The 2016 NFL season kicked off on this Thursday night on NBC with a rematch of Super Bowl 50: the Carolina Panthers visiting the defending champion Denver Broncos. The game gave the network a rousing prime time win, but despite that victory, Carolina-Denver was the lowest-rated kickoff game since 2009 (Tennessee-Pittsburgh, 12.8) and the least-viewed […]
It is not a so-called hit from a traditional Nielsen ratings perspective. But USA has greenlit scripted drama “Queen of the South” for a second season, with veteran writer-producer Natalie Chaidez (“12 Monkeys”) joining as showrunner. She will succeed Scott Rosenbaum who ran the first season. Based on best-selling book “La Reina Del Sur” by […]
CBS was Thursday’s overall winner amidst a slew of broadcast network preemptions due to regional NFL preseason game telecasts, thanks to a rerun of “Big Bang Theory” and a new “Big Brother 18” despite being pushed to late night or onto secondary CBS affiliates in several major markets. Note: Final nationals for Spanish-language networks will […]
NBC extended its prime time winning streak among total viewers and all key demos to 21 straight nights thanks to an “NFL Preseason” matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and the Miami Dolphins. It was the debut of former “Monday Night Football” commentator Mike Tirico announcing on an NBC NFL telecast. Half-hours for “NFL Preseason: Atlanta-Miami” […]
From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Thursday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — had an average of 22.9 million viewers with an 13.6 household rating; the same viewership and household rating from the second Thursday in London 2012 (on August 2, […]
[socialpoll id=”2381114″] From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Thursday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — had an average of 33.0 million viewers with an 18.9 household rating. The night was down 10 percent in viewership from the first Thursday in London […]
It was all CBS on this Thursday night as the network won all key measures including total viewers (5.08 million), adults 18-49 (1.2 rating/5 share), adults 18-34 (0.6/4) and adults 25-54 (1.6/6). “Big Brother 18” (CBS) and “Greatest Hits” (ABC) — the latter, in its 2-hour season finale — each drew a 4-week best in […]
CNN was television’s top network in prime time among total viewers (5.69 million), adults 18-49 (1.35 rating) and adults 18-34 (0.97 rating) on the final night of the “2016 Democratic National Convention” which featured Hillary Clinton’s speech upon accepting her Democratic nomination for POTUS. In the 10 p.m. hour, the DNC drew a combined 28.177 […]
Fox News Channel was Thursday’s most-watched network in prime time with an average of 7.179 million total viewers. CBS won among adults 18-49 (1.2 rating/5 share), adults 18-34 (0.8/4) and adults 25-54 (1.6/5). The final night of the four-day “2016 Republican National Convention” featuring speeches from Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka as well as Donald Trump […]
