Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019

Producer Dick Wolf’s factory of “Chicago” dramas is becoming increasingly important for NBC.

Both “Chicago PD” and “Chicago Fire” scored their highest ratings in nearly two years last week with crossover episodes where they shared casts, the Nielsen company said. “Chicago Med” actually...

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019

Fired FBI acting director Andrew McCabe’s headline-making interview on CBS’ news magazine proved a TV audience grabber as well.

The program ranked as the third most-watched last week with 9.7 million people tuning in, according to Nielsen figures released Wednesday.

Viewership was...

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019

As the time approaches to say goodbye to Sheldon, Amy, Leonard, Penny and the gang, the CBS comedy “The Big Bang Theory” hit a season high in popularity last week.

The 14.2 million viewers who tuned in to Thursday’s episode will surely be topped, since television’s most popular comedy...

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019

The evening news may be one of television’s most overlooked institutions, but the programs are still looked at.

Between them, the newscasts anchored by David Muir, Lester Holt and Jeff Glor were seen by an average of 26.9 million viewers each weeknight last week. If they were seen in...

Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019

When CNN gave Chris Cuomo its 9 p.m. ET time slot last June, there was reason to fear it could be a television suicide mission.

After all, that hour is where the big dogs roam. Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow are the top two personalities in cable television....

Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019

There’s nothing like two overtime games in the NFL conference championships to keep television viewers glued to their recliners.

The New England Patriots’ thrilling victory over the Kansas City Chiefs was seen by 53.92 million viewers on Sunday, the Nielsen company said. That’s up 22...

Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019

“The Big Bang Theory” is starting to pick up ratings steam in the final stretch of its 12-year run.

The CBS sitcom was last week’s most-watched entertainment show as total viewership ticked up to a 2018-19 season high of more than 13 million, according to Nielsen figures Tuesday.

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Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019

Fox hoped to use a week when there wasn’t much else on broadcast television besides football to draw attention to its new competition “The Masked Singer.” The strategy proved sound.

The Nielsen company said that 9.37 million people watched the series debut last Wednesday. That was the...

Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019

Television ratings for New Year’s Eve celebrations took a tumble this year — and you can probably partly blame the weather.

Contrary to what the soggy celebrants in New York’s Times Square might think, it is because of good weather. Last year’s ABC’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” had its...

Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018

The 16-year-old charmer who conquered “The Voice” with her old-school country touch helped boost NBC to a weekly ratings win.

Nearly 10 million viewers watched Chevel Shepherd win the singing contest, making it last week’s most popular entertainment show. Shepherd, of Farmington, New...

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