• #freshpresslive – feb 10/12

    Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladyhawke’s latest music video and much more!

  • #freshpresslive – Feb 8/12

    Natalia discusses what’s new with Pharrell Williams and her thoughts on Karl Lagerfeld’s mean comments towards Adele’s weight. She also shows a roster of animals behaving like humans and, wait until you see the new size of coffee available at Starbucks!

  • #freshpresslive – Feb 7/12

    Natalia dishes the latest news on the Juno Awards nominees, the upcoming Spiderman 3D film starring Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and is Katy Perry hooking up with Tim Tebow? Watch today’s episode to find out.

  • Small Talk – The Kooks (2 of 2)

    When The Kooks are in the studio they’re focused and most importantly, sober. Watch Hugh and Luke explain their reasoning below.

  • Small Talk – The Kooks (1 of 2)

    The Kooks released a new album called “Junk of the Heart,” and you would think Hugh and Luke would be very excited about it. Well, they seemed rather indifferent to be honest. We spoke about that and why they don’t care about critics.

  • #freshpresslive – Feb 2/12

    Natalia dishes the latest in entertainment news on Joan Rivers, Lana Del Rey and a brand new trailer for the movie Hunger Games.

  • #freshpresslive – Feb 1/12

    Natalia talks about how Snooki might be pregnant, Nicolas Cage’s Cage Rage, Elisabetta Canalis is dating Steve-O and more for Feb 1, 2012.

  • #freshpresslive – Jan 31/12

    Natalia dishes the news on Miley Cyrus breaking her tailbone, a 100 year old woman who plays the Nintendo DS to stay young and Houston, Texas contemplating a statute of Beyonce.

  • #freshpresslive – Jan 30/12

    David Beckham debuts a new line of underwear, the worst dressed celebrity – Shy’m and Matthew Broderick is back as Ferris Bueller with a brand new commercial airing during the Super Bowl on Feb 5th 2012.

  • Small Talk – Daniel Radcliffe (1 of 3)

    Daniel Radcliffe is back with his new movie The Woman In Black. It’s a bone chilling remake of a film from the ’80s. Ironically, Daniel actually scares very easily but he’s not afraid of ghosts. In this interview he tells us what really gives him the creeps.

  • Small Talk – Graffiti6 (2 of 3)

    Next time you’re struggling to make conversation, try asking this question: “If you could invite anyone (living or dead) to the perfect house party, who would it be?”

  • Small Talk – Graffiti6 (1 of 3)

    Graffiti6 is starting to make their North American invasion, and they are hitting up the Tonight Show. Does this sound familiar? Well the Beatles made the exact same journey over 40 years ago. Naturally, @jordans_life had to make some comparisons.

  • Small Talk – Nick Carter (3 of 3)

    Nick plays World of Warcraft. Not only that, he’s the head of his guild, demonstrating that it IS possible to juggle being a hardcore gamer with being a top-selling recording artist.

  • Small Talk – Nick Carter (2 of 3)

    During a LIVE interview on andPOP.com Nick Carter gave out a number and took phone calls from his fans. These were real phone calls from real fans who we gave exclusive access to one of the biggest recording artists of our generation.

  • Small Talk – Nick Carter (1 of 3)

    There were great questions about music, fitness, the backstreet boys but the most popular question, however, was about his underwear. In this clip Nick talks about his his ‘Haynes’ and covering his fans with glow in the dark paint.

  • Small Talk – Hedley (2 of 2)

    When releasing new music today, half the battle is online promotion. However, contests, signed merch and giveaways aren’t always the best solutions. When working on their latest album, Hedley came up with a brilliant idea, they decided to make trailers.

  • Small Talk – Hedley (1 of 2)

    It’s hard to prepare for an interview with Hedley. So in this interview, we threw caution to the wind, got a 24 of beer and broadcast the interview live on our USTREAM (andPOP.tv). Eventually Jacob, Dave and @jordans_life ended up talking about hairy legs, their newest music video and more.

  • Small Talk – Marina and The Diamonds (2 of 2)

    Diamandis from Marina and The Diamonds talks to us about her very serious disease. It’s called synaesthetic. And we lied, it’s not a disease. More like a cool condition. Diamandis explains further.

  • Small Talk – Neverest

    Would you be embarrassed if someone scrolled through your iPod? We sit down with Spee and Brendan to talk about the diverse music on their playlist.

  • Small Talk – Marina and The Diamonds (1 of 2)

    Marina and The Diamonds are working on some new music, but Marina is being very secretive about it. Although the release has been delayed, she let’s us in on some secrets about the new album, and how alcohol changed her life.

 
 

Tag Archives: ratings

 

Jersey Shore Season 4 Breaks MTV Records

Posted by andPOP Staff on August 6th, 2011

And yet another accomplishment for Jersey Shore. The Season 4 debut is the highest rated episode in MTV’s history.

The episode attracted 8.8 Million viewers, reports UsMagazine.

The premiere episode in Italy was also the third most-watched series telecast of all time for the network.

Who would have guessed 3 years ago that Snooki and The Situation would be such a gold mine. Amazing.

Tags: , , , ,

Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ Beats Jay Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’

Posted by andPOP Staff on July 3rd, 2011

Jay Leno certainly isn’t what he used to be. Remember when everyone liked Jay Leno? Remember when he was the unquestionable late night king? Well those days may have come to an end as Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show has beat Leno in the ratings.

According to the recent ratings, Stewart has beat Leno in some key viewer demos. Leno still has a larger audience overall, but Stewart dominated in the crucial “Adults 18-49″ demographic.

For 2011′s second quarter, Comedy Central is claiming Stewart’s show drew 1.295 million (compared to a ‘Tonight Show’ total of 1.292 million) in the advertiser-friendly demo of viewers between age 18-49.

And let’s also not forget that Stewart’s show is only available via an expensive cable package, while Leno is available to anybody with a TV and an antenna.

Could this be a sign of a new king of late night? Who do you watch, Leno or Stewart? Or are you a Conan fan?

 

Tags: , , , ,

Glee Spin-off Singing Competition Bombs In Ratings

Posted by Christian Allaire on June 15th, 2011

The ‘Glee’ spin-off singing competition, ‘The Glee Project,’ has bombed in the ratings, reports Canoe Jam.

The premiere of the Oxygen talent competition reportedly only received 455,000 viewers Sunday. Ouch.

To give the show some slack, it was up against the final NBA championship game as well as the Tony Awards, so no wonder it didn’t do fantastic.

Still, executives are disappointed. Considering the success of ‘Glee,’ they were anticipating the show to open big. I mean, since there’s ‘Glee’ pencils, backpacks, candy, concerts – everything – you’d think the show would be semi-successful.

Jason Klarman, president of Oxygen Media, still believes in the show’s future though.

“We couldn’t be more proud of this critically acclaimed, first of its kind series that I — and this company — believe in 200 percent,” said Klarman in a statement.

I think one ‘Glee’ related show is enough for me, and I think the rest of the world agrees. I see why the network thought it was a good idea, though, but apparently it wasn’t so.

 

Tags: , , , , , , ,

Fox Cancels John Walsh and ‘America’s Most Wanted’

Posted by Christian Allaire on May 16th, 2011

Fox is cancelling its long-running crime-stopping series ’America’s Most Wanted,’ reports Entertainment Weekly.

The series, which profiles men and women wanted by law enforcement agencies, has been on the air since 1988 and consistently wins its time period. A few years ago it announced the capture of its 1,000th criminal. The show is legendary – but it doesn’t seem to be enough.

The show will still have a presence on Fox next season, with the network airing four quarterly two-hour specials, but the Saturday night slots will otherwise be replaced by repeats. Really Fox?

Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly told reporters on Monday that the show was no longer profitable. “John Walsh has been an important guy at network for a long time,” Reilly says. “It’s been an important show for us historically. We haven’t made money on the show in quite awhile. It wasn’t particularly viable. We wanted to keep the franchise alive. John is having conversations about ways to keep the series alive.”

“We’re going to be in originals across our schedule,” Reilly says. “We want to be able to play repeats to give the audience a chance to catch up and that’s one of the few places we can do that.”

The show averaged 5 million viewers this season and a 1.7 rating in the adult demo, which is still pretty impressive for a Saturday night. The show was perfect for those boring Saturday nights, so I don’t know what many middle-aged parents will do now. Will you miss the show?

 

Tags: , , , , , ,

‘The Hills’ Finale Is The Most Watched Show in MTV History

Posted by andPOP Staff on July 15th, 2010

This just shows what a huge phenomenon “The Hills” really were to pop culture and TV. The finale of the series which aired Tuesday night was the most watched program in MTV history, attracting nearly a half a million viewers.

So let’s think about this for a second. Of all the programming MTV has produced since 1981, “The Hills” is the most watched program out of all of them. That’s pretty astonishing and quite a reflection on today’s society. It turns out what really gets youth excited is watching “mockumentary” programming of a bunch of young and rich 20 somethings run around L.A., and hear them talk about their “devastating” social problems.

So well done for MTV on delivering what their audience wants, and here’s hoping the next generation of youth are looking for something a tad more thought provoking.

Tags: , , , ,

Jay Leno Posts The Lowest Ratings Since 1992 – Will Conan O’Brien Have The Last Laugh?

Posted by andPOP Staff on July 3rd, 2010

Maybe NBC made a mistake? Perhaps Jay Leno isn’t a sure ratings success? And maybe they should have given Conan O’Brien some more time to build the show?

With only six months back hosting “The Tonight Show,” the ratings have been very disappointing for Jay Leno, reports Variety. In the second quarter of this year, the average total audience declined from 5 million viewers last year to 4 million viewers. This is also notable considering Jay had a number of high profile guests, including President Barack Obama.

With that being said, Jay is still beating his arch nemesis David Letterman in the ratings. But with Conan O’Brien’s debut at TBS coming soon, and with so much public support for Conan, it maybe Conan O’Brien who has the last laugh.

Tags: , , , , , ,

‘American Idol’ Ratings Are Tanking

Posted by andPOP Staff on April 22nd, 2010

It’s not fair to say “American Idol” is on life support but ratings are not as rosy as they once were.

“This is just not an exciting season,” said Lyndsey Parker, managing editor of Yahoo Music, who blogs about “Idol” in her “Reality Rocks” column. “As with any show it comes down to casting, whether you are casting for [MTV's] ‘The Real World’ or ‘American Idol.’ If the people you are casting aren’t that interesting, people aren’t going to watch.”

CNN reports that data from The Nielsen Company shows last season’s “Idol” performance night drew an average of 26.3 million viewers; results night had an average of 26.9 million viewers. Season-to-date data through April 18 shows 25.7 million viewers tuning in on Tuesday nights and 24.5 million viewers being drawn to the show on Wednesdays.

However in all fairness a bunch of shows are dealing with sliding ratings. During a recent appearance on CNN’s “Larry King Live,” “Idol” host Ryan Seacrest said  ”ratings traditionally take a little dip” before “heading back up” later in the season.

Tags: , , , ,

Judge Judy Stomps Oprah in Daytime TV Ratings

Posted by Graham Slaughter on March 7th, 2010

The Big O? More like the Big J. According to ratings, stone-faced Judge Judy draws in the most viewers on weekday afternoons – leaving Oprah Winfrey high and dry.

According to MSN Online, Judge Judy’s civil court debauchery has drawn in a bigger audience than the Oprah Show for the past 11 of 14 weeks. In the pool of courtroom dramas, Judge Judy has been the most popular for the past 700 consecutive episodes.

(more…)

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Ellen DeGeneres Boosts American Idol’s Ratings

Posted by Graham Slaughter on February 10th, 2010

It’s music to FOX’s ears.

Ellen DeGeneres made her debut on American Idol last night as the newest judge on the hit TV show, bringing in huge viewership. As the daytime funny-woman stepped into prime time, she single-handedly upped the ratings of the singing competition by 12 per cent.

(more…)

Tags: , , , ,

American Idol Creator Concerned Simon Cowell Will Steal Ratings

Posted by Vanessa Baker on January 15th, 2010

Simon Fuller, the creator of American Idol, wrote a letter announcing judge Simon Cowell’s departure from the show, reports TMZ. Fuller congratulated Cowell on his show, The X-Factor, but said it is “in the same vein as Idol.”

It sounds like Fuller is worried about Cowell stealing fans from American Idol.

(more…)

Tags: , , , ,

Gossip Girl Premiere More WTF? Than OMG!

Posted by Emma Renda on September 16th, 2009

Gossip GirlThe cast of Gossip Girl spent the summer on extravagant vacations (in both TV-land and reality), but it seems the rest of the world isn’t too interested in their homecoming.

Thursday’s premiere finished with a 36 per cent decrease in viewers, compared to the 2008 premiere. It’s a shocking drop for a show whose cast spent their time off in the spotlight, generating a real-time version of gossip.

Leighton Meester made the music press recording a single with Cobra Starship and launching her personal MySpace with plans for a debut solo album.

Chace Crawford was voted this summer’s hottest bachelor by People Magazine, beating out the smouldering Robert Pattinson and, unexpectedly, Dwayne Johnson (better known as The Rock).

(more…)

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Corner Gas Bows Out With Its Largest Audience Ever

Posted by Eva Lam on April 15th, 2009

Corner GasA record number of Canadians tuned in as “Corner Gas” turned out its lights for the last time on Monday night.

According to CTV, the homegrown sitcom attracted almost three million viewers – its largest audience ever – as it wrapped up after six successful seasons.

The finale, which aired on CTV and the A channel, also scored the biggest audience on record for a Canadian-made scripted television series.

(more…)

Tags: , ,

‘ER’ Scores Huge Ratings With Curtain Call

Posted by Eva Lam on April 4th, 2009

ERAfter 15 seasons, NBC’s groundbreaking medical drama “ER” checked out for the last time Thursday – and fans turned out in droves to say goodbye.

According to Nielsen estimates, the two-hour series finale was seen by 16.2 million viewers, the show’s largest audience in nearly three years.

It was also the most-watched drama series finale since CBS’ “Murder She Wrote” bowed out in 1996 with 16.5 million viewers.

(more…)

Tags: , , ,

American Idol Finale Second in Ratings

Posted by andPOP Staff on May 26th, 2006

The season finale of “American Idol” was the number two rated non-sports program of the season, with a total 36 million viewers, Reuters reports.

“American Idol” was second to the Academy Awards, which saw an audience of only an additional two million people.

Overall though, CBS was named the number one watched network, followed by ABC, FOX and the NBC in fourth.

The Superbowl was the most watched program of the year with a total of 91 million viewers.

Tags: , ,