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). […]
While the return of “Sunday Night Football” helped NBC to a dominant Sunday night win and the game itself went down to the wire (New England def. Arizona 23-21), it was the lowest-rated and least-watched SNF season premiere since 2009 (Chicago-Green Bay: 12.6 rating, 21.1 million viewers). When including streaming data, the total viewership rises […]
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 […]
CBS was Thursday’s overall winner amidst a slew of broadcast network preemptions due to regional NFL preseason game telecasts, thanks to a rerun of “Big Bang Theory” and a new “Big Brother 18” despite being pushed to late night or onto secondary CBS affiliates in several major markets. Note: Final nationals for Spanish-language networks will […]
NBC was Wednesday’s top network among total viewers (7.46 million), adults 18-49 (1.4 rating/5 share) and adults 25-54 (1.9/6). Leading out of the “America’s Got Talent” results show, “The Night Shift” concluded its summer run at above its season average level (5 million viewers/0.98 adults 18-49 rating) in viewership and demos. Fox earned an adults […]
The “Sunday Fun & Games” lineup of “Celebrity Family Feud”, “The $100,000 Pyramid” and “Match Game” returned ABC to the top of Sunday night among total viewers (5.39 million). “NFL Preseason” with Cincinnati vs. Jacksonville helped NBC win among the broadcast networks in all key demos. For CBS, “Big Brother 18” rose to another season […]
For the second consecutive evening, “NFL Preseason” football won the night all-around for CBS. In most markets, the game featured was the Tennessee Titans vs. the Oakland Raiders, but other games (most notably, Giants-Jets in the New York market on its primary CBS affiliate) also took place. The day’s most-watched cable telecast was the premiere […]
For the first night in 22 nights on television, a network other than NBC won prime time. An “NFL Preseason” matchup between the Cleveland Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers helped CBS win Friday among total viewers and all key demographics. Half-hours for “NFL Preseason: Cleveland Browns @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers” on CBS were, as […]
