NBC’s annual tradition of live musicals helped the network win Wednesday night all around with this year’s “Hairspray Live.” The star-studded cast featured Maddie Baillio, Harvey Fierstein, Martin Short, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Derek Hough, Kristin Chenoweth and Andrea Martin. “Hairspray Live” delivered 9.05 million viewers and a 2.3 rating/8 share among adults 18-49 — […]
NBC dominated Thursday night with its simulcast of Dallas Cowboys’ victory over the Minnesota Vikings (the Cowboys’ 11th consecutive win this NFL season) on NFL Network’s “Thursday Night Football.” With the involvement of this year’s successful Cowboys on this night, the “TNF” franchise experienced its most-watched game ever at a combined 21.76 million viewers across […]
CBS was the dominant Friday night leader in total viewers (9.52 million), adults 18-49 (1.2/5 rating/share) and adults 25-54 (1.8/6). An NBA doubleheader gave ESPN the win among adults 18-34 (approx. 0.66 rating). The day’s most-watched cable telecast was on Fox News Channel at 10 p.m.: the special “OBJECTified: Donald Trump” hosted by TMZ creator […]
Fox won Wednesday night overall. “Empire” rose a bit from its series-low figures of last week (Nov. 9). The sixth season finale of FX anthology “American Horror Story” ranked No. 1 on cable for the day among adults 18-49 (1.33 rating), adults 18-34 (1.37) and adults 25-54 (1.22). At 2.45 million live-plus-same day viewers, it […]
The Chicago Cubs finally overcame a 108-year world championship drought to win the World Series on Wednesday night as Major League Baseball and its broadcast network partner Fox reaped huge rewards with milestone ratings for its instant classic Game 7 of the “2016 World Series.” At 40.045 million viewers, the Chicago Cubs’ 8-7 win over […]
CBS led Thursday night once again in total viewers but for the first time this TV season, they won the night with scripted fare. Among their five programs in prime time, two had series debuts. The new Joel McHale workplace sitcom “The Great Indoors” lost about 40 percent of its “Big Bang Theory” lead-in among […]
For the second consecutive Friday, CBS, ABC and ESPN each had a share of prime time victory. CBS led among total viewers (7.99 million) while ABC won among adults 18-49 (1.2 rating/5 share) and ESPN was the night’s No. 1 network among adults 18-34 (approximately, a 1.0 rating). ABC and CBS tied for the top […]
ABC led Monday night in total viewers (9.93 million). NBC topped adults 18-49 (1.8 rating/6 share) and adults 25-54 (2.6/7). NBC and TNT (with primarily NBA Oklahoma City-Dallas Game 4 of the Western Conference First Round) were in a virtual tie for first place among adults 18-34 (1.1 rating). The first of the final set […]
Despite an all-rerun night for them, Tuesday night’s most-watched network was CBS with an average of 9.36 million total viewers, slightly edging out NBC (9.35 million). NBC led among adults 18-49 (2.0 rating/7 share), adults 18-34 (1.1/5) and adults 25-54 (2.9/8). A two-hour edition of “The Voice” led into the series preview of new drama […]
