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CBS’ “Big Bang Theory” pulled up to “American Idol” for a tie in the ratings Thursday night.

More than 50 million viewers watched the New York Giants defeat the San Francisco 49ers Sunday in the NFC Championship Game — an astonishing nevertheless.

“American Idol,” the nation’s perennially top rated show, was down 27 percent from last season’s premiere in its return to the Fox schedule Wednesday, according to preliminary numbers.

Betty White’s birthday bash drew a huge audience and gave NBC the best ratings it’s seen on Monday nights all season. Full story.

Ricky Gervais gave NBC a respectable non-football audience Sunday night, but the Golden Globes nevertheless declined by 3 million viewers compared to last year. Complete Sunday ratings.

CBS’s new sitcom “Rob!,” starring Rob Schneider as a man who marries into a large Mexican family, had a big debut Thursday.

“Downton Abbey” continues to deliver for PBS. Sunday’s season two premiere of the hit series on “Masterpiece” averaged 4.2 million viewers, PBS said Tuesday.

Despite ABC’s “The Bachelor” dropping to a series low Monday night, a repeat-heavy roster from the competition still gave the network an overall ratings win, according to preliminary numbers.

TV legend Dick Clark has reason to celebrate today — his 40th annual “Rockin’ Eve” New Year’s Eve special on ABC drew 22.6 million viewers Saturday night. It was the… More

Fox News Channel continued to reign supreme over its cable news competitors in 2011. With only a few days to go ’til the new year, the most current Nielsen data… More