CBS and ESPN each had a share of Friday night victory. CBS led among total viewers (7.95 million) while ESPN was the night’s No. 1 network among all key demos including adults 18-49 (an approximate 1.6 rating), adults 18-34 (an approximate 1.5 rating), and adults 25-54 (approximately, a 1.7 rating) with an NBA Playoff doubleheader: […]
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Friday Final Nationals: Masters Second Round Viewership on ESPN Rises for Second Consecutive Year
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CBS was tops on Friday night among total viewers (8.16 million). CBS and ABC were in a virtual ratings tie for the lead among adults 18-49 (1.1 rating) and adults 25-54 (1.6); CBS earned the edge over ABC in shares for each of these demos: adults 18-49 (4.4 share vs. 4.3) and adults 25-54 (5.3 […]
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The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees for the 37th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards on Thursday, March 31. ESPN led all networks in nominations with 40, followed by FS1 with 27. CBS received 21, Fox and NBC with 19 each, TNT 14, HBO 13 and ESPN2 11. ESPN’s newsmagazine “E: […]
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Saturday night was a feast for the basketball fan as the NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament and a highly-anticipated NBA regular season matchup took center stage. CBS was the night’s top network in total viewers (5.79 million), adults 18-49 (1.7 rating/6.5 share) and adults 25-54 (2.0/7). The second round matchup in the South Region […]
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NBC was Saturday night’s top network in total viewers (4.28 million), adults 18-49 (0.8 rating/3 share) and adults 25-54 (1.2/4). For the 2016 U.S. Presidential races, a combined 5.6 million viewers watched Super Saturday primary and caucus results coverage on the three cable news networks in prime time. With an average of 2.67 million viewers […]
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The 21st season of Major League Soccer (MLS) begins on Sunday, March 6 with the entire sport (all 20 teams) playing in matches — four of those matches get the marquee national TV treatment. First is a rematch of the 2015 MLS Cup as the defending champion Portland Timbers welcome Kei Kamara and Columbus Crew […]
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Thursday Final Nationals: CNN and Telemundo Combine to Deliver Largest Debate Audience in Two Months
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CNN was the top single network on Thursday night among total viewers (approximately 10.8 million) and adults 18-49 (~2.2 rating). The tenth “Republican Presidential Debate”, on both CNN and Spanish-language outlet Telemundo, featured the 3-way shouting match between candidates Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. Based on the combined viewership of 14.5 million from […]
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For the third consecutive week, CBS was Sunday night’s most-watched network. On this evening, they averaged 9 million viewers. Another Sunday fueled by “The Walking Dead” and “Talking Dead” brought AMC another prime time victory among adults 18-49. From 7-11 p.m., AMC averaged a 2.7 rating within the demo. ABC’s 2-hour special “The Wonderful World […]
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There were scarce sampling on the broadcast networks on this Saturday night: NBC was tops in total viewers (4.15 million) while ABC — thanks to the NBA — led in key demos including adults 18-49 (1.0 rating/4 share) and adults 25-54 (1.1/4). As for ABC’s “NBA Saturday Primetime”, which saw the Golden State Warriors defeat […]