The Nielsen Media Research company estimates the number of television households in the United States is up to 114.9 million as the new TV season begins. Nielsen compiles TV ratings. It says the TV household estimate is up by 400,000 homes from ...

More than two out of three people worldwide tuned in for the Beijing Olympics. Nielsen Media Research says 4.7 billion viewers globally saw at least some of the 17 days of TV coverage last month. This audience was one-fifth larger than the 3 ...

Sarah Palin was a big hit on "Saturday Night Live." NBC scored its highest ratings for the late-night show in 14 years, in an estimate based on the nation's biggest media markets. Nothing has done better since skater Nancy Kerrigan visited after her Olympics drama with Tonya Harding in ...