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RATINGS: Dexter, Devious Maids, Breaking Bad, and Primetime Emmys Score Big Numbers!

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Sunday night was an awesome night for television programmers who offered up the finale of Showtime’s beloved twisted series, Dexter starring Michael C. Hall, Lifetime gave us the season finale of Marc Cherry’s Devious Maids, and AMC continued its huge race to the finish line with stellar ratings for the second to last episode of Breaking Bad!  And to top that all off, the three hour plus airing of the 65th Annual Primetime Emmys on CBS were the highest rated in over 8 years!

So let’s start with Dexter, the series finale drew 2.8 million for it’s initial airing, and 3.3 million viewers in repeat viewings later in the evening.  That is the largest audience for any episode of a Showtime series!   The show’s eighth season was also the highest-rated season ever, with a weekly average of 6.4 million viewers across platforms.  While fans of the show have mixed review about how the series ended, it certainly went out on a ratings high!

Over at Lifetime’s Devious Maids, Nielsen estimates that Sunday’s season finale  averaged about 3 million viewers, up 19% from last week’s 2.52 million and a big 50% higher than the 2 million who watched the series premiere in late June.  The second season is expected to air summer of 2014!

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The newly crowned Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama Series, Breaking Bad broke its own record for its second to last episode before its series finale next Sunday. The AMC cable series brought in 6.6 million viewers, up about 3% from last week’s “Ozymandias” episode, according to early numbers from Nielsen.  It also got a slight boost in the key 18-to-49-year-old demographic, pulling in 4.3 million people. That’s an increase of about 6% from the previous week’s installment, which was declared by many to be the best episode in the series’ history.

Finally, the 65th Annual Daytime Emmys, which also got mostly negative reviews, scored big in the ratings! Sunday’s CBS telecast  jumped 33 percent from last year’s audience, with final returns at 17.6 million viewers.  That means, the Emmys reached its highest viewership since 2005.   CBS estimates a whopping 40 million tuned into the broadcast at one point or another.

So what did you watch on Sunday night? Breaking Bad, Devious Maids, Dexter, or the Primetime Emmys? Or, did you watch all of them at one point?  What did you think of the season finale of Devious Maids and the series finale of Dexter?  Comment below!

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I can find out who won on the Emmys, easily..
so, no need to suffer through them.

I watched ”Breaking Bad!!!

none of them.

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51st Daytime Emmys: Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa Receive Talk Show Host Nominations

On Thursday, nominations were announced in the Outstanding Talk Show category for the upcoming 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards. 

Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo, All My Children) coming off his first-year as co-host of ‘Live” with real-life wife, Kelly Ripa scored his first Talk Show Host nomination along with Ripa who has been nominated previous times.

Joining Mark and Kelly in the race are: Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, The View
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell, Sheryl Underwood, The Talk and
Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall.

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As previously reported, The Talk is coming to its end when its upcoming 15th and final season ends in December of 2024.

The 51st annual Daytime Emmys are slated to be broadcast and stream live on CBS and Paramount+ on Friday night, June 7th

Look for the full list of nominations to drop on Friday morning at 12 noon ET/9 am PT.

So, are you rooting for Kelly and Mark to win their first Talk Show host award together? Comment below.

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51st Daytime Emmys: Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Nominations

On Thursday, the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards revealed nominations in several key categories via four entertainment news programs: Access Hollywood, E! News, Extra and Access Hollywood.

Three of the four announcements were major categories in the field of Daytime Dramas.

The nominees in the Outstanding Daytime Drama Series category are: The Bay, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, Neighbours and The Young and the Restless.

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General Hospital won this category last year, and has the most all-time wins for a series in this category. For the first time, the beloved Australian-based soap opera, Neighbours is now eligible for competition due to its reboot which streams on Amazon Freevee.

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The 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be handed out in ceremonies in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ on Friday night, June 7th.

Previous categories announced tonight via the entertainment news outlet included: Lead Actor and Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

So, what do you think about this year’s nominee for the Outstanding Daytime Drama Series? Who do you think should win? Comment below.

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51st Daytime Emmys: Tamara Braun, Finola Hughes, Katherine Kelly Lang, Annika Noelle, Michelle Stafford, Cynthia Watros Score Lead Actress Nominations

The nominations were revealed for the 51st annual Daytime Emmys. in the prestigious Lead Actress in a Drama Series category by Entertainment Tonight.

This comes ahead of tomorrow’s full list that is set to be unveiled at 12noon/9am PST on Friday.

In the running for this year’s Outstanding Lead Actress are Tamara Braun (Ava, Days of our Lives), Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke, The Bold and the Beautiful), Annika Noelle (Hope, The Bold and the Beautiful), Finola Hughes (Anna, General Hospital), Cynthia Watros (Nina, General Hospital) and Michelle Stafford (Phyllis, The Young and the Restless).

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Previous winners in this category include GH’s Finola Hughes, Cynthia Watros and Y&R’s Michelle Stafford.  Days of our Lives nominee had won in the Supporting Actress category twice in her career.

Earlier, the Lead Actor nominees were revealed and you can find them here.

Make sure to be with us Friday night, April 19th for the Michael Fairman Channel’s 10th annual Daytime Emmy Nominations Special beginning at 5 pm PT where we chat live with some of this year’s nominees.

So, what do you think about this year’s Lead Actress nominees? Comment below.

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