Wednesday, Sep. 26, 2018

“America’s Got Talent” ended its summer run last week with the most-watched entertainment programs on television since May, although its popularity dipped this summer.

Just under 13 million people watched the final two episodes of the NBC competition last week, where magician Shin Lim was...

Tuesday, Sep. 11, 2018

The Miss America ceremony subtracted the swimsuit competition for the first time in its 98-year history, and subtracted one million television viewers, too.

The Nielsen company said 4.34 million people watched the annual ceremony on ABC Sunday, down 19 percent from the 5.35 million...

Monday, Sep. 3, 2018

Colin Kaepernick has a new deal with Nike, even without having a job in the NFL.

Kaepernick's attorney, Mark Geragos, made the announcement on Twitter, calling the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback an "All American Icon" and crediting attorney Ben Meiselas for getting the deal done....

Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017

A current TV funny lady, a vintage one and a time-honored Christmas movie won over viewers in the run-up to the holiday.

A preview of Ellen DeGeneres’ new NBC primetime game show, “Ellen’s Game of Games,” and CBS’ pair of “I Love Lucy” episodes starring Lucille Ball landed in the top 20...

Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017

To judge by the collective shrug that viewers greeted Fox’s performance of “A Christmas Story Live!,” the fascination with live theater on television may have run its course.

The Nielsen company said that Fox’s telecast was seen by 4.52 million viewers on Sunday night. That’s lower than...

Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017

Powered by football and “The Voice,” NBC won a second consecutive weekly ratings contest and narrowed the gap with front-runner CBS among total viewers for the TV season so far.

For the year to date, NBC has climbed within 902,000 viewers of CBS, the narrowest gap in 15 years, according...

Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017

As Thanksgiving approaches, NBC can be thankful for another weekly ratings win, its second in a row.

As with last week, NBC won largely on the strength of two football games. Sunday night's clash between Philadelphia and Dallas was the week's most-watched program, while Thursday's face-...

Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017

After two years of record low ratings, the Country Music Association Awards rebounded last week and was the most-watched entertainment program on television last week.

Hoist a glass to the appeal of country music? Not so fast. The size of last year’s audience was depressed since it aired...

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017

The National Football League is continuing a steady decline in audience, with its fourth week of games having the smallest audience on a weekend when some conservatives called for a boycott because some of its players used the national anthem to protest against police treatment of minorities....

Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2017

Through three weeks, viewership for national telecasts of NFL games is down 11 percent this season compared to 2016, the Nielsen company said on Tuesday.

Nielsen said the games averaged 17.63 million viewers for the first three weeks of last season, and have dipped to 15.77 million this...

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