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BBC America's BEING HUMAN Season 4 to Premiere 2/25
by Caryn Robbins - January 12, 2012

Award winning and acclaimed original series Being Human returns to Supernatural Saturday for its fourth season. ...


ABC Wins Sunday Ratings With Adults 18-49
by Charlie Piane - April 26, 2010

ABC won Sunday night among Adults 18-49, beating Fox and NBC by 5% each (tied) and CBS by 28%. ...


ABC is 2nd-Most-Watched Network for Week of 9/26
by Caryn Robbins - October 04, 2011

Primetime Ratings Report For the week of September 26, 2011 (Based on National Live + Same Day Program Ratings)...


DWTS Results and V Mark Strong Year-to-Year Gains for ABC
by Charlie Piane - April 28, 2010

Once again improving its new earlier 8pm time period against Fox's American Idol, ABC's DWTS the Results Show outdrew NBC's Biggest Loser by 5.9 million viewers (12.2 million vs. 6.3 million) in the hour and tied the NBC program among Adults 18-49 (2.3/7). ABC's most-recent star of The Bachelor, Jak...


ABC Holiday Specials Are a Hit with Younger Viewers
by Caryn Robbins - December 09, 2011

From 8-9pm, ABC's holiday special Winter Wipeout: Deck the Balls beat out NBC's original comedies (Community/Parks and Recreation) by 3.0 million viewers and by 19% in Adults 18-49. The special ranked #1 in the hour with Kids 2-11, finishing as the highest-rated broadcast show of the evening. In fac...


ABC's Tuesday Gains In Ratings, Most-Watched In 7 Weeks
by Charlie Piane - May 19, 2010

With its Tuesday line-up of DWTS the Results Show, Lost and V, ABC finished #2 on the night to Fox among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 and key Men (M18-34/M18-49). Growing its overall audience for the 3rd consecutive week, ABC generated its most-watched Tuesday in 7 weeks - since 3/30/10. ...


ABC's 20/20 Draws 2nd Biggest Audience in Time Slot
by Caryn Robbins - November 18, 2011

ABC's Special '20/20' Draws the Net's 2nd Biggest Audience in the Slot in 10 months. During the 8 o'clock hour, A Special Edition of 20/20 - Regis Philbin: The Morning Maestro with Katie Couric pulled in a strong 8.0 million viewers on average, drawing ABC's biggest audience in the hour in 8 weeks ...


STAGE TUBE: Michael Ball Talks Music and Career to The Hour
by Eddie Varley - October 16, 2009

Singer and actor Michael Ball is currently on his UK tour, travelling round the country, and stopped by AM chat show 'The Hour' to cover a variety of topics including his acclaimed run in Hairspray....


May Programs Held at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2011

May flowers with activity at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum. Come stroll our grounds, delight in Spring, and enjoy one of our fabulous programs....


ABC's Shark Tank Surges to Series Highs
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 21, 2011

Growing week to week in viewers (+4%) and young adults (+6%), ABC finished as the 2nd-most-watched network on Sunday evening....


ABC's Tuesday Line-up Improves Year-to-Year for 2nd Week in a Row
by Nicolas Coburn - July 21, 2010

For the 2nd week in a row, ABC's Tuesday lineup improved on the same night last year (7/21/09) in Total Viewers (+1.6 million - 4.9 million vs. 3.3 million) and Adults 18-49 (+55% - 1.7/5 vs. 1.1/3). In fact the Net is up over the year-ago night for the 7th time in 8 weeks this summer....


ABC'S THE RIVER Debut Draws More Viewers For Its Time Slot
by Caryn Robbins - February 08, 2012

With back-to-back episodes of Last Man Standing and the series debut of THE RIVER, ABC's numbers shot up over the same Tuesday last year (an all-original schedule) by 2.2 million viewers and by 60% Adults 18-49. ...


BRAT Productions To Present THE BALD SOPRANO Every Hour On The Hour For 24 Hours On 1/22/2010
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 14, 2010

BRAT productions will be merging worlds in 2010 with their FINAL production of Eugene Ionesco's (24 HOUR) 'THE BALD SOPRANO' FRIDAY, JANUARY 22nd @ the Annenberg Center - Harold Prince Theatre 3680 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA....


WIPEOUT Gives ABC Top Summer Slot Numbers In Two Years
by Charlie Piane - June 02, 2010

Opposite stiff competition from 8-10pm, from NBC's season opener of America's Got Talent and Fox's season opener of Hell's Kitchen into an original Glee, ABC's 2-hour special preview Wipeout: Blind Date (show's 3rd season premieres in three weeks, on Tuesday 6/22 from 8-9pm) more than doubled the Ne...


ABC Sees Best Non-Oscar Sunday Ratings Since January
by Charlie Piane - May 17, 2010

Opposite CBS' special 3-hour Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains season finale coverage on the night (8-11pm), ABC earned a solid second place on Sunday in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, while ranking #1 with Women 18-34. Despite the increased competition, ABC generated its strongest non-Oscar Sunday sin...


May Programs Held at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 20, 2011

May flowers with activity at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum. Come stroll our grounds, delight in Spring, and enjoy one of our fabulous programs....


ABC's 'Wipeout' Wins 8PM Time Slot in Total Viewers
by Nicolas Coburn - July 16, 2010

ABC's 'Wipeout' won the 8 o'clock hour in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, beating its unscripted competition in the time period, CBS' 'Big Brother 12,' by 11% in viewers (7.8 million vs. 7.0 million) and by 9% in Adults 18-49 (2.5/9 vs. 2.3/9). In fact, with 'Wipeout,' ABC topped the Thursday e...


Tuesday's Ratings Are Up Year To Year For ABC For 2nd Straight Week
by Charlie Piane - April 07, 2010

With its line-up of DWTS the Results, Lost and V, ABC ranked #2 for the 2nd straight Tuesday to Fox with a 2-hour Idol among young Adults (AD18-34/AD18-49). Improving its Tuesday results year to year for the 2nd week in a row, ABC's numbers surged over the same night last year (4/7/09) by 1.0 millio...


ABC Hits Sunday Season High and Grows in Adults 18 - 49
by Caryn Robbins - November 14, 2011

Up against strong NFL-fueled competition on the evening from a high rated Sunday Night Football game (New England Patriots-NY Jets) on NBC and Fox's NFL-overrun boosted lineup, ABC grew its Adult 18-49 audience by 8% week to week, equaling a season high in the key young adult sales demo. The Net was...


ABC Builds its Thursday Numbers Year to Year in Viewers and Young Adults
by Kelsey Denette - February 18, 2011

Despite facing increased competition on the night from an 'Idol'-driven Fox this year, ABC grew its Thursday numbers year to year in viewers (+4% - 7.7 million vs. 7.4 million) and young adults (+8% - 2.7/8 vs. 2.5/7) over the same night last year (2/18/10) with all-original programming....


ABC Wins Thursday Night with Season Highs
by Caryn Robbins - January 06, 2012

Returning to its regular Thursday lineup for the first time in 8 weeks (since 11/10/11), ABC turned in a strong first-place finish on Thursday night among Adults 18-49, leading runner-up CBS by 43%. ABC also registered as the most-watched network overall on the evening....


Octavia Spencer et al to Be Featured on ABC's BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS, 2/22
by Caryn Robbins - February 16, 2012

In a city like Hollywood that can make or break dreams, the path to fame and an Oscar nomination is not always lined with gold. As the 84th annual Academy Awards ceremony draws near, ABC News' '20/20' will air a special Oscars-themed edition of the broadcast, 'Before They Were Famous,' highlighting ...


THE BACHELOR Premieres with Strong Ratings for ABC
by Caryn Robbins - January 03, 2012

On the New Year's holiday Monday with the season opener of THE BACHELOR and a special preview of Celebrity Wife Swap, ABC earned a solid second place to CBS' original lineup, beating out NBC's original schedule by wide margins with Total Viewers (+41%) and Adults 18-49 (+41%). ABC finished #1 on the...


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...


ABC's LOST and V Grow In Ratings
by Charlie Piane - May 05, 2010

ABC's Tuesday line-up of DWTS the Results Show, Lost and V, continued to deliver impressive year-to-year returns, as the Net was up over the same night last year for the 5th time in 6 weeks. ABC's numbers surged over the same Tuesday a year ago (5/5/09), also a night of all-original programming, by ...






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