CBS led Friday in all key figures: total viewers (8.1 million), adults 18-49 (1.1 rating/4 share), adults 25-54 (1.6/5) and tied with ABC for No. 1 among adults 18-34 (0.6/4). The CW aired a two-hour crossover of “The Vampire Diaries” and its spinoff “The Originals” which delivered the network’s most average live-plus-same day viewers on […]
For the third consecutive week, CBS was Sunday night’s most-watched network. On this evening, they averaged 9 million viewers. Another Sunday fueled by “The Walking Dead” and “Talking Dead” brought AMC another prime time victory among adults 18-49. From 7-11 p.m., AMC averaged a 2.7 rating within the demo. ABC’s 2-hour special “The Wonderful World […]
The return of its full slate of regular programming — “60 Minutes”, “Madam Secretary”, “The Good Wife” and “CSI: Cyber” — on the night led CBS to a total-viewer victory on Sunday with an average of 8.69 million total viewers. Leading television among adults 18-49 with an average of a 3.3 rating in prime time […]
NBC and ABC shared leadership on this Saturday evening. “Dateline Mystery” helped make NBC Saturday’s most watched network with an average of 4.19 million total viewers. “NBA Saturday Primetime” featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers’ decisive 117-103 victory over the San Antonio Spurs helped ABC win Saturday night across several key demos — adults 18-34, adults 18-49, […]
It was all about Fox on Sunday evening with the NFC Championship Game which saw the top-seeded Carolina Panthers overwhelm the visiting Arizona Cardinals by a score of 49-15 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. Despite the lopsided score, the NFC Championship Game posted a +7 percent household ratings increase over the 22.5/35 for […]
Aided by the Pittsburgh Steelers-Denver Broncos playoff game — the second most-watched Sunday AFC Divisional Playoff game ever on record (dating back to 1987-88), “60 Minutes” on CBS delivered the largest non-sports audience for a single broadcast this television season, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, Jan. 17. It was the […]
Thanks to the 71-minute overrun of the NFL’s NFC Wild Card playoff into prime time, Fox snapped NBC’s 9-week Sunday winning streak among households and total viewers. Fox’s broadcast of the Green Bay Packers versus the Washington football team, which the visiting Packers won 35-18, posted a 21.8/37 household rating/share, with 38.8 million viewers, and […]
Night two of the 15th season of “American Idol” helped Fox reign supreme on a busy Thursday night. “Idol” judge and music superstar Jennifer Lopez also reaped benefits starring in NBC’s “Shades of Blue”, her first turn on a scripted television series. The crime drama is NBC’s top Thursday drama debut in 18-49 in nearly […]
The top ratings performer on New Year’s Eve — as usual on every New Year’s Eve since the 1970’s — is “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” in late night from New York’s Times Square as the clock struck midnight on the East Coast. In prime time, a new ratings winner emerged: ABC’s fellow Disney […]
