“Thursday Night Football” was Thursday night’s winner once again but it aired exclusively on NFL Network (and not also on CBS with the exception of affiliates in Miami and Cincinnati) for this evening which featured the Cincinnati Bengals 22-7 victory over the Miami Dolphins. NFL Network won among total viewers (approx. 7.2 million), adults 18-49 […]
Despite a blowout win by the New England Patriots over the visiting Houston Texans, CBS again won Thursday evening with “Thursday Night Football”. There were many positives to claim for the new series premieres from the first three days of the 2016-17 traditional TV season. However, on this fourth evening, two new programs didn’t bask […]
CBS easily won Thursday evening with the return of “Thursday Night Football” featuring the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills. However, it was the lowest-rated, least-watched TNF premiere (including streaming data) since 2013 (N.Y. Jets-New England on NFL Network and local broadcast affiliates in New York and Boston; 6.9 household rating, 11 million viewers). […]
The 2016 NFL season kicked off on this Thursday night on NBC with a rematch of Super Bowl 50: the Carolina Panthers visiting the defending champion Denver Broncos. The game gave the network a rousing prime time win, but despite that victory, Carolina-Denver was the lowest-rated kickoff game since 2009 (Tennessee-Pittsburgh, 12.8) and the least-viewed […]
From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Thursday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — had an average of 22.9 million viewers with an 13.6 household rating; the same viewership and household rating from the second Thursday in London 2012 (on August 2, […]
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016 ABC 8:00 p.m. “BattleBots” 9:00 p.m. “The 100,000 Pyramid” (R) 10:00 p.m. “The Match Game” (R) CBS 8:00 p.m. “The Big Bang Theory” (R) 8:30 p.m. “Life in Pieces” (R) 9:00 p.m. “Big Brother” 10:00 p.m. “Code Black” (R) NBC 8:00 p.m. 2016 Rio Olympics Fox 8:00 p.m. “Rosewood” (R) 9:00 […]
TNT easily was the all-around prime time winner on this Thursday evening, the first night of the summer 2016 TV season. TNT’s exclusive presentation of the 2016 NBA Western Conference Finals Game 5 – Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warriors – delivered the network’s most-viewed NBA Western Conference Finals Game 5 telecast of all […]
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2016 ABC 8:00 p.m. “50 Questions” (season premiere, two hours) 10:00 p.m. “Modern Family” (R) 10:30 p.m. “blackish” (R) CBS 8:00 p.m. “The Big Bang Theory” (R) 8:30 p.m. “Life in Pieces” (R) 9:00 p.m. “Mom” (R) 9:30 p.m. “The Odd Couple” (R) 10:00 p.m. “Code Black” (R) NBC 8:00 p.m. “Strong” […]
CBS and ESPN split prime time victory for the fourth consecutive Thursday. CBS led among total viewers (6.41 million); Game 2 of the “NBA Eastern Conference Finals” between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors put ESPN on top among adults 18-49 (approx. 1.9 rating) and adults 18-34 (approx. 1.8 rating). The game telecast was […]
