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The Texan boys were truly back in town last night on the NFL on NBC. The network's debut Sunday Night Football (9.1/23) of the regular season saw the Dallas Cowboys best the New York Giants 36-31. With Dallas forcing turnovers to clinch the victory over Eli Manning and NY at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas and 23.25…

Cancelled in 2011 because of the lockout and knocked over to the NFL Network last year because of NBC's coverage of the 2012 London Olympics, the NFL Hall of Fame game (3.3/9) saw the Dallas Cowboys beat the Miami Dolphins 24-20 in their match up at Canton, Ohio's Fawcett Stadium on Sunday. The pregame show pulled in…

There wasn't a lot new on television Sunday night and no new drama. ABC had Secret Millionaire (1.5/5) at 8 PM, which was up 25% compared with last week. That was followed by a two-hour Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (1.5/4) which was also up 25% from the previous week. NBC had a new Dateline (1.1/4) at 7 PM…

There is not much to say when a repeat tops the primetime ratings for the broadcast networks. That was the case last night when a rerun of Fox’s Family Guy (1.6/4) finished the night as No. 1 among adults 18-49, edging ABC's originals Secret Millionaire (1.5/5) and Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (1.5/4), which…

ABC's dual premieres and the Miss USA pageant all took a hit Sunday night. The 8 PM Season 3 debut of Secret Millionaire (1.5/5) on ABC was down 56% from last year's in-season premiere. The two-hour Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (1.5/4) that followed at 9 PM shed 32% from its June 6, 2011 debut. NBC had an Adel…

ABC didn’t only pick up scripted series today. The network also renewed two unscripted series. It gave a third-season renewal to Mark Burnett’s reality series Shark Tank, which has done solid business in its second cycle, and a second-season order to promising midseason series Secret Millionaire, from Zodiak USA…

With sports offering plenty of drama yesterday between the final round of The Masters and the Yankees-Red Sox face-off on cable, entertainment programs largely took a hit. Fox’s hit comedy Family Guy (3.3/9) was the one show that held its ground, flat with its most recent original March 27. American Dad (1.6/5) at…

CBS won the ratings race last night with the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (3.3/9 in adults 18-49,  13 million viewers), which up 3% from last year in adults 18-49, up 19% in the younger 18-34 demographic and flat in total viewers. ABC’s Desperate Housewives (2.8/7, 8.8 million) returned from a…

After a solid start, ABC’s new reality series Secret Millionaire (2.7/8 in 18-49, 11.3 million viewers) was down a steep 21% in its second airing last night. The show was probably impacted by the introduction yesterday of daylight saving time which leads to ratings erosion in the earlier time slots. Indeed, all 8 PM…

Reality series Secret Millionaire started its second incarnation on American television strong, pulling a 3.3/9 in 18-49 and 12.6 million viewers in its debut on ABC last night. That was ABC’s best performance in the 8 PM hour with regular programming since March 2008 (in viewers) and November 2009 (18-49). Secret Mill…

ABC today announced its scheduling plans for new reality series Secret Millionaire, confirming Deadline’s story from October.  Secret Millionaire will premiere on Sunday, March 6, taking over the Sunday 8 PM slot regularly occupied by Extreme Makeover: Home Edition for a six-weeks. EMHE will return in the time period…

EXCLUSIVE: Secret Millionaire‘s prospects at ABC are getting better by the minute. First, the network pulled the new reality series from the low-profile Friday 8 PM slot where it was originally scheduled. Now I hear it is giving it Extreme Makeover: Home Edition‘s Sunday 8 PM time period for a six-episode midseason…