Nielsen ratings

Superstorm wipes out New York's Nielsen ratings

NEW YORK (AP) – Superstorm Sandy has wiped out New York’s Nielsen ratings for the month of November. The company that measures television ratings said Tuesday it won’t report its New York market results for […]

2012/11/20

NBC's sampling strategy pays dividends

NEW YORK (AP) – A jump on the fall television season enabled NBC to get some of its new series sampled. The premiere episode of “Revolution,” a J.J. Abrams thriller about a world with the […]

2012/09/25

Football, talent shows and comedy give NBC a win

NEW YORK (AP) – Nielsen says football, talent shows and comedy meant a winning hand for NBC in the ratings last week. New NBC sitcoms “Go On,” “The New Normal” and “Guys With Kids” had […]

2012/09/18

Where did all of MTV's viewers go?

NEW YORK (AP) – What a difference a year makes for MTV’s “Video Music Awards” – and not in a good way. MTV’s annual big event was seen by 6.1 million viewers last week. Nielsen, […]

2012/09/11

Olympic trials, talent show give NBC ratings boost

(AP) – A combination of athletic and artistic talent carried NBC to the top of the Nielsen television ratings last week. Three editions of “America’s Got Talent” on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were the three […]

2012/07/03

History network gets rare victory over broadcast

(AP) – History’s “Hatfields & McCoys” turned back singers, dancers, reruns and anything else broadcast television networks could throw at it. The cable network special was the most-watched event in prime-time television last week, not […]

2012/06/05

Finale of 'Desperate Housewives' brings 11 million viewers to ABC on Sunday

(AP) — For one last time, a crowd turned out to watch the goings-on on Wisteria Lane. ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” drew a little more than 11 million viewers for the two-hour series finale of creator […]

2012/05/15

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