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ABC’s Shark Tank returned Friday night with a strong performance, while Fox’s Touch delivered a soft number in a new time slot.

Shark Tank launched its fourth season to 6.3 million viewers and a 1.7 rating among adults 18-49. That’s actually a series high for the business pitch show in terms of total audience, though in the key adult demo the hour  matched January’s third season debut. ABC followed… Continue reading Friday ratings: ‘Shark Tank’ returns strong, ‘Touch’ soft

‘Spartacus’ returns strong in ratings

Spartacus is back — and so are his fans.

Starz’ Spartacus: Vengeance delivered 2.7 million viewers its opening weekend across multiple airings. That’s on par with the opening weekend of last year’s prequel series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2.8 million) and up 10 percent if you just look at Friday night. This year another factor was at play, however, since about 1.4 million viewers streamed the Vengeance premiere… Continue reading ‘Spartacus’ returns strong in ratings

dm d4 0069r Christmas Weekend Box Office: War Horse Strong, Mission: Impossible   Ghost Protocol Stronger

It turns out things at the domestic box office weren’t as disappointing as they initially seemed on Christmas morning. Weekend winner ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ grabbed $ 46.2 million over the four-day holiday, an estimate that is nearly $ 20 million larger than the $ 26.5 million that was reported for the three-day frame. The fourth installment of the Tom Cruise franchise might wind up… Continue reading Christmas Weekend Box Office: 'War Horse' Strong, 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' Stronger

kim kardashian wedding 320 Kardashian wedding ratings strong, but not record setting

Image Credit: Michael Simon, Albert Ferreira/Startraks and Nick

Kim Kardashian’s wedding delivered a large rating for E! as one might expect. Yet the audience for the much-hyped two-night event couldn’t top previous records set by the most-popular episodes of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. We’ll get into that and, below, the second-week ratings for Showtime’s Dexter and Homeland.

Kim’s Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian

TeenNick has successfully brought back the ’90s. The network’s late-night launch of its retro “The ‘90s Are All That” block delivered the channel’s biggest viewership ever for the time period.

Kenan & Kel (1995), All That (1996), Doug (1991) and Clarissa Explains It All (1992) all performed well for the network. From midnight to 2 a.m. across basic cable, the block averaged 555,000 viewers, up 114 percent from last… Continue reading TeenNick’s ’90s block launches strong in ratings

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