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The 5,000th episode of ABC’s The View was the show’s most-watched telecast (3.021 million) in more than six months (since April 26). And something tells me it wasn’t because of the anniversary cake. The Nov. 7 episode featured guests Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, former Fox News personality Kimberly Guilfoyle…

Fox’s freshman familial crime procedural Prodigal Son gained a tenth from last week, earning a 0.8 rating in adults 18-49 demographic and 3.39 million viewers Monday in primetime. It teamed with the night’s top-rated program 9-1-1 (1.3, 6.47M) to give the network the overall victory in the demo. Meanwhile, ratings…

The 2019 E! People's Choice Awards drew an average of 1.8 million viewers Sunday across the cable networks of NBCUniversal, E!, Bravo, SyFy and USA Network. That was up 9% (+142,000) from last year’s debut of the awards franchise on the four NBCU networks (L+SD). Fueling the rise in viewership was People’s Choice Award…

ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke said Monday that ABC will no longer be sending out Nielsen Live+Same Day ratings figures for the network’s programming that isn’t live. The new policy begins tomorrow. Exempt from it is the network’s live programming like sports, or the recent The Little Mermaid Live!, which…

UPDATE, 1:25 PM: Almost nobody loves statistics like NFL fans, and the league and NBC have one for you today straight outta Sunday Night Football. The final numbers are in for last night's white knuckler between the ultimately victorious Minnesota Vikings and the Dallas Cowboys – and they look good indeed when it…

His Dark Materials got off to a sparkling start for both the BBC and HBO last week, but lost a little of its shine on its second outing on British television on Sunday night. The Bad Wolf drama — penned by Jack Thorne and starring Ruth Wilson as the callous Mrs Coulter — was watched by 5.7M viewers at 8PM on BBC One…

The Oakland Raiders’ 26-24 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers came down to the final two minutes, helping keep Fox’s Thursday Night Football interesting with a primetime-best 2.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 9.42 million viewers. Those early numbers are mostly even with the season-low-hovering results…

Apple entered the streaming fray last Friday with the launch of Apple TV+, rolling out a handful of original series, including The Morning Show, For All Mankind, See and Dickinson as well as a couple of kids shows, led by Snoopy In Space. Days later, Apple has officially confirmed Season 2 renewals for Ron Moore’s  For…

Fox’s The Masked Singer returned from its stint on the bench thanks to the World Series in fine fashion Wednesday, with its special two-hour block finishing as primetime’s top-rated program. Meanwhile, NBC’s Chicago trio were the the most-watched shows in each of their respective hours. The results gave Fox the easy…

Live action-feature presentation hybrid The Little Mermaid Live! won Tuesday night in broadcast primetime, bringing its “Under the Sea” magic to ABC. The Disney musical event earned a 2.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 8.98 million viewers who tuned in to see Auliʻi Cravalho play the iconic Disney princess…

The dæmons were out last night with the debut of His Dark Materials on HBO. Animal manifestations of the human soul, repressive theology, the multiverse, a sprinkling of streampunk and the search for a missing friend kicked off the premium cabler's adaptation of Philip Pullman's novels last night with a bit of a roar…

In their first of a primetime NFL doubleheader this week, the Dallas Cowboys nicely delivered for the league and ESPN on Monday Night Football. With the comeback drama football fans love, a precocious appearance on the field by a black cat, that one-handed grab by Golden Tate and Michael Gallup's third-quarter…