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Analyst: Broadcast Took a Pounding in Q2

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Despite the lift from time-shifted viewing, network television appears to be on the ropes, losing nearly 10 percent of its demo deliveries in the second quarter of 2012. 


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‘Smash’ Strikes a Chord With Viewers

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NBC’s dogged promotional push for its new Broadway drama, Smash, appears to have paid off, as Monday night’s premiere delivered the season’s highest ratings in the 10 p.m. slot.

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Giants-Patriots Sets a TV Ratings Record

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The NFL season that almost didn’t happen ended on a suitably triumphant note, as the instant classic rematch of the New York Giants and New England Patriots broke the all-time [...]

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Despite Declines, ‘American Idol’ Remains Dominant

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Season 11 of American Idol got off to a somewhat rocky start as the two-hour premiere failed to live up to last year’s debut.

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ABC Midseason Fail: ‘Work It’ an Idler

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ABC’s critically savaged cross-dressing comedy Work It got off to an uninspired start Tuesday night, notching a 2.0 in the 18-49 demo—down a few ticks from the premiere of the [...]

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Gang-Tackling TV’s Ratings Roster

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Television is a football-delivery mechanism that occasionally transmits the odd episode of NCIS, so it should come as no surprise that National Football League and college games accounted for the [...]