Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020

Led by the reliable "60 Minutes" on CBS, news programming dominated the television rankings on a quiet week in mid-August.

Nine of the 20 most popular programs were news or commentary shows, eight of them on Fox News Channel, the Nielsen company said.

CBS was the most popular...

Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2020

Perhaps sensing the abbreviated season might not last long, television viewers welcomed baseball back with open arms from its coronavirus hiatus.

ESPN's coverage of the first game back, between the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals last Thursday, was the most-watched regular...

Wednesday, Jul. 15, 2020

CBS Television and the NAACP has reached an agreement to develop content to further tell stories of the African American experience.

The television studio and civil rights organization announced the multi-year agreement in a joint statement Wednesday. The partnership will focus on...

Wednesday, May. 27, 2020

The winner, and still champion, is CBS.

The Tiffany network finished the traditional television season, which ended last week, as the most-watched broadcaster for the 12th consecutive year, the Nielsen company said.

CBS has won 17 of the last 18 years, the lone exception coming...

Tuesday, May. 19, 2020

CBS said it plans a fall schedule that's a close match to last season, but the network is keeping a watchful eye on when the industry will emerge from its virus-caused production shutdown.

The majority of the network's returning shows will be back in the time slots they held in the 2019-...

Tuesday, May. 12, 2020

"60 Minutes" managed to win the week's ratings competition and attract the attention of President Donald Trump on the same week.

With 9.5 million viewers Sunday, "60 Minutes" was easily the week's most-watched primetime program, the Nielsen company said. The newsmagazine has been...

Sunday, May. 3, 2020

The legal drama "All Rise" has become the first U.S. scripted television series to adapt the the pandemic by producing an episode remotely, enlisting its stars to work from home on their own makeup, set design and lighting. 

The season finale, airing Monday night on CBS, finds Simone...

Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2020

Two television shows that were saying farewell last week — one permanently and the other for a few months — may have gained more viewers as people stayed home last week because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The final episode of CBS' "Hawaii Five-0" and the season finale of ABC's "The Good...

Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2020

CBS' courtroom drama series "All Rise" is resuming production with an episode reflecting the coronavirus crisis in the lives of its characters, the network said Monday.

The episode will follow social distancing rules and be taped remotely using social media and other digital technology,...

Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2020

For the second straight week, politics was the dominant force in primetime television.

CBS News' coverage of the Democratic presidential debate from South Carolina last week was easily the most-watched event on television, with 15.34 million viewers. The newsmagazine "60 Minutes," which...

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