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NBC Rules the Broadcast Roost, but CBS Has the Most Hit Shows
With five weeks of ratings data on the books, NBC remains entrenched as the No. 1 broadcast network, while CBS can lay claim to the lion’s share of the top 20 shows. According to Nielsen...
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NFL Flex Schedule a Godsend for NBC
For NBC, the National Football League’s flex schedule rules can’t kick in soon enough. Last night’s Sunday Night Football matchup (Colts-Texans) delivered relatively modest fast national ratings,...
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Room at the Top: A Handful of New Series Break Through
It’s getting mighty crowded at the bottom of the broadcast barrel, as nearly two-thirds of the new network series are delivering less than a 2.0 rating in the dollar demo. According to Nielsen C3...
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Fox’s National NFL Games Are the Biggest Draw on TV
Sunday Night Football may rule the prime-time roost, but it’s the late national games on CBS and Fox that boast TV’s biggest deliveries. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data (Sept. 5-Dec. 9),...
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NBC Leads C3 Ratings Race as Networks Bed Down for Winter Break
With a third of the 2013-14 TV season on the books and the networks having settled down for a long winter’s nap, NBC retains a comfortable lead over the rest of the broadcast pack. According to...
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Dallas Cowboys Are Tops on TV, if Not in Your Hearts
Love ‘em or loathe ‘em—and according to a recent poll, most of us fall into the latter camp—the Dallas Cowboys always draw a crowd. So much so that five of the top 10 most-watched regular season NFL...
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Stellar Quarter for Resurgent NBC
After years of ratings deflation took the wind out of its sails—er, sales—things are looking up at NBC. Revenue at the broadcast network soared 12 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 to $2.23...
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The Walking Dead Gobbles Up TV Ratings Crown
While Sunday night’s Season 4 finale of AMC’s The Walking Dead failed to shatter the ratings record set in the season premiere, it did establish a new high-water mark for a cliff-hanger episode....
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Mind the Gap: NBCU’s Burke Looks to Make Waves in the Upfront
After spending the better part of the last 10 years at the very bottom of the broadcast ratings hierarchy, NBC is on pace to claim victory for the 2013-14 TV season. As such, the network fully expects...
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Upfront Uproar: NBC Guts Thursday Night Comedies, Shifts The Blacklist
On the verge of winning its first seasonal ratings crown in a decade, NBC still has a lot of work to do if it’s going to repeat its title run in 2014-15. To that end, the Peacock has made sweeping...
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NBC, CBS, ESPN Set 2015 Prime-time Football Schedules
With the 2015 NFL regular season matchups now set, the rights-holding networks have revealed their schedules. The NFL season kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 10 with the Pittsburgh Steelers at the New...
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NBC Wins the 2014-15 TV Season in Adults 18-49
There are still three nights to go in the 2014-15 TV season, but NBC has already declared victory, winning the September-to-May season among adults ages 18 to 49 for a second consecutive year. The...
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Sunday Night Football and Neil Patrick Harris Will Kick Off NBC’s Fall Premieres
The No. 1 network in adults 18-49 for two seasons in a row will begin defending its title on Sept. 10. That's the night Sunday Night Football—which debuts (when else?) on a Thursday night, as the...
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Which New TV Shows Are Emerging as Winners and Losers So Far This Season?
The first week of the 2015-2016 TV season is in the books. And while there are still several new shows debuting in the next few weeks (Fox premieres its two new comedies, Grandfathered and The...
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NBC Sets Fall Premiere Dates and Will Use 'The Voice' to Launch Its 3 New Series
Because NBC's No. 1 series, Sunday Night Football, stretches well past 11 p.m., the network can't use it to help any of its new shows this fall. Instead, the network is making the most of its No. 2...
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