Sentence examples for long ratings from inspiring English sources

Perhaps unexpectedly, because Ms. Couric had not succeeded in stemming the long ratings descent at "The CBS Evening News," she remained something of a hot property.

The media circus that Richard Heene planned and hoped for will continue for a quite a long ratings winning run -- kind of like a successful TV reality show.

The news was no better for "Dancing," which capped its season-long ratings descent with the worst numbers ever for a finale.

The network built shows and nights of shows around the series, and often its return in the winter meant the difference between beating the other broadcast networks in season-long ratings (a favorite bragging right among network execs) and losing out to bigger shows.

The news comes at a critical time for "Today" as its main competitor, "Good Morning, America" on ABC, closes the ratings gap on "Today," which has recorded the longest ratings winning streak in television history — more than 16 years without losing even a single week.

The question is how long such ratings will last.

As long as ratings meet or exceed the guarantee, NBC will not have to add commercials.

"Today," long the ratings leader, topped "Good Morning America" by 435,000 total viewers Thursday and by 227,000 in the age group preferred by advertisers, viewers between 25 and 54.

So long as ratings were more or less freely disseminated to all, letting the agencies have access to information not available to others seemed to do no harm.

"For a long time ratings have been going down for public broadcasters," said James S. Tisch, president and chief executive of the Loews Corporation and the board's chairman.

After a long hiatus, ratings for the return of "Jericho," CBS's post-nuclear disaster drama, struggled Wednesday opposite Fox's "American Idol".