THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2017 ABC 8:00 p.m. “Boy Band” (season or series finale) 9:00 p.m. “Battle of the Network Stars” 10:00 p.m. “The Gong Show” (R) CBS 8:00 p.m. “The Big Bang Theory” (R) 8:30 p.m. “Kevin Can Wait” (R) 9:00 p.m. “Big Brother” 10:00 p.m. “Zoo” NBC 8:00 p.m. “The Wall” (season finale) 9:00 […]
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). […]
The 2016 NFL season kicked off on this Thursday night on NBC with a rematch of Super Bowl 50: the Carolina Panthers visiting the defending champion Denver Broncos. The game gave the network a rousing prime time win, but despite that victory, Carolina-Denver was the lowest-rated kickoff game since 2009 (Tennessee-Pittsburgh, 12.8) and the least-viewed […]
CBS was Thursday’s overall winner amidst a slew of broadcast network preemptions due to regional NFL preseason game telecasts, thanks to a rerun of “Big Bang Theory” and a new “Big Brother 18” despite being pushed to late night or onto secondary CBS affiliates in several major markets. Note: Final nationals for Spanish-language networks will […]
NBC extended its prime time winning streak among total viewers and all key demos to 21 straight nights thanks to an “NFL Preseason” matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and the Miami Dolphins. It was the debut of former “Monday Night Football” commentator Mike Tirico announcing on an NBC NFL telecast. Half-hours for “NFL Preseason: Atlanta-Miami” […]
From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Thursday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — had an average of 22.9 million viewers with an 13.6 household rating; the same viewership and household rating from the second Thursday in London 2012 (on August 2, […]
