The nearly 27 million viewers for the Georgia-Oklahoma Rose Bowl Game simulcast on ESPN and ESPN2 is the fifth most-watched cable telecast of all time. As a result, the College Football Playoff system now represents four of the five most-watched cable telecasts of all time. ESPN’s presentation of the entire New Year’s Six averaged nearly […]
What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s top ten cable telecasts in total viewers and adults 18-49 as well as selected other programs on Wednesday, November 29 (with the night’s cable ranks according to total viewers and adults 18-49 in parentheses): Storage Wars (A&E, 9:00 PM, 30 min.) – […]
CBS and Fox shared Wednesday prime time leadership — CBS among total viewers and adults 25-54 (1.9 rating/6 share), Fox among adults 18-49 and adults 18-34 (1.2/6). A special Wednesday episode of “The Voice” equaled NBC’s highest in-season (excluding summer) adults 18-49 rating in the timeslot since March 15 (1.7) and its top in-season total-viewer […]
ABC finished a dominant #1 on Wednesday night, winning all six half-hours of the night in total viewers and adults 18-49 by featuring its broadcast of “The 51st Annual CMA Awards”. The CMA Awards grew by double digits year over year with total viewers (+14 percent -14.3 million vs. 12.5 million) and adults 18-49 (+10 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 was the clear winner in the Wednesday ratings. Their night featured the one-hour presidential candidate special “Commander-in-Chief Forum” whose moderator Matt Lauer was oft critically maligned as a result. As noted here last week, the MSNBC simulcast of the special drew 3.43 million viewers. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser […]
NBC was Wednesday’s top network among total viewers (7.46 million), adults 18-49 (1.4 rating/5 share) and adults 25-54 (1.9/6). Leading out of the “America’s Got Talent” results show, “The Night Shift” concluded its summer run at above its season average level (5 million viewers/0.98 adults 18-49 rating) in viewership and demos. Fox earned an adults […]
