Nickelodeon has greenlit two series: holiday-themed competition show “Top Elf” and hidden camera prank-themed “The Substitute.” In “Top Elf,” Santa has invited seven civilian “Elf-testants” to the North Pole in a competition that tests their skills in a series of holiday-themed challenges. Demonstrating the true spirit of the holidays, the Elf-testants compete to have their wish […]
The final Thursday edition of “Thursday Night Football” led NFL Network to dominate Christmas Eve on television. The cable outlet — which featured an Oakland Raiders team prevailing 23-20 over the San Diego Chargers in an overtime contest — averaged over 6.4 million total viewers and almost a 2.2 rating among adults 18-49 in prime […]
Repeat programming encompasses the majority of the TV schedule during holiday time and this Monday before Christmas was no different. Two Disney networks — ESPN and ABC — were among the few outlets to feature all-original programs in prime time and they benefited in the ratings. ESPN was the No. 1 network on TV overall […]
NBC was Sunday night’s top network of all of television in all key measures, thanks to, of course, “Sunday Night Football” (Arizona-Philadelphia) (Women 18-34: 3.4/13; Men 18-34: 6.6/26; Women 18-49: 4.0/13; Men 18-49: 8.3/26). Fox had an above average Sunday evening — despite no late afternoon NFL lead-in — with the three-hour “Miss Universe Pageant” […]
Among the Big 4 networks, CBS was tops in total viewers (11.42 million) while NBC won among adults 18-49 (2.5 rating/8 share), adults 18-34 (1.6/7) and adults 25-54 (3.5/10). However, all networks took a backseat to CNN which was best on TV overall with the help of the fifth Republican Presidential Debate (Women 18-34: 2.55; […]
The 3-hour telecast of the 1964 family classic “Mary Poppins” (Women 18-34: 0.7/3; Men 18-34: 0.4/2; Women 18-49: 1.1/4; Men 18-49: 0.7/3) made ABC the most-watched network on Saturday night. While ESPN’s 2015 Heisman Trophy Presentation (Women 18-34: 0.42; Men 18-34: 1.10; Women 18-49: 0.53; Men 18-49: 1.27) did relatively well among all the cable […]
In the first Wednesday within the midseason hiatus of Fox’s “Empire”, CBS stepped up front and center to capture the night winning in total viewers (9.19 million), adults 18-49 (1.9 rating/6 share), adults 18-34 (1.2/5) and adults 25-54 (2.7/8). “Empire” stars Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard switched gears from drama to variety-comedy with their […]
College football’s Big Ten Championship (Women 18-34: 1.5/7; Men 18-34: 3.4/16; Women 18-49: 1.8/7; Men 18-49: 4.2/15), which featured the Michigan State Spartans scoring late over the Iowa Hawkeyes propelling them to a 16-13 victory and Big Ten title, gave Fox its third Saturday night win in a row among households (5.0 rating/9 share), total […]
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 […]
