TV Decoder Blog: TV Decoder: Nine Million Viewers for âKid Nationâ
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Not surprisingly, kids certainly seem to like &#8220;Kid Nation.&#8221; The premiere of the new CBS reality show placed first in two of Nielsen&#8217;s hard-to-measure demographics (children ages 2 to 11 and children ages 6 to 11), the network announced today, citing preliminary data. Some grown-ups were tuning in, too. The show also placed first among adults ages [...].
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The video-sharing website YouTube announced the launch here Tuesday of an international service in nine languages.
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For a service that hasn't been heavily promoted until now, WatchNow's year-to-date numbers are impressive.
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The BBC's Ten O'Clock News was watched by 4.9m viewers, while 3.8m saw ITV's revamped News at Ten, figures suggest.
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LONDON - The Athens Olympics broke global TV viewing records, with nearly 4 billion people tuning in, IOC president Jacques Rogge said Tuesday.    Rogge said 3.9 billion people watched an Olympic broadcast at least once during the Aug...
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By Wayne Ezell  Television viewers on th
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Most TV viewers who do not have cable or satellite TV will stick to broadcast programming after the switch to digital TV in February 2009.
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In recent months, an unexpected late-night surge for ABC as the audience for ÂJimmy Kimmel LiveÂ increases to 1.5 million viewers.
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This season âHouseâ has reached as many as 17.5 million viewers a week. And those numbers were scored before the show enjoyed what it will enjoy again, starting Tuesday â the adjacency to âIdol.â
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A record-breaking 6.1 million UK television watchers have used an interactive service that enables them to see a different Olympic event than the one being broadcast over the air by the BBC.
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âHollywood Weekâ on âAmerican Idolâ had a promising start on Tuesday as a two-hour edition of that Fox talent competition trounced its competitors in the ratings, drawing 29.9 million viewers, according to Nielsenâs estimates. Although Tuesdayâs âIdolâ audience grew by 2 million compared with last weekâs, the first installment of âHollywood Weekâ last year attracted 31.2 million viewers. Trailing far behind Fox in the nightâs ratings, CBS drew the second most viewers, earning a solid 11.7 million at 8 p.m. for a rerun of âNCIS.â Later in the night, however, a more modest 7.3 million viewers tuned in at 9 for the premiere of âBig Brother: âTil Death Do You Part,â the first winter edition of that CBS summer mainstay. At 10 the second season debut of âJerichoâ attracted 7.2 million viewers, tying ABCâs âBoston Legal,â but trailing a repeat of NBCâs âLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitâ (8.3 million). NBC finished third for the night while edging past CBS for second place among adults 18 to 49 thanks to âThe Biggest Loser,â from 8 to 10 (7.5 million). ABC was a distant fourth overall.
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The Patriots-Colts season opener Thursday night did a 26.8 rating (45 share) on Channel 5.
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Television viewers welcomed late-night hosts with open arms for their first night back at work in two months because of a writers strike. Jay Leno's "Tonight" show on NBC was seen by 7.2 million viewers, or 43 percent more than what he had been averaging this season before the strike took him off the air Nov. 5, according to national ratings supplied by Nielsen Media Research.
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This is a transcript from PM. The program is broadcast around Australia at 5:10pm on Radio National and 6:10pm on ABC Local Radio.
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By David Bauder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW YORK -- Charles Gibson made it into the Nielsen winner's circle for the first time, as his surging "World News" broadcast topped NBC in the hot competition for evening-news viewers.
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Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Turan  Baku, 11 December: Today, the National TV and Radio Council [NTRC] met to look into the issue of the ANS TV channel. The decision made at the meeting will be publicized at a news conference at 1700 [1300 gmt].
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NBCâs âCelebrity Apprenticeâ won Thursday nightâs ratings among adults 18 to 49. Nielsen estimated that the premiere of the latest edition of the reality show, with celebrities including the boxer Lennox Lewis, below, had 11 million viewers in the 9 oâclock hour, an improvement of almost 2 million over last seasonâs debut. NBC tied Fox for No. 1 over all, leading at 8 with âDeal or No Dealâ (13.3 million) but trailing at 10 with âERâ (9.6 million). CBS ranked third, despite drawing the largest audience of the night with a repeat of âCSIâ at 9 (13.5 million). ABC was a distant fourth.