Read more viewership stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/33904/viewership.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-22T09:14:47http://www.newser.com/story/79051/let-the-conan-backlash-begin.htmlConan O’Brien joins the ranks of the unemployed today, so the ousted Tonight Show host now has plenty of time to track the backlash and second-guessing about the TV shell game. Jay Leno remains the villain of the piece, but the hard truth is that O’Brien never drew the numbers...http://www.newser.com/story/79051/let-the-conan-backlash-begin.html2010-01-25T08:08:00http://www.newser.com/story/78435/as-the-end-nears-obriens-ratings-soar.htmlConan O'Brien is about to be out of a job, and his bitter cracks on NBC execs are doing what his show did not—viewership has soared. O'Brien's ratings have been rising through the week, and Tonight ratings Friday were 50% higher than they've been this season. O'Brien beat out...http://www.newser.com/story/78435/as-the-end-nears-obriens-ratings-soar.html2010-01-17T12:03:13http://www.newser.com/story/61451/if-danica-moves-to-nascar-buckle-up.htmlIf Danica Patrick switches gears from open-wheel racing to NASCAR, she could provide a much-needed boost to the recession-scarred circuit, experts tell Advertising Age. “Every TV rating for every race will increase” if Patrick makes the shift, says a sports marketing exec. Track attendance would rise, and women’s interest in...http://www.newser.com/story/61451/if-danica-moves-to-nascar-buckle-up.html2009-06-10T16:30:01http://www.newser.com/story/41334/obama-spot-snags-22-of-viewers.htmlJust about a fifth of watchers in big US media markets tuned in to last night’s Barack Obama infomercial, even though the spot aired on four of five major networks, the Chicago Tribune reports. The highest ratings were in Baltimore, where a little less than a third of families caught...http://www.newser.com/story/41334/obama-spot-snags-22-of-viewers.html2008-10-30T19:20:13http://www.newser.com/story/37545/cruel-tv-makes-for-crueler-viewers-study.htmlPsychologists have long known about the link between on-screen violence and real-life aggression, but a new study suggests video cruelty has much the same effect, USA Today reports. Groups of subjects shown either footage from Mean Girls of the hands-off hostility known as "relational aggression" or a knife fight from...http://www.newser.com/story/37545/cruel-tv-makes-for-crueler-viewers-study.html2008-09-16T18:32:01http://www.newser.com/story/35355/nbcs-olympic-ratings-gold.htmlNBC’s Olympic coverage smashed the competition last week, in what Variety suggests could be the most decisive rout in television history. Viewership was buoyed by Michael Phelps’ record-breaking gold-medal performance Saturday; in addition, NBC’s various networks reached a staggering 83% of the US. The margins were the biggest in Nielsen...http://www.newser.com/story/35355/nbcs-olympic-ratings-gold.html2008-08-20T19:02:00