Sunday night’s NBA Finals Game 7 on ABC was the most-watched, highest-rated NBA game since Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals (which had aired on NBC), according to Nielsen. ABC’s Game 7 viewership peaked with 44.511 million viewers and a 22.5 U.S. rating from 10:30-10:40 p.m. ET. The 2016 NBA Finals on ABC, in […]
Showtime has opted against a fourth season of “Penny Dreadful.” The now final episode this past Sunday, titled “The Blessed Dark” and signing off with a title card reading, “The End,” saw Vanessa (Eva Green) voluntarily dying at Ethan’s (Josh Hartnett) hand in order to save the world. The plan all along, according to series […]
CBS was Sunday night’s most-watched network with an average of 8.55 million viewers. Propelled by the awards host James Corden (“Late Late Show” and famed Carpool Karaoke segments) and the winner of 11 Tonys, the smash hit musical “Hamilton”, CBS’s broadcast of THE 70th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® delivered its largest audience since 2001 and its […]
Although Golden State’s blowout win over Cleveland resulted in declines of 9 percent (in total viewers; 17.489 million vs. 19.168 million) and 12 percent (in adults 18-49; 8.28 million vs. 9.432 million) for “NBA Finals Game 2” from its year-ago Finals Game 2 (on 6/07/15), ABC still won Sunday night, by far, in all measures. […]
It was a normally low-rated night of television on this Sunday, the night before the Memorial Day holiday. Fox remained the annual prime time winner on this evening, thanks to their traditional telecast (since acquiring it in 2001) of NASCAR’s “Coca-Cola 500”. On the negative side, though, the race on Fox drew its least non-rainout […]
ABC won the final Sunday night of the 2015-16 traditional season in all measures except adults 18-34 (TNT, due to coverage of “NBA Western Conference Finals Game 3: Golden State Warriors @ Oklahoma City Thunder”, won with an approximate 2.3 rating), thanks to the season finale of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and the “2016 Billboard […]
Showtime, at present, is offering the season three episode of psycho-thriller online before its official return on Showtime on Sunday, May 1. The third season premiere is available via YouTube, Facebook, Sho.com, iTunes, Amazon and Hulu, among other platforms. Debuting on May 11, 2014, the Victorian England-set “Penny Dreadful” draws upon many characters from 19th-century […]
