ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” once again bested the ball-dropping competition, averaging 18.8 million viewers during its key 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. time slot according...

You’ve probably seen a variation of this news on social media over the past few days: MTV officially shut down on New Year’s Eve, ending their final broadcast the same way...

Believe it or not, two of broadcast TV’s biggest events aren’t even in primetime. They also happen to pretty much bookend the year: ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve With...

RankPROGRAM (NETWORK)VIEWERS DATE AIRED1.Super Bowl LIX: Philadelphia vs. Kansas City (Fox)126,659,0002/9/20252.AFC Championship: Kansas City vs. Buffalo (CBS)57,766,0001/26/20253.AFC Divisional Playoff: Buffalo vs. Baltimore (CBS)     43,135,0001/19/20254.NFC Playoff: Washington vs. Detroit (Fox)35,017,0001/18/20255.World Series Game 7: Los...

What a difference a Super Bowl makes. Last year, Fox was down double digits in Variety‘s year-end ranker of the year’s most-watched networks in primetime. But in 2025, Fox had the...

NBC is ending its linear run of Peacock’s “The Paper” earlier than expected. Instead, starting on Jan. 5, NBC will air episodes of its freshman comedy “Stumble” in the Monday at...

Emmy-winning producer Bill Bracken, whose credits include “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” and the Disney+ live concert special “Grace for the World: Live from St. Peters Square,” has joined Dick Clark Productions...

After roaming the world with Expedia, Jeff Tobler is coming home to the warm comforts of television. Variety has learned that Tobler has been tapped by Universal Television Entertainment to return...