CBS led Wednesday by all measures, thanks to the 2-hour premiere of summer reality stalwart “Big Brother 18.” Compared to its year-ago premiere (“Big Brother 17” on June 24, 2015 8-9 p.m.), it was down by 10 percent (in total viewers; 6.19 million vs. BB17’s 6.92 million) and by 12 percent (in adults 18-49; 2.35 […]
NBC was Tuesday night’s top network along total viewers (9.2 million) and all key demographics. OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) aired cable’s two most-watched programs in prime time, headlined by the series premiere of family church drama “Greenleaf” starring Merle Dandridge, Keith David, Lynn Whitfield and Oprah Winfrey. With 3.04 million total viewers, the series delivered […]
NBC was Monday’s top network among total viewers (5.87 million), adults 18-49 (1.7 rating/6 share), and adults 25-54 (2.1/7) with the duo of “American Ninja Warrior” and “Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge”. “The Bachelorette” returned from its brief two-week NBA-related hiatus to give ABC the prime time lead among adults 18-34 (1.4/7). On the cable front, […]
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 […]
There was not much sampling of the English-language broadcasters on Saturday night. However, the Spanish-language outlet Univision thrived with coverage of the quarterfinal round of the 2016 Copa América Centenario. By airing two Copa America Centenario matches (both simulcast on Univision Deportes), Univision ranked as the No. 1 broadcast network among both young Adults 18-34 […]
“NBA Finals Game 6” on ABC won the night across all of television for the 54th consecutive time. Thursday night’s Game 6 – the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors to even the series 3-3 – generated 20.702 million average viewers, peaking with 25.254 million viewers from 11:30-11:45 p.m. ET. The Cleveland market averaged […]
NBC won Tuesday night in total viewers (9.39 million), adults 18-49 (2.1 rating/8 share), adults 18-34 (1.3/6) and adults 25-54 (2.9/9), mainly because of “America’s Got Talent”. Runner-up in key demos for the evening was ABC with the series premiere of family comedy “Uncle Buck” sandwiched in between the first two episodes of game show […]
Featuring Game 5 of the “2016 NBA Finals” (Golden State-Cleveland), ABC posted a big victory on Monday, leading its combined competition (CBS, NBC, Fox and CW) in total viewers (+ 4 percent – 14.6 million vs. 14.1 million) and adults 18-49 (+ 58 percent – 5.2/18 vs. 3.3/11). It was the network’s fifth consecutive evening […]
CBS and ABC shared victory a low-rated Saturday night overall. CBS led in total viewers (3.78 million) while ABC won in all key demos. Tripling its lead-in among Adults 18-49 at 9pm, ABC’s premiere airing of O.J.: Made in America ranked #1 among its major network competition in all 4 half-hours of its 2-hour time […]
