NBA Finals Deliver Sixth Consecutive Ratings Win For ABC
by Charlie Piane - June 16, 2010 ABC's exclusive coverage of The Finals Game 6 - Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers - delivered a 12.3 overnight rating, propelling the network to win the night in prime time for the sixth straight game. Tuesday's Game 6 broadcast was the highest-rated show of the night for all of television, as wa...
ABC Dominates Sunday Primetime Thanks To Game 2 Of 2010 NBA Finals
by Charlie Piane - June 07, 2010 Driven by Game 2 coverage of the 2010 NBA Finals, featuring the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, ABC turned in a convincing win on Sunday evening. According to Nielsen's preliminary time-period-based 'Fast Affiliate' ratings, ABC outpaced its nearest competition during primetime by 4.5 mil...
ABC Scores Its Top Summer Thursday In More Than 18 Years
by Charlie Piane - June 18, 2010 With coverage of the deciding Game 7 for the 2010 NBA Finals (Celtics-Lakers), ABC towered over Thursday night, beating its combined network competition (CBS, NBC, Fox and CW) during primetime by nearly 2 million viewers (18.1 million vs. 16.2 million) and by 58% in Adults 18-49 (7.1/22 vs. 4.5/14)....
ABC Family's PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Retains 100 Percent Of Premiere Audience
by Charlie Piane - June 16, 2010 On the heels of last week's record setting debut, ABC Family's hit original series 'Pretty Little Liars' bucked the trend, retaining 100% of its premiere audience in Total Viewers (2.5 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.1 million), and ranked a dominant No. 1 in its time slot versus all cable in the Adult...
NBA TV to Debut One-Hour Special on Reggie Miller, 9/7
by Caryn Robbins - August 30, 2012 NBA TV will feature an exclusive one-hour special on Reggie Miller - the five-time NBA All-Star and current TNT analyst - as part of more than 150 hours of week-long Hall of Fame coverage....
TNT Announces 2012-13 NBA Regular Season Schedule
by Caryn Robbins - July 27, 2012 Turner Sports, marking its 29th year of NBA coverage,today announced that TNT will televise 52 games during the 2012-13 NBA regular season including 10 appearances by the NBA champion Miami Heat, New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder....
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: GAME NIGHT Announces All-Star Guest Lineup
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2010 Emmy Award-winning 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' presents a special half-hour primetime show each night of the NBA Finals beginning Thursday, June 3 on ABC. Join host Jimmy Kimmel as he welcomes guests including Russell Brand, Ashton Kutcher, the cast of 'Grown Ups' -- Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, ...
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS Is The No. 1 Newscast
by Charlie Piane - June 15, 2010 "NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" was the most watched network evening newscast for the week of June 7 - 13, 2010, according to Nielsen Media Research data. During the week, 'Nightly' saw 7.526 million total viewers, +595,000 more than ABC 'World News,' 6.931 million and +2.082 million more th...
NBC's AMERICA'S GOT TALENT Holds Off Ratings Competition
by Caryn Robbins - June 06, 2012 NBC held off the competition on Tuesday with a new AMERICA'S GOT TALENT and the two-hour season premiere of 'Love in the Wild'....
CBS Thursday Line-Up Still Dominates Ratings
by Caryn Robbins - June 01, 2012 CBS proved to be the network to beat on Thursday despite its all-repeat lineup of 'The Big Bang Theory', 'Rules of Engagement', 'Person of Interest' and 'The Mentalist'...
TNT's 2011 - 12 NBA Regular Season Tips Off Christmas Day
by Caryn Robbins - December 07, 2011 Turner's 28th Season of NBA Coverage tips off Christmas Day on TNT with the Boston Celtics @ New York Knicks (Noon ET) followed by exclusive doubleheaders on December 27th and 29th....
NBC Sports Network Adds More 2012-13 College Basketball Coverage
by Tyler Peterson - November 08, 2012 NBC Sports Network has added the Governor's Holiday Hoops Classic, two additional Atlantic 10 games and three new Colonial Athletic Association matchups to its 2012-13 telecast schedule, bringing its total to more than 60 college basketball games this season. ...
Carolyn Manno Signs New Multi-Year Agreement with NBC Sports Group
by Caryn Robbins - October 03, 2012 Carolyn Manno, who joined the NBCUniversal family in August of 2009 as an anchor/reporter for Comcast SportsNet New England, and made her Olympic debut at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London as a sports desk anchor and reporter, has signed a multi-year agreement with NBC Sports Group, it was an...
ABC Wins Ratings In Viewers And Key Demographics
by Charlie Piane - June 15, 2010 ABC qualified as the No. 1 network for the 2nd week in a row among Total Viewers (8.0 million) and across all key adult demographics: AD18-34 (2.7/10), AD18-49 (2.9/9) and AD25-54 (3.1/9). Taking first place in Adults 18-49 for the 3rd time in 4 weeks, ABC (2.9/9) outdelivered second-place Fox by 45...
ANC Wins Third Straight Week In Views And Key Adult Demos
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 22, 2010 ABC Wins its 3rd Straight Week in Viewers and All Key Adult Demos, Posting its Most-Competitive Start to Summer Since at Least 1992. ABC Airs 4 of the Top 8 TV Programs for the Week in Adults 18-49, With Coverage of the 2010 NBA Finals and 'The Bachelorette'...
Shaquille O'Neal to Host Cartoon Network's HALL OF GAME Awards
by Caryn Robbins - November 04, 2011 'The Diesel,' 'Shaq Fu,' 'The Big Microphone,' Shaquille O'Neal announced today via his Twitter account that he will host the second annual Hall of Game Awards, airing on Cartoon Network in early 2012....
The Fifty/50 Screens Michael Jordan’s Greatest Playoff Games, 12/13 & 20
by Kelsey Denette - December 05, 2011 Wicker Park upscale sports bar The Fifty/50 (2047 W Division St) will show four of Michael Jordan's greatest playoff games in HD in their entirety on its 18 flatscreens with sound at 8pm on two consecutive Tuesdays (December 13 and December 20) as a warmup before the Bulls start their season....
ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live Turns in 2nd-Best Performance This Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 07, 2011 During the week of March 28, 2011, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live turned in its 2nd-best performance of the season in late-night in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49....
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS Was Most Watched Evening Newscast Week Of 5/31
by Charlie Piane - June 08, 2010 'NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams' was the most watched network evening newscast for the week of May 31 - June 6, 2010, according to Nielsen Media Research data. During the week, 'Nightly' saw 7.672 million total viewers, +754,000 more than ABC 'World News,' 6.918 million and +2.561 million more...
ABC Wins In Ratings For Week Of 5/31
by Charlie Piane - June 08, 2010 ABC won the week of May 31, 2010 in Total Viewers (7.2 million) and across all key adult demographics: AD18-34 (2.3/8), AD18-49 (2.6/8) and AD25-54 (2.8/8). Winning among Adults 18-49 for the 2nd time in 3 weeks, ABC (2.6/8) beat out second-place Fox by 30% (2.0/6), third-place NBC by 37% (1.9/6) an...
Leno Celebrates A Week on Top in Late Night Ratings
by Jessica Lewis - June 24, 2010 NBC's late-night lineup has delivered ratings wins for the week of June 14-18, with 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' out-delivering all cable and regular broadcast competition in the 11:35 p.m. ET hour in adult 18-49 viewers and total viewers. Jay beat CBS's 'Late Show with David Letterman' in every...
ABC Leads Tight Sunday Ratings Race
by Caryn Robbins - June 11, 2012 ABC (4.86 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.4, #1) won a tight race on Sunday thanks to a repeat of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (4.88 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T10) followed by week two of 'Secret Millionaire' (5.35 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.5, #T2) and 'Extreme Mak...
'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: GAME NIGHT' Primetime Specials To Air On ABC Starting 6/3
by Charlie Piane - April 26, 2010 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night' will air as special half-hour primetime shows each night of the NBA Finals, beginning Thursday, June 3 on ABC....
ABC Sees Biggest Summer Tuesday Ratings In 6 Years
by Charlie Piane - June 16, 2010 Airing Game 6 of the 2010 NBA Finals (Celtics-Lakers), ABC won its 2nd consecutive Tuesday in Total Viewers (14.7 million) and across all key Adult demos: AD18-34 (5.8/19), AD18-49 (5.7/17) and AD25-54 (5.8/16). Posting a dominant primetime victory, the Network topped its nearest competition by 6.1 ...
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: GAME NIGHT Announces All-Star Guest Lineup
by Charlie Piane - May 27, 2010 Emmy Award-winning 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' presents a special half-hour primetime show each night of the NBA Finals beginning Thursday, June 3 on ABC. Join host Jimmy Kimmel as he welcomes guests including Russell Brand, Ashton Kutcher, the cast of 'Grown Ups' -- Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, ... |