CBS returned its regularly-scheduled scripted lineup on the evening and won on Thursday among total viewers and adults 25-54. The time slot premiere of “Big Bang Theory” spinoff “Young Sheldon” continued to thrive for CBS, and showed much improvement in the time slot (81 percent retention; 2.2 adults 18-49 rating, from BBT’s 2.7) over recent […]
It was all about Fox on this Wednesday night with the Houston Astros’ first World Series title in franchise history via a 5-1 Game 7 victory in the “2017 World Series” over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Game 7 telecast averaged 28.24 million viewers on the Fox broadcast network from 8:14 p.m.-12:12 a.m. ET, 29 […]
Fox dominated this Halloween Tuesday night with Game 6 of the “2017 World Series” between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Game 6 telecast averaged 22.29 million viewers from 8:16-11:43 p.m. ET, only 5 percent below last year’s Cubs-Indians (23.396 million; best Game 6 mark since 1997) but up 67 percent from […]
The race to be the Monday night total viewers leader was a tight one between two Disney-owned networks, ABC (10.15 million from 8-11 p.m.) and ESPN (10.42 million from 8:15-11:40 p.m.). The night’s most-watched TV telecast was the fall’s top freshman hit, ABC’s “The Good Doctor” (10.595 million viewers). ESPN did again dominate all Monday […]
The five-hour, 25-minute “2017 World Series” Game 5 classic between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros placed Fox in the winner’s circle on Sunday night. By winning Sunday, the Fox network — like last year — has won each night it has televised the World Series. The Game Five telecast averaged 18.94 million […]
MLB’s “2017 World Series” between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros again won another evening in dominant fashion for Fox. On Saturday, Game 4 averaged 15.4 million viewers from 8:14-11:27 p.m. ET, down 8 percent from last year’s Indians-Cubs (16.705 million; best mark since 2009) but up 13 percent from Royals-Mets in 2015 […]
Fox ruled Friday with Game 3 of MLB’s “2017 World Series” between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros. Averaging 15.676 million viewers from 8:14 p.m.-12:07 a.m. ET, it was down 19 percent from last year’s Indians-Cubs (19.38 million; best mark since 2004) but up 19 percent from Royals-Mets in 2015 (13.21 million) and […]
CBS managed to win Thursday night with its final 2017 simulcast of NFL Network’s “Thursday Night Football” despite the Baltimore Ravens’ 40-0 rout over the Miami Dolphins. It was the least-watched CBS/NFL Network “TNF” telecast of the fall — 8.64 million on CBS, 2.723 million on NFL Network. But the combined 11.363 million viewers (and […]
Fox topped Wednesday with the 11-inning Game 2 of MLB’s “2017 World Series” between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Averaging 15.483 million viewers from 8:13 p.m.-12:36 a.m. ET, it was down 11 percent from last year’s Cubs-Indians (17.4 million; best mark since 2009) but up 13 percent from Mets-Royals in 2015 (13.72 […]
