CBS was tops in Saturday prime time viewership with an average of 3.99 million viewers. The return of NBA Saturday Primetime helped ABC win the night in all key demos. The San Antonio Spurs’ 118-115 overtime victory over the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers drew a slight increase in ratings from the ABC Saturday night […]
CBS was the dominant network on Saturday night with the AFC Divisional Playoff matchup between the Houston Texans and the New England Patriots. CBS tripled the prime time viewership (28.98 million vs. 9.63 million) and almost quadrupled the prime time adults 18-49 delivery (9.0 rating vs. 2.4 rating) of ABC, NBC and Fox combined. Nonetheless, […]
NBC ruled Saturday night by far over the other there broadcast networks. With the NFC Wild Card matchup between the Detroit Lions and the Seattle Seahawks, NBC in prime time more than tripled the viewership (26.42 million vs. 8.34 million) and quintupled the adults 18-49 delivery (8.5 rating vs. 1.7 rating) of ABC, CBS and […]
ESPN dominated New Year’s Eve prime time with the nightcap College Football Playoff Semifinal, Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State vs. Clemson (19.24 million on ESPN and ESPN2 combined) which was up 3 percent in TV-only viewers from the year-ago prime time Semifinal of the Cotton Bowl. The late afternoon Semifinal Peach Bowl: Alabama vs. Washington (19.34 […]
NFL Network won its second consecutive Saturday night among total viewers (approx. 5.9 million), adults 18-49 (approx. 1.8 rating), adults 18-34 (approx. 1.6 rating) and adults 25-54 (approx. 2.1 rating) with another Saturday edition of “Thursday Night Football.” On this night, the game featured was the Cincinnati Bengals at the Houston Texans. As noted at […]
NFL Network was Saturday night’s top network overall with a Saturday edition of “Thursday Night Football” featuring the Miami Dolphins at the New York Jets. Compared to the year-ago Saturday night NFL Network matchup of Jets-Cowboys (12/19/15), Miami’s 34-13 win over New York was down 42 percent in household rating (2.51 vs. 4.3), down 41 […]
CBS won Saturday night overall with its rebroadcasts of holiday programs — “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman,” and “Frosty Returns” — and an original edition of “48 Hours.” Their prime time lineup benefited from the late afternoon event, the annual “Army-Navy” college football game which drew 7.94 million viewers, up 11 percent from […]
Fox was the definitive winner on Saturday night with Penn State’s 38-31 victory over Wisconsin in the 2016 “Big Ten Championship Game.” Compared to the year-ago Big Ten title game (Michigan State-Iowa, 12/05/15), Penn State-Wisconsin was down 6 percent in total viewers (9.189 million vs. 9.818 million) and down 11 percent in adults 18-49 (3.401 […]
ABC’s highly-rated Saturday culminated with a dominant prime time victory, courtesy of the matchup of in-state rivals Florida and Florida State on “Saturday Night Football.” The game (and the top TV telecast) of the day took place at noon ET on ABC with the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines visiting their arch-rival No. 2 Ohio State […]
