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'American Idol' execs considered replacing Mariah Carey with Jennifer Lopez

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Did Mariah Carey almost get voted off “American Idol”? According to report from The Hollywood Reporter, “Idol” execs were considering replacing the singing sensation with veteran judge Jennifer Lopez mid-season in an attempt to boost ratings.

 

TV Ratings: 'Big Bang Theory' leads CBS Thursday, while 'Hannibal' premiere struggles

"American Idol" had its first positive week-to-week news in a while, but still got crushed by CBS' "The Big Theory," which was also up from its last airing and let the network to Thursday wins in all measures.

 

Reality TV Ratings: 'Dancing With The Stars, 'The Voice' Still Have Legs

Two popular reality shows made a splash upon their re-entry during the past week – and a new one had a strong debut. A new episode of "Dancing With the Stars" premiered on ABC last week before 17 million viewers, just behind CBS drama "NCIS" as the week's most popular program. It was down to 14.5 million Monday night, facing competition from the return of "The Voice" on NBC.

 

NBC Is Said to Offer Lauer’s Job to Cooper

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Word that Anderson Cooper was offered Matt Lauer’s job to co-host the “Today” show, which has slumped in the ratings, indicates that NBC is preparing a succession plan.

 

Ratings dip but 'American Idol' gets the ads

In the heyday of "American Idol," the notion that it could fall ratings victim to a zombie slugfest or standard crime drama would have been laughable... When it comes to advertising dollars, the series "will have the top price for the 2012-13 season," said analyst Jon Swallen of Kantar Media. Last season, "American Idol" grossed a leading $836 million in ad revenue.

 

Top-rated soap `Young and Restless' marks 40 years

Young and Restless

Love, loss, breakups, makeups, murder, mayhem, backstabbing, social climbing. Forget about a lifetime, that's just an afternoon on "The Young and the Restless."...

 

Justin Timberlake begins takeover of NBC this week with ‘Saturday Night Live’

In an attempt for a much-needed ratings boost, NBC has essentially declared this Justin Timberlake Week — not only did the singer host “Saturday Night Live” this past weekend, but he will make history by appearing on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” every single day this week.

 

RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Glee’ & ‘Community’ Up Big, ‘American Idol’ ‘& “Big Bang Theory’ Slip, ’1600 Penn’ & ‘Person Of Interest’ Tie

Ending its three-night live round, American Idol (3.5/10) pared it down to the final 10 contestants of Season 12 on Thursday. Spilling two minutes over, the scheduled 90-minute live show had a lot of Ryan Seacrest shuttling back and forth to the holding room to bring the lucky ones back on stage. It also had a mixed bag of ratings results.

 

RATINGS RAT RACE: New ‘American Idol’ Low, ‘Survivor’ Dips, ‘Suburgatory’ Hits Series Low, Fox Wins Night

American Idol Season 12

On the second night of its three-night live round American Idol (3.7/10) saw a surprising flameout by contestant Charlie Askew over criticism from the judges. Besides the profound dismay from judge Nicki Minaj over Askew’s performance, the two-hour show also saw Idol continue its weekly Wednesday ratings slide.

 

TV Ratings: 'Bones,' 'Following' help FOX hold off ABC on Monday

A slightly rising episode of "The Following" and a slightly falling episode of "Bones" helped FOX hold off ABC for Monday wins, with an asterisk, in key measures.

 

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