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Update: NBC now considering moving Jay Leno to 11:35
8 hours ago
NBC is said to be considering a significant schedule change for its late-night lineup that would push The Jay Leno Show back to Leno’s old spot of 11:35 p.m., according to The New York Times. The late-night revamp would put Leno on for 30 minutes, followed by Conan O’Brien starting at 12:05 a.m. and Jimmy Fallon at 1:05 a.m. (more details here). NBC declined to comment but released this statement: "We have the best comedy team in the business. We remain committed to keeping Conan O'Brien on NBC. He is a valued part of our late-night lineup, »
- Lynette Rice
Ratings: CBS wins the night, ABC comedies return with a bang
12 hours ago
CBS may have won the evening with the celeb prank show I Get That a Lot and the 36th Annual People's Choice Awards, but third-place ABC also has reason to celebrate. Modern Family scored its highest ratings in both total viewers and adults 18-49 since its premiere. It was the night's top show among the latter, coveted demo. Cougar Town posted its highest numbers since mid-October, while the 8:30 p.m. episode of The Middle managed a series high in 18-49. Even though Ugly Betty, debuting in its new non-Friday time slot, couldn't quite defeat Jay Leno, it did hit »
- Mandi Bierly
Ratings: Everybody loves a 'Loser'
6 January 2010 9:13 AM, PST
CBS earned the most total viewers Tuesday night, but NBC pulled in big numbers with a two-hour season premiere of The Biggest Loser: Couples -- it scored the highest Adults 18-49 rating for the night and saw its audience increase by 15 percent from beginning to end. ABC will be burning off new episodes of Scrubs and Better Off Ted all month; so far, not many people have seemed to notice. Time Show Viewers (in millions) 8:00 p.m. NCIS (CBS) The Biggest Loser (NBC) FedEx Orange Bowl (Fox) Scrubs (ABC) 90210 (The CW) 21.3 11.7 9.8 3.9 0.9 (repeat) 8:30 Better Off Ted (ABC) 3.0 9:00 NCIS: »
- Annie Barrett
Ratings: 'Bachelor' premiere finds viewer love
5 January 2010 9:55 AM, PST
The season premiere of ABC's The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love premiered to a lovely 9.5 million viewers, according to preliminary overnight ratings. But, in terms of total viewers, the night was won by Fox's coverage of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl which notched a strong 13.1 million. Elsewhere, the return of NBC's Heroes only managed a weak 4.9 million eyes. Time Show Viewers (in millions) 8pm Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (Fox) The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love (ABC) How I Met Your Mother (CBS) Heroes (NBC) One Tree Hill (The CW) 13.1 9.5 7.0 (repeat) 4.9 1.3 (repeat) 8:30pm Accidentally on Purpose (CBS) 6.7 (repeat) 9pm Two and a Half Men »
- Tim Stack
Ratings: Quiet holiday week topped by football and 'Desperate Housewives'
5 January 2010 9:53 AM, PST
The slow holiday week, which was punctuated by the New Year holiday and ended Jan. 3, saw its top program—NBC's always strong Sunday Night Football—pull in just 16.3 million viewers. You can undoubtedly tell that TV watchers have been distracted by traveling, holiday gatherings, and other merriment—and thus not tuning into as much television—as Sunday Night Football usually draws somewhere closer to 20 million viewers during a regular week. Or it could just be that the football season is blessedly winding down and the fatigue has set in. But still, it could just be that the football audience has »
- Tanner Stransky
Comedian Louis Ck talks about making Sundance a little more 'Hilarious'
4 January 2010 4:27 PM, PST
The Sundance Film Festival is famous for many things -- frenzied deal-making, heady buzz-building, introducing breakout talents and future arthouse hits -- but one thing it is not known for is stand-up comedy. In fact, in all the years that the festival has been running, there has never once been a stand-up comedy film included in the lineup. Until now. Comedian Louis Ck — who's established himself as one of the most acclaimed comics around thanks to his HBO and Showtime stand-up specials Shameless and Chewed Up — has landed a stand-up comedy film called Hilarious in this year's festival. The movie, »
- Josh Rottenberg
'Dune' remake back on track with director Pierre Morel
4 January 2010 2:45 PM, PST
Paramount has found a new director for its remake of the sci-fi classic Dune, after Peter Berg dropped off the project in October. The studio has hired Taken helmer Pierre Morel to oversee the movie. Paramount is currently looking for a new writer to incorporate Morel's vision of the project into the original draft by Quantum of Solace scribe Josh Zetumer. Morel plans to make a very faithful adaptation of the 1965 book by Frank Herbert. The movie is a high priority for Paramount's production chief Adam Goodman. Kevin Misher and Richard Rubinstein are producing. »
- Nicole Sperling
Ratings: Football scores, 'Desperate Housewives' returns strong
4 January 2010 9:06 AM, PST
Early-evening football overruns boosted primetime numbers on CBS and Fox, giving Fox's The Simpsons 1.6 million viewers over its last original airing and The Cleveland Show 500,000 more viewers, according to early Nielsen estimates. Desperate Housewives surged, up 500,000 viewers from its already huge Dec. 6 airing, as it resolved its pre-Christmas plane crash cliffhanger -- and marked the return of fresh, scripted television to the airwaves after the holiday hiatus with its biggest audience in more than a year. Time Show Viewers (in millions) 7 p.m. NFL overrun/60 Minutes (CBS) NFL overrun (Fox) America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC) Football Night in America (NBC) 14.9 12.4 10.2 7.0 8 p. »
- Jennifer Armstrong
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