Digital direct radiography (DR) is significantly more effective than computed radiography (CR) at detecting breast cancer, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. The findings are the first to show a difference...Show More Summary
Facebook in its never ending attempt to build out a better Graph Search product has announced a new ratings system via Sections for Timeline. The “Sections” area shows users what apps they use and now a star rating system appears next to movies, TV shows, and books. Once rated developers can track traffic from Sections [...]
While A&E is touting its April ratings, one of its former stars is bashing the cable network and pointing out the numbers for Storage Wars are in steady decline. Dave … READ ON
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's ABC network is tapping its blockbuster "Avengers" franchise for a new TV show, looking to reverse a ratings decline that put it last of the four largest networks among audiences coveted by advertisers.
Post by Lindsay Mannering A middle school in New Jersey lost $1.3 million in funding because of the district's high absentee rates, so they decided to take action. Using money and gifts donated by local businesses, the school is using iPads, bikes, and other gifts to incentivize kids to come to class. Show More Summary
Facebook is hoping to give developers a better way to get discovered and improve Graph Search. So today it announced it's finished rolling out "Sections" for Timeline that show what apps you use, which people now add 200 million items to daily. Show More Summary
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ABC has collapsed “Dancing with the Stars” to just one night a week — Monday — and will integrate the results show into performance nights, as it looks to minimize the fallout of that show’s ratings decline. Read full article >>
Ratings: ‘The Voice’ wins Monday – 5/14/2013 via Rickey.org The Voice had a 3.6 adult rating on Monday, down from last week but still the #1 show of the night in the all-important demo. It had 11.03 million viewers. The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor
The season finale of "How I Met Your Mother" -- in which the show finally revealed the identity of the Mother -- got a big ratings bump Monday, beating "The Voice" among adults 18-49 in their shared half-hour.
Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM ABC Dancing with the Stars 13.01 2.0/6 NBC The Voice 11.03 3.6/10 CBS How I Met Your Mother 8.37 3.4/11 FOX Hell’s Kitchen 3.97 1.7/5 CW 90210! 620,000 0.3/1 8:30PM CBS The Big Bang Theory (R) 7.37 2.4/7 9PM ABC Dancing with the Stars 13.01 2.0/6 NBC The VoiceRead More
While still trailing in the evening news race, the “CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley” continues to show the most growth in viewership: up +12% compared to the same week last year. At the same time, it’s the only evening broadcast to shed viewers in the ad-friendly A25-54 demo, down -2% compared to last year. Show More Summary
Not so long ago, reality programs featuring wealthy teens and twenty-somethings — shows like “The Hills” and “Laguna Beach,” both set in affluent California communities — were garnering strong ratings for MTV. By the time Stephen Friedman became the network’s president in 2008, however, viewer tastes were beginning to change. Show More Summary
While we have seen rate increases in the early part of 2013, the end of April showed record lows for the year so far. Finance reporters and rate strategists watch the economic trends, they are discussing a casino-like scenario where buyers are gambling to hold out for a better rate or lock in the current [...]
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Sen. Al Franken made a rare national media appearance on Lawrence O'Donnell's show on MSNBC this Monday evening to discuss his participation in the SEC's roundtable on credit rating industry reform thisShow More Summary
Use of TYRX, Inc.'s AIGISRx® Antibacterial Envelope reduced major infection rates by more than 90% in patients undergoing Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) replacement procedures compared to similar high-risk cohorts,...Show More Summary
Monday night on the Factor, Bill O'Reilly set out to figure out how a show called Duck Dynasty gets better ratings than he does. "Only in America could this happen," O'Reilly said of the "mania" surrounding the show, before bringing on Duck Commander CEO, and star of the reality juggernaut, Willie Robertson.
Monday morning, NBC's "Today Show" engineered one of those warm "family" moments that producers hope will help rescue the declining morning show from its recent ratings fall. The warm fuzzies were everywhere as "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie announced on-the-air that she was officially engaged to her boyfriend of four years, Mike Feldman. Show More Summary
Looking to bounce back from their nearly 20 percent ratings drop in the coveted 18-49 demographic from last season, Fox has ordered nine new shows as part of its 2013-2014 schedule.
Six-Month Ratings Surge Continues