In a close battle for the total viewers crown on Wednesday night among CBS, NBC and Fox, it was NBC that emerged victorious with 7.84 million total viewers. Fox took key demos honors thanks to “American Idol”. However, their new drama “Second Chance” did not take well advantage of its “Idol” lead-in, retaining just 48 […]
The College Football Playoff National Championship – an Alabama 45-40 victory over Clemson – averaged 25.667 million total viewers and a 14.7 household rating, marking it the most-watched cable program since the inaugural CFP National Championship (Jan 12, 2015). To-date, the audience is the sixth best in the history of cable. As a result, ESPN […]
Thanks to the 71-minute overrun of the NFL’s NFC Wild Card playoff into prime time, Fox snapped NBC’s 9-week Sunday winning streak among households and total viewers. Fox’s broadcast of the Green Bay Packers versus the Washington football team, which the visiting Packers won 35-18, posted a 21.8/37 household rating/share, with 38.8 million viewers, and […]
CBS was the dominant leader on Saturday night with “AFC Wild Card Playoff: Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati” (Women 18-34: 5.7/23; Men 18-34: 10.1/40; Women 18-49: 7.4/24; Men 18-49: 12.8/40). The game was up 12 percent from the year-ago Saturday prime time AFC Wild Card game (Baltimore-Pittsburgh, NBC, 27.9 million viewers on 1/03/15). Steelers-Bengals was the most-watched […]
Night two of the 15th season of “American Idol” helped Fox reign supreme on a busy Thursday night. “Idol” judge and music superstar Jennifer Lopez also reaped benefits starring in NBC’s “Shades of Blue”, her first turn on a scripted television series. The crime drama is NBC’s top Thursday drama debut in 18-49 in nearly […]
Although it dipped slightly from its year-ago premiere (down -3 percent in viewers, -6 percent in adults 18-49), the 15th (and final) season premiere of Fox’s “American Idol” was the top program of the night among total viewers and key demos, giving the network a definitive victory on Wednesday night in the midst of all […]
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CBS was Tuesday’s top network by far thanks to the “NCIS” / “NCIS: New Orleans” crossover. The stunt programming gave “NCIS” its largest total audience since Feb. 10, 2015 and “NCIS: New Orleans” its best deliveries in viewers and adults 18-49 since Jan. 6, 2015. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser […]
The Minnesota Vikings’ 20-13 victory over the Green Bay Packers for the NFC North title on “Sunday Night Football” easily gave NBC a Sunday night victory. It delivered a +17 percent viewership increase from the 20.7 million viewers for 2014’s Week 17 SNF “AFC North Championship Game” (Pittsburgh’s 27-17 win over Cincinnati), which was also […]
