The Pittsburgh Steelers dominated the Indianapolis Colts 45-10 on “Sunday Night Football” (Women 18-34: 3.5/13; Men 18-34: 7.1/26; Women 18-49: 4.6/14; Men 18-49: 8.8/26). Also with a dominating victory on this Sunday night: the network that carried the game, NBC. CBS showcased a salute to the late great crooner Frank Sinatra with “Sinatra 100: An […]
College football’s Big Ten Championship (Women 18-34: 1.5/7; Men 18-34: 3.4/16; Women 18-49: 1.8/7; Men 18-49: 4.2/15), which featured the Michigan State Spartans scoring late over the Iowa Hawkeyes propelling them to a 16-13 victory and Big Ten title, gave Fox its third Saturday night win in a row among households (5.0 rating/9 share), total […]
The simulcast editions of “Thursday Night Football” (Women 18-34: 2.9/12; Men 18-34: 5.2/23; Women 18-49: 3.6/12; Men 18-49: 6.9/24) on CBS and NFL Network in 2015 concluded on a winning and, as seen in the video below (sorry, Lions fans!), spectacular note. NBC delivered solid numbers for its musical “The Wiz Live!” (Women 18-34: 3.5/14; […]
NBC was the Tuesday prime time victor in total viewers (10.21 million) and all key demos. It was the third consecutive night NBC had been television’s most-watched network. Helping it lead the way was another results edition of “The Voice” (Women 18-34: 1.9/8; Men 18-34: 1.0/5; Women 18-49: 3.2/10; Men 18-49: 1.9/7) and their two […]
The conclusion of “Dancing with the Stars” in the previous week as well as ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” (Women 18-34: 1.74; Men 18-34: 2.75; Women 18-49: 1.94; Men 18-49: 4.84) with its featured matchup of two lackluster teams (Baltimore-Cleveland) paved the way for NBC to be the total viewers leader on Monday night (although ESPN […]
While the Denver Broncos spoiled the undefeated season of New England Patriots with a 30-24 overtime victory on “Sunday Night Football” (Women 18-34: 4.8/17; Men 18-34: 8.8/30; Women 18-49: 5.8/17; Men 18-49: 11.2/32), it didn’t spoil NBC’s overwhelming victory in all key figures on Sunday night. The game marks the fifth NBC Sunday Night Football […]
For the previous Saturday, Fox nearly edged by ABC with its own college football coverage for the first time this season. On this Saturday evening, Fox soared over ABC as well as the rest of the TV landscape with its broadcast of the Stanford Cardinal’s 38-36 win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Women 18-34: […]
The Friday night of Thanksgiving weekend featured several hours of repeat and special programming on all of television but CBS remained on top in total viewers (6.01 million). ESPN led among all key demos with “College Football” (Baylor-TCU) (Women 18-34: 0.68; Men 18-34: 1.40; Women 18-49: 0.79; Men 18-49: 2.40). Three holiday specials — “Grandma […]
The Chicago Bears earned one of the NFL’s most surprising wins of the season so far, defeating the Green Bay Packers 17-14 at Lambeau Field on the night the Packers retired the jersey number of their legendary quarterback Brett Favre. Not surprising, of course, was NBC’s overwhelming prime time victory on this Thanksgiving Thursday night. […]
