Laura Linney
Showtime's new comedy The Big C delivered the cable channel's most-watched series premiere in eight years.
The half-hour series, starring Laura Linney as a woman with terminal cancer, drew 1.15 million viewers Monday at 10:30/9:30c, according to the network. Counting the viewership for an 11:30/10:30c. repeat, the episode drew...
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Jersey Shore
Here's the Situation: A record-setting 5.3 million viewers tuned in to the Season 2 premiere of MTV's Jersey Shore.
That's up a staggering 280 percent over December's series opener, according to the network.
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Jon Hamm
Viewers welcomed Don Draper back as Mad Men snagged series-high ratings for its fourth season premiere on Sunday.
More than 2.9 million viewers tuned in to see the new Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, as well as newly single Draper, according to a network rep.
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The fourth season premiere was up...
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Rizzoli & Isles
The premiere of Rizzoli & Isles attracted 7.6 million viewers, making it the second-biggest cable TV series debut ever.
Monday night's launch of the TNT crime drama finished slightly behind the 2008 unveiling of Raising the Bar — and it managed to...
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World Cup Soccer 2010
The World Cup championship match will fail to meet soccer officials' hopes of being the most-watched event ever.
Spain wins World Cup
Sunday's 2010 FIFA World Cup championship attracted 700 million viewers worldwide, according to FIFA's estimates — falling well short of the 1 billion who tuned in for parts of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies.
Spain's 1-0 victory over the Netherlands managed to become...
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Tom Cruise and Jay Leno
Less than six months after Jay Leno returned to hosting The Tonight Show, the show's ratings are the lowest they've been since 1992, Variety reports.
In the second quarter of this year, the average total audience declined from 5 million viewers last year to 4 million viewers. This time last year featured a number of high-profile episodes, including...
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World Cup Soccer
ABC's coverage of the U.S. loss to Ghana attracted some 14.86 million viewers, making it the most-watched men's World Cup match ever in the United States, preliminary ratings showed.
The 1999 women's World Cup final, in which the U.S. defeated China, is the only match to...
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