CBS was the most-watched network on Saturday with 10.92 million viewers, courtesy of the ninth primetime “Republican Presidential Debate” (Women 18-34: 1.1/5; Men 18-34: 1.7/8; Women 18-49: 1.8/6; Men 18-49: 2.5/9) of the presidential election season. This 2-hour debate bested the 3-hour GOP debate on ABC one week earlier by +1 percent in each total […]
Fox won Thursday night all-around, thanks to another 2-hour edition of “American Idol.” While MSNBC’s “Democratic Presidential Debate” featuring Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders — the first one-on-one debate — was the most watched cable program of the night, it was the least watched presidential prime time debate — of either political party — of […]
NBC and ABC shared leadership on this Saturday evening. “Dateline Mystery” helped make NBC Saturday’s most watched network with an average of 4.19 million total viewers. “NBA Saturday Primetime” featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers’ decisive 117-103 victory over the San Antonio Spurs helped ABC win Saturday night across several key demos — adults 18-34, adults 18-49, […]
CBS and ABC split leadership on this Friday prime time — CBS with total viewers (7.2 million), ABC with all key demos. Three shows moved to Friday on this evening with ordinary results. On the CW, “The Vampire Diaries” and “The Originals” shifted over from Thursday nights and each series delivered their average season numbers. […]
The networks of Fox ruled Thursday night on television. The Fox broadcast network won among key demos, thanks to another 2-hour edition of “American Idol.” With an average of 10.159 million viewers, the Fox News Channel led all networks among total viewers with “The O’Reilly Factor” leading into the seventh prime time “Republican Presidential Debate” […]
CBS was Saturday night’s most-watched network with an average of 5.14 million total viewers. “NBA Saturday Primetime” on ABC propelled the network to win the night across prime-time broadcast and cable television on Saturday in all key adult and male demos, including 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54. Its debut edition delivered the most-watched and highest-rated non-Christmas […]
The Arizona Cardinals’ dramatic 26-20 overtime victory against the Green Bay Packers in Saturday night’s NFC Divisional Playoff game on NBC (Women 18-34: 6.6/27; Men 18-34: 10.6/42; Women 18-49: 7.9/26; Men 18-49: 13.4/42) ranked as the highest-rated Saturday primetime Divisional game ever, according to Nielsen. The NFL introduced primetime Saturday Divisional Playoff games in the […]
CBS was the dominant leader on Saturday night with “AFC Wild Card Playoff: Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati” (Women 18-34: 5.7/23; Men 18-34: 10.1/40; Women 18-49: 7.4/24; Men 18-49: 12.8/40). The game was up 12 percent from the year-ago Saturday prime time AFC Wild Card game (Baltimore-Pittsburgh, NBC, 27.9 million viewers on 1/03/15). Steelers-Bengals was the most-watched […]
ESPN’s telecast of college football’s “Alamo Bowl,” featuring TCU coming back from a 0-31 deficit to beat Oregon 47-41 in triple overtime, brought the network its fifth prime time victory (among all of TV, including the broadcast networks) within six consecutive nights (Dec. 28-Jan. 2). More analysis, sub-demos and cable information to come in next […]
