From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Tuesday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — averaged a 20.5 household rating with 36.1 million viewers – ranking as the best night of the 2016 Rio Olympics in both metrics to-date. On the downside, the […]
On this Friday night and for the following 16 nights, NBC will rule television with its coverage of the “2016 Summer Olympics” from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The Opening Ceremony, though, got the Games off to a slow start — it drew 35 percent below the record 40.7 million viewers from London 2012 and […]
It was all CBS on this Thursday night as the network won all key measures including total viewers (5.08 million), adults 18-49 (1.2 rating/5 share), adults 18-34 (0.6/4) and adults 25-54 (1.6/6). “Big Brother 18” (CBS) and “Greatest Hits” (ABC) — the latter, in its 2-hour season finale — each drew a 4-week best in […]
NBC won Wednesday outright among total viewers (6.47 million) and adults 25-54 (1.7 rating/5 share). ABC and NBC tied for the lead in adults 18-49 (1.2/5). ABC, which led the night among adults 18-34 (0.8/4), televised the annual “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock”. The 3-hour special rose 7 percent in total viewers from […]
With “America’s Got Talent” and a special “Running Wild with Bear Grylls”, NBC was Tuesday night’s No. 1 network among total viewers (9.43 million) and all key demos. The night’s No. 1 telecast among women aged 18 to 34 was the season premiere of ABC’s “Bachelor in Paradise”, the program that features past eliminated contestants […]
ABC dominated Monday night with the season finale of “The Bachelorette” and the special “The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose.” The 2-hour edition that featured Joelle “JoJo” Fletcher selecting Jordan Rodgers over Robby Hayes drew the largest same-day viewership for a ‘Bachelorette’ season finale since Aug. 5, 2013 (8.94 million). ‘The Bachelorette: After the Final […]
CBS was Friday’s most-watched network with 5.08 million total viewers. ABC and NBC tied among adults 25-54 (1.1 rating/4 share) as well as in adults 18-49 rating (0.8) but ABC had the edge in adults 18-49 share (4) over NBC (3). NBC led among adults 18-34 (0.5/3). Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, […]
CNN was television’s top network in prime time among total viewers (5.69 million), adults 18-49 (1.35 rating) and adults 18-34 (0.97 rating) on the final night of the “2016 Democratic National Convention” which featured Hillary Clinton’s speech upon accepting her Democratic nomination for POTUS. In the 10 p.m. hour, the DNC drew a combined 28.177 […]
NBC led Wednesday among total viewers (5.89 million), adults 18-49 (1.2 rating/4 share), adults 18-34 (0.7/3) and adults 25-54 (1.6/5). The third night of the four-day “2016 Democratic National Convention” featuring speeches from Hillary Clinton’s vice president selection Tim Kaine and President Barack Obama drew a combined 23.732 million viewers in the 10 p.m. hour […]
