Prime-time ratings for General Electric-owned MSNBC rose to 850, 000 viewers on average, a 70% year-over-year gain.
Prime-time ratings at the network are up 17% already this year, according to Nielsen.
Comcast blamed lower prime-time ratings at NBC and lower revenue from content licensing.
As NBC's prime-time ratings suffered, Leno's "Tonight Show" was still able to rise above the rest in its time slot.
Ratings overall held steady, but prime-time ratings were at risk.
Since his arrival to NBC in early 2011, Mr. Greenblatt has been trying to lift the network's sagging prime-time ratings, while reducing the hundreds of millions of dollars it loses every year.
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Prime-time ratings for the big four networks are down 7.9% year-to-date for total household ratings and 11.2% in adults up to age 49, a demographic advertisers pay a premium to reach, according to Lehman Brothers Equity Research analyst Anthony J.
With the abundance of reality series taking over both prime-time lineups and Nielsen ratings over the last decade, more and more people have begun turning to cable and premium networks to get their scripted television fix.
It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule.
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Entertainment experts in the US believe Coupling would have remained in its prime-time spot if network executives thought ratings would improve.
Sinking ratings for prime-time TV have dogged it for a while.
I've seen calls to boycott the TV coverage, but ratings for the first two prime-time sessions were through the roof.
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His prime time series' unimpressive ratings provided a weak lead-in for O'Brien.
If WB ratings aren't better than Tribune's old prime-time movie fare, the company will have wound up trading 73%of its prime-time ad minutes for lousy shows.
Thanks to ratings juggernaut American Idol and the much-watched Super Bowl, the network's prime-time audience is up 8% from the same period last year, according to Nielsen Media Research.
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