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Fox returned with its high-rated reality competition series, and took advantage of the fact that both ABC and NBC didn't, to capture the No. 2 spot among the networks this week and earn its best weekly ratings since Sept. 16. "American Idol" is back, averaging a 9.7 rating/15 share, according to ...

ABC's returning drama "Scandal" has done something that few -- if any -- new shows have done before: It finished the season with the most stable audience in all of network television. The series, which stars Kerry Washington and Henry Ian Cusick, finished the season ranked No. 42 overall, but mai ...

The CW recognizes it has low ratings -- even by basic cable standards. But instead of looking at how the network is doing in terms of affiliate coverage, or finding the right shows to attract a broader audience, The CW is taking a different route: blaming Nielsen. The Nielsen Co. has been the pri ...

When you don't have ratings to brag about, then what should you do? Most would say to program for better ratings. NBC, however, has decided to take a different approach: Blame the system. That's exactly what Ted Harbert, the head of NBC broadcasting, did at the network's upfront presentations thi ...

Can someone please explain what happened to "Glee" this season? The show, by far Fox's biggest audience gainer last season, has now become the network's biggest liability. Apparently, adding writers and less songs haven't done the trick for "Glee," has it has now lost more than 28 percent of its ...

So what is the hottest show on television? Is it "NCIS"? "Dancing With the Stars"? "Modern Family"? Actually, the hottest show right now is, believe it or not, "Happy Endings" on ABC. The sitcom, created by David Caspe and starring Eliza Coupe and Elisha Cuthbert, has grown the audience from its ...

CBS doesn't have the No. 1 or No. 2 show on television. But it has pretty much all the other best shows. It's schedule has a consistency -- even with its lowest-rated shows -- that other networks salivate over. The fact that the lowest its 2010-11 schedule dropped in the overall rankings was No. ...

The television networks put a lot of expectations in all their shows. But if you're a new show, you better come out the gate fast and hard, or your race will end far quickly than anything else. In the 2010-11 television season, the five networks trotted out 45 new programs for viewers to see -- t ...

It's usually good to wait a week to see if a heavily hyped show's premiere audience returns. But things are looking good for NBC's new musical competition show "The Voice." It averaged a 6.8 rating/11 share in Fast National overnight ratings from The Nielsen Co. Tuesday, providing the Peacock wit ...

CBS was able to win a fairly quiet week to start of 2011, led not just by some of its veteran shows like "Two and a Half Men" and "The Mentalist," but a new one as well. "Mike & Molly," the freshman hit that lead's all new programming this year, finished the week in the No. 5 slot after scoring a ...