ESPN’s telecast of college football’s “Alamo Bowl,” featuring TCU coming back from a 0-31 deficit to beat Oregon 47-41 in triple overtime, brought the network its fifth prime time victory (among all of TV, including the broadcast networks) within six consecutive nights (Dec. 28-Jan. 2). More analysis, sub-demos and cable information to come in next […]
The top ratings performer on New Year’s Eve — as usual on every New Year’s Eve since the 1970’s — is “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” in late night from New York’s Times Square as the clock struck midnight on the East Coast. In prime time, a new ratings winner emerged: ABC’s fellow Disney […]
A light programming schedule on the broadcast networks paved the way for ESPN to win this Wednesday evening among total viewers and all key demos, courtesy of college football’s Music City Bowl between Louisville and Texas A&M. At 5.423 million total viewers, a 1.49 rating in adults 18-49, a 1.21 rating in adults 18-34 and […]
A special Saturday night edition of “Thursday Night Football” featuring the Washington football team clinching the NFC East division with a 38-24 win over the Philadelphia Eagles led NFL Network to rule the night on television. The network averaged 7.5 million total viewers and a 2.3 rating among adults 18-49 in prime time (8-11 p.m.). […]
The final Thursday edition of “Thursday Night Football” led NFL Network to dominate Christmas Eve on television. The cable outlet — which featured an Oakland Raiders team prevailing 23-20 over the San Diego Chargers in an overtime contest — averaged over 6.4 million total viewers and almost a 2.2 rating among adults 18-49 in prime […]
CBS was Wednesday’s most-watched network with approximately 5.76 million viewers. Giving them a boost was the night’s top telecast on all of television: a one-hour “I Love Lucy Christmas Special” which featured a colorized version of the classic Vitameatavegamin episode. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser does not support iframes. This […]
Repeat programming encompasses the majority of the TV schedule during holiday time and this Monday before Christmas was no different. Two Disney networks — ESPN and ABC — were among the few outlets to feature all-original programs in prime time and they benefited in the ratings. ESPN was the No. 1 network on TV overall […]
ABC led this Saturday night among all TV networks in total viewers (8.03 million) and topped the Big 4 in all key measures — including adults 18-34 over UFC (Women 18-34: 0.6/3; Men 18-34: 1.1/6; Women 18-49: 0.8/3; Men 18-49: 1.4/6) coverage on Fox — with the third Democratic Presidential Debate (Women 18-34: 0.8/4; Men […]
CBS — the lone broadcast network to air all original programming in prime time — was, by far, the top network on television among total viewers (9.28 million), adults 18-49 (2.0 rating/7 share) and adults 25-54 (3.0/9). Its four comedies each rose to their best numbers in several weeks: The highly-promoted Sheldon-Amy hookup episode of […]
