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 — […]
On Thanksgiving Eve, the night belonged to CBS in total viewers and adults 25-54 outright, NBC led in adults 18-49 and ABC and CBS tied for the top among adults 18-34. The 2-hour “Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X” on CBS was the night’s most-watched telecast. Its half-hour breakdowns in household rating/share and total viewers (and […]
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 […]
CBS was Friday night’s No. 1 network among total viewers (8.95 million), adults 18-49 (1.2 rating/5 share), adults 25-54 (1.8/6) with its combo of “MacGyver”, “Hawaii Five-0” and “Blue Bloods”. TBS led the evening among adults 18-34 (0.86 rating) with Game 1 of the “American League Championship Series” between the Toronto Blue Jays and the […]
CBS/NFL Network continued its Thursday night win streak with “Thursday Night Football”. The Denver Broncos-San Diego Chargers game (8.7 U.S. household rating/15 share, 14.49 million viewers) was off just 2 percent in total viewers from the year-ago TNF game telecast, Atlanta-New Orleans (14.78 million on 10/15/15). “Supernatural” is still showing its ratings mettle for the […]
Fox won Wednesday among total viewers (8.05 million) and all key demos. CBS was just 233,000 viewers behind Fox on the night. NBCSN was the night’s top sports cable network as the 2016-17 NHL regular season opened with the St. Louis Blues and the Chicago Blackhawks. At a 0.53 U.S. household rating and 905,000 viewers, […]
NBC was the prime time leader by all measures from 8-11 p.m. with Game 5 of the “Stanley Cup Final” between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the San Jose Sharks. The most-watched sporting event of the night aired on Univision (simulcast on Univision Deportes): Mexico vs. Jamaica in “Copa America Centenario” averaged 5.4 million total viewers […]
Saturday was a quiet night on the broadcast networks, paving the way for Univision (in conjunction with its cable sports partner Univision Deportes) and NBCSN to become the clear winners in all key demos in prime time. Univision networks’ coverage of Copa América Centenario and NBCSN’s telecast of NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 3: Pittsburgh […]
NBC was the No. 1 network on Wednesday night among total viewers (5.84 million), adults 18-49 (1.5 rating/6 share), adults 18-34 (0.9/4), and adults 25-54 (2.0/6). Despite the move from its regular Monday night slot, the season premiere of NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior” drew an 8 percent increase in total viewers from its year-ago premiere […]
