CBS and ABC shared Wednesday night leadership. CBS was the most-watched network with 6.55 million viewers, while ABC won in all key demos. Although new music drama “Star” did not win the 9 p.m. hour for Fox like its co-creator Lee Daniels’ other show “Empire,” it managed to build off of its 8 p.m. lead-in […]
Christmas Day provided great ratings gifts for several networks. NBC owned prime time with the Denver Broncos at the Kansas City Chiefs on “Sunday Night Football.” The game ranks as the most-watched Week 16 edition of “SNF” since 2011 as well as the third most-watched Christmas NFL game to-date. (Source: Sports Media Watch) According to […]
Christmas Day 2016 was the first meeting between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers since their epic 7-game NBA Finals back in June. The rematch certainly lived up to the hype. The Warriors — with the league’s best record of 27-4 heading into the day — had the lead over the Cavaliers for […]
The Seattle Seahawks and NBC both dominated Thursday night with NFL Network’s “Thursday Night Football.” Seattle’s 24-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on NBC and NFL Network combined to register a 8.8 household rating/16 share, 14.65 million viewers and a 4.3/16 rating/share among adults 18-49. The arrival of Howard and Bernadette’s baby on “The […]
NBC’s annual tradition of live musicals helped the network win Wednesday night all around with this year’s “Hairspray Live.” The star-studded cast featured Maddie Baillio, Harvey Fierstein, Martin Short, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Derek Hough, Kristin Chenoweth and Andrea Martin. “Hairspray Live” delivered 9.05 million viewers and a 2.3 rating/8 share among adults 18-49 — […]
NBC wrestled the Monday night total-viewer crown away from ESPN with the combo of “The Voice” and “Timeless,” averaging 8.44 million total viewers in prime time. Indianapolis Colts’ walloping 41-10 Week 13 victory over the New York Jets on ESPN drew the second lowest viewership ever for a “Monday Night Football” game — 8.091 million […]
NBC dominated Thursday night with its simulcast of Dallas Cowboys’ victory over the Minnesota Vikings (the Cowboys’ 11th consecutive win this NFL season) on NFL Network’s “Thursday Night Football.” With the involvement of this year’s successful Cowboys on this night, the “TNF” franchise experienced its most-watched game ever at a combined 21.76 million viewers across […]
While it was a holiday weekend, CBS remained as the Friday night leader in total viewers (4.61 million). NBC won a rare Friday night among all key demos including adults 18-49 (0.9/3 rating/share) and adults 25-54 (1.2/4). Four different networks — ABC, CBS, NBC and the CW — televised holiday specials in the 8 p.m. […]
CBS was the dominant Friday night leader in total viewers (9.52 million), adults 18-49 (1.2/5 rating/share) and adults 25-54 (1.8/6). An NBA doubleheader gave ESPN the win among adults 18-34 (approx. 0.66 rating). The day’s most-watched cable telecast was on Fox News Channel at 10 p.m.: the special “OBJECTified: Donald Trump” hosted by TMZ creator […]
