ABC summer staple Rookie Blue is turning in its badge and gun as the Toronto-set cop series is ending after six seasons. A Canadian production of IFC Films and eOne, Rookie Blue started off focusing on the personal and professional lives of five rookie cops in the 15th Division. As the series progressed, they still…

There was a lot of football around on Thursday. For one, Tom Brady saw his four-game Deflategate suspension overturned by a federal judge – though the NFL says it will appeal. Then there were those preseason games all over the TV schedule. The Seattle Seahawks ended their preseason run with a 31-21 win over the…

As we await the programming flood of the upcoming season, last night was a bit of a roller coaster on primetime. While Big Brother (2.0/7), the top rated and second most watched (6.34 million) show of the night, was even among adults 18-49 with its August 20 show, lead-out Under The Dome (0.9/3) saw a nice rise. Up…

It was a busy Thursday last night with all of the Big 4 networks offering all-original lineups. Showing how far the networks have gone from the old notion of summer as a place for reruns, there were 10 original series on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and the CW last night, including a whopping 8 original dramas. Returning for a…

Television is barreling towards the Emmys on Monday, but on primetime last night a few other conclusions were reached as summer winds down. With a two-hour Season 5 finale, ABC's Rookie Blue (1.1/4) was full of explosions to happen and potential buns in the oven. The anticipation on the Canadian import police drama…

Between NFL preseason pre-emptions in major markets across the country and President Obama's announcement of military action to address the deteriorating situation in Iraq, last night's primetime was all over the shop. All the preliminary ratings will see adjustments when the final numbers come out later today. Related…

The CW's broadcast of the Critics Choice TV Awards last night clocked a 0.3/1 demo rating. Fox was the night's highest-rated broadcast network in the demo (1.3/5), thanks in large measure to Hell's Kitchen (1.8/7, 4.93 million viewers) which posted its best demo results in nearly three months and ranked as the night's…

ION Television has acquired series Rookie Blue from the Disney-ABC Television Group. The Canadian police drama has been airing in the U.S. on ABC where the most recent fourth season averaged 7.0 million total viewers, up 13% from season 3. Season 5 premieres on ABC in June. The series, about the personal and…

Following the decision to push limited drama series Astronaut Wives Club to midseason, ABC is reshuffling its summer schedule, which was to feature AWC in the Thursday 9 PM slot starting July 24. Rookie Blue, originally slated to premiere on July 17 and air in the Thursday 10 PM slot, paired with AWC, will now slide…

Comedy repeats and badly behaved Big Brother residents put CBS on top in the ratings Thursday night, in the demo and overall crowd. CBS' lineup is still being blacked out by Time Warner Cable in three of the country's top 5 TV markets, and last night its lineup was pre-empted in Boston for an NFL preseason game. NBC…

ABC gave its Toronto-set cop drama an early renewal today, shrugging off the show's season-low numbers from last week. Instead, the network pointed out that Rookie Blue is the summer's No. 1 show in total viewers for its 10PM Thursday slot, resulting in its most-watched season since 2010. Produced in the Great White…

The 2012-2013 TV season ended on Wednesday and here comes the new shows. With the exception of season winner CBS, who ran repeats last night, everyone had a premiere on Thursday. Having said that, CBS's The Big Bang Theory (2.2/6) was the highest rated and most watched show of the night with 8.84 million viewers. On…