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 […]
The tenth season finale of “Monday Night Football” – a Denver Broncos’ 20-17 overtime victory over the Cincinnati Bengals – delivered a 9.4 household rating and 15.806 million viewers, based on Nielsen ratings, giving ESPN its highest-rated and most-viewed MNF telecast of the season. The game peaked from 11:30-11:45 p.m. ET with an 11.2 rating […]
It was not only a lopsided victory for the Minnesota Vikings over the New York Giants on “Sunday Night Football” — NBC won this final Sunday of 2015 by far, despite its marquee program drawing its least-watched game of its season. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser does not support iframes. […]
A special Saturday night edition of “Thursday Night Football” featuring the Washington football team clinching the NFC East division with a 38-24 win over the Philadelphia Eagles led NFL Network to rule the night on television. The network averaged 7.5 million total viewers and a 2.3 rating among adults 18-49 in prime time (8-11 p.m.). […]
CBS was the most-watched network on Christmas night with an average of 4.81 million viewers. ESPN, with its double dose of NBA games at night (Spurs-Rockets, Clippers-Lakers), was tops among adults 18-49 in prime time. The top ratings highlight of Christmas Day was on ABC in the early evening (before prime time) with the NBA […]
The final Thursday edition of “Thursday Night Football” led NFL Network to dominate Christmas Eve on television. The cable outlet — which featured an Oakland Raiders team prevailing 23-20 over the San Diego Chargers in an overtime contest — averaged over 6.4 million total viewers and almost a 2.2 rating among adults 18-49 in prime […]
CBS was Wednesday’s most-watched network with approximately 5.76 million viewers. Giving them a boost was the night’s top telecast on all of television: a one-hour “I Love Lucy Christmas Special” which featured a colorized version of the classic Vitameatavegamin episode. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser does not support iframes. This […]
CBS was Tuesday’s top network in total viewers (7.82 million) and all key demos even though its prime time lineup was all repeats — “NCIS”, “NCIS: New Orleans”, and “Limitless.” The top original program on the night was ABC’s 2-hour year-end retrospective “The Year: 2015” hosted by Robin Roberts. It won its 2-hour time slot […]
Repeat programming encompasses the majority of the TV schedule during holiday time and this Monday before Christmas was no different. Two Disney networks — ESPN and ABC — were among the few outlets to feature all-original programs in prime time and they benefited in the ratings. ESPN was the No. 1 network on TV overall […]
