NBC Sticking With 'Joey' As Ratings Slide
605770
NBC is sticking with "Joey" &#151; and several other new series &#151; despite modest ratings. "We knew we were going to be in for a tough year this year in the post-`Friends' era," Jeff Zucker, NBC Universal Television Group president, said Friday. "It turned out to be tougher than we expected."
90224
After a respectable debut, freshman talker "The Jane Pauley Show" has suffered a hefty slide in its ratings.
488365
CBS won the Sunday ratings  race in viewership, while NBC and Fox tied among the coveted  adults 18-49 demographic in a night of mostly repeats.
690642
ABC's "Duel" was a dud, but a good-natured singing competition on NBC engaged more television viewers in the week leading up to Christmas.
85347
NBC's broadcast of the 2004  Olympics has gotten off to as bumpy a start as the U.S. Olympic  team itself, with prime-time ratings for the first three days  of the Summer Games down slightly from four years ago,  according to figures released on Monday.
128792
Boosted by strong results from US gymnasts and swimmers, NBC&#39;s ratings for the Athens Olympics&#39; first four days have topped the disappointing viewership levels of the 2000 Sydney Games.
475038
NBC won a slim victory over second-place CBS in the ratings on Wednesday, largely because of its game-show programming at 8.
592107
By Alan Pergament  Things have gone so badly for fourth-place NBC in the last few seasons that it had to lob a Hail Mary pass and make a deal with the National Football League.
13704
Something about NBC anchors and bloggers just does not click.
33765
NBC is pulling the plug on its comedy "The Men's Room."
725486
One week into its coverage of the Athens Olympics, television network NBC has mounted a comeback in viewership worthy of U.S. gold-medal gymnasts, reversing an early slump to post ratings well ahead of four years ago.
642632
The newest edition of CBS reality hit "Survivor" got off to a mighty start against NBC comedy "Joey," beating the "Friends" spinoff and "Will & Grace" premiere in their first matchup, according to early TV ratings on Friday.
180872
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.
344646
By Chuck Barney, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 14--FOR YEARS, WHEN it came to Thursday nights, your typical TV fans could toss aside the remote control and keep their sights locked on NBC all the way up to bedtime.
741885
The audience for NBC's Emmy Awards was nothing to brag about compared to past years, but at least the Emmycast can claim a consolation prize: most-watched program of the week.
375512
The latest edition of CBS reality hit "Survivor" got off to a strong start against NBC's new comedy "Joey," soundly beating the "Friends" spinoff in TV ratings for what could mark a key prime-time turning point.
555017
"The Biggest Loser" threw its weight around for NBC on Tuesday, driving the network's nightly win on an otherwise lackluster night in primetime for the Big Four.