Euphoria over specials masks deeper TV concerns

2010-03-09T12:46:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Broadcasters excited over how well specials are doing; regular shows doing less well</div><div><p>While special events are doing very well for broadcasters — capped off by an Oscars telecast that was the most-watched entertainment program in five years — their day-to-day schedules are hurting.</p><p>The Nielsen Co.

ncis paleyfest

2010-03-02T18:17:26Z

Michael Weatherly The 27th annual PaleyFest presents 'NCIS' at the Saban Theatre Los Angeles, California - 01.03.10

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Football helps NBC intercept ratings lead from CBS

2010-02-22T21:29:36Z

<div id="subtitle">NBC intercepts ratings lead from usual champ CBS with the help of NFL playoffs</div><div><p>Postseason football scored for NBC, ABC and Fox in the ratings last week, b...

Buddy cop genre revived in CBS's `NCIS' spinoff

2010-02-23T15:48:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J bring the buddy cop show back with `NCIS: Los Angeles'</div><div><p>If any series has a shot at single-handedly reviving the buddy cop genre, it's "Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J bring the buddy cop show back with `NCIS: Los Angeles'</div><div><p>If any series has a shot at single-handedly reviving the buddy cop genre, it's "Donny Osmond was a big-time television star again.</p><p>Osmond's victorious turn on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars"...

Regular series key Nielsen win for CBS

2010-02-24T00:56:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Strength in scripted series helps win the week for CBS in Nielsen TV ratings</div><div><p>CBS flexed its strength in scripted series to sail to the top of the weekly television standings.</p><p>Of the 11 most popular dramas or comedies in prime-time last week, 10 were CBS shows, the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks during a news conference at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. CBS says the real-life Navy secretary will try a different role when he ap...

WHY ALL EYEBALLS ARE ON CBS

2010-02-24T12:08:50Z

WHY ALL EYEBALLS ARE ON CBS

Everywhere you look these days, network TV executives seem to be shredding their playbooks and experimenting with their programming. The prevailing sentiment seems to be: We'll do whatever it takes to cut costs and keep viewers tuning in. Exhibit A: Jay Leno, who has stepped out from behind his late-night desk to yuck it up on

ALCS helps Fox in ratings, but CBS is still ahead

2010-02-24T13:38:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Baseball helps Fox pull up close to CBS in ratings, but not quite</div><div><p>A coast-to-coast baseball playoff series involving New York and Los Angeles almost — but not quite — enabled Fox to loosen CBS' stranglehold on the prime-time television ratings lead.</p><p>The final ga...

Another banner week for CBS

2010-02-24T16:34:39Z

<div id="subtitle">CBS dominates in Nielsens; ABC sees some success after 4 weeks of new TV season</div><div><p>If television's weekly list of the most popular programs is starting to get monotonous by the fourth week of the new TV season, that's OK by CBS.</p><p>The network was nation's most popular in p...

Is Jay Leno living on the edge?

2010-02-24T19:22:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Tough going for Jay Leno as TV season gains steam</div><div><p>If it was measured in traditional TV terms, "The Jay Leno Show" wouldn't be long for this world.</p><p>NBC's bold experiment faltered in the third week of television's new season, with none of its five editions scoring...

In its 7th season, CBS' `NCIS' hits the top spot

2010-02-24T22:07:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Now in its 7th season, CBS' `NCIS' finally hits the top spot in Nielsen ratings</div><div><p>The opposite of an overnight success, Mark Harmon's military crime-solving drama "NCIS" has ascended to the position of television's most popular scripted s...

`NCIS' ascends to top spot in ratings

2010-02-24T22:07:55Z

<div id="subtitle">After seven seasons, CBS drama `NCIS' is at the top in ratings</div><div><p>The CBS show "NCIS" is the opposite of an overnight success. Now it's hit the top.</p><p>Mark Harmon's crime-solving drama was television's most-...

CBS wins the 1st week as long TV season begins

2010-02-25T00:56:27Z

<div id="subtitle">CBS wins the 1st week, with ABC also strong in the ratings, as fall TV season begins</div><div><p>CBS began the fall season with a bang, winning the first week overall, scoring the top-rated program and premiering the most-watched new show, according to Nielsen ratings figures released Tuesday.</p>&a...

"NCIS: Los Angeles" like new version of "A-Team"

2010-02-25T04:29:00Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "NCIS," which this week starts its seventh season on CBS, seems a little old to be bearing offspring. On the other hand, the show has shown surprising ratings resilience in the ...

Julianna Margulies compelling in "Good Wife"

2010-02-25T04:51:42Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It is a fascinating question: Why do all those cheated-on political wives stand there and take it?</p><p>They always look so meek and tolerant of their husbands' infidelities. It doesn't matter whether the cheater is a Democrat or Republican or if the wife has a reputati...

CBS' `The Big Bang Theory' becoming a hit

2010-02-25T18:41:23Z

<div id="subtitle">CBS' `The Big Bang Theory' blossoming into a Monday night hit; `Mad Men' opens strong</div><div><p>It's looking like CBS has a companion hit to go with "Two and a Half Men" on Monday nights.</p><p>The audience for summer reruns of the sitcom "CBS reruns dominate prime-time television in Nielsen ratings</div><div><p>Competitions and CBS reruns ruled prime-time television.</p><p>Each of Nielsen Media Research's 11 most watched broadcast shows last week fell into one of tho...

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Another banner week for CBS

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"NCIS: Los Angeles" like new version of "A-Team"

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