Sunday night’s double-overtime thriller between Notre Dame and Texas on ABC and WatchESPN delivered a total live audience measurement (TV + Streaming) of 11.093 million average viewers, the most-watched college football kickoff weekend game on record across all networks*. This bests the previous total audience record that had been set one year prior: ESPN’s Ohio […]
Sunday Night Baseball
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The “Sunday Fun & Games” lineup of “Celebrity Family Feud”, “The $100,000 Pyramid” and “Match Game” returned ABC to the top of Sunday night among total viewers (5.39 million). “NFL Preseason” with Cincinnati vs. Jacksonville helped NBC win among the broadcast networks in all key demos. For CBS, “Big Brother 18” rose to another season […]
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The final night of women’s gymnastics at the “U.S. Olympic Trials” where the United States team was officially finalized helped NBC top prime time on Sunday in all key measures. NBC has been the top Big-4 network of the night among adults 18-49 for six of the past seven nights (July 4-6 and 8-10, 2016). […]
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Television viewing was lower than normal on the night before Independence Day as ABC won its second consecutive Sunday night among total viewers (5.5 million) with the help of its successful game show lineup of “Celebrity Family Feud”, “The $100,000 Pyramid” and “Match Game”. ABC also led among all key demographics on the evening. “Big […]
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Several original program options were available on this Sunday night but it was a night featuring the three updated versions of classic game shows that helped ABC become the most-watched network in prime time which averaged 6.67 million viewers. “Celebrity Family Feud” won the 8 p.m. hour in total viewers and tied the Sunday premiere […]
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Sunday night’s NBA Finals Game 7 on ABC was the most-watched, highest-rated NBA game since Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals (which had aired on NBC), according to Nielsen. ABC’s Game 7 viewership peaked with 44.511 million viewers and a 22.5 U.S. rating from 10:30-10:40 p.m. ET. The 2016 NBA Finals on ABC, in […]
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CBS was Sunday night’s most-watched network with an average of 8.55 million viewers. Propelled by the awards host James Corden (“Late Late Show” and famed Carpool Karaoke segments) and the winner of 11 Tonys, the smash hit musical “Hamilton”, CBS’s broadcast of THE 70th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® delivered its largest audience since 2001 and its […]
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Although Golden State’s blowout win over Cleveland resulted in declines of 9 percent (in total viewers; 17.489 million vs. 19.168 million) and 12 percent (in adults 18-49; 8.28 million vs. 9.432 million) for “NBA Finals Game 2” from its year-ago Finals Game 2 (on 6/07/15), ABC still won Sunday night, by far, in all measures. […]
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It was a normally low-rated night of television on this Sunday, the night before the Memorial Day holiday. Fox remained the annual prime time winner on this evening, thanks to their traditional telecast (since acquiring it in 2001) of NASCAR’s “Coca-Cola 500”. On the negative side, though, the race on Fox drew its least non-rainout […]