Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry NewsEntertainment Industry NewsPrime-Time Ratings: Weekend Highlights (Mediaweek.com)- June 23, 2008 Mediaweek.com - -Fridays Losers (excluding repeats): The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (ABC), MVP: He Shoots, She Scores (ABC)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/2008062... 'Get Smart' maxes out weekend with $38.7M debut (AP)- June 23, 2008 AP - Audiences put "Get Smart" under surveillance as the spy comedy starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway debuted at No. 1 over the weekend with $38.7 million.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_en... High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours (AP)- June 23, 2008 AP - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_en... Minneapolis' Tony-winning Jeune Lune to close (AP)- June 22, 2008 AP - A Tony Award-winning Twin Cities theater is closing and will be sold to repay a $1 million debt.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_en... Rare Monroe footage fetches $60,000 at auction (AP)- June 22, 2008 AP - Candid footage of Marilyn Monroe on the set of her last completed film brought in $60,000 at an auction of movie memorabilia Saturday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_en... Ratings Box: What's HotWhat's Not (Mediaweek.com)- June 19, 2008 Mediaweek.com - The second-season premiere of NBC realitycompetition America's Got Talent, hosted by Jerry Springer, opened with a hefty 12.78 million viewers and a 3.7 rating10 share in the Tuesday 9-11 p.m. block (opposite game six of the NBA Finals on ABC). Comparably, this was NBC's highest adult 18-49 rating for any prime-time entertainment telecast on any night of the week since the season-finale of The Office on May 15.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/2008061... Prime-Time Metered Market Wednesday Ratings: Fox Dances to Victory; Disappointing Celebrity Circus on NBC (Mediaweek.com)- June 19, 2008 Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: So You Think You Can Dance (Fox), Deal or No Deal (NBC), CSI: NY R (CBS)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/2008061... National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of June 9, 2008 (Mediaweek.com)- June 18, 2008 Mediaweek.com - Led by games three through five of the NBA Finals (Celtics vs. Lakers), ABC broke Fox's 22-week winning streak among adults 18-49. ABC was also first in adults 18-34 and adults 25-54, with year-to-year growth of 26 percent in households, 1.67 million viewers and as much as 60 percent in adults 18-34. Comparably, this was ABC's best performance for a summer week (Memorial Day through Labor Day) in two years.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/2008061... Prime-Time Metered Market Monday Ratings: Fox Wins; Lackluster Originals on ABC and NBC (Mediaweek.com)- June 17, 2008 Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: Bones R (Fox), Two and a Half Men R (CBS), House R (Fox), CSI: Miami R (CBS)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/2008061... Prime-Time Metered Market Wednesday Ratings: Fox Wins; Soft Start for NBC's Celebrity Circus (Mediaweek.com)- June 12, 2008 Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: So You Think You Can Dance (Fox), Deal or No Deal (NBC), Criminal Minds R (CBS), CSI: NY R (CBS)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/2008061... |