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Today's News: Our Take - Ratings: Dancing Hits Season-High Numbers, Leads ABC to Win

Adam Bryant — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:14:00 -0500

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The two-hour Dancing with the Stars finale brought in its biggest audience of the season, helping ABC edge out CBS in the ratings Tuesday night.

An average of 19.2 million viewers tuned in to see Donny Osmond claim the Mirrorball trophy for Dancing's ninth season. Dancing also claimed its highest rating in the 18-to-49 demographic. V, which kicked off the night for ABC, held steady compared to its week-earlier numbers with 9.3 million viewers.

CBS still had a strong showing, anchored as usual by NCIS, the night's most-watched show with 20.2 million viewers...

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Today's News: Our Take - Seinfeld Reunion Lifts Curb's Season Finale Numbers

Joyce Eng — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:13:00 -0500

The fake Seinfeld reunion proved to be a real ratings grabber for Curb Your Enthusiasm's Season 7 season finale, helping it become the series' most-watched episode in more than five years.

Sunday's episode reeled in ...

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Today's News: Our Take - Ratings: AMAs Grabs Big Numbers; Football Still the Champ

Adam Bryant — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500

ABC's broadcast of the American Music Awards could not outperform NBC's football coverage, even though the annual awards show pulled its largest audience in seven years.

The AMAs averaged 14.2 million viewers over the three-hour broadcast, an improvement of 2 million viewers from a year ago and the best numbers the show has averaged since 2002. However, NBC's coverage of the Chicago Bears-Philadelphia Eagles gridiron contest averaged 14.6 million viewers to give NBC the win in total viewers and the 18-to-49 demographic...

Today's News: Our Take - Ratings: Runway Finishes Strong, CBS Topples ABC

Adam Bryant — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:00 -0500

Project Runway wrapped its first season on Lifetime with season-best numbers.

The Season 6 Runway finale was watched by 4.2 million viewers, topping the night amongst the cable competition. That number was roughly 500,000 people fewer than Season 5's finale on Bravo.

Over on the networks, CBS finally loosened ABC's stranglehold on Thursday night, as it took the top spot in total viewers and in the adults 18-49 demographic. The return of Red John on The Mentalist (15.8 million viewers) was the night's most-watched show, building on solid numbers from CSI (15 million viewers) and Survivor: Samoa (12. 3 million viewers.)

All of the networks' numbers were down, but ABC took the hardest hit...

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Today's News: Our Take - Winfrey Interview with Palin Earns Show's Best Ratings in Two Years

Kate Stanhope — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:30:00 -0500

Sarah Palin's appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show Monday earned an 8.7 household rating and a 13 share, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate's interview...

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Today's News: Our Take - Ratings: The Prisoner Holds on to Mad Men's Sunday Night Numbers on AMC

Natalie Abrams — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:20:00 -0500

AMC's reimagining of the 1968 cult classic The Prisoner nabbed 2.2 million viewers in its Sunday night debut, enough to match Mad Men's numbers in the timeslot.

Prisoner, starring Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel kept the momentum of...

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Today's News: Our Take - Ratings: CMA Awards Leads ABC to Top Honors

Adam Bryant — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:34:00 -0500

A Taylor Swift-dominated Country Music Association Awards dominated the rest of its TV competition, according to early Nielsen estimates.

See photos of all the country stars on the red carpet

The 43rd Annual CMA Awards averaged 16.8 million viewers over its three-hour telecast and was the most-watched CMA Awards in four years. ABC also won every half-hour in the adults 18-to-49 demographic.

Although CBS ran a distant second, the lack of ABC's comedy block helped boost sitcoms The New Adventures of Old Christine (7.6 million viewers) and Gary Unmarried (7.7 million viewers). Christine pulled ...

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Today's News: Our Take - Ratings: Yankees' World Series Clincher Scores for Fox

Adam Bryant — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:59:00 -0500

The New York Yankees' World Series clincher against the Philadelphia Phillies led Fox to a Wednesday night prime-time ratings win, according to early Nielsen estimates.

Game 6 coverage averaged 22.3 million viewers and pulled a 7.4 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds, the best numbers for any World Series game since 2004 when the Boston Red Sox ended their 86-year Series drought.

Among the non-sports offerings, CBS cleaned up, but all the network's shows were off their usual marks. Criminal Minds had the most viewers on the night (12 million), followed by CSI: NY (11. 6 million). The New Adventures of Old Christine (7 million viewers) and Gary Unmarried (6.7 million) both outperformed ABC's comedy counterparts ...

Today's News: Our Take - Ratings: V Conquers in Prime-Time Invasion

Adam Bryant — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:57:00 -0500

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ABC's remake of the 1980s sci-fi miniseries V drew big numbers, the best rating for any new series premiere this season.

V attracted 13.9 million viewers, easily outperforming NCIS (Tuesday's most-watched show with 19.4 million viewers) among adults 18 to 49. It was also the best 8 o'clock debut by a new series since ABC's Lost.

The big boost from V gave ABC — which also aired a Dancing with the Stars results show (14.5 million viewers) and The Forgotten (7.6 million viewers) — a fighting chance against CBS' powerhouse Tuesday lineup. Ultimately, the Eye 's combo of NCIS: Los Angeles (15 million viewers) and The Good Wife (12 million) led the network ...

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Today's News: Our Take - Is Your Favorite Show in Danger?

Mickey O'Connor — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:02:00 -0500

It's that time of year: The networks are looking ahead to January and their midseason schedules, but some fall shows will have to be canceled to make room for the new stuff. Here's our list of 15 at-risk shows, many of which have posted significant ratings declines. Others are expensive to produce, a little long in the tooth, or just aren't performing as well as their timeslot competition — or even other shows on their own networks. Read about the issues each faces and then weigh in on which deserve to stay — or go.

(We'll keep updating the list of renewals and cancellations at the bottom of the page, so check back for the latest scheduling news.)

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