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Thursday primetime finally broke free of four-way ties for the top spot after three consecutive weeks.  The latest episode of NBC Law & Order: SVU led the charge in both demo ratings and audience among non-sports titles. Helping to break the weeks-long tie was CBS’ coverage of March Madness Round 1 games. Among the…

Fox has set spring premiere dates for the return of several shows including TV’s No. 1 unscripted hit and 9-1-1 and the debut of a domino-themed competition show. Season 7 of its smash The Masked Singer will bow at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, followed by the series premiere of competition show Domino Masters. MasterChef…

Ben Watkins, known for gracing the MasterChef Junior stage with his skill and culinary knowledge, has died. He was 14. The season six MasterChef Junior contestant died Monday after a year-and-a-half long battle against cancer, Watkins’ relatives shared on social media via attorney Trent McCain. His passing comes less…

Fox has renewed Gordan Ramsay’s hit kids cooking competition series MasterChef Junior for an eighth season. Additionally, former The Chew co-host Daphne Oz is joining the reality competition series as a judge for Season 8. In the new season, the pint-sized contestants will cook a meal for diners at a historical…

NBC’s America’s Got Talent (1.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 9.75 million viewers) and Songland (1.0, 4.74M) teamed to give the network a runaway victory in primetime ratings and viewers Tuesday, a night free of NBA and NHL finals competition. Last night also saw Fox serve its last helping of MasterChef Juni…

UPDATED, 5:12 PM: Fox said tonight that it has shifted the premiere dates for Season 7 of MasterChef Junior and the series bow of reality competition series Mental Samurai for a second time in two weeks. The cooking competition now will return with a two-hour special starting at 8 p.m. March 12 — a week later than was…

Tuesday is turning into in-season reality night on Fox for the first time in almost a decade. The network has slotted Tuesday, February 26 for the Season 7 premiere of MasterChef Junior. The culinary competition series featuring talented kid chefs will air at 8 PM, replacing Lethal Weapon, whose 16-episode third…

For those family Thanksgiving gatherings that tend go south, here’s a new recipe: Let Gordon Ramsay do the yelling this year. Fox has set aMasterChef Junior: Celebrity Showdown special to air at 8 PM ET/PT on turkey day, right after its football game. Guests will include primetime stars and a couple of NFL Hall of…

At the end of a week that saw all of the Big 4 and the CW roll out their hopes for next season at the upfronts in NYC, last night saw Once Upon A Time (0.5/2) bring its Storybrooke tale to an end. As the fantasy drama concluded its seventh and final season with a royal occasion of its own, but not that Harry and…

CBS paid a price for its Meghan Markle special on Friday. The network was the night’s most watched, but lost its chance to win the night in the key 18-49 demographic when it preempted Blue Bloods for the Markle special at 10 PM. Compared to previous week's Blue Bloods in the hour, Gayle King-hosted Meghan Markle: Ameri…

CBS slipped 1/10th of a rating point at 9 PM and 10 PM in the demo, but remained the net to beat, winning its 20th Friday of the TV season in viewers and 19th in the demo. Network’s Hawaii Five-O (0.9 demo rating, 7.90 million viewers) took the night’s top demo spot; Blue Bloods (0.8, 8.70M) dominating in total…

CBS dominated Friday with Night 2 of NCAA hoops tournament play; 3-hour coverage scored a 1.2 demo rating and 4.46 million viewers. Early morning stats showed a 10% drop from 8-11 PM in metered market household ratings compared to year ago, but those very early stats are subject to significant adjustments later in…