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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ & ‘Once Upon A Time’ Hit Lows, NCAA, ‘Red Widow’ & ‘American Dad’ Rise

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday March 25, 2013 @ 9:21am PDTTags: Celebrity Apprentice, Dateline NBC, NCAA Tournament, Red Widow, TV Ratings

In a night that saw CBS’ schedule slide due to NCAA basketball overrun, NBC’s Sunday was anchored by All-Star Celebrity Apprentice (1.5/4) from 9-11 PM. The reality show saw Team Plan B winning the latest challenge, another C-lister fired by Donald Trump, and Omarosa live to fight another week. Now in its fourth week of the cycle, the show was down 17% from last week to hit a season low. NBC started the night with a Dateline NBC (1.1/3) from 7-9 PM. Dateline actually had a season high for Sunday viewers with 6.110 million, though it was down 15% from last week for its lowest rated Sunday this season and tied a season low.

There was no NCAA Tournament scheduled on CBS’ primetime court Sunday, but in the Eastern and Central time zones, March Madness did spill over 46 minutes. That means last night’s ratings are approximate and very likely subject to change more than usual. Broadcast over CBS, TNT, TBS and TruTV, the NCAA Tournament is averaging a 6.3/14 overnight rating, marking the highest opening week for the tournament in 23 years. Last night’s primetime games (5:15-9:15 PM/8 PM-12:15 AM) were up 26% and 2%, respectively, over last year’s comparable games. Despite the overrun (4.1/13) and the primetime slide, CBS fielded a full squad starting with 60 Minutes (2.7/8); the newsmagazine started around 7:45 PM. The Amazing Race (2.3/6) was followed by The Good Wife (1.8/4), which had a guest appearance by Matthew Perry. The Mentalist (1.5/4) ended the unpredictable night for the network. CBS won the night in total viewers and the adults 18-49 demographic. READ MORE »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Fringe’ Surges, ’20/20′ And ‘Dateline’ Up With Connecticut Shooting Coverage

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Saturday December 15, 2012 @ 9:29am PSTTags: 20/20, Connecticut school shooting, Dateline NBC, Fringe, TV Ratings

If last night’s numbers are any indication, Fox’s Fringe (1.1/3) looks to be ending its run on a rise, at least for 2012. On its second to last episode of the year and its fifth to … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘The Bachelorette’ Finale & ‘Dateline’ Up, ‘Teen Choice Awards’ Flat, ‘Big Brother’ Down

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday July 23, 2012 @ 9:05am PDTTags: Big Brother, Dateline NBC, Ratings, The Bachelorette

Bachelorette Ratings FinaleSunday night saw the season finale of ABC’s The Bachelorette (3.0/9), which was up 7% from last year’s August 1 finale as this year’s bachelorette Emily Maynard chose entrepreneur Jeff Holm over race-car driver Arie Luyendyk Jr. The live Bachelorette: After The Final Rose (3.2/9 ) that aired at 10:02 PM was up 14% from last year. For CBS’ Big Brother (1.9/6), the news wasn’t so good: The reality series was down 17% from last Sunday. On Fox, there was Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and much more for the live Teen Choice 2012 (1.1/3) awards, flat from a year ago. On a weekend where news focused on The Dark Knight Rises shooting tragedy in Colorado, Dateline NBC (1.0/3) had a two-hour episode from 7-9 PM, the newsmagazine show was up 25% from last week. That was followed by a two-hour encore broadcast of America’s Got Talent (0.8/2). ABC won the night in adults 18-49 and total viewers. Read More »

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Lester Holt Replaces Ann Curry As ‘Dateline NBC’ Principal Anchor

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday September 19, 2011 @ 7:59am PDTTags: Dateline NBC

NEW YORK – September 19, 2011 – NBC News announced today that Lester Holt has been named principal anchor of “Dateline NBC.” Launched in 1992, the signature primetime broadcast, best known for its high-quality reporting, investigative features, breaking news and newsmaker profiles, is celebrating 20 years this season. The announcement was made today by NBC News President Steve Capus and is effective Friday, September 23, 2011.

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Same Name’ Premiere Soft

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday July 25, 2011 @ 9:35am PDTTags: Big Brother, Dateline NBC, Ratings Rat Race, Same Name, The Marriage Ref, TV Ratings
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CBS’ Big Brother (2.4/7 among adults 18-49) topped the mostly rerun competition on Sunday in the 18-49 demographic. It was even with last week. But CBS’ new reality series Same Name (1.5/4), featuring celebrities and ordinary people sharing the … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ABC & CBS Split Labor Day Monday

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 7, 2010 @ 9:06am PDTTags: ABC Ratings, Bachelor Pad, CBS Ratings, CSI: Miami, Dateline NBC, Dating In The Dark, Ratings, The Big Bang Theory, TV Ratings, Two and a Half Men
Nellie Andreeva

ABC and CBS finished tied for first place in the adults 18-49 demographic last night with a 1.7 rating/5 share. (CBS had the advantage in total viewers, 6.1 million vs. 4.8 million). CBS’ flagship comedies The Big Bang Theory (2.2/6 among adults 18-49, 7.6 million viewers overall) and Two and … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Fox Wins Another Sunday With Comedy Repeats

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday August 2, 2010 @ 9:02am PDTTags: ABC Ratings, Big Brother, CBS Ratings, Dateline NBC, Family Guy, Ratings, Scoundrels, Sons of Tucson, The Gates, TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

Fox’s comedy repeats, led by back-to-back Family Guy episodes (2.2/6) at 9 PM, won another slow Sunday. ABC’s original drama Scoundrels (0.7/2), was up a tenth from last week’s low, edging Fox’s original Sons of Tucson (0.6/2) and NBC’s Dateline (0.6/2), which ranked as the lowest-rated programs of the night. … Read More »

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Martin Bashir Gets A Show On MSNBC

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 22, 2010 @ 8:58am PDTTags: Cable News, Cable TV, CNN Piers Morgan, Dateline NBC, Larry King Live Piers Morgan, Nightline, Talk Show
Nellie Andreeva

British talk show hosts seem to be hot commodity for cable news networks these days. As CNN is reportedly pursuing Piers Morgan to replace Larry King, MSNBC has lured Nightline co-anchor Martin Bashir to anchor his own daily afternoon show and a contribute to NBC’s primetime newsmagazine Dateline NBC. Bashir, who … Read More »

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