Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2020

The surest sign of how the coronavirus shutdown has devastated the television industry is the fourth-place finish of CBS in what was nominally the first week of a new fall season.

The network's viewership was down a whopping 61% from the premiere week last year, the Nielsen company said...

Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2020

There's something missing in the Nielsen company's listing of last week's 20 most popular primetime programs, something that once would have seemed inconceivable.

Not a single scripted program is included — no drama or no comedy.

The most-watched scripted show of the week, NBC's...

Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2020

Pro football has probably never been more important to television executives than this year, and its return has them ready to do a happy dance in the end zone.

A schedule of opening week games brought viewers back to their sets, led by a Hall of Fame caliber matchup between Tom Brady, a...

Tuesday, Sep. 1, 2020

A special airing of "Black Panther" in the wake of the death of star Chadwick Boseman was a bright spot for the broadcast networks in a ratings week otherwise utterly dominated by Fox News Channel's coverage of the Republican National Convention. 

ABC's last-minute scheduling Sunday night...

Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020

In this pandemic season, ABC's David Muir has emerged as broadcast television's star of the summer.

The "World News Tonight" anchor's nightly summary averaged 8.2 million viewers last week, more than any primetime program on television, the Nielsen company said.

ABC's primetime...

Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020

Led by the reliable "60 Minutes" on CBS, news programming dominated the television rankings on a quiet week in mid-August.

Nine of the 20 most popular programs were news or commentary shows, eight of them on Fox News Channel, the Nielsen company said.

CBS was the most popular...

Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020

"America's Got Talent" topped the ratings last week, but it faces the absence of Simon Cowell, seriously injured in an electric bicycle accident.

Cowell, the NBC talent contest's creator and linchpin of its judging panel, underwent surgery for a broken back last Saturday, just before the...

Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020

Fox News Channel viewers are usually a loyal bunch, but thousands looked for the "off" switch during last week's telecast of civil rights icon John Lewis' funeral.

Fox News, like the broadcast and other cable news networks, aired Lewis' funeral last Thursday, when former presidents Bill...

Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2020

Perhaps sensing the abbreviated season might not last long, television viewers welcomed baseball back with open arms from its coronavirus hiatus.

ESPN's coverage of the first game back, between the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals last Thursday, was the most-watched regular...

Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2020

Not only can President Donald Trump's niece Mary sell books, she can draw a crowd on television.

Her one-hour interview with Rachel Maddow last Thursday reached 5.2 million people, the biggest audience ever for one of Maddow's shows and largest ever for a regularly-scheduled show on MSNBC...

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