It was all about NBC on the night with the Sunday season premiere of “Sunday Night Football” as the New York Giants visited the Dallas Cowboys. The game posted a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 24.5 million viewers – up +5 percent from last year’s “SNF” opener (23.3 million for Patriots-Cardinals). Top markets for Giants-Cowboys […]
The Walking Dead
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by Marc Berman Comments are off
The creator and producers of mega-hit “The Walking Dead” have filed a potentially billion-dollar lawsuit against AMC, alleging that the series’ network has kept “the lion’s share” of profits for itself and not properly distributed them to its “creative people.” The news emerged one day after creator Robert Kirkman signed an overall deal with US […]
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by Douglas Pucci Comments are off
At MTV’s first-ever cross-platform celebration, the MTV Movie and TV Awards on Sunday May 7, Disney’s “Beauty And The Beast” and Netflix’s “Stranger Things” each took home the night’s top prizes. “Beauty And The Beast” won Movie of the Year and its star Emma Watson won for Best Actor in a Movie. “Stranger Things” won […]
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AMC Renews ‘Fear the Walking Dead’
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AMC has greenlit “The Walking Dead” prequel “Fear The Walking Dead” for a fourth season, with an unconfirmed number of new episodes for 2017-18. News of the pick-up comes before its season three premiere on June 4. Debuting on Aug. 23, 2015, “Fear The Walking Dead” series follows a dysfunctional blended family composed of high […]
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Sunday Final Nationals: Multi-Year Highs for Various Sporting Events on ESPN and YES Network
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CBS and AMC shared Sunday leadership. With the “52nd Academy of Country Music Awards,” despite the event drawing its ten-year low in total viewers and a record low among adults 18-49, CBS was Sunday night’s most-watched network with an average of 10.56 million viewers. The seventh season finale of “The Walking Dead” helped propel AMC […]
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by Douglas Pucci Comments are off
CBS was a dominant force on Sunday night. Not only did it lead the evening in total viewers for the fourth consecutive Sunday (on this night, an average of 12.27 million), but it also led in all key demos including adults 18-49 (2.2 rating/8 share) and adults 25-54 (2.9/9). The network was catapulted by the […]
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by Douglas Pucci Comments are off
CBS was Sunday’s most-watched network for the third consecutive week. On this night, the network drew over 9 million viewers. AMC, which featured the second season premiere of martial arts drama “Into the Badlands”, led the night in all key demos: adults 18-49 (approx. 1.9 rating), adults 18-34 (approx. 1.3 rating) and adults 25-54 (approx. […]
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Sunday Final Nationals: ABC Sundays Continue to Languish as ‘American Crime’ Returns at New Lows
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For the second consecutive week, CBS was Sunday’s most-watched network in prime time. CBS drew an average of 7.99 million viewers. Despite “The Walking Dead” not drawing as well as recent seasons, AMC led TV in all key demos: adults 18-49 (approx. 2.0 rating), adults 18-34 (approx. 1.6 rating) and adults 25-54 (approx. 2.3 rating) […]
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Sunday Final Nationals: ‘Little Big Shots’ Season Premiere on NBC – Night’s Most-Watched Telecast
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CBS and NBC shared Sunday night honors. CBS led in total viewers (7.96 million) while NBC, with its brand-new mid-season lineup for Sundays, led in all key demos. Helping NBC the most in winning Sunday prime time’s demos — this, their sixth victory in seven nights — was the return of the popular kid talent […]