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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Undercover Boss’ Up Strong, ‘Blue Bloods’, Touch’ & ‘Fashion Star’ Finales Down, ABC Wins Friday Night
There were finales and there were finales on Friday. Some shows, like CBS' Blue Bloods (1.1/4) and Fox's Kitchen Nightmares (1.1/4) ended their season while others ended altogether when the network hammers dropped this week. After a cycle in which it consistently took in the most viewers for its night and had solid…
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NBC’s ‘Rock Center With Brian Williams’ Cancelled
After two struggling seasons and numerous time slots, NBC has axed Rock Center With Brian Williams, the network announced today. While the consistently low-rated show will not be returning in the fall, no date has been given yet for the newsmagazine’s last telecast. Hosted by the NBC Nightly News anchor, Rock Center…
UPDATE: Lighten Up, Ari; Sends Legal Letter To NBC After Emanuel Brothers Interview
UPDATE: Ari Emanuel clearly doesn’t know when to leave well enough alone. NBC’s Rock Center With Brian Williams featured a mostly lighthearted profile of him and his two bros Friday night timed to the publication of Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir Of An American Family. Williams assembled Ari, the WME talent agency chief…
‘Harry’s Law’, ‘Rock Center’, ‘Big Miracle’ Take Humane Society Genesis Awards
The Drew Barrymore-John Krasinski feature film Big Miracle, Stephen Colbert's satirical The Colbert Report, David E. Kelley's Harry's Law, Rock Center With Brian Williams, Discovery Channel's Ivory Wars, and ABC's Nightline were among winners in news and entertainment categories presented at the Humane Society of the…
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Last Man Standing’ & ‘Malibu Country’ Season Finales Up, ‘Touch’, ‘Rock Center’ & ’20/20′ Rise
Friday night saw the season finales of ABC comedies Last Man Standing (1.6/6) and Malibu Country (1.4/5). Wrapping up its second cycle, the Tim Allen starring Last Man rose 14% from last week's show. Having moved from its first season Tuesday slot to Fridays for Season 2, the series was up 18% in total viewers from…
Apple Begins Charm Offensive Against Critics: Claims Will Start Bringing U.S. Jobs Back
Wouldn’t it be swell if the studios and networks felt the same way about their own runaway production? Apple‘s chief Tim Cook took on his Bad Apple critics in interviews this week — one airing tonight on Rock Center With Brian Williams (see the video below) and the other with Bloomberg Businessweek. Now Cook is…
‘Rock Center’ Changes Executive Producer Amid NBC News Shuffle
The NBC newsmagazine has replaced original executive producer Rome Hartman with Alex Wallace, a top lieutenant of NBC News president Steve Capus. According to an internal memo from Capus made public today, Hartman will stay on to work on special projects including the network’s presidential election coverage…
Ratings Rat Race: Very Low Start For 'Bent'
NBC’s midseason comedy Bent landed some of the best reviews for a new comedy this season. Unfortunately, that will be little consolation to the show’s producers after the romantic comedy starring Amanda Peet and David Walton premiered to dismal ratings last night: 1.0/3 in adults 18-49 and 2.82 million total viewers…
RATINGS RAT RACE: 'Person To Person' A Non-Starter, 'Family' & 'SVU' Up, 'Idol' Stable
Can we all agree that no new newsmagazine could do more than a 1 demo rating no matter how big the talent and recognizable the title and stop trying? Last night, CBS’ revival of Person To Person launched with a 1.1/3 at 8 PM. At 9 PM, NBC’s Rock Center With Brian Williams premiered in its new time slot with the same…
RATINGS RAT RACE: 'Alcatraz' Slips, 'Rock Center' Drops, 'Gossip Girl' & 'Dixie' Rise
It was another case of “when the cat’s away…” last night as Fox and ABC battled it out last night while CBS’ formidable Monday lineup was once again in repeats. But CBS wasn’t completely out — a repeat of Two And A Half Men (3.0/7 in adults 18-49, 10 million viewers) was the top-rated and most-watched program of the…
RATINGS RAT RACE: 'House' And 'The Bachelor' Rise, 'Alcatraz' Drops In Week 2
House‘s ratings upswing couldn’t have come at a better time. As conversations between Fox and Universal Television over the future of the veteran medical drama continue, House last night came back strong from a two-month hiatus. Returning to its old Monday 8 PM slot, the series starring Hugh Laurie with Melanie…
RATINGS RAT RACE: Strong Relaunch For 'Fear Factor', '2.5 Men' Hits Season Low
Viewers still love ’em worms and cockroaches. After a five-year break, NBC’s Fear Factor returned to the schedule last night with ratings the likes of which NBC has not seen in a long while. The gross-out reality series premiered with back-to-back episodes averaging a 3.1 rating/8 share in adults 18-49 (8.7 million…
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