Hairspray Live! Fails to Be a Megahit in the Ratings by Josef Adalian

You can’t stop the beat, but if you’re NBC, you also can’t get younger viewers to watch Hairspray Live! in massive numbers. The Peacock network’s nearly three-hour TV adaptation of t…

Jon Stewart Will Be Part of Stephen Colbert's RNC Show by Josef Adalian

Pro tip for anyone who’s been bummed about the absence of Jon Stewart during this election cycle: Make sure to watch Monday’s edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The former ho…

The 2016 Tonys Had the Best Ratings in 15 Years by Josef Adalian

The Hamilton halo lifted Sunday night’s Tony Awards to its biggest TV audience in 15 years. Per preliminary Nielsen data, the 70th annual kudofest drew 8.7 million viewers from 8 to 11 p.m…

Why American Idol Was Never the Same After Simon Cowell Left by Josef Adalian

American Idol ends its 14-year run on Fox tonight, its legacy as a television and pop-culture powerhouse assured. For the better part of a decade, the singing competition was unstoppable, la…

Grease: Live Soars in the Ratings, Beating NBC’s Past Two Musicals by Josef Adalian

The ratings for Grease: Live are in, and Fox execs could be forgiven for busting out the hand jive this morning. Sunday’s spectacular small-screen reinvention of the 1978 movie (which itse…

The Wiz Live Struck Ratings Gold for NBC by Josef Adalian

Viewers eased on down to NBC Thursday, turning The Wiz Live! into a ratings hit. Thursday’s live (to the East Coast, anyway) musical event brought in 11.5 million viewers and a 3.4 rating …

NBC Schedule: Heroes Returns, Neil Patrick Harris on Tuesdays, and Hardly Any Comedy by Josef Adalian

NBC will attempt to halt its recent ratings slide with a new fall schedule comprised of three new dramas, the long-touted revival of Heroes, a variety show from Neil Patrick Harris and what …

NBC Is Doing the Neil Patrick Harris Variety Show We Have All Prayed For by Josef Adalian

The Neil Patrick Harris variety show Americans have hoped and prayed is finally happening. Vulture has learned NBC has landed the actor/author/all-around host with the most to headline a U.S…

Smash Is Now Losing to the Oprah Winfrey Network by Josef Adalian

This is what it's come to for NBC's Smash: The once-promising series is now doing worse than … Iyanla, Fix My Life.

Co-Writer of Neil Patrick Harris’s ‘Not Just for Gays Anymore’ Tonys Number Is Writing a Musical Sitcom -- Vulture by Josef Adalian

While the 2011 Tony Awards will likely be remembered for the many trophies carried away by The Book of Mormon, there's a strong argument to be made that the best part of this year's kudos w…

The Star Market: Can Lea Michele Hit All the High Notes With Her Hollywood Career? by By Kyle Buchanan and Claude Brodesser-Akner and Josef Adalian