One of the season’s most tightest races for a night’s supremacy occurred on this Wednesday evening with a virtual 3-way tie for first place among adults 18-49 for Fox, ABC and NBC, each with a 1.7 rating in the demographic. Fox emerged with a slight advantage in adults 18-49 share with a 5.9 versus ABC […]
Fox won its second consecutive Sunday night overall with the network’s first musical telecast “Grease Live.” In total viewers, the 3-hour Fox event starring Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens and Carly Rae Jepsen outdrew NBC’s two most recent musicals, “The Wiz Live” from Dec. 2015 and “Peter Pan Live” from Dec. 2014. Although it […]
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, […]
CBS and ABC split leadership on this Friday prime time — CBS with total viewers (7.2 million), ABC with all key demos. Three shows moved to Friday on this evening with ordinary results. On the CW, “The Vampire Diaries” and “The Originals” shifted over from Thursday nights and each series delivered their average season numbers. […]
CBS was Wednesday’s most-watched network with 7.82 million viewers. Fox won in all key demos with the combo of “American Idol” and, on its new night, “Hell’s Kitchen” which moved from its previous Friday 9 p.m. time where it had aired the prior two weeks (and to where the slumping “Second Chance” will air beginning […]
CBS won this Wednesday, its fourth consecutive night among total viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, led by television’s most-watched program of the evening, “Criminal Minds.” The crime drama matched its season bests in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 ratings. Fox was tops among adults 18-34, thanks to “American Idol” but no thanks to week […]
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 […]
In a close battle for the total viewers crown on Wednesday night among CBS, NBC and Fox, it was NBC that emerged victorious with 7.84 million total viewers. Fox took key demos honors thanks to “American Idol”. However, their new drama “Second Chance” did not take well advantage of its “Idol” lead-in, retaining just 48 […]
Although it dipped slightly from its year-ago premiere (down -3 percent in viewers, -6 percent in adults 18-49), the 15th (and final) season premiere of Fox’s “American Idol” was the top program of the night among total viewers and key demos, giving the network a definitive victory on Wednesday night in the midst of all […]
