Fast National ratings for Friday, April 19, 2013
Due to live coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect standoff and subsequent arrest during Eastern and Central primetime hours, there are no numbers for individual timeslots or programs on Friday evening.
Via TV Media Insights there are numbers for each individual network. NBC led the way in news coverage, averaging nearly 9 million viewers. ABC was second… Continue reading TV ratings: NBC's coverage of manhunt for Dzhokar Tsarnaev leads the way Friday
CNN made an odd choice during its coverage of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher‘s death on Monday. During the broadcast, the network repeatedly showed a photo of Thatcher alongside Jimmy Savile, a BBC personality believed to be one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders.
Sports fans will be tuning in to the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes live from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland Saturday, May 19 to see if I’ll Have Another, the upset winner of the Kentucky Derby, can defend his title in the second leg of the prestigious Triple Crown of racing.