The Chicago Cubs finally overcame a 108-year world championship drought to win the World Series on Wednesday night as Major League Baseball and its broadcast network partner Fox reaped huge rewards with milestone ratings for its instant classic Game 7 of the “2016 World Series.” At 40.045 million viewers, the Chicago Cubs’ 8-7 win over […]
CBS led Thursday night once again in total viewers but for the first time this TV season, they won the night with scripted fare. Among their five programs in prime time, two had series debuts. The new Joel McHale workplace sitcom “The Great Indoors” lost about 40 percent of its “Big Bang Theory” lead-in among […]
CBS and TNT each won a part of this Sunday night. CBS was prime time’s most-watched network with an average of 8.32 million viewers; TNT, with an “NBA Eastern Conference First Round Game 4” doubleheader: Atlanta Hawks at Boston Celtics, then Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons, topped all key demographics including adults 18-49, adults 18-34 […]
CBS, ABC and ESPN each had a share of Friday night victory. CBS led among total viewers (7.06 million) while ABC won among adults 25-54 (1.6 rating/5 share). ESPN was, by far, the night’s No. 1 network among adults 18-34 (approximately, a 1.1 rating). ABC and ESPN were in a virtual tie for the top […]
CBS returned with its regularly scheduled programming on this Friday night and won prime time among total viewers (8.23 million), adults 18-49 (1.1 rating/4 share), adults 18-34 (0.7/3) and adults 25-54 (1.6/5). The Boston Celtics ended the Golden State Warriors’ 54-game home winning streak on this evening with a 109-106 victory on ESPN. Despite a […]
A special 2-hour best-of-auditions edition of “The Voice” powered NBC to win Wednesday — the network’s third consecutive night victory among total viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. NBC also took top honors among adults 18-34 (0.9 rating/4 share). The second season premiere of NBC’s critically-acclaimed sitcom “The Carmichael Show” returned to similar figures from […]
On this Friday, CBS and ABC again split the lead on the evening — CBS with total viewers (8.47 million), ABC with all key demos. MMA’s Bellator received highly positive news for this night with “Bellator 149” (Women 18-34: 0.62; Men 18-34: 1.17; Women 18-49: 0.64; Men 18-49: 1.30) featuring Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000 […]
