ESPN again led all of Monday night demos with “Monday Night Football”. On this night, MNF featured the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears — the game telecast posted a 6.13 U.S. household rating and 10.281 million viewers. ESPN was neck-and-neck with its fellow Disney-owned network ABC, with “Dancing with the Stars” and freshman hit drama […]
NBC again won Sunday prime time with “Sunday Night Football”. However, the Kansas City Chiefs at the Houston Texans (16.53 million viewers) actually was down 1 percent in total viewers from the year-ago SNF game (16.62 million for New York Giants at Green Bay Packers from Oct. 9, 2016) that had aired opposite a presidential […]
CBS led Friday prime time among total viewers and was neck-and-neck for the lead with NBC in adults 18-49. MLB Network’s telecast of the 13-inning Game Two thriller in the “American League Division Series” between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians averaged 3.2 million viewers and peaked with 5.3 million viewers during the final […]
CBS again dominated Thursday night with its joint broadcast of New England Patriots at Tampa Bay Buccaneers on “Thursday Night Football” with NFL Network. FS1’s telecast of Game 1 of the “American League Division Series” between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians fell behind recent LDS Game One’s on the opening Thursday of […]
The 2017 Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason has arrived! From October 3-November 1, a champion will be determined among the ten teams involved. The league’s broadcast partners this playoff season include Fox, FS1, TBS, ESPN and MLB Network. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser does not support iframes. This section of […]
From Aug. 24 thru Sep. 13, the Cleveland Indians had dominated their opposition during their extraordinary 21-game winning streak. On Sep. 14, the Kansas City Royals were one strike away from snapping that streak in Cleveland. But the Indians’ star young shortstop Francisco Lindor tied the game at 2-2 with an RBI double in the […]
ABC eked out Monday prime time victories in total viewers (5.06 million) and in adults 18-49 (1.3 rating/5 share) over runner-up NBC (5.01 million viewers, 1.2/5 adults 18-49). ABC had a much clearer win among adults 18-34 (1.1/6). Game show “To Tell the Truth” moved in to its Monday 10 p.m. time slot, followed a […]
With an original airing of “Big Brother 19” followed by the modest premiere of game show “Candy Crush”, CBS led Sunday night in total viewers (5.39 million) and adults 18-34 outright (0.7 rating/4 share) as well as having earned the slight edge over ABC among adults 18-49 (1.0/4) and adults 25-54 (1.4/5). With an average […]
NBC led Saturday night in total viewers (3.12 million) and tied Fox for tops in adults 18-49 (0.5 rating/3 share) and adults 25-54 (0.7/3). The Boston Celtics-L.A. Lakers “NBA Summer League” game — the second game for Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball — propelled ESPN to No. 1 in adults 18-34 (approx. 0.43 rating). Celtics-Lakers is […]
