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TV ratings stories: 67 news summaries

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 ABC Delays 
 Canceled Dramas' 
 Finales Till Summer 

Network bumps final shows of popular series in ratings grab

Jan 16, 09 12:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Dying to know how the recently canceled series Eli Stone, Pushing Daisies, and Dirty Sexy Money will end? Come back in the summer, says ABC. The network, which originally scheduled the final episodes of Daisies to start airing last week, has more ratings-friendly plans for the time slots, E! ... More »

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television • ABC • TV ratings • network television • Pushing Daisies • Dirty Sexy Money • Eli Stone • season finale

Idol Ratings
Slip, but Still Strong at 30M

Smallest audience
since '04 as Fox
sees 10% dip

Jan 14, 09 5:01 PM CST
(Newser) - American Idol’s eighth-season opener drew 10% fewer viewers than the previous installment’s premiere, Bloomberg reports. But with 30 million viewers, it still tripled the ratings of nearest rival CBS among viewers aged 18-49. Idol, Fox’s highest-rated show, raised $750 million in ad revenue last year. The judges... More »

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reality TV • American Idol • CBS • Nielsen Ratings • Fox • TV ratings • News Corp • advertising sales

 Prognosis Isn't Good 
 for Soap Operas 

Things look bad

Jan 10, 09 1:11 PM CST
(Newser) - There’s reason for the young to be restless, because the days of their lives may not last much longer. The economic downturn is driving soap operas to the brink of extinction, Portfolio reports. Not long ago there were 16 network soaps; now, just eight remain, and with ad... More »

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television • advertising • soap operas • TV ratings

How Nerds
Can Save Network TV

Big Bang Theory succeeds where less brainy sitcoms fail

Dec 12, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Why is a physics-quoting comedy one of network TV's only successful sitcoms? And with so many Americans turning to cable, the Internet, and reality programming, what does that mean for the future of prime time? The Wall Street Journal looks at The Big Bang Theory, an unlikely hit that actually... More »

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television • CBS • comedy • physics • TV ratings • sitcom • Chuck Lorre • The Big Bang Theory (sitcom) • Johnny Galecki • Roseanne (sitcom)

 ABC Cancels Daisies, Eli Stone 

ABC cancels three shows

Nov 21, 08 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - In a sweep of pre-holiday cuts, ABC has decided to pull the plug on Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money, and Eli Stone after the current season, reports E! Online. Daisies executive producer Bryan Fuller says plans are in the works for a comic book and feature film to continue the... More »

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television • ABC • TV shows • TV ratings • TV series • cancellations • cancelled • Pushing Daisies • Dirty Sexy Money • Eli Stone

Fickle Election Audience Threatens Network Shows

Election blamed for disrupting viewing, hurting programs like 'Lipstick Jungle'

Nov 10, 08 3:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Election coverage disrupted America's viewing habits, playing havoc with the ratings of some network shows that could soon be cut if they don't recover their audiences, reports the Los Angeles Times. ABC's Dirty Sexy Money and Pushing Daisies, NBC's Lipstick Jungle and the new critically acclaimed CBS comedy Worst Week,... More »

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NBC • CBS • ABC • TV ratings • election coverage • network dramas • sitcoms • David Poltrack • cancellations • prime time

 Fey Waves 
 Goodbye to 
 Playing Palin 

30 Rock creator vows to get back to day job

Nov 6, 08 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - To the list of political figures out of a job after Election Day, add one: Sarah Palin impersonator Tina Fey. "I have to retire just because I have to do my day job," the creator and star of 30 Rock tells Entertainment Weekly. More »

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Saturday Night Live • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • TV ratings • Sarah Palin • television news

OPINION

 TV's Gimmickry 
 Diminishes Election 

News operations aim for ratings, shoot viewers instead

Nov 3, 08 1:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Tomorrow night will be a high-water mark for TV news gadget gimmickry as the networks try to hook some of the millions of viewers who will tune in for election coverage, Rick Kushman writes in the Sacramento Bee. Some, like the technology that will allow TV networks to have instant... More »

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television • NBC • TV networks • CNN • TV ratings • Election 2008 • television news

 Fey's Everywhere; 30 Rock MIA 

NBC's moves to promote show's popularity miss the mark

Oct 13, 08 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tina Fey’s popularity is at an all-time high, but NBC hasn’t tried to capitalize by moving up the season debut of her critically acclaimed sitcom 30 Rock. NBC has struggled to boost the show’s ratings, the New York Times reports, and hopes three Saturday Night Live specials... More »

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Saturday Night Live • NBC • comedy • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • TV ratings • Sarah Palin

 Nightline Racks Up Ratings 

Current events boost ratings into Leno's neighborhood

Oct 9, 08 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Financial and political uncertainty means big ratings for Nightline, which is enjoying its highest numbers since being reformatted in 2005, Media Life magazine reports. Despite being under virtually constant threat of cancellation, Nightline regularly outdraws Late Night With David Letterman and is closer to Jay Leno's Tonight Show than... More »

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Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • David Letterman • TV ratings • Tonight Show • Late Night • Nightline

UPDATED

 VP Debate Draws 
 Record 69.9M 

Shatters the 56.9M for Ferraro-Bush in 1984, and well above McCain-Obama I

Oct 3, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Last night’s vice presidential debate drew 69.9 million viewers, shattering the record for such an event, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The 1984 encounter between VP candidates Geraldine Ferraro and George H.W. Bush drew 56.9 million; the record for a campaign debate is 80.6 million for... More »

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Joe Biden • Nielsen • vice president • TV ratings • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential debate

Is Brady's Injury a Financial Disaster?

CBS execs expect to lose millions, but hope Favre will draw viewers

Sep 13, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Brady’s season-ending knee injury may have crippled the New England Patriots, but what will it cost in dollars and cents? As the NFL’s marquee player, Tom Brady is a money-making machine—yet executives at CBS, which pays $622 million for the AFC package, won't say how many... More »

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television • NFL • NBC • ESPN • CBS • New England Patriots • Tom Brady • TV ratings

 PBS Draws Curtain
 on Mr. Rogers

Station makes room for newer shows with higher ratings

Sep 1, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today is not a beautiful day in Mister Rogers' neighborhood. The show has aired for the last time on most PBS stations, making way for newer programs with higher ratings, the Chicago Tribune reports. Loyal fans have created a website and Facebook group to try to save the reassuring... More »

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TV shows • PBS • TV ratings • nostalgia • Fred Rogers • Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

ANALYSIS

 NBC's
 Olympic
 Ratings:
 Gold

Phelps' record-breaking swim is highlight of network's bonanza

Aug 20, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - NBC’s Olympic coverage smashed the competition last week, in what Variety suggests could be the most decisive rout in television history. Viewership was buoyed by Michael Phelps’ record-breaking gold-medal performance Saturday; in addition, NBC’s various networks reached a staggering 83% of the US. The margins were the biggest... More »

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NBC • Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Nielsen Ratings • demographics • TV ratings • viewership

Even in Tight Election, Media Struggle to Retain Audience

Choosier consumers, Internet video hurt

Aug 4, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even as the 2008 election attracts more voter interest than it has in decades, media efforts to translate that into financial success have had mixed results, reports the New York Times. While cable news has enjoyed an uptick—and websites are setting record for online video—viewership for mainstream... More »

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cable TV • presidential campaign • American media • ad revenue • TV ratings • web traffic • Election 2008 • network news

Wie Snubs Women's Major, Opts to Play in Men's Event

Is it payback for being disqualified from a recent tournament?

Jul 30, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Wie seems to be getting some payback on the LPGA after being disqualified from a recent tournament for failing to sign her scorecard, notes Thomas Bonk in the Los Angeles Times. It may be just a coincidence, but when the women's British Open tees off this week, the 18-year-old... More »

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sports • golf • LPGA • PGA • Michelle Wie • LPGA Tour • TV ratings

 Digital Switch May KO Ratings 

9.4% of US households are 'completely unready' for death of analog TV

May 27, 08 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Almost 25 million US homes own at least one set that will go dark when broadcast TV switches to digital next year—which could wreak havoc on ratings, the New York Times reports. Roughly 17% of network prime-time viewers are using unprepared TVs, according to Nielsen. Secondary TVs, like... More »

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Nielsen • TV ratings • digital television • digital broadcasting • network television • TV advertising

 Oprah's Slipping—or TV Is 

Ratings for her shows have fallen, but execs aren't worried

May 26, 08 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oprah’s still the queen, but her ratings have been sliding, the New York Times reports. Her flagship show's average ratings have fallen 7% this year, continuing 3 straight years of slipping; her reality show, Oprah’s Big Give, lost about a third of its audience over the course... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • daytime talk show • TV ratings • Oprah's Big Give

Network TV Records Worst Ratings Ever

Fox is tops in dismal strike-plagued season; cable's gain continues

May 21, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - With just a few days left in the 2007-'08 TV season, Fox is set to take the ratings belt from five-time winner CBS. But it’ll be something of a hollow victory, because network TV on the whole recorded its worst year ever, Variety reports. Among the top five... More »

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television • CBS • Nielsen Ratings • Fox • TV ratings • network television • Fox network

OPINION

 SNL Finale Promises Fall Yuks 

McCain, Carell boost strong ending; election sure to provide autumn fodder

May 19, 08 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s been a long, sometimes-bumpy road for Saturday Night Live, Tom Shales writes in the Washington Post, but the 33rd season finale showed the cast—and guest John McCain—in fine comic form, and was a ratings success to boot. SNL generally thrives in highly political times, and Shales... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • John McCain • comedy • Nielsen Ratings • TV ratings • McCain 2008

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