NBC topped Sunday night in total viewers (6.56 million) with an “NFL Preseason Football” matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Minnesota Vikings. Assisted by the season finale of “Game of Thrones” followed by another original episode of “Ballers” — both programs reaching their respective series-highs in ratings and viewership — HBO was victorious […]
CBS was Sunday’s most-watched network with an average of 4.8 million viewers on this night. It was the sixth consecutive Sunday that HBO was the leader among all key demos from 7-11 p.m. (thanks, “Game of Thrones”) — adults 18-49 (approx. 1.9 rating), adults 18-34 (approx. 1.5 rating) and adults 25-54 (approx. 2.1 rating). These […]
While the return of “Sunday Night Football” helped NBC to a dominant Sunday night win and the game itself went down to the wire (New England def. Arizona 23-21), it was the lowest-rated and least-watched SNF season premiere since 2009 (Chicago-Green Bay: 12.6 rating, 21.1 million viewers). When including streaming data, the total viewership rises […]
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 […]
TNT has greenlit drama “The Last Ship” for a fifth season prior to beginning season four. Debuting on June 22, 2014 and based on the novel of the same name by William Brinkley, “The Last Ship” follows the fictional USS Nathan James and its attempts to find a cure, stop the virus and save humanity […]
While the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics was NBCUniversal’s second most-viewed non-domestic Olympics ever with an average of 27.5 million viewers thru 16 nights (Source: NBC Sports Group), its conclusion — the Closing Ceremony — dipped to its lowest ratings ever (on record) for a Summer Olympics (previous mark was Sydney’s 10.8 in 2000) and was […]
From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Sunday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — had an average of 28.1 million viewers with an 15.1 household rating. Viewership for the NBC broadcast peaked at 34.9 million between 9:15-9:30 p.m. ET/PT, for Jamaica’s Usain […]
ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun and Games’ featuring “Celebrity Family Feud”, “The $100,000 Pyramid” and “Match Game”, again won the night in total viewers (5.86 million), adults 18-49 (1.1 rating/4 share) and adults 25-54 (1.6/5). CBS eked out an adults 18-34 win (0.7/3) with “Big Brother 18.” The day’s most watched cable telecast was the Syfy movie […]
Sunday night belonged to ABC once more with its ‘Sunday Fun and Games’ lineup featuring “Celebrity Family Feud”, “The $100,000 Pyramid” and “Match Game”, topping all key figures. In the late Sunday afternoon, NBCSN’s presentation of NASCAR Sprint Cup racing from Indianapolis Motor Speedway averaged 5.2 million viewers and delivered a 3.1 household rating, marking […]
