ESPN again won Monday night in total viewers and all key demos with Buffalo Bills-Seattle Seahawks on “Monday Night Football.” The timely Election Eve comedy special “SNL Election Special” on NBC easily defeated its 10 p.m. competition on ABC and NBC and well retained its “The Voice” lead-in: 80 percent in viewers (8.022 million from […]
It was All Hallows’ Eve but ESPN remained as Monday’s top network overall with “Monday Night Football” featuring the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears (6.38 U.S. household rating, 10.476 million viewers). While the holiday normally depresses the viewer levels, the game yet again marked a year-to-year decrease for “MNF”: compared to Indianapolis-Carolina on 11/02/15 […]
NBC was able to emerge victorious as Monday’s most-watched network with an average of 9.68 million in prime time, thanks to “The Voice”. ESPN still won the night among all key demos with Tampa Bay-Carolina on “Monday Night Football” (5.59 household rating, 9.057 million viewers) but lost the viewer crown as sports fans were also […]
ESPN again is the Monday night winner in all key measures with the “Monday Night Football” matchup of New York Giants-Minnesota Vikings (which the Vikings had won 24-10). At 10 p.m., the series debuts of “Conviction” (ABC) and “Timeless” (NBC) couldn’t top the third season premiere of “Scorpion” (CBS) in total viewers (although ‘Timeless’ eked […]
The No. 1 network on night #1 of the 2016-17 traditional TV season was ESPN with “Monday Night Football.” ESPN won the night among all networks (broadcast or cable) in households, viewers and all key male and adult demos for the second time in as many weeks. The MNF game ranked as the #1 telecast […]
ESPN won Monday’s prime time with a “Monday Night Football” doubleheader, Pittsburgh-Washington and Los Angeles-San Francisco. Despite being the sole network on TV averaging over 10 million viewers from 8-11 p.m., each game drew multi-year lows. Pittsburgh-Washington experienced a four-year low for an MNF season-opening game (Baltimore-Cincinnati, 2012, 7.0 household rating, 10.9 million viewers). Los […]
ESPN was Monday’s top network, by far, thanks to Ole Miss vs. Florida State. Its total live audience (on TV and streaming) is 8.585 million average viewers. The game ranked seventh-best Labor Day night game on ESPN/ABC, and the ninth-best kickoff week game on ESPN/ABC on record. Also, ESPN’s stream of the final game of […]
From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Monday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — had an average of 25.5 million viewers with an 14.9 household rating. NBC’s Monday primetime Rio Olympics broadcast was by far the most-watched show of the night – […]
ABC, NBC and ABC’s sister network ESPN each shared leadership on Monday night. ABC was Monday’s most-watched network with an average of 5.59 million viewers. NBC led among adults 25-54 (2.0 rating/6 share). ESPN won prime time among adults 18-49 (approx. 1.7 rating) and adults 18-34 (approx. 1.6 rating) thanks to MLB All-Star festivities, primarily […]
