Despite offering many-a-jaw dropping moment from shocking wins and upsets to tongue in cheek tackling of social and political issues, the 90th Academy Awards was far from a ratings winner.

Drawing in a whopping 19% drop in viewership from last year’s numbers, the four hour Jimmy Kimmel-hosted affair pulled in even lower ratings than its 2008 edition (which previously held the record for lowest viewership when only 31.8 million tuned in).

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March 1st brought with it the highly anticipated return of FX’s breakout series, ‘Atlanta.’ 

The brainchild of Donald Glover (who also leads the cast and nabbed an Emmy for the show’s inaugural season), the comedy’s sophomore season launch ended a 5 month wait for fans who’ve longed to learn the latest of Brian Tyree Henry and co.

With its season 1 premiere episode nabbing an impressive 1.08 million viewers for the network, tuck in to see how viewership stacked up for round 2 (dubbed  ‘Atlanta Robbin Season’).

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Celebrated Olympic gymnast Simone Biles cartwheeled her way right to the top of television ratings on Saturday night (February 3) thanks to ‘The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar,’ – a made-for-TV adaptation of her tell-all memoir, ‘Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance.’

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Fans of ‘Cry Me a River’ singer Justin Timberlake may start doing just that once they see the ratings for his Super Bowl LII Halftime Show, as revealed moments ago.

Just a week ago industry insiders predicted this year’s big game would draw in a noted decline in viewership and now, to the surprise of many, they were right.

Curious to see how the JT’s ratings and the showing overall fared?  Details inside:

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Toni Braxton wins again at Lifetime!

Just two years after raking in major ratings with the network’s made-for-TV adaptation of her autobiography, ‘Unbreak My Heart:  The Toni Braxton Story,’ the Grammy winner flexed her acting muscle and lured in top viewership by bringing another important female figure’s story to life via film.

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While debate rages on about snubs at last night’s Grammy Awards, the ratings show that millions snubbed the show itself.

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Lauded for its unique and suspenseful take on the happenings behind the scenes at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), BET’s primetime drama ‘The Quad’ – led by Tony Award-winning/Grammy-nominated actress Anika Noni Rose – burst onto the scene last year a winner among critics and fans.

Debuting with a 2-hour pilot, a la BET’s other hit drama, ‘Being Mary Jane,’ the response to the film was clear indication viewers wanted to know more about the show’s well-developed characters.  Once season 1 wrapped in March 2017, there was little buzz surrounding the show until late last year when promo began to circulate around its season 2 return.

That return, January 23rd at 10/9c, may have had Twitter ticking, but official ratings reflect anything but excitement.  Seeing a significant dip in viewership (compared to that of most episodes in season 1), tuck in below to see just how many people tuned in: (more…)

January 2017 saw OWN order an additional 44 episodes of its flagship series, Tyler Perry‘s ‘The Haves & the Have Nots,’ and we see why.  The soap’s enduring popularity, even a year later as evidenced by its season 5 premiere (Jan. 9, 2018), is proof that fans can’t get enough of the antics of Candace, Jim, Veronica, and the gang.

Coming in as the night’s most watched scripted program overall, tuck in below to see just how many people tuned in for the return of #HAHN:

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March 11th brings with it the return of ‘American Idol’ – but it also signals a the start of a brazen ratings battle.

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The new year has proven itself fertile ground for the kick off of a number of new shows, many of which have been received with open arms, eyes, and ears (if their ratings are anything to judge by).

Two series – ‘Grown-ish’ (spinoff of ABC’s hit comedy ‘Black-ish’ starring Yara Shahidi) and FOX’s reality singing competition ‘The Four’ (led by Sean “Diddy” Combs, DJ Khaled, Meghan Trainor, Charlie Walk, and hosted by Fergie) – scribble their names on to the list of premiering series to have been greeted with at least a moderate welcome since the year rang in.

Making their homes on Wednesday and Thursday nights respectively, get the details on their premiere figures inside:

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Angela Bassett‘s new procedural drama ‘9-1-1’ is off to a blazing start.

As reported, the show opened strong with its initial broadcast and new data shows it actually performed better that first thought.

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FOX have scored an early touchdown with new procedural drama ‘9-1-1’  starring Angela Bassett. 

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