Demographics

"American Idol" had the most viewers Wednesday night, but it continued to slide from last season. The Fox singing contest averaged 11.1 million viewers, according to updated ratings. The comparable show last season had 16.5 million viewers. That...

May 09 (TheWrap.com) - "American Idol" is going nuclear for Season 13. None of the four judges on the singing competition will be asked to return next season, an individual with knowledge of Fox's plans told The Wrap. Longtime producer Nigel Lythgoe is...

WASHINGTON -- Enough with this "enough" business. Latest to the question of whether a person is sufficiently identifiable as belonging to a particular demographic is Ted Cruz -- the conservative Texas senator who happens to be of Hispanic descent. But...

There was no contest: CBS' "NCIS" was the most-watched program Tuesday nationally and locally. But there were two winners in the 18-to-49 age group. NBC's "The Voice" was the big winner nationally. Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" was tops in Orlando. "NCIS"...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — New U.S. Census Bureau figures suggest that West Virginia saw the lowest voter turnout among states in November. Survey results released Wednesday rank the state last for the number of 2012 General Election voters...

Suicide rates among Americans 35 to 64 years old rose 28% from 1999 to 2010, from 13.7 per 100,000 people to 17.6 per 100,000 people, the CDC reported Thursday.  The greatest increases occurred in people 50 to 54 years old (up 48%) and among people 55...

Los Angeles County supervisors rejected a bid Tuesday from several Santa Clarita Valley school districts and a water district hoping to consolidate elections in a bid to avoid the kind of voting rights lawsuits that other local governments have been hit...

As New Yorkers and Jerseyites in search of more house and a bigger yard migrated to the Lehigh Valley's exploding suburbs, the region's struggling cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton experienced nearly four decades of population flat-lining. But...

That Bob Newhart guest appearance helped put "The Big Bang Theory" on top last week in Central Florida. Sheldon Cooper & Co. ranked No. 1 in total viewers, the 18-to-49 age group and the 25-to-54 age group. In national ratings, "NCIS" was the most-...

A man with no risk factors for prostate cancer can go his whole life without ever taking a PSA test, according to the American Urological Assn. In a new clinical guideline unveiled Friday, the urologists said that only men between the ages of 55 and...

(The writer is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.) By Mark Miller CHICAGO, May 7 (Reuters) - Gary Bates was an airline pilot for 37 years, and in his last few years on the job, he noticed older travelers having trouble with the...

Something is killing the honey bees of Maryland. Close to 60 percent of the managed hives died last fall and over the winter — about twice the national average, according to the state bee inspector and local keepers. "I had a healthy hive that...