ABC’s veteran “General Hospital” took home four Daytime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, at the ceremony hosted by Mario Lopez and Sheryl Underwood at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California last night. Steve Harvey won two trophies, for Outstanding Game Show Host (“Family Feud”) and Outstanding Talk Show/Informative Host (“The Steve Harvey Show”). […]
The National Academy of Television has announced the nominations for the 2017 Daytime Emmy Awards. “The Young and the Restless” leads the pack with 25 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, two spots for Outstanding Lead Actress for Gina Tognoni and Jess Walton, and two for Outstanding Lead Actor for Peter Bergman and Kristoff St. John. […]
“Celebrity Name Game,” the syndicated game show from Debmar-Mercury and FremantleMedia North America, hosted by Craig Ferguson,” will not be returning for a fourth season. A victim of low ratings, ‘Celebrity Name Game” ranks last of the five first-run game shows, with a 1.3 household rating (through Nov. 20). First overall is “Family Feud” from […]
NBC extended its prime time winning streak among total viewers and all key demos to 21 straight nights thanks to an “NFL Preseason” matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and the Miami Dolphins. It was the debut of former “Monday Night Football” commentator Mike Tirico announcing on an NBC NFL telecast. Half-hours for “NFL Preseason: Atlanta-Miami” […]
From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Tuesday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — averaged a 20.5 household rating with 36.1 million viewers – ranking as the best night of the 2016 Rio Olympics in both metrics to-date. On the downside, the […]
NBC was Tuesday night’s top network along total viewers (9.2 million) and all key demographics. OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) aired cable’s two most-watched programs in prime time, headlined by the series premiere of family church drama “Greenleaf” starring Merle Dandridge, Keith David, Lynn Whitfield and Oprah Winfrey. With 3.04 million total viewers, the series delivered […]
Sunday night’s NBA Finals Game 7 on ABC was the most-watched, highest-rated NBA game since Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals (which had aired on NBC), according to Nielsen. ABC’s Game 7 viewership peaked with 44.511 million viewers and a 22.5 U.S. rating from 10:30-10:40 p.m. ET. The 2016 NBA Finals on ABC, in […]
CBS was Friday’s most-watched network with an average of 5.18 million total viewers. Univision (in conjunction with Univision Deportes) led prime time in all key demographics with the Colombia-Perú quarterfinal match in the 2016 Copa América Centenario. The Colombia vs. Peru match made Univision the No.1 broadcast station during the time period (8:15 pm- 10:15 […]
NBC won Tuesday night in total viewers (9.39 million), adults 18-49 (2.1 rating/8 share), adults 18-34 (1.3/6) and adults 25-54 (2.9/9), mainly because of “America’s Got Talent”. Runner-up in key demos for the evening was ABC with the series premiere of family comedy “Uncle Buck” sandwiched in between the first two episodes of game show […]
