News Broadcasting
‘Drew Carrey’ to bid adieu to ABC viewers
MUMBAI: Does Cleaveland rock? Certainly not on ABC as the heavyweight comic protagonist Drew Carrey is reported to exit quitely from the ABC line up.
In its ninth season, once the lion of ABC’s sitcom The Drew Carrey Show, will end its series on ABC. But the loyal viewers needn’t worry just yet, as the newer season is likely to make a come back on WB (Warner Brothers).
According to media reports, it is not surprising that ABC is doing away with the show on the down low, as it has burned off the past two seasons’ worth of episodes in the summer.
But although TDCS did not deliver ratings like the oh-so-popular Friends or Frasier , but it has a sort of an old world charm about it.
In finale, titled Finale, Kellie decides to marry Drew, but then goes into early labour. Drew then tries to throw together a makeshift hospital wedding so the two can be husband and wife before the baby is born.
On the home grounds, the show is currently expected to make a comeback on Star World.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
