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 […]
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Thursday Final Nationals: Panthers-Broncos on NBC Draws Lowest-Rated NFL Kickoff Game in Seven Years
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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 […]
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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 […]
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With the combo of “America’s Got Talent” (in its penultimate week of the season) and reality/comedy “Better Late Than Never,” NBC was again the Tuesday night leader among total viewers (10.28 million), adults 18-49 (2.2 rating/8 share), adults 18-34 (1.4/4) and adults 25-54 (2.8/8). Tuesday’s most-watched cable telecast was Part 2 of Discovery Channel’s motorcycle […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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” […]
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Wednesday Final Nationals: NBC Again Tops Prime Time, ‘Big Brother 18’ on CBS Reaches Season High
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NBC won its 20th consecutive prime time among all key figures with “America’s Got Talent” and “The Night Shift.” CBS summer reality staple “Big Brother 18” achieved season highs in total viewers and all key adult demographics. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser does not support iframes. This section of the […]
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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, […]