International Business News - Nielsens http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif With another dominating week in the television ratings, CBS will win the November "sweeps" for the eighth straight year. Back when they started winning, "sweeps" months were very important in the TV industry. But with more local markets having their viewership measured electronically all year long by Nielsen Media Research, the need for sweeps--select months when those markets were looked at--has receded. Networks no longer lard up their November, February and March schedules with big events just to jack up ratings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/cbs-en-route-to-winning-november-sweeps.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:46:25 EST Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Nov. 17-23. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/list-of-top-20-shows-in-prime-time-nielsen-ratings.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:34:36 EST With another dominating week in the television ratings, CBS will win the November "sweeps" for the eighth straight year. Back when they started winning, "sweeps" months were very important in the TV industry. But with more local markets having their viewership measured electronically all year long by Nielsen Media Research, the need for sweeps--select months when those markets were looked at--has receded. Networks no longer lard up their November, February and March schedules with big events just to jack up ratings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/cbs-en-route-to-winning-november-sweeps.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:33:30 EST Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Nov. 10-16. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/monday-night-football-tops-tv-cable-ratings.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:53:46 EST A president-elect and a Navy investigator--one real and the other one fictional--are ratings "sweeps" month stars at CBS. Barack Obama's "60 Minutes" interview on Sunday was seen by 25.1 million people, the biggest audience for any prime-time network program this season, according to Nielsen Media Research. The venerable newsmagazine, which also won last week, hasn't been the nation's most popular show on back-to-back weeks since 1992-93. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/barack-obama-the-weeks-biggest-tv-star.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:40:07 EST Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Nov. 3-9. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/list-of-top-20-shows-in-prime-time-nielsen-ratings.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:43:52 EST Top-ranked "60 Minutes" and second-place "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" helped CBS to win the prime-time viewership race again last week. It was CBS' sixth consecutive victory. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/cbs-is-top-network-in-viewers-6th-week-in-a-row.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:55:23 EST Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Nov. 3-9. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/monday-night-football-tops-tv-cable-ratings.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:21:10 EST Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Oct. 27-Nov. 2. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/monday-night-football-tops-tv-cable-ratings.htm Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:59:09 EST Two Emmys for best comedy, an Emmy for best actress and a star turn as Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" may be starting to pay off for "30 Rock" and Tina Fey. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/emmys-feys-palin-may-be-paying-off-for-30-rock.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:08:57 EST Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 27-Nov. 2. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/list-of-top-20-shows-in-prime-time-nielsen-ratings.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:17:14 EST Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 20-26. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/list-of-top-20-shows-in-prime-time-nielsen-ratings.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:28:57 EDT Phillies and Rays fans may not care, but the World Series has made the Fox network a loser so far. Through the first four games, the Series has been averaging 13.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. The previous least-watched series was St. Louis' sweep of Detroit in 2006, which averaged 15.5 million viewers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/fox-a-loser-so-far-in-world-series-viewership.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:28:41 EDT Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 20-26. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/list-of-top-20-shows-in-prime-time-nielsen-ratings.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:25:14 EDT Phillies and Rays fans may not care, but the World Series has made the Fox network a loser so far. Through the first four games, the Series has been averaging 13.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. The previous least-watched series was St. Louis' sweep of Detroit in 2006, which averaged 15.5 million viewers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/fox-a-loser-so-far-in-world-series-viewership.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:24:04 EDT Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Oct. 13-19. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/alcs-game-7-tops-cable-tv-ratings-for-oct-13-19.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:50:02 EDT Prime-Time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 13-19. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/prime-time-nielsen-ratings-list.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:02:57 EDT CBS is continuing its strong start to the new television season, but for NBC and Fox, last week was one to forget. CBS was the only one of the top five networks with more prime-time viewers last week than it had for the same week a year before. Ten of the nation's 20 most-watched prime-time shows were on CBS, according to Nielsen Media Research. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/tough-prime-time-weeks-for-nbc-fox.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:02:41 EDT Prime-Time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 13-19. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081021/prime-time-nielsen-ratings.htm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:30:37 EDT CBS is continuing its strong start to the new television season, but for NBC and Fox, last week was one to forget. CBS was the only one of the top five networks with more prime-time viewers last week than it had for the same week a year before. Ten of the nation's 20 most-watched prime-time shows were on CBS, according to Nielsen Media Research. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081021/tough-prime-time-weeks-for-nbc-fox.htm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:28:25 EDT