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Oscars Ratings Hit 9-Year-Low in Early Numbers

Ratings for the 89th annual Academy Awards slid for a second consecutive year as a slew of wins for much-beloved La La Land, a shock Best Picture win for Moonlight and a game host in Jimmy Kimmel couldn’t move the needle this year.

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NFL Ratings Continue to Plunge in Third Week of National Anthem Protests

For the third consecutive week, ratings for the National Football League (NFL) have plummeted, as players continue anti-American protests during the playing of the national anthem. This week’s drop-off also coincided with the Monday broadcast of the first presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton.

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Emmys Viewership Hits New Low

Initial ratings are in for Sunday night’s 68th annual Emmy Awards, and they’re as bleak as most of the winners’ jokes about Donald Trump during the broadcast.

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Debate Ratings: Bernie & Hillary’s MSNBC Show Bombs

The first debate with only Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders (Martin O’Malley suspended his campaign after getting wiped out in Iowa) was a ratings bust. With just a 3.3 rating, Thursday night’s MSNBC debate was not only the lowest of

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Ratings: CNN Dem Debate Down -42% Over GOP Debate

During what will almost certainly be a change election year, the ratings from CNN’s Tuesday night debate show that the 2016 energy, passion and interest resides primarily on the Republican side. A total of just 15.3 million viewers tuned into

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Trevor Noah’s Ratings Collapse; Down -59% With Teens

Trevor Noah’s “Daily Show” ratings are much more amusing than Trevor Noah. Jon Stewart never had very good ratings. With fewer than 1% of America very tuning in, because they could use him as a bludgeon against the political right,

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Emmys Viewership Plummets to Record-Setting Low

All of the GOP-bashing at Sunday night’s Emmys was apparently unable to save the awards show from drawing its smallest number of viewers on record. Fox’s broadcast of the television awards show drew 11.9 million viewers, down a whopping four million

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Transgender Community Rips ‘I Am Cait’ Jenner Reality Show

As the first season of E! network’s I Am Cait reality television show came to an end last weekend, many in the transgender community have blasted both the show and its star, Bruce “Caitlyn” Jenner, for failing to represent the struggles that ordinary trans people face on a daily basis.

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TrumpMania: GOP Debate Sets CNN Ratings Record

Regardless of how well you think Republican frontrunner Donald Trump performed at Wednesday night’s CNN debate, there is no question he is generating unprecedented interest and excitement. Last night CNN earned its highest ratings ever. I could make a joke

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MSNBC Demotes Al Sharpton From Weeknights to Sunday Mornings

After four failed years, Al Sharpton’s “PoliticsNation,” a ratings  and civic disaster in every respect, has been canceled as a weeknight primetime MSNBC program. Sharpton’s final show will air September 4. A month later, October 4, the show will reemerge

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Trumpnado: Ratings Blowout for GOP Primary Debate

Everyone expected solid, even record ratings for last night’s debate. No one, however, could have predicted just how big the number would end up being. It wasn’t just a blow-out, the first Republican primary debate of the 2016 season earned

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