Television’s biggest day of the year was headlined by “Super Bowl 50” televised on CBS. The Denver Broncos’ 24-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers didn’t set the all-time average viewership record which was set with last year’s Super Bowl XLIX (114.442 million) — this year’s game off 2 percent in total viewers and off 4 […]
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 […]
NBC was the Sunday night winner once again in all key measures, thanks to prime time football. The finale of the Univision’s music-based reality competition, “La Banda” reached 5.1 million total viewers who tuned in to all or part of the three-hour live broadcast from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET. The live telecast averaged […]
“Monday Night Football” (Women 18-34: 2.45; Men 18-34: 5.31; Women 18-49: 3.10; Men 18-49: 6.55) that featured an entertaining finish culminating in a 19-16 Dallas Cowboys win versus the Washington football team put ESPN atop Monday night in total viewers and all key demos. On the previous Monday, NBC’s new comedy “Superstore” received ample sampling […]
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. […]
The fall finale of AMC’s zombie drama “The Walking Dead” was the top entry on Twitter’s series and specials list for the week of Nov. 23. According to Nielsen, the Nov. 29 telecast totaled 488,000 tweets written by 125,000 unique authors, which were seen by a unique audience of 3.67 million people (generating 31.10 million […]
ABC’s 2015 American Music Awards was, by far, the top televised event on Twitter for the week of Nov. 16. According to Nielsen, the Nov. 16 event totaled 5.331 million tweets written by 935,000 unique authors, which were seen by a unique audience of 10.16 million people (generating 229.11 million Twitter TV impressions). The AMAs […]
ABC’s 49th Annual CMA Awards proved potent on social media, topping all televised events (including sports) on Twitter for the week of Nov. 2. According to Nielsen, the Nov. 4 event totaled 631,000 tweets written by 236,000 unique authors, which were seen by a unique audience of 6.36 million people (generating 70.56 million Twitter TV […]
CNBC’s Republican Presidential Debate: Your Money, Your Vote — although it received much backlash from observers and critics — topped all series and specials for the week of October 26. According to Nielsen, the event totaled 1.48 million tweets written by 310,000 unique authors, which were seen by a unique audience of 7.18 million people […]
