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It was the battle of the American Idol alumni last night and Simon Cowell took Ryan Seacrest down. Beyond that, host Seacrest was probably just glad that a $2.6 million winner was declared on The Million Second Quiz (1.4/4) and the show’s time was up after 11 days. And compared to the week before and the night before…

As the clock counts down on The Million Second Quiz (0.8/3) so seemingly do the ratings. Five nights in, the live one-hour Ryan Seacrest multi-platform game show hit a new low on Friday. On a night with no X-Factor, no Big Brother, no new So You Think You Can Dance or any other competition, MSQ was down from…

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After hitting a series low with its one-hour Season 3 premiere on Wednesday, the two-hour The X Factor (2.2/7) last night saw a 5% slip when compared hour-to-hour to the previous night’s debut. Thursday's X Factor drew a 2.0/7 in the 8-9 PM hour, whereas the Wednesday show got a 2.1/7. Night 2 actually saw a small 3%…

It was a night of beginnings and endings on Fox on Wednesday. First off, The X Factor (2.1/7) was back for a third season at 8 PM. With an "everything's good brother" and "that's the easiest 'Yes' I've ever given in my life" from Simon Cowell, the show saw returning judge Demi Lovato, new additions Paulina Rubio and…

There was no NFL but there was a lot of live TV last night. And not just President Barack Obama's 15-minute Syria speech that the networks cut to at 9 PM ET. Over on Fox, it was the Season 10 finale of So You Think You Can Dance (1.4/4) from 8-10:30 PM. Interrupted by Obama, the live show saw Nigel Lythgoe and Mary…

"Last night so many of you were playing along on your MSQ apps that you actually crashed the system," Ryan Seacrest raved at the top of tonight's Million Second Quiz — the new game show that was supposed to showcase NBC's social TV cutting-edge-ness but instead embarrassed the network in its premiere one night…

UPDATE, 3:30 PM: The final numbers are in, and it was a touchdown for ESPN last night. The sports network’s Monday Night Football doubleheader not only took Monday primetime among all broadcast and cable networks in key demos and viewers but also set some opening-game records. The Philadelphia Eagles’ 33-27 victory…

The American Idol host has closed his deal to host and executive produce NBC's upcoming live interactive game show The Million Second Quiz, which will feature contestants playing head-to-head trivia bouts inside a massive outdoor hourglass-shaped structure in midtown Manhattan and competing non-stop for a million…

The Million Second Quiz will hit the small screen on September 9 at 8 PM, NBC announced today. The contest, where time equals money, will last 1,000,000 seconds or nearly 12 days. With more than $1 million cash as the grand prize, the live competition show will air each night at in the same time slot until September…

NBC this fall will be mounting one of the most ambitious unscripted efforts ever attempted. The network has ordered The Million Second Quiz, a new live competition that combines trivia knowledge and endurance. The contest, where time equals money, will last 1,000,000 seconds or 12 days (11.57 days to be precise.) It…