For the week of Jan. 22, the top three of Villanova, Virginia and Purdue remained in the same top three spots as last week. As for the Purdue Boilermakers (8-0 Big Ten), they have won 15 straight games and remain at No. 3, their highest since being ranked No. 2 in March 1988. They have […]
CBS posted its best weekly viewers delivery since the week ending Jan. 22, 2017 (the week of the AFC Championship Game) and first in both adults 25-54 (2.8/09) and adults 18-49 (2.1/08) with CBS’ best deliveries in these measures since the week ending Feb. 12, 2017 (Grammy Week). (Source: CBS) What follows are the Live […]
The Villanova Wildcats remained atop the Associated Press poll for the week of Jan. 15. They defeated Xavier and St. John’s in the previous week. The Virginia Cavaliers move up to No. 2 which matches the team’s highest-ever ranking since the 2014-15 season. After wins over Syracuse and North Carolina State, Virginia has been designated […]
The final four NFL teams of 2017-18 are set to play on Jan. 21. First up will be the AFC Championship Game on CBS in the late afternoon. The No. 1 seeded New England Patriots will play in the NFL-record seventh consecutive AFC title game and their twelfth overall in the Tom Brady era (since […]
What follows are the Live + Same Day results on the broadcast networks for the week of Jan. 1: –Total Viewers: NBC: 9.70 million, CBS: 7.54, Fox: 5.77, ABC: 4.23, CW: 751,000 Univision: 1.49, Telemundo: 1.14, UniMas: 772,000 –Adults 18-49: NBC: 2.4 rating/9 share, Fox: 1.7/ 6, CBS: 1.0/ 4, ABC: 1.0/ 4, CW: 0.2/ […]
Opening NFL Divisional Playoff weekend on Jan. 13, the defending NFC champion Atlanta Falcons visit the Philadelphia Eagles and will air on NBC. As of Jan. 7, the Eagles — helmed by backup quarterback Nick Foles since the season-ending injury to MVP-contending QB Carson Wentz — are the first-ever No. 1 seeded NFL team to […]
ABC ruled the final week of 2017 among adults 18-49 over its broadcast competition, beating CBS and Fox by 33 percent each, and NBC by 50 percent. Year to year, ABC was up the most among the major networks, jumping 20 percent in adults 18-49 over the year-ago week. Featuring primetime Christmas Day NBA […]
For the first time this season, an original episode of “The Big Bang Theory” spinoff “Young Sheldon” surpassed its lead-in on Dec. 21 (although its parent show was a rerun on the night, but the spinoff hadn’t improved upon a rerun of the parent show previously). The telecast ranked third in total viewers for the […]
Heading into this week, the Michigan State Spartans, which haven’t lost since Nov. 14, are No. 1 for the first time since the 2015-16 season, the 12th time overall. Making the biggest jump in the poll this week are the Oklahoma Sooners (from 12 to 7) at their highest ranking since reaching No. 1 and […]
