a.m), the...
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They came. They saw. They sort of conquered. ABC's remake of "V" got off to a strong start Tuesday night. The series, which will run through November and then return in March, came in second to CBS's juggernaut "NCIS" in...
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Monday night's "Jay Leno Show" on NBC matched its series low in the 18-49 demographic and hit its second-smallest audience ever, attracting just 4.62 million viewers This is noteworthy because last night CBS was in reruns at 10 p.m. against...
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Since it's Friday, we thought we'd take a look at Friday night television. For years, Friday has been a tough night for the broadcast networks. If a show starts to do well on Friday, the first instinct is to move...
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It may be time to add one more record to Brett Favre's resume. The Minnesota Vikings' defeat of the Green Bay Packers last Monday not only set a record for a cable program with 21.8 million viewers watching Brett Favre...
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Although it's been on for only two weeks, it might be time for ABC to rethink its Wednesday night leadoff hitter, "Hank." In its second airing, "Hank," which stars Kelsey Grammer as an out-of-work big shot who moves to a...
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Beating every team in the NFL wasn't the only record Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre set. He also led ESPN's "Monday Night Football" to record ratings for a cable telecast. Favre's victory over his old team not only kept the...
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Normally, fall is the season Fox likes to forget. It struggles to launch shows, and its big guns -- "24" and "American Idol" don't come on until after January. If that's not enough, the network's commitment to carry baseball playoffs...
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Maybe Jay Leno needs to find something to confess about too. Thursday night's "Jay Leno Show" on NBC hit a new low in viewers with only 4.96 million tuning in, according to preliminary ratings information from Nielsen. In adults 18-49,...
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Fox's quirky "Glee" hit a record high in viewers this season on Wednesday and powered the network to a strong night. The comedy/drama/musical (I'm waiting for someone to invent one word that fits) drew 7.32 million viewers and won the...
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It's only been one episode and NBC's medical drama "Trauma" already needs some CPR. The network finished fourth in viewers and adults 18-49 Monday night, and "Trauma" drew just 6.9 million viewers and a 2.3 rating in the key 18-49...
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ABC's big bet for the fall, "FlashForward," a serial drama in which everyone in the world (well -- spoiler alert here -- almost everyone) blacks out and has visions of their future, delivered 12.4 million viewers and won the hour...
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It's not an academic exercise. No, it's a research foundation. It's a competitor to Nielsen. No, it's not a slap at Nielsen at all. Confused? We are too. The conference call detailing the media industry's creation of the Coalition for...