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CBS Wins Prime-Time Ratings Crown Tiffany net takes the 18-49 title for the first time in 21 years

After passing NBC in the ratings race back in early February, CBS never looked back, cruising to an easy win among total viewers and the two major demographics. Per Nielsen, CBS…

May 22, 2013, 3:09 PM EDT

Sci-Fi, Comedy Dominate Fox’s Fall Schedule Network rolls out Sleepy Hollow, new Tuesday sitcoms

The boys are crashing Fox’s Tuesday night comedy block, as Seth MacFarlane’s first live-action comedy, Dads, and the Andy Samberg cop caper Brooklyn Nine-Nine will set the table for the…

May 13, 2013, 8:42 AM EDT

Fox Hopes to Get Its Mojo Back With New Prime-time Slate Kevin Reilly stocks up

In the midst of putting the finishing touches on his network’s fall prime-time schedule, Kevin Reilly is in full-on survivalist mode. The Fox entertainment chairman is stocking up on new…

May 12, 2013, 10:38 PM EDT

Why Everything You Think You Know About American Idol Is Dead Wrong Fox workhorse still a top earner

While ratings watchers last week predictably enacted the Friday morning ritual of gnashing their teeth and rending their garments over the state of American Idol, those who would suggest that…

April 30, 2013, 8:27 PM EDT

Dwight Schrute Buys the Farm Passed-over Office backdoor pilot draws record low ratings

After a three-week hiatus, NBC’s The Office returned last night in the form of the backdoor pilot to the stillborn Dwight Schrute spinoff, The Farm. If the preliminary ratings are…

March 15, 2013, 2:43 PM EDT

Fox Inks Partnership With YouTube’s WIGS Channel Female-friendly platform to serve as broadcast incubator

Fox on Tuesday announced it has entered into a multiyear pact with YouTube’s female-centric drama channel WIGS. One of the 100 or so original content channels launched by YouTube a year…

February 19, 2013, 6:46 PM EST

New Ford Fiesta Campaign Will Be Entirely User-Generated Creative for TV, print and digital to derive from social

Ford’s TV, print and digital advertising for the 2014 Fiesta model will be based on user-generated content, the auto giant announced this morning. The all-in approach to UGC is the…

February 19, 2013, 12:59 PM EST

Less Than Zero: ABC Drama Bows to Record Low Ratings Zero Hour premieres to a 1.4 in the haunted Thursday night time slot

ABC’s Thursday 8 p.m. time slot continues to be a dead spot in the network’s prime-time lineup, as the new drama series Zero Hour premiered to record low ratings. Per Nielsen…

February 15, 2013, 3:02 PM EST

NBC’s Ratings Momentum Stalls Midseason failures leave ‘Voice’-less Peacock adrift

After NBC enjoyed its strongest fall quarter in recent memory, the loss of Sunday Night Football and The Voice have erased the network’s early gains. Twenty weeks into the 2012-13 broadcast…

February 13, 2013, 5:52 AM EST

CBS 'Bangs' Up Thursday Nights, NBC's Slide Continues Grim returns for new Peacock efforts Do No Harm, 1600 Penn

CBS’ Thursday night comedy juggernaut The Big Bang Theory topped the 6.0 mark for the third time this season, running roughshod over its 8 p.m. competition. Per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, The…

February 8, 2013, 3:46 PM EST

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