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 […]
ESPN again is the Monday night winner in all key measures with the “Monday Night Football” matchup of New York Giants-Minnesota Vikings (which the Vikings had won 24-10). At 10 p.m., the series debuts of “Conviction” (ABC) and “Timeless” (NBC) couldn’t top the third season premiere of “Scorpion” (CBS) in total viewers (although ‘Timeless’ eked […]
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 […]
Tuesday night’s honors went to total-viewer winner CBS with an average of 13.3 million viewers and key-demo winner NBC among adults 18-49 (3.1 rating/11 share), adults 18-34 (2.1/10), and adults 25-54 (4.0/12). “Bull” (CBS) and “This Is Us” (NBC) each debuted well on the previous Tuesday and both maintained much of their audiences in their […]
CBS easily won Thursday evening with the return of “Thursday Night Football” featuring the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills. However, it was the lowest-rated, least-watched TNF premiere (including streaming data) since 2013 (N.Y. Jets-New England on NFL Network and local broadcast affiliates in New York and Boston; 6.9 household rating, 11 million viewers). […]
NBC dominated Wednesday night with the 2-hour 11th season finale of “America’s Got Talent” followed by the second season premiere of “Blindspot.” The season finale of “America’s Got Talent” (2.8/10 in 18-49, 14.4 million viewers overall from 8-10 p.m. ET): · Jumps +33% versus its year-ago finale in 18-49 (2.8 vs. 2.1 from 9-11 p.m. […]
NBC easily won Tuesday night with the final performance episode of “America’s Got Talent” and reality/comedy “Better Late Than Never”. A special Tuesday eviction episode of CBS reality competition “Big Brother 18” gave the series its largest live plus same day viewership since Aug. 28 and was in a virtual tie for the third most-viewed […]
ESPN won Monday’s prime time with a “Monday Night Football” doubleheader, Pittsburgh-Washington and Los Angeles-San Francisco. Despite being the sole network on TV averaging over 10 million viewers from 8-11 p.m., each game drew multi-year lows. Pittsburgh-Washington experienced a four-year low for an MNF season-opening game (Baltimore-Cincinnati, 2012, 7.0 household rating, 10.9 million viewers). Los […]
