The return of its full slate of regular programming — “60 Minutes”, “Madam Secretary”, “The Good Wife” and “CSI: Cyber” — on the night led CBS to a total-viewer victory on Sunday with an average of 8.69 million total viewers. Leading television among adults 18-49 with an average of a 3.3 rating in prime time […]
CBS was the most-watched network on Saturday with 10.92 million viewers, courtesy of the ninth primetime “Republican Presidential Debate” (Women 18-34: 1.1/5; Men 18-34: 1.7/8; Women 18-49: 1.8/6; Men 18-49: 2.5/9) of the presidential election season. This 2-hour debate bested the 3-hour GOP debate on ABC one week earlier by +1 percent in each total […]
NBC and ABC shared leadership on this Saturday evening. “Dateline Mystery” helped make NBC Saturday’s most watched network with an average of 4.19 million total viewers. “NBA Saturday Primetime” featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers’ decisive 117-103 victory over the San Antonio Spurs helped ABC win Saturday night across several key demos — adults 18-34, adults 18-49, […]
CBS was Saturday night’s most-watched network with an average of 5.14 million total viewers. “NBA Saturday Primetime” on ABC propelled the network to win the night across prime-time broadcast and cable television on Saturday in all key adult and male demos, including 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54. Its debut edition delivered the most-watched and highest-rated non-Christmas […]
The Arizona Cardinals’ dramatic 26-20 overtime victory against the Green Bay Packers in Saturday night’s NFC Divisional Playoff game on NBC (Women 18-34: 6.6/27; Men 18-34: 10.6/42; Women 18-49: 7.9/26; Men 18-49: 13.4/42) ranked as the highest-rated Saturday primetime Divisional game ever, according to Nielsen. The NFL introduced primetime Saturday Divisional Playoff games in the […]
CBS was the dominant leader on Saturday night with “AFC Wild Card Playoff: Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati” (Women 18-34: 5.7/23; Men 18-34: 10.1/40; Women 18-49: 7.4/24; Men 18-49: 12.8/40). The game was up 12 percent from the year-ago Saturday prime time AFC Wild Card game (Baltimore-Pittsburgh, NBC, 27.9 million viewers on 1/03/15). Steelers-Bengals was the most-watched […]
The Minnesota Vikings’ 20-13 victory over the Green Bay Packers for the NFC North title on “Sunday Night Football” easily gave NBC a Sunday night victory. It delivered a +17 percent viewership increase from the 20.7 million viewers for 2014’s Week 17 SNF “AFC North Championship Game” (Pittsburgh’s 27-17 win over Cincinnati), which was also […]
ESPN’s telecast of college football’s “Alamo Bowl,” featuring TCU coming back from a 0-31 deficit to beat Oregon 47-41 in triple overtime, brought the network its fifth prime time victory (among all of TV, including the broadcast networks) within six consecutive nights (Dec. 28-Jan. 2). More analysis, sub-demos and cable information to come in next […]
ESPN was the outright winner, by far, on New Year’s night with college football’s “Sugar Bowl: Ole Miss vs. Oklahoma State”. On the negative side, it ranked as the least-watched Sugar Bowl ever (since at least 1999). Earlier in the day, college football’s Rose Bowl — Stanford vs. Iowa — on ESPN drew 13.6 million […]
