ESPN again won Monday night in total viewers and all key demos with Buffalo Bills-Seattle Seahawks on “Monday Night Football.” The timely Election Eve comedy special “SNL Election Special” on NBC easily defeated its 10 p.m. competition on ABC and NBC and well retained its “The Voice” lead-in: 80 percent in viewers (8.022 million from […]
It was All Hallows’ Eve but ESPN remained as Monday’s top network overall with “Monday Night Football” featuring the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears (6.38 U.S. household rating, 10.476 million viewers). While the holiday normally depresses the viewer levels, the game yet again marked a year-to-year decrease for “MNF”: compared to Indianapolis-Carolina on 11/02/15 […]
NBC was able to emerge victorious as Monday’s most-watched network with an average of 9.68 million in prime time, thanks to “The Voice”. ESPN still won the night among all key demos with Tampa Bay-Carolina on “Monday Night Football” (5.59 household rating, 9.057 million viewers) but lost the viewer crown as sports fans were also […]
Fox again was the Wednesday winner overall with “Lethal Weapon” and a Mariah Carey-guested “Empire”. The freshman “Lethal Weapon” has been a consistent positive for Fox, dropping another mere 9 percent (in total viewers) in its third week compared to its second week. Runner-up to Fox in all key measures was ESPN with its telecast […]
Fox was the overall winner on Wednesday. “Empire”, which featured a police brutality storyline, remained as Wednesday night’s top telecast. Earlier in the evening, week two of cop-buddy action-dramedy “Lethal Weapon” retained much of its ratings from its week-ago series premiere telecast: Episode #2 of “Lethal Weapon” (Fox) erosion from series premiere: Total Viewers: -9 […]
The No. 1 network on night #1 of the 2016-17 traditional TV season was ESPN with “Monday Night Football.” ESPN won the night among all networks (broadcast or cable) in households, viewers and all key male and adult demos for the second time in as many weeks. The MNF game ranked as the #1 telecast […]
ABC dominated Monday night with the season finale of “The Bachelorette” and the special “The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose.” The 2-hour edition that featured Joelle “JoJo” Fletcher selecting Jordan Rodgers over Robby Hayes drew the largest same-day viewership for a ‘Bachelorette’ season finale since Aug. 5, 2013 (8.94 million). ‘The Bachelorette: After the Final […]
ABC led in most key figures on Monday night: total viewers (5.42 million), adults 18-49 (1.5 rating/6 share) and adults 18-34 (1.3/6). NBC won among adults 25-54 (1.9/6). The first night of the four-day “2016 Democratic National Convention” featuring speeches from First Lady Michelle Obama, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren and Vermont senator/former presidential candidate Bernie […]
“America’s Got Talent” again put NBC in the winner’s circle on Wednesday among total viewers (8.55 million), adults 18-49 (1.9 rating/8 share), adults 18-34 (1.2/6) and adults 25-54 (2.6/8). The third night of the four-day “2016 Republican National Convention” featuring speeches from Donald Trump’s son Eric and Trump’s vice president selection Mike Pence drew a […]
