A doubleheader of first round Game 4s in the NBA playoffs put TNT on top of all of television on Sunday (from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.) among adults 18-49 (approx. 2.0 rating), adults 18-34 (approx. 2.0 rating) and adults 25-54 (approx. 2.1 rating). What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for […]
Averaging approximately 4 million viewers from 8-11 p.m. ET, ESPN was the most watched network on Saturday night, thanks to Game 1 of the Miami Heat at Philadelphia 76ers NBA Playoff series that aired for all but 17 minutes of their prime time. ESPN was also the night’s clear leader among all key adult demos. […]
Sunday night’s NBA Finals Game 7 on ABC was the most-watched, highest-rated NBA game since Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals (which had aired on NBC), according to Nielsen. ABC’s Game 7 viewership peaked with 44.511 million viewers and a 22.5 U.S. rating from 10:30-10:40 p.m. ET. The 2016 NBA Finals on ABC, in […]
CBS was Sunday night’s most-watched network with an average of 8.55 million viewers. Propelled by the awards host James Corden (“Late Late Show” and famed Carpool Karaoke segments) and the winner of 11 Tonys, the smash hit musical “Hamilton”, CBS’s broadcast of THE 70th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® delivered its largest audience since 2001 and its […]
Although Golden State’s blowout win over Cleveland resulted in declines of 9 percent (in total viewers; 17.489 million vs. 19.168 million) and 12 percent (in adults 18-49; 8.28 million vs. 9.432 million) for “NBA Finals Game 2” from its year-ago Finals Game 2 (on 6/07/15), ABC still won Sunday night, by far, in all measures. […]
