FOX Sports took home the top-rated NFL contest in week one of the season, with the Giants win over the Cowboys on Sunday generating a 16.9/32 Nielsen rating to rank as the highest-rated NFL telecast for Week 1 among metered markets. Among NFL pregame shows, FOX NFL Sunday notched a 3.7/10, up one-tenth over Week […]
In an Emmys first, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who submitted their names jointly for consideration, won the Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Award for co-hosting Saturday Night Live. On night one of the two-part Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday, a surprise victory went to Peter Scolari (Girls) for Best Comedy Series Guest Actor. […]
It’s pretty well established that the “second screen” experience impacts the way that viewers watch TV. But for the first time, a scientific study suggests that it might also impact the way that TV viewership is measured. In a new study conducted by Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience, 25% of Nielsen panelists failed to respond to their […]
Hulu has greenlit Future Man, a new comedy series starring and produced by Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games). The series hails from Sony Pictures Television; Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, and Matt Tolmach will Executive Produce. The show centers on a janitor/gamer who is recruited to travel through time and prevent humanity’s extinction. It’s […]
The NFL’s opening weekend saw a heavyweight new entry into the league’s roster of partners, as Ford kicked off its new three-year deal with the organization that makes Ford trucks the Official Truck of the NFL for its F-Series lineup. Activation includes the first-ever Built Ford Tough Offensive Line of the Week award, Built Ford […]
NFL Kickoff continues to prove a national draw as NBC drew 25.2 million viewers for the Broncos’ come-from-behind win over the Panthers in a Super Bowl 50 rematch. That’s down from a year ago, but marked the fourth consecutive year that the game topped 25 million viewers, according to Nielsen Fast National data, and registers […]
OWN’s Queen Sugar delivered the highest-rated two-episode debut in network history on September 6 and 7. From filmmaker Ava DuVernay (Selma) and executive producer Oprah Winfrey, Queen Sugar averaged a 1.9 W25-54 rating and 2.416 million total viewers over its two-night premiere. In the W25-54 demo, Queen Sugar was the highest-rated two-episode debut in network […]
Fashion and entrepreneurialism come together with Lifetime’s Project Runway: Fashion Startup, premiering Thursday, October 20 at 10:30p. Series showcases aspiring fashion and beauty entrepreneurs as they pitch their concepts for the chance to secure funds from a panel of expert investors to help grow their budding ventures. The panel includes Katia Beauchamp, co-founder/CEO of Birchbox; […]
This week, AT&T’s DirecTV launched a new update to its app for iOS and Android, allowing subscribers to stream most DVR recordings and live channels from anywhere in the U.S. And now, AT&T has launched what it’s calling Data Free TV – a new program that allows DirecTV subs with AT&T plans to stream an […]