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...
Fallon's 'Tonight Show' Debuts to Strong Ratings
by Caryn Robbins - February 18, 2014 The debut of 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' has generated strong sampling at a special midnight start time following late local news and NBC's coverage of the Sochi Winter Olympics....
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....
SNL with Jim Parsons Dominates Saturday Night
by Tyler Peterson - March 02, 2014 From 11:45 p.m.-1:15 a.m. ET, 'Saturday Night Live,' with host Jim Parsons and musical guest Back, averaged a 4.6/12 in household results in Nielsen's 56 metered markets and a 2.6/11 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with Local People Meters, making it the #1 telecast of the night on the Big 4 netwo...
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Hits Near Two-Year High with Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake
by Tyler Peterson - December 22, 2013 This week's edition of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by Jimmy Fallon and featuring musical guest Justin Timberlake, has generated the show's highest overnight ratings in nearly two years, according to “live plus same day” viewing figures from the 56 local markets metered by Nielsen Media Research....
NBC & NBCSN Score Big Gains Throughout Tuesday's Olympics Coverage
by Tyler Peterson - February 12, 2014 NBC and NBCSN posted sizable increases for Tuesday's Sochi Winter Olympics coverage which featured Shaun White in the snowboard halfpipe final, Erin Hamlin becoming the first American to medal in a luge singles event (bronze), the figure skating pairs' short program, the gold medal final in women's...
NBC Wraps SOCHI OLYMPICS Coverage with #1 Primetime Show
by Caryn Robbins - February 24, 2014 NBC concluded its coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia with its two primetime telecasts – the Closing Ceremony and the special Nancy & Tonya documentary – ranking #1 and #2 on broadcast television in household rating...
NBC's Sunday Night Olympics Coverage Scores 21.3 Million Viewers
by Tyler Peterson - February 17, 2014 Last night's primetime Olympics on NBC (7-11 p.m. ET) averaged 21.3 million viewers and a 12.1 household rating/19 share – more than doubling the combined primetime viewership and household rating of ABC, CBS and FOX (9.9 million viewers and 6.0 household rating), according to live plus same day fas...
NBC Wins Primetime Ratings Week of 12/23
by Caryn Robbins - December 31, 2013 NBC has won the primetime ratings week of Dec. 23-29 among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49, total viewers and every other key measure, with “Sunday Night Football” ranking #1 among primetime programs on those networks in every key ratings category....
Olympic Skiers Bode Miller & Ted Ligety to Compete in Super Combined Final Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - February 13, 2014 NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Friday, February 14 at 8 p.m. ET features the men's super combined gold medal final featuring five-time Olympic medalist Bode Miller and reigning world champion Ted Ligety -- the previous two Olympic gold medalists in the event. Als...
U.S.'s Meryl Davis & Charlie White Highlight NBC's Olympics Coverage Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - February 07, 2014 NBC's primetime coverage tomorrow, Saturday, February 8, features the ladies' and ice dance teams short programs on the second day of the inaugural team figure skating competition. 2010 Olympic silver medalists and reigning World ice dance champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White anchor a strong Amer...
Univision Ranks as No. 1 Broadcast Network for Key Nights & Demos
by Caryn Robbins - December 31, 2013 Univision ranked as the #1 Broadcast network on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night this week among Adults 18-34 outperforming ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX....
World Slalom Champ Mikaela Shiffrin to Compete in Gold Medal Final Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - February 20, 2014 NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Friday, February 21 at 8/7c is highlighted by the women's slalom gold medal final in alpine skiing where 18-year-old phenom Mikaela Shiffrin, the reigning world and World Cup champion in slalom, takes to the Sochi course for her sig...
NBC Olympics and Facebook to Collaborate on 2014 Sochi Olympics
by Caryn Robbins - January 16, 2014 NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, and Facebook, Inc., including Instagram, will collaborate on the upcoming XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia, both companies announced today....
NBC Wins Primetime Ratings Week of 12/30
by Caryn Robbins - January 07, 2014 NBC has won the primetime ratings week of Dec. 30-Jan. 5 among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49, total viewers and most other key measures....
Four-Time Olympic Medalist Yevgeny Plushenko Competes Tomorrow on NBC
by Tyler Peterson - February 12, 2014 NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Thursday, February 13 at 8 p.m. ET features the men's short figure skating program, where Russian figure skating legend Yevgeny Plushenko will have immense support from the home crowd, as he skates for his fifth Olympic medal, howe...
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,...
CNN's 'Piers Morgan Live' Ratings Dive to Second Lowest Ever
by Caryn Robbins - February 20, 2014 Piers Morgan's rocky ratings just took another dive for CNN. On Tuesday, the Brit's 9PM show had its second worst result ever in the all important adults 25-43 news demographic....
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!...
MARVEL STUDIOS: ASSEMBLING A UNIVERSE Special to Debut on ABC, 3/18
by Caryn Robbins - February 27, 2014 Join stars from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, celebrity fans, filmmakers and pop culture icons for a world premiere primetime event on TUESDAY, MARCH 18 (8:00-9:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network....
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.... |