It was a heavy sports Saturday with ESPN out in front in all measures on the night with “NBA Eastern Conference Final Game 3: Cleveland Cavaliers @ Toronto Raptors”: total viewers (4.73 million), adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), adults 18-34 (1.6 rating) and adults 25-54 (1.9 rating). In prime time (8-11 p.m.), ESPN tripled the second-place […]
Saturday television returned to a relatively quiet evening with CBS and ABC winning parts of prime time. CBS led in total viewers (3.73 million) while the telecast of the 2009 football movie “The Blind Side” starring Sandra Bullock in her Academy Award winning role helped ABC place first in all key demographics. The “UFC 198 […]
NBC edged by Fox to be Saturday night’s most-watched network with an average of 4.094 million viewers in prime time (vs. 4.085 million for Fox). Fox was tops among adults 18-49 (0.9 rating/3 share) and adults 25-54 (1.3/4). Despite being delayed by rain, “NASCAR Sprint Cup: Duck Commander 500” from Texas bested the combined viewership […]
CBS was the runaway winner on Saturday night with the network’s final night covering the “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament”. It was a doubleheader of Regional Final games that began airing at 6:00 p.m. ET: Oklahoma/Oregon in the West and Villanova/Kansas in the South. Compared to ABC, NBC and Fox combined, CBS outdrew their […]
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 the most-watched network on Saturday night with an average of 4.28 million total viewers. Coverage of college basketball’s conference tournament finals — primarily the ACC final between Virginia and North Carolina — gave ESPN a prime time victory among adults 18-49 (0.9 rating) and adults 18-34 (0.8 rating). The “2016 Kids’ Choice Awards” […]
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 […]
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 […]
The return of its full slate of regular programming — “60 Minutes”, “Madam Secretary”, “The Good Wife” and “CSI: Cyber” — on the night led CBS to a total-viewer victory on Sunday with an average of 8.69 million total viewers. Leading television among adults 18-49 with an average of a 3.3 rating in prime time […]
