Big Losers, but Can Viewers Keep the Pace?
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Some find the contestantsâ drastic weigh loss on âThe Biggest Loser,â the NBC reality series, undermining for its viewers also trying to lose pounds.
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The game was a rout, the kind that causes viewers to flip to another channel long before the final buzzer.
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For the athletes in Athens, the Olympics are merely at midpoint. But for TV viewers, it's a whole new game.
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The tricky thing about being the team to watch is it's impossible to stay that way for long. Either you become an also-ran or you turn into the team to beat.
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If viewers still identify Aaron Spelling with starlets whose brassieres didn&#039;t fully rein them in, that might say as much about the viewers as it does about him.
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Television networks are learning a  harsh lesson in reality -- too many reality shows are a  turn-off for viewers.
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By Eric Gwinn, Chicago Tribune  Feb. 6--This month, TV networks are pulling out all the stops to attract audiences. The larger the audiences, the more they can charge advertisers. So, it may be harder than usual to keep up with your favorite shows. Unless you go to the networks' Web sites.
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A big loser at this year's Emmy ceremony? The Emmys broadcast, which may have been the least-watched in history. Preliminary figures from Nielsen Media Research put the audience for Sunday's show, aired on Fox, at 13.1 million viewers. That's 3 million fewer than for last year's telecast, on NBC, and less than the record low 13.8 million three years ago on ABC.
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Everyone loves a winner. But does everyone hate a loser? Not necessarily ...
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One yearâs winner can lose big in the next cycle.
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Viewers who enjoy a program are more likely than disgruntled viewers to have favorable responses to advertisements during that program.
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Some television dramas develop die-hard fans willing to take extreme measures â like buying 26,000 pounds of nuts â in the face of their showâs demise.
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Don't focus on the wrong numbers, like most TV announcers do.
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Because of the absolute glut of media outlets now in existence, especially in the realm of sports, there is a tendency to get carried away (to put it mildly) by what is happening in the here-and-now.
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"The Biggest Loser," the hit reality television show about weight loss, recently launched its fourth season on NBC by introducing 18 new -- and very obese -- contestants ready to shed pounds and perhaps win $250,000.
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By LYNN ELBER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  Sometimes a TV series needs a tuneup. Tweak the plots, juice the promotion, and it may end up a challenger in the ratings race.
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NEW YORK  - The "Biggest Loser" finale  and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" led NBC to a strong  victory Tuesday night in total viewers and adults 18-49,  according to preliminary data released Nielsen Media Research.