It was all about Fox on Sunday evening with the NFC Championship Game which saw the top-seeded Carolina Panthers overwhelm the visiting Arizona Cardinals by a score of 49-15 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. Despite the lopsided score, the NFC Championship Game posted a +7 percent household ratings increase over the 22.5/35 for […]
CBS was Friday night’s top network in total viewers (9.86 million), adults 25-54 (2.1 rating/6 share), and adults 18-49 with a 1.4 rating and a 4.8 share, edging out Fox’s 1.4 rating/4.7 share. It was the fourth night within the past six nights where telecasts of two regularly scheduled CBS series each drew at least […]
Aided by the Pittsburgh Steelers-Denver Broncos playoff game — the second most-watched Sunday AFC Divisional Playoff game ever on record (dating back to 1987-88), “60 Minutes” on CBS delivered the largest non-sports audience for a single broadcast this television season, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, Jan. 17. It was the […]
CBS was Friday night’s most-watched network with an average of 9.06 million viewers. They also were best among adults 25-54 (1.9 rating/6 share). A double dose of “MasterChef Junior” led Fox to a rare Friday victory among adults 18-49 (1.4/5) and adults 18-34 (1.0/5). Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser does […]
CBS was Friday night’s most-watched network with an average of 6.44 million total viewers. ABC led among all key demos: adults 18-49 (1.4 rating/5 share), adults 18-34 (0.8/4) and adults 25-54 (1.9/6). It strongly burst onto the TV landscape in the summer of 2003 on the defunct netlet UPN. Then it successfully transitioned to UPN’s […]
The simulcast editions of “Thursday Night Football” (Women 18-34: 2.9/12; Men 18-34: 5.2/23; Women 18-49: 3.6/12; Men 18-49: 6.9/24) on CBS and NFL Network in 2015 concluded on a winning and, as seen in the video below (sorry, Lions fans!), spectacular note. NBC delivered solid numbers for its musical “The Wiz Live!” (Women 18-34: 3.5/14; […]
The Friday night of Thanksgiving weekend featured several hours of repeat and special programming on all of television but CBS remained on top in total viewers (6.01 million). ESPN led among all key demos with “College Football” (Baylor-TCU) (Women 18-34: 0.68; Men 18-34: 1.40; Women 18-49: 0.79; Men 18-49: 2.40). Three holiday specials — “Grandma […]
The Chicago Bears earned one of the NFL’s most surprising wins of the season so far, defeating the Green Bay Packers 17-14 at Lambeau Field on the night the Packers retired the jersey number of their legendary quarterback Brett Favre. Not surprising, of course, was NBC’s overwhelming prime time victory on this Thanksgiving Thursday night. […]
Thanksgiving Eve normally produces lower-than-normal viewing levels and this Wednesday night was no different as CBS led in total viewers (7.77 million) while Fox was best in adults 18-49 (2.2 rating/8 share), adults 18-34 (1.9/9) and adults 25-54 (2.6/8). While Fox’s “Empire” (Women 18-34: 3.6/14; Men 18-34: 2.1/10; Women 18-49: 4.0/13; Men 18-49: 2.3/8) and […]
