‘American Idol’: Ryan Seacrest, Simon Cowell fight for reals?
On Tuesday (March 16) night’s “American Idol” performance show, host Ryan Seacrest came off the stage and leaned over the judges table to go face-to-face with Simon Cowell. Seacrest thought Cowell was not giving contestant Michael Lynche “constructive criticism” for his performance of Michael Lynche’s R&B take on the Rolling Stones’ “Miss You.”
When Seacrest couldn’t [...]
TV ratings: ‘American Idol’ stones Tuesday foes but down from last year
Fast National ratings for Tuesday, March 16, 2010
“American Idol’s” top 12 covered the Rolling Stones Tuesday night and scored a decisive ratings win in the process. The show was down a good amount, however, from last year’s first show on the big stage.
FOX averaged 22.6 million viewers and a 12.8 rating/20 share in households for [...]
TV ratings: ‘Numb3rs’ finale leads CBS Friday
Fast National ratings for Friday, March 12, 2010
The season finale of “Numb3rs” led CBS to a ratings win Friday night, holding off NBC, which saw “Who Do You Think You Are?” improve some in its second week and got better-than-average viewership for “Dateline.”
CBS drew 8.25 million viewers and a 5.1 rating/9 share for the night, [...]
TV ratings: ‘Idol’ cruises Wednesday, ‘Top Model’ solid
Fast National ratings for Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The return of “America’s Next Top Model” did pretty well for The CW Wednesday, but that didn’t carry over to the network’s new reality show “High Society.”
“American Idol” was off some from its season average but still carried FOX to the night’s top spot; the network averaged 14.15 [...]
TV ratings: ‘Idol’ is Tuesday’s top show, but CBS leads night
Fast National ratings for Tuesday, March 9, 2010
“American Idol” was once again Tuesday’s most-watched show, but CBS’ strength at 9 and 10 o’clock gave the network a win for the night.
CBS scored 16.8 million viewers and a 10.4 rating/17 share in primetime, beating the 15.2 million viewers and 8.7/14 for FOX. NBC (7.3 million, 4.6/8) [...]
‘Undercover Boss’ rehired at CBS
CBS has renewed its contract for “Undercover Boss.”
The network has ordered a second cycle of its hit new reality series for the 2010-2011 season.
“Undercover Boss” follows the wacky, real-life adventures of a company bigwig who employs nefarious disguises (shaving!) to go undercover and work amongst his/her people in the company. Eyes are opened, hearts swell [...]
TV Ratings: CBS comedies have last laugh over ‘Bachelor’ wedding
The second “Bachelor” /”Bachelorette” wedding only drew a third of the ratings of the first one, while the CBS comedy lineup propelled the eye to an overall win.
CBS won the night overall with an average of 13 million viewers and an 8.0 rating/13 share in households in primetime. FOX nabbed second with 10.8 million [...]
Oscars draw their biggest audience since 2005
The Oscars drew their biggest audience in five years on Sunday.
ABC’s broadcast of the Academy Awards scored 41.3 million people, according to time zone-adjusted fast national ratings from Nielsen. That’s the biggest audience for the Oscars since the 2005 telecast drew an audience of 42.1 million and an improvement of 5 million viewers over last [...]
TV Ratings: CBS edges out NBC Friday
Fast National ratings for Friday, March 5, 2010
Although the Olympics have ended on NBC, the network still maintained decent numbers Friday night, giving first-place finisher CBS a run for its ratings money. NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” did well enough in its debut, but still couldn’t surpass CBS’ procedurals.
CBS averaged 7.79 million [...]
TV ratings: ‘Idol,’ ‘CSI,’ ‘Office’ baby lead Thursday
Fast National ratings for Thursday, March 4, 2010
Thursday night’s ratings were a bit of a hodgepodge: “American Idol” was the night’s top show, but CBS led the network race in viewers. “The Office” scored strong demo numbers with its baby episode, but “The Marriage Ref” took a big tumble from its debut on Sunday. Both [...]
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