NBC Olympics Partners with 'VOICE' Winner Danielle Bradbery for Promo Campaign
by Tyler Peterson - December 10, 2013 NBC Olympics has partnered with the Emmy Award-winning program 'The Voice' to create a joint promotional campaign featuring Season Four winner Danielle Bradbery. The campaign, which debuts tonight on 'The Voice' at 9 p.m. ET on NBC, is built around Bradbery's performance of her song 'My Day,' which ...
NBC Announces 2014 Sochi Olympics Coverage
by Tyler Peterson - December 19, 2013 The biggest Winter Olympics in history, set to take place in the biggest country in the world, will receive the most U.S. coverage in Winter Games history. NBCUniversal will present more than 1,539 hours of coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia, across NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, MSNBC,...
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL to Feature Packers-Vikings Game this Week, 10/27
by Tyler Peterson - October 23, 2013 Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers (4-2) travel to Minneapolis, Minn., to take on Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings (1-5) on NBC's Sunday Night Football. Coverage begins with Football Night In America at 7 p.m. ET on NBC....
Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski Join NBC OLYMPICS IN SOCHI
by Caryn Robbins - October 23, 2013 Two-time Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, 1998 Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski, and 2006 ice dance silver medalist Tanith Belbin will join NBC Olympics for its Winter Games coverage in Sochi, Russia, it was announced today....
VIDEOS: NBC Releases New 2014 Sochi Olympics Featurettes
by Tyler Peterson - January 06, 2014 With just 30 days to go until the 2014 Sochi Olympics kick off on NBC, the network has released three new featurettes, '12 New Olympic Sports,' 'Olympians Are Just Like Us!,' and 'Olympic Trivia.' Check them out below!...
COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS Propels Hallmark Channel to Weekend Win in Key Female Demo
by Tyler Peterson - November 12, 2013 The momentum continues for Hallmark Channel's 'Countdown to Christmas' with its two recent original premieres propelling the network to rank #1 for the weekend among household rating and W25-54 rating for the second week in a row. The top holiday destination on television, Hallmark Channel follows l...
MSNBC's THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW Tops A25-54 Demo, Week of 1/6
by Tyler Peterson - January 13, 2014 “The Rachel Maddow Show” marked a big victory in the key A25-54 demo, ranking #1 at 9 p.m. among cable news networks for the week of January 6, according to data from Nielsen. Maddow finished the week with 325,000 among A25-54, topping Fox News Channel's “The Kelly File” (305,000) and CNN's 9 p.m. ...
VIDEO: Women's Ski Jumping to Make Debut at SOCHI WINTER OLYMPICS
by - December 27, 2013 Women's ski jumping will make its debut at the SOCHI WINTER OLYMPICS....
Katie Couric's Syndicated Talk Show to Go Live For Rest of Season
by TV News Desk - December 21, 2013 According to The Hollywood Reporter, Katie Couric's talk show will be filming “mostly live” for the rest of its second season. It was announced earlier this week that Couric's struggling syndicated show will officially be ending after two seasons....
NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Scores Big Ratings
by Caryn Robbins - October 22, 2013 NBC's Sunday Night Football - primetime television's #1 show - is averaging 22.7 million viewers, marking the best seven-week start for an NFL primetime package in 17 years (24.8 million in 1996 for Monday Night Football) and up 5% from last year (21.6 million average)....
NBC Slots 66th Emmys for Monday, August 25
by Tyler Peterson - January 28, 2014 The 66th Primetime Emmys® are scheduled for Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 live coast-to-coast (8-11 p.m. ET / 5-8 p.m. PT) from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. The announcement was made jointly by the Television Academy and NBC....
NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Continues to Average 22.7 Million Viewers
by Tyler Peterson - October 22, 2013 NBC's Sunday Night Football - Primetime television's #1 show - is averaging 22.7 million viewers, marking the best seven-week start for an NFL Primetime package in 17 years (24.8 million in 1996 for Monday Night Football) and up 5% from last year (21.6 million average)....
SNL Encore with Paul Rudd Takes Saturday Night in Adults 18-49
by Tyler Peterson - December 29, 2013 An encore telecast of “Saturday Night Live,' with host Paul Rudd and musical guest One Direction, averaged a 3.2/8 in household results in Nielsen's 56 metered markets and a 1.5/7 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with Local People Meters, making it the #1 telecast of the night on ABC, CBS, NBC and ...
OWN Achieves Double Digit Ratings Growth for Second Consecutive Year
by Caryn Robbins - January 02, 2014 OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network closed out 2013 on top achieving its second consecutive year of double digit growth across key demos....
TBS on Track to Win 2013 Primetime in Key Demos
by Caryn Robbins - December 11, 2013 TBS is on track to win the 2013 ratings race as basic cable's #1 network in primetime with adults 18-34 and adults 18-49....
Pulitzer-Prize Winner David Remnick to Join NBC's OLYMPICS IN SOCHI Coverage
by Caryn Robbins - December 09, 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winner David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker magazine, will join NBCUniversal's coverage of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, it was announced today....
MSNBC Beats CNN in Primetime for 5th Year
by Caryn Robbins - December 26, 2013 MSNBC will end 2013 beating CNN in the key morning and primetime time periods for the year among both total viewers and A25-54, according to data from Nielsen....
NBC's 'Best of' SNL Special Scores Near Season High Ratings
by Tyler Peterson - January 05, 2014 “SNL Best of This Season' averaged a 5.6/14 in household results in Nielsen's 56 metered markets and a 3.0/12 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with Local People Meters from midnight to 1:30 a.m. ET, making it the #1 non-sports telecast of the night on ABC, CBS and Fox in 18-49 rating in the Local P...
ABC's NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE Draws 3rd-Largest Audience Ever
by Caryn Robbins - January 02, 2014 ABC New Year's Eve Primetime (8-11pm – 9.1 million and 2.6/9 in AD18-49): With its New Year's Eve line-up, ABC finished a dominant #1 on the evening...
NBCUniversal Celebrates 100-Day Countdown to 2014 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
by Christina Raquel - October 21, 2013 NBC Olympics and the networks of NBCUniversal will celebrate 100 days from the start of the upcoming Sochi Olympics on Tuesday, Oct. 29, by introducing a new phase of their multi-platform marketing initiative, highlighted by a 20-channel promotional Roadblock in the 8 p.m. ET/PT hour....
SHARK TANK Delivers CNBC's Biggest Primetime Audience in 5 Years
by Caryn Robbins - January 09, 2014 The premiere of CNBC's SHARK TANK TUESDAYS delivered CNBC's biggest primetime audience in five years. CNBC posted its best primetime average since December 2008...
NBC & Twitter Partner for 2014 Sochi Olympics
by Tyler Peterson - February 05, 2014 NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, and Twitter will collaborate on NBC's broadcast of the XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia, to magnify the Olympic conversation on Twitter and encourage tune-in to NBCUniversal's multi-platform coverage of the Games, the two companies announ...
NBC Olympics Content Now Available Anywhere Via Two Apps for Smartphones & Tablets
by Caryn Robbins - February 04, 2014 As part of NBC Olympics' comprehensive coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia, NBC Sports Digital is providing two mobile/tablet apps that will surround the Games with live streaming content...
NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Tops Fall Primetime Season
by TV News Desk - December 31, 2013 For the fourth consecutive fall TV season, NBC's Sunday Night Football is the No. 1 show in Primetime (persons 2+ and all key adult and male demos based on Nielsen live plus same day data). This also marks the sixth consecutive fall TV season that SNF ranks No. 1 among Adults 18-49....
Edward Norton-Hosted SNL is #1 No-Sports Show of the Night
by Caryn Robbins - October 28, 2013 “SNL” was the #1 non-sports telecast of the night on the Big 4 networks... |