Fox winning Wednesday nights isn’t new — it regularly wins the evening whenever it airs “Empire.” But on this night, the network clearly dominated with Game 2 of “2016 World Series” featuring the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians, marking it Fox’s best Wednesday night ratings performance since Game 7 of the 2014 World Series […]
Fox was the overall winner on Wednesday. “Empire”, which featured a police brutality storyline, remained as Wednesday night’s top telecast. Earlier in the evening, week two of cop-buddy action-dramedy “Lethal Weapon” retained much of its ratings from its week-ago series premiere telecast: Episode #2 of “Lethal Weapon” (Fox) erosion from series premiere: Total Viewers: -9 […]
On the third night of the 2016-17 traditional television season, it was one of the rare prime times where four networks could boast positive figures for its fall season or series premieres. Fox claimed victory overall with the third season premiere of “Empire.” Although far from the ratings juggernaut from early 2015, it still ranked […]
NBC dominated Wednesday night with the 2-hour 11th season finale of “America’s Got Talent” followed by the second season premiere of “Blindspot.” The season finale of “America’s Got Talent” (2.8/10 in 18-49, 14.4 million viewers overall from 8-10 p.m. ET): · Jumps +33% versus its year-ago finale in 18-49 (2.8 vs. 2.1 from 9-11 p.m. […]
NBC was the clear winner in the Wednesday ratings. Their night featured the one-hour presidential candidate special “Commander-in-Chief Forum” whose moderator Matt Lauer was oft critically maligned as a result. As noted here last week, the MSNBC simulcast of the special drew 3.43 million viewers. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser […]
NBC was Wednesday’s top network among total viewers (7.46 million), adults 18-49 (1.4 rating/5 share) and adults 25-54 (1.9/6). Leading out of the “America’s Got Talent” results show, “The Night Shift” concluded its summer run at above its season average level (5 million viewers/0.98 adults 18-49 rating) in viewership and demos. Fox earned an adults […]
NBC won its 20th consecutive prime time among all key figures with “America’s Got Talent” and “The Night Shift.” CBS summer reality staple “Big Brother 18” achieved season highs in total viewers and all key adult demographics. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser does not support iframes. This section of the […]
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 […]
