Saturday night was a feast for the basketball fan as the NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament and a highly-anticipated NBA regular season matchup took center stage. CBS was the night’s top network in total viewers (5.79 million), adults 18-49 (1.7 rating/6.5 share) and adults 25-54 (2.0/7). The second round matchup in the South Region […]
NBC was Saturday night’s top network in total viewers (4.28 million), adults 18-49 (0.8 rating/3 share) and adults 25-54 (1.2/4). For the 2016 U.S. Presidential races, a combined 5.6 million viewers watched Super Saturday primary and caucus results coverage on the three cable news networks in prime time. With an average of 2.67 million viewers […]
The Feb. 27 edition of ABC’s “NBA Saturday Primetime” – the Golden State Warriors defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-118 in overtime – averaged 5.322 million total viewers making it the most-watched non-Christmas NBA regular-season telecast on any network since Feb. 10, 2013 (Los Angeles Lakers at Miami Heat on ABC: 6.47 million), according to […]
There were scarce sampling on the broadcast networks on this Saturday night: NBC was tops in total viewers (4.15 million) while ABC — thanks to the NBA — led in key demos including adults 18-49 (1.0 rating/4 share) and adults 25-54 (1.1/4). As for ABC’s “NBA Saturday Primetime”, which saw the Golden State Warriors defeat […]
CBS was the most-watched network on Saturday with 10.92 million viewers, courtesy of the ninth primetime “Republican Presidential Debate” (Women 18-34: 1.1/5; Men 18-34: 1.7/8; Women 18-49: 1.8/6; Men 18-49: 2.5/9) of the presidential election season. This 2-hour debate bested the 3-hour GOP debate on ABC one week earlier by +1 percent in each total […]
ABC was the dominant victor on Saturday night with the eighth “Republican Presidential Debate” (Women 18-34: 1.2/6; Men 18-34: 1.7/8; Women 18-49: 1.9/7; Men 18-49: 2.4/9). It gave the network its most-watched non-sports Saturday since September 2001. To-date of this political season, the debate was the fifth most-watched Republican debate, and the most-watched debate on […]
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 was Saturday night’s most-watched network with an average of 5.14 million total viewers. “NBA Saturday Primetime” on ABC propelled the network to win the night across prime-time broadcast and cable television on Saturday in all key adult and male demos, including 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54. Its debut edition delivered the most-watched and highest-rated non-Christmas […]
The Arizona Cardinals’ dramatic 26-20 overtime victory against the Green Bay Packers in Saturday night’s NFC Divisional Playoff game on NBC (Women 18-34: 6.6/27; Men 18-34: 10.6/42; Women 18-49: 7.9/26; Men 18-49: 13.4/42) ranked as the highest-rated Saturday primetime Divisional game ever, according to Nielsen. The NFL introduced primetime Saturday Divisional Playoff games in the […]
