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 […]
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. […]
It was a normally low-rated night of television on this Sunday, the night before the Memorial Day holiday. Fox remained the annual prime time winner on this evening, thanks to their traditional telecast (since acquiring it in 2001) of NASCAR’s “Coca-Cola 500”. On the negative side, though, the race on Fox drew its least non-rainout […]
CBS and ESPN shared prime time’s top honors for the third straight Thursday. CBS was best among total viewers (7.93 million) and adults 25-54 (2.5 rating/8 share); ESPN was tops among adults 18-49 (1.8 rating) and adults 18-34 (1.7 rating) with NBA Western Conference Semifinal Game 6: San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder. Three […]
CBS was the most-watched network on Sunday night with an average of 10.79 million viewers. Leading all broadcast network entries in key demos were the “Academy of Country Music Awards” on CBS which were hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley. Nonetheless, the event marked the least-watched ACM Awards since 2007 and the lowest-rated ACM […]
There were lesser available viewers than usual on this Sunday as it was the Easter holiday. Two cable networks — TBS and AMC — led all of television (including mostly original options on ABC, CBS and NBC) among key demos in prime time. TBS was Sunday’s top network due to the remaining two Regional Final […]
With the second round game of the NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament between Oklahoma and Virginia Commonwealth (VCU) airing about a half hour into prime time, CBS was Sunday night’s most-watched network with an average of 9.1 million viewers. “The Walking Dead” put AMC on top again on Sunday night in all key demos […]
AMC was once again victorious on Sunday night in all key demos (2.4 adults 18-49 rating, 1.9 adults 18-34 rating, 2.8 adults 25-54 rating) with “The Walking Dead”. But it was NBC’s revamped Sunday lineup — with an average of 7.79 million — that won prime time among total viewers. It’s the first time NBC […]
CBS and AMC returned to being Sunday night’s leaders — CBS with total viewers (8.66 million), AMC with all key demos (2.5 adults 18-49 rating, 2.1 adults 18-34 rating, 2.8 adults 25-54 rating). On the night, PBS aired the series finale of “Downton Abbey” while CNN aired the seventh “Democratic Presidential Debate” from Michigan — […]
