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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit will return to broadcast syndication in fall 2021, airing on local TV stations five days a week. Along with announcing that news, NBCUniversal also said it has sold Dateline in more than 75% of the U.S. in its fifth syndicated season. For 2021, SVU has already been sold in 60% of the…

Keith Raniere, the leader of the alleged sex cult NXIVM, has given an interview which aired on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt tonight and will also be featured on the network’s Dateline. In the interview, Raniere denies his convictions for sex trafficking, racketeering and possession of child pornography. Raniere…

CBS’ Thursday edition of Big Brother finished as primetime’s top-rated show with a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.00 million viewers (Live+Same Day), while facing stiff competition with the season premieres of ABC’s game show block. As a result, the two networks tied for the top spot in the demo…

Ask Dateline's Josh Mankiewicz and Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz what the biggest misperception people have about their family, sometimes referred to as Hollywood royalty, and they have a quick answer. "That we were rich," says Josh. "That is a pretty significant one," says Ben. Their grandfather, who…

The night before a major holiday is normally Death Valley for programming. Despite the lockdown limiting outside activities, this year proved no exception, as reruns, repeats and encore performances kept the Friday overall numbers down on the evening. Reruns of ABC’s Shark Tank and NBC’s two-hour Dateline, plus a new…

In what is perhaps television’s most COVID-19-proof schedule for 2020-21, Fox’s MyNetworkTV is welcoming back an array of off-net staples and adding even more Dateline and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Unlike its corporate siblings at the Fox broadcast network, which is contending with coronavirus on the live sports…

Fox’s WWE SmackDown maintained its spot as the top-rated program in Friday primetime, topping the competition last night with a 0.7 rating in the adults-18-49 demographic and 2.41 million viewers. The two-hour show was even with its return to the schedule last week, and gave the network the overall victory in the…

For many, Friday night is Date Night. For NBC, Friday night was Dateline’s night, as the news show topped the 18-49 demo wars for the evening, coming in at 0.6/4 and 3.39 million viewers. Combine that with American Ninja Warrior’s strong 0.5/4 and 2.54 million for its 8-10 PM encore, and NBC breezed to the top of the…

It looks like audiences are invested in Hannah finding true (or temporary) love in this season of ABC’s The Bachelorette, as the reality dating competition series held steady to take the top spot in Monday’s primetime ratings with a 1.5 rating and 5.66 million viewers in the adults 18-49 demographic. Meanwhile, The Cod…

It’s a back-to-back Friday night victory for NBC’s Dateline, as the newsmag held steady over last week and once again topped the evening’s demo wars with an 0.6/4 and 3.26 million viewers, helping the peacock network to an overall victory over its rivals. The Dateline triumph was helped by a strong lead-in from America…

ABC’s The Bachelorette (1.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 5.6 million viewers) scored a season high in eyeballs Monday, sweeping primetime’s top spots in viewers and the demo to give ABC the overall victory in Nielsen’s fast nationals. The two-hour Bachelorette was even in the demo compared with last week…

NBC and Dateline continued their dominance of the Friday night ratings this week, repeating their previous victory. The NBC investigative series won top honors for the night, scoring an 0.8/4 ratings/share for the two-hour broadcast starting at 9 PM. The show also had a 4.76 million total audience. That meant a…