Ratings: CBS’ March Madness Coverage Tops Friday, SmackDown Slips

RELATED STORIES In the latest TV ratings, CBS’ primetime coverage of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament opening day — including No. 11-seeded Syracuse’s besting of No. 6 San Diego State — averaged 3.4 million total viewers and a 0.8 demo rating, a far cry from what the comparable night drew two years and one pandemic-related […]

Ratings: SmackDown Hits Fox Lows, Dick Van Dyke Leads Night in Audience

In the latest TV ratings, Friday Night SmackDown on Fourth of July Eve delivered 1.776 million total viewers and a 0.4 demo rating, slipping 18 and 20 percent week-to-week to mark the WWE program’s lowest numbers yet on Fox. That said, SmackDown landed in a three-way tie for the demo win on this very quiet […]

TV Ratings: Lincoln Rhyme Rises, Shark Tank Tops SmackDown for Friday Win

NBC’s Who Hunts the Bone Collector? Lincoln Rhyme Does! this Friday drew 3.7 million total viewers and a 0.5 rating, ticking up to a six-week audience high and its best demo number since its series launch. ABC’s Shark Tank (4.4 mil/0.8) ticked up from last week’s Friday “debut” to top the night in the demo. […]

Ratings: I Love Lucy Leads Quiet Friday in Audience, SmackDown Tops Demo

RELATED STORIES CBS’ annual serving of colorized I Love Lucy episodes on Friday delivered 4.9 million total viewers — the night’s largest audience, edging out a Blue Bloods rerun (4.6 million) — while scoring a 0.5 rating, which tied an NBC Dateline rerun for second place in the demo. Fox’s Friday Night SmackDown (2.4 million […]

Ratings: Dynasty Hits New Audience Low, SmackDown Tops Friday

Dynasty this Friday drew just 364,000 total viewers — its smallest audience ever — while clutching onto its 0.1 demo rating. Opening The CW’s night, Charmed (690K/0.2) also dropped a few eyeballs while steady in the demo. Elsewhere… FOX | Coming off a one-week World Series break, Friday Night SmackDown (2.54 mil/0.8) returned up a […]

The Walking Dead EP Tees Up an Epic Season 10 Alpha/Carol Smackdown: Carol ‘Doesn’t Take Things Lying Down’

RELATED STORIES The Walking Dead’s Alpha had no idea quite what a badass she was making an enemy of when she beheaded Henry in Season 9. But in Season 10, she’s sure to find out that the boy’s mother Carol is not someone whose s— list she wants to be on, much less atop. “Knowing […]

Jessica Jones’ Krysten Ritter Weighs In on That Episode 7 Smackdown: ‘I Didn’t Totally Think Jessica Would Do That’

RELATED STORIES The following post contains spoilers for the final season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones, up to and including Episode 7. Marvel’s Jessica Jones has never been one to back down from a fight. But in the drama’s third and final season, there was one confrontation Jessica should have walked away from, according to the […]

WWE Smackdown RESULTS: NXT stars debut, AJ Styles wins dream match, Becky Lynch triumphs

US Champion Shinsuke Nakamura def. Jeff Hardy Shisuke Nakamura’s US Championship reign continued after picking up an impressive win over former title-holder Jeff Hardy. The two wrestling superstars taunted one another during the match but Hardy seemed to have gotten the better of the mind games as he gained control of the match. The Charismatic […]

WWE news: Daniel Bryan to RAW, Asuka to Smackdown – 10 stars to move on Superstar Shake-up

Rumours suggest that the entire Smackdown roster will be present in Hartford, Connecticut and some of the blue brand’s biggest names are expected to move to Monday nights. But some of RAW’s top superstars could be set to pursue new challenges on the blue brand. Tag teams could be split, feuds might be interrupted and […]

Elon Musk says Tesla made a new Roadster to be a ‘hardcore smackdown to gas-powered cars’ (TSLA)

Tesla Elon Musk called the new Roadster a “hardcore smackdown to gas-powered cars.” Tesla finally has a proper supercar. Serious fans of the company have been begging for a new Roadster for years. HAWTHORNE, California — It takes a lot to upstage not one, but two, all-electric semi-trucks. But on Thursday night, Tesla did just that, […]