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RATINGS RAT RACE: ABC, Only Net That Stayed With News Coverage, Poised To Win

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday May 2, 2011 @ 9:15am PDTTags: ABC News, Celebrity Apprentice, Desperate Housewives, Ratings Rat Race, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

In the big scheme of things — we finally got Osama bin Laden! — TV ratings for last night are not that important, but it is interesting to note that ABC, the only network that didn’t return to its regular lineup after President Obama’s address, is No. 1 for the night in adults 18-49 in the fast nationals with a 2.5/7, vs. 2.4/7 for NBC. The Big 3 networks all interrupted their regular programming at about 10:45 PM ET (7:45 PM PT) and stayed with the news story through midnight ET/9 PM PT, when CBS News and NBC News signed off and the two networks aired new The Amazing Race (Undercover Boss was pushed to 10 PM) and Celebrity Apprentice on the West Coast. (The conclusion of Celebrity Apprentice was interrupted on the East Coast.) ABC continued with news coverage for another hour, pushing its new Desperate Housewives to 10 PM on the West Coast. In the fast nationals, ABC won the 9 PM hour with a 3.0/7 (tied with NBC) in 18-49 and 10.1 million viewers, winning that race by a wide margin.

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Everyone Was Down Sunday, ‘Undercover Boss’ The Most

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday April 18, 2011 @ 9:46am PDTTags: 60 Minutes, America's Next Great Restaurant, American Dad!, Brothers and Sisters, Celebrity Apprentice, CSI:Miami, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Family Guy, Ratings Rat Race, The Amazing Race, The Cleveland Show, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

Maybe it was it ESPN’s and TNT’s coverage of Game 1 of the NBA playoffs and MLB or it was too many original offerings on cable, including the premieres of HBO’s Game of Thrones and USA’s Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe, but the broadcast networks took a serious beating last night. How bad was it? The highest-rated network in adults 18-49, ABC, drew a 2.0/6 demo rating. That’s with an all-original lineup.

Series were down across the board. ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was low in its return from a two-month hiatus to make room for Secret Millionaire. The veteran reality series pulled in a 1.9/5, down 21% from its last fresh episode Feb. 20. Desperate Housewives (2.7/7) was down 7% from its last original two weeks ago to tie its series low. Brothers and Sisters (1.7/4) was down 6% from last week’s two-hour episode and is also tied as a series low.

Following 60 Minutes (1.3/5), which was down 41% from last week, when CBS’ primetime was boosted by Masters golf overrun, The Amazing Race (2.3/7) was down 21%. Undercover Boss (1.9/5) posted the steepest decline for any program last night, 39%, for a series low. CSI: Miami (2.2/5) held well under the circumstances, down only 4%. CBS (1.9/5, 9.5 million) finished No. 1 in total viewers for the night and tied for second place in 18-49 with Fox. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Most Series Fall

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday April 11, 2011 @ 9:34am PDTTags: 60 Minutes, ABC Ratings, America's Next Great Restaurant, American Dad!, Bob's Burgers, Brothers and Sisters, CBS Ratings, Celebrity Apprentice, CSI:Miami, Dateline, Family Guy, Fox Ratings, Ratings Rat Race, Secret Millionaire, The Amazing Race, The Cleveland Show, The Masters, The Simpsons, TV, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

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 … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Hits Season High

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 28, 2011 @ 9:41am PDTTags: 60 Minutes, America's Funniest Home Videos, America's Next Great Restaurant, American Dad!, Bob's Burgers, Celebrity Apprentice, CSI:Miami, Ratings Rat Race, The Amazing Race, The Simpsons, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

A 17-minute NCAA overrun pushed the start of CBS’ primetime lineup, so the network’s ratings are approximate. From 7-8 PM, basketball and 60 Minutes averaged a 3.7/12 in adults 18-49. At 8 PM, 60 Minutes/The Amazing Race drew a 3.1/9. … Read More »

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CBS Renews ‘Amazing Race’ & ‘Undercover Boss’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday March 27, 2011 @ 8:00pm PDTTags: CBS, The Amazing Race, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

CBS has renewed its two Sunday reality series, The Amazing Race and Undercover Boss, for next season.
The Amazing Race, hosted by Phil Keoghan, is being picked up for a 19th cycle next fall. The recent fall edition of the 7-time … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Secret Millionaire’ Down, ‘CSI: Miami’ & ‘The Cleveland Show’ Up As Daylight Saving Time Begins

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 14, 2011 @ 9:28am PDTTags: Celebrity Apprentice, CSI: Miami, Ratings, Secret Millionaire, The Cleveland Show, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

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 … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Amazing Race’ Starts Slow On Slow Presidents Weekend Sunday

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 21, 2011 @ 10:25am PSTTags: ABC Ratings, American Dad!, Brothers and Sisters, CBS Ratings, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Family Guy, Fox Ratings, NBC Ratings, Ratings Rat Race, The Amazing Race, The Cleveland Show, TV, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

Fox’s comedy block edged out competition on a quiet Sunday night, which was probably impacted by viewers’ Presidents Day weekend-related activities. It was a photo finish demo race, with Fox averaging a 2.4/7 in 18-49, ABC a 2.3/7 and CBS … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Golden Globes On Par With Last Year, ‘Housewives’ Hits Low

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 17, 2011 @ 8:32am PSTTags: 60 Minutes, 68th Golden Globe Awards Broadcast, ABC Ratings, Bob's Burgers, CBS Ratings, Fox Ratings, NBC Ratings, NFL Playoffs Ratings, Ratings Rat Race, The Simpsons, TV, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATED: The Golden Globes last night were an award show producers’ dream, with a hugely popular movie (The Social Network) and series (Glee) dominating the awards. Did that translate into ratings? According to NBC’s time zone-adjusted fast nationals, last night’s … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: NBC Wins With ‘Sunday Night Football’, ABC’s Lineup Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 3, 2011 @ 10:10am PSTTags: ABC Ratings, America's Funniest Home Videos, CBS Ratings, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Fox Ratings, NBC Ratings, NBC Sunday Night Football, Ratings Rat Race, Sunday Night Football Ratings, TV, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

Once again, 3 of the 4 major networks, NBC, CBS and Fox, got a ratings boost from football on Sunday, and once again NBC easily topped the night with Sunday Night Football. SNF is wrapping its red-hot season in style, … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Undercover Boss’ And ‘Brothers & Sisters’ Tie Series Lows

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday December 6, 2010 @ 9:35am PSTTags: ABC Ratings, American Dad!, Brothers & Sisters, CBS Ratings, CSI: Miami, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Fox Ratings, NBC Ratings, NBC Sunday Night Football, Ratings Rat Race, Sunday Night Football Ratings, The Cleveland Show, The Simpsons, TV, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

I’m thinking of dropping “race” from the headline of the Sunday ratings story until the end of the NFL season because there is not much of a race on the night that is dominated by football. NBC’s Sunday Night Football … Read More »

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CBS’ Nancy Tellem Joins All3Media Board

By TIM ADLER in London | Sunday November 28, 2010 @ 2:43am PSTTags: All3Media, Nancy Tellem, Skins, TV, UK TV, Undercover Boss

The ex-president of the CBS Network Television Group who’s now a CBS Inc consultant has become a non-executive director of the UK’s largest group of independent production companies. Tellem joins All3Media at an interesting time. The company is the last big independent … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Football Rules On NBC While AMAs Hit Low On ABC

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 22, 2010 @ 9:24am PSTTags: 60 Minutes, ABC Ratings, American Dad!, CBS Ratings, CSI: Miami, Family Guy, Fox Ratings, NBC Ratings, Ratings Rat Race, Sunday Night Football, Sunday Night Football Ratings, The Amazing Race, The Simpsons, TV, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

Sunday Night Football‘s sizzling season continued with another highly-rated game last night. The Giants-Eagles face-off drew a 15.9 overnight rating/24 share, easily winning the night for NBC. That was up 31% from last year’s Week 11 game and the best … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘SNF’ Wins, ‘Undercover Boss’ & ‘CSI: Miami’ Hit Lows

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 15, 2010 @ 9:56am PSTTags: 60 Minutes, ABC Ratings, American Dad!, Brothers & Sisters, CBS Ratings, CSI: Miami, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Family Guy, Fox Ratings, NBC Ratings, NBC Sunday Night Football, Ratings Rat Race, Sunday Night Football, The Amazing Race, The Cleveland Show, The Simpsons, TV, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

With football season heading into the home stretch, NBC’s Sunday Night Football last night had another strong showing with a 14.2 household rating. NBC dominated the night as it has done every Sunday this season, with viewership for the game … Read More »

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Studio Lambert Partners With Indie UK Producer

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 9, 2010 @ 8:33am PSTTags: Beauty and the Beast, Eli Holzman, Stephen Lambert, Studio Lambert, TV, TV Deals, Undercover Boss
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RATINGS RAT RACE: ABC, Fox Post Gains Against Football-Boosted NBC & CBS

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 8, 2010 @ 9:16am PSTTags: 60 Minutes, ABC Ratings, American Dad!, Brothers & Sisters, CBS Ratings, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Family Guy, Fox Ratings, NBC Ratings, NBC Sunday Night Football, Ratings Rat Race, Sunday Night Football, The Cleveland Show, The Simpsons, TV, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

Football ruled Sunday ratings once again with NBC’s Sunday Night Football and CBS’ football overrun towering over the primetime competition. But there was a good story on the entertainment side for ABC and Fox whose lineups were up across-the-board by double digits. … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Football Rules Sunday

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 25, 2010 @ 9:17am PDTTags: 60 Minutes, ABC Ratings, America's Funniest Home Videos, Brothers & Sisters, CBS Ratings, CSI: Miami, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Fox Ratings, NBC Ratings, Ratings, The Amazing Race, TV, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATE 10 PM: NBC just released the overnight ratings for last night’s Sunday Night Football game between the Minnesota Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers. It scored a big 16.0/25 rating, the best for an October NFL primetime game in 12 years, since, coincidentally, another matchup between the Minnesota and Green … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Football Tops Baseball, ‘Undercover Boss’ Hits Low

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 18, 2010 @ 9:12am PDTTags: 60 Minutes, ABC Ratings, Brothers & Sisters, CBS Ratings, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Fox Cablevision Carriage Dispute, Fox Ratings, NBC Ratings, NBC Sunday Night Football, Ratings, The Amazing Race, TV, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

With Fox’s reach hampered by its ongoing carriage dispute with Cablevision that has the network blacked out in some 3 million Cablevision homes in the country’s top market, New York, NBC’s Sunday Night Football delivered its best primetime overnight rating against a Major League Baseball League Championship Series in 13 years. SNF, featuring the Indianapolis Colts 27-24 win over the Washington Redskins, earned a 13.2/20, up 10% from last year’s Week 6 game and more than doubling the overnight rating for MLB’s NLCS Game 2 (6.5/10) on Fox, in which the Philadelphia Phillies won over the San Francisco Giants. That despite the fact that Fox’s baseball coverage benefitted from a strong lead-in, an NFL overrun. NBC is expected to once again easily top Sunday night’s ratings. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Football Rules Again While ‘Desperate Housewives’ Hits Fall Low

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 11, 2010 @ 9:01am PDTTags: 60 Minutes, ABC Ratings, American Dad!, Brothers & Sisters, CBS Ratings, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Family Guy, Fox Ratings, NBC Ratings, NBC Sunday Night Football, Ratings, The Cleveland Show, The Simpsons, TV, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

With CBS and Fox alternating in getting football overruns, the only networks with fair week-to-week comparisons are NBC and ABC. For CBS and Fox, ratings gains the week the network has a football overrun are followed by a decline the following week. (with the exception of CBS’ Undercover Boss, which does better with no overrun as football pushes its start time to 10-11 PM.) NBC was solid with football last night, while ABC’s lineup showed across-the-board erosion. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Football Rules Again, ‘Boss’ Rises & ‘CSI: Miami’ Transitions

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 4, 2010 @ 9:17am PDTTags: ABC Ratings, American Dad!, Brothers & Sisters, CBS Ratings, CSI: Miami, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Fox Ratings, NBC Ratings, Ratings, The Amazing Race, The Cleveland Show, The Simpsons, TV Ratings, Undercover Boss
Nellie Andreeva

NFL football is expected to once again determine the ratings winner and runner-up on Sunday, with NBC logging another No. 1 finish with Sunday Night Football and Fox taking the silver thanks to a football overrun. But there was good news elsewhere too: CBS’ Undercover Boss got a Week 2 ratings bump, the network’s veteran crime drama CSI: Miami had a solid debut in its new Sunday 10 PM slot while ABC’s lineup held steady week-to-week.

NBC’s coverage of the New York Giants’ 17-3 victory over the Chicago Bears drew a 14.2 overnight rating/22 share, the best for an NFL primetime game in October since 2000. The network is expected to handily win Sunday night in both adults 18-49 and total viewers, with viewership for the game likely to exceed 20 million.

Without a football overrun-inflated 60 Minutes lead-in, CBS’ The Amazing Race (3.3/9) was down 13% from its 2-hour premiere last week. Undercover Boss (4.0/9), which featured its first female CEO last night, was up 5% from last week’s debut. At 10 PM, the season premiere of CSI: Miami (3.2/8) was down 26% from the last season debut in the Monday 10 PM slot but improved the Sunday time period by 52% vs. the season premiere of Cold Case last fall.

ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2.5/7) and Desperate Housewives (4.3/10) were flat from last week’s season premieres, a sold accomplishment in Week 2 when most series drop. (Desperate Housewives may inch up in the finals.) And at 10 PM, Read More »

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