The Minnesota Vikings’ 20-13 victory over the Green Bay Packers for the NFC North title on “Sunday Night Football” easily gave NBC a Sunday night victory. It delivered a +17 percent viewership increase from the 20.7 million viewers for 2014’s Week 17 SNF “AFC North Championship Game” (Pittsburgh’s 27-17 win over Cincinnati), which was also […]
ESPN’s telecast of college football’s “Alamo Bowl,” featuring TCU coming back from a 0-31 deficit to beat Oregon 47-41 in triple overtime, brought the network its fifth prime time victory (among all of TV, including the broadcast networks) within six consecutive nights (Dec. 28-Jan. 2). More analysis, sub-demos and cable information to come in next […]
CBS was Wednesday’s most-watched network with approximately 5.76 million viewers. Giving them a boost was the night’s top telecast on all of television: a one-hour “I Love Lucy Christmas Special” which featured a colorized version of the classic Vitameatavegamin episode. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser does not support iframes. This […]
On a night of mostly repeat programming, CBS dominated with “Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance” (Women 18-34: 1.5/6; Men 18-34: 0.9/4; Women 18-49: 2.6/8; Men 18-49: 1.8/7). the 31st season finale of the venerable reality franchise of “Survivor”. In combination with “Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance Reunion” (Women 18-34: 1.1/5; Men 18-34: 0.7/3; Women 18-49: 2.0/7; Men […]
The 3-hour telecast of the 1964 family classic “Mary Poppins” (Women 18-34: 0.7/3; Men 18-34: 0.4/2; Women 18-49: 1.1/4; Men 18-49: 0.7/3) made ABC the most-watched network on Saturday night. While ESPN’s 2015 Heisman Trophy Presentation (Women 18-34: 0.42; Men 18-34: 1.10; Women 18-49: 0.53; Men 18-49: 1.27) did relatively well among all the cable […]
In the first Wednesday within the midseason hiatus of Fox’s “Empire”, CBS stepped up front and center to capture the night winning in total viewers (9.19 million), adults 18-49 (1.9 rating/6 share), adults 18-34 (1.2/5) and adults 25-54 (2.7/8). “Empire” stars Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard switched gears from drama to variety-comedy with their […]
College football’s Big Ten Championship (Women 18-34: 1.5/7; Men 18-34: 3.4/16; Women 18-49: 1.8/7; Men 18-49: 4.2/15), which featured the Michigan State Spartans scoring late over the Iowa Hawkeyes propelling them to a 16-13 victory and Big Ten title, gave Fox its third Saturday night win in a row among households (5.0 rating/9 share), total […]
Without the presence of NBC’s dramas on the night (“The Mysteries of Laura”, “Law & Order: SVU”, “Chicago P.D.”), dramas “Criminal Minds” (Women 18-34: 1.1/4; Men 18-34: 0.6/3; Women 18-49: 2.0/6; Men 18-49: 1.1/3) and “Code Black” (Women 18-34: 1.2/4; Men 18-34: 0.8/3; Women 18-49: 1.8/6; Men 18-49: 1.1/4) each got enough of a boost […]
Thanksgiving Eve normally produces lower-than-normal viewing levels and this Wednesday night was no different as CBS led in total viewers (7.77 million) while Fox was best in adults 18-49 (2.2 rating/8 share), adults 18-34 (1.9/9) and adults 25-54 (2.6/8). While Fox’s “Empire” (Women 18-34: 3.6/14; Men 18-34: 2.1/10; Women 18-49: 4.0/13; Men 18-49: 2.3/8) and […]
