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Lustre fading a bit for “The Sing-Off”

Second-episode overnight ratings numbers are in for the third season of NBC’s The Sing-Off, and it confirms the ratings drop for last week’s season premiere when compared with season two. Monday’s (Sept. 26) ratings averaged 1.7, with close to 5 million viewers at the start of the two-hour episode, but falling to just under 4 million toward the end of the program. The first week posted slightly better ratings, averaging 1.8 and around 5 million viewers. Overall, the show is in fourth place for Monday nights, behind shows on CBS, ABC and Fox. (more…)

“The Sing-Off” third season debuts

The third season of NBC-TV’s hit a cappella show The Sing-Off debuts this evening (Monday, Sept. 19) at 8:00 PM (ET) in the US. The first eight contestants appear on tonight’s show.

Ben will be blogging his observations on the show and contestants, with each episode’s blog post going up shortly after the show concludes in the Pacific time zone. There are links to his current season blog as well as last season’s blog, Twitter feeds and more info in the right column.

“The Sing-Off” contestants announced

NBC-TV has announced the expanded field of contestants on the third season of the hit a cappella competition show, The Sing-Off. They are: (more…)

Sara Bareilles joins Ben on “The Sing-Off”

NBC Television has announced that three-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles will be joining the panel of judges on the hit a cappella contest show The Sing-Off this fall when the third season debuts on Monday, September 19. (more…)

“The Sing-Off” to expand, add another judge

The Sing-OffAt the NBC Television Network’s Upfront (a presentation on fall programming for the affiliates) today, the network announced that its popular a cappella competition show The Sing-Off, which features Ben Folds on the panel of judges, will expand for its third season. (more…)