Ratings: The Gifted Rises With Finale, Supergirl Hits Non-Crossover Highs

Fox’s The Gifted wrapped its freshman run on Monday with 3.4 million total viewers and a 1.0 demo rating during both hours, rising 36 and 42 percent from two weeks ago to hit and equal its best numbers since Oct. 30. TVLine readers gave the two-hour season ender an average grade of “A-.” RELATEDSupergirl Recap: […]

Heartland Tech Weekly: ‘Flyover Country’ rises, but Silicon Valley eats up more venture capital

It’s no secret that despite talk of a tech bubble, the amount of money venture capitalists are willing to throw at startups isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. But a year-end report from PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association still offered up one surprise: 2017 saw the most capital invested in startups since the height […]

Ratings: Ten Days Rises With Finale, Falcons/Rams Dominates Saturday

Ten Days in the Valley with its final two episodes on Saturday night drew 2.6 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating, followed by 2.2 mil/0.4. That marks an improvement on the ABC drama’s previous Saturday average (1.48 mil/0.24) to a level on par with its first four, Sunday airings (which averaged 2.7 mil/0.44). […]

Ratings: I Love Lucy Leads Quiet Friday, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Rises

CBS’ annual colorized I Love Lucy special led a quiet Friday leading into the holiday weekend, drawing 6.5 million total viewers while scoring a 0.8 rating (tying NBC’s Dateline for the demo win). Leading out of that, the colorized Dick Van Dyke Show special did 5.8 mil and a 0.6. RELATEDJanuary TV Calendar: 130+ Premiere […]

Ratings: Miss Universe Slips to Second-Lowest Numbers Ever, Shark Tank Rises

Fox’s broadcast of the 66th Miss Universe pageant drew 4.4 million total viewers and a 1.1 rating on Sunday, down 15 and 27 percent from the previous coronation to mark its second-lowest numbers ever (edging out 2013’s nadir of 3.8 mil/0.9, when the event was aired on a tape delay from Russia). The evening’s biggest […]

PlayStation leads again, but Xbox rises in October’s $102.3 million gaming TV ad spend

GUEST: It’s the fall, and with it comes the end-of-the-year rush of big games. And as Microsoft and Sony ramp up their years-long fight for your attention, they’re spending a ton of bucks, too, accounting for 60 percent of October’s ad spend. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention […]