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After months of speculation—and 15 years of behind-the-scenes machinations—Fox Sports on Tuesday officially announced plans to launch a national cable sports network. And while the ultimate goal is to topple…
Just as Nielsen wants to eventually broaden its TV ratings to include in-home views across electronic devices, the digital radio industry has designs on modernizing the way advertisers look at…
At the risk of stating the obvious, $105 million is a lot of money. That’s about what Comcast and NBCUniversal have shelled out on the new Syfy series and video…
Fox on Monday announced it has renewed four scripted series for 2013-14, committing to new seasons of The Following, New Girl, The Mindy Project and Raising Hope. None of these pickups…
Like a strip mall that houses an endless succession of failed take-out restaurants, some time slots are seemingly doomed to failure. And unfortunately for ABC, its Sunday 10 p.m. hour…
A special premiere of CBS’ midseason cop show Golden Boy showed little luster Tuesday night, drawing 10.6 million viewers and an unremarkable 1.8 rating in the 18-49 demo. According to preliminary…
With just two nights remaining in the period, CBS is on track to win its first February sweeps in 15 years. Per Nielsen live-plus-same-day ratings for the period spanning Jan. 31…
Viewers may have been divided on first-time Oscars host Seth MacFarlane, but the Family Guy auteur appeared to have struck a chord with Nielsen households. According to true fast national data…
Girls, it turns out, just wanna have brains. It may come as a surprise to many that the highest-rated cable show among women year to date is AMC’s The Walking Dead,…
If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, Nielsen’s plans to expand its sample to include non-linear TV deliveries is a bit like lacing up one’s…
