Independent producer and distributor Entertainment Studios has announced its acquisition of the Weather Group, parent company of The Weather Channel television network and Local Now streaming service. Allen purchased The Weather Group through his company, Allen Media LLC, from The Blackstone Group, Bain Capital, and Comcast/NBCUniversal. “The Weather Channel is one of the most trusted and extremely important […]
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 […]
Saturday night again belonged to ABC with its “Saturday Night Football” presentation of the Oklahoma Sooners at the Ohio State Buckeyes. ABC won the night among households, viewers and all key male and adult demos. Including streaming viewership, Oklahoma at Ohio State (8 p.m.) delivered a total live audience of 8.255 million viewers, the network’s […]
CBS remained as Friday night’s most-watched network. On this night, the network averaged 3.39 million viewers. The education special “EIP Presents: XQ Super School Live” drew a combined 7.67 million viewers across ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox Coverage of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean as it approached Florida had The Weather Channel as TV’s No. […]
NBC led Wednesday night among total viewers (6.36 million), adults 18-49 (1.3 rating/5 share) and adults 25-54 (1.7/6). Fox led the night among adults 18-34 (0.9/5). Headlined by a quarterfinal match between Roger Federer and Juan Martin Del Potro, “U.S. Open Tennis” on ESPN in prime time (1.96 million viewers) was up an impressive 60 […]
NBC was Saturday night’s most-watched network with an average of 2.39 million viewers while the prelims of the Floyd Mayweather versus UFC champion Conor McGregor fight helped put Fox on top among all the night’s adult key demos. The highly-promoted bout of legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather versus UFC champion Conor McGregor in late-night on pay-per-view […]
An “NFL Preseason Football” matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Seattle Seahawks helped CBS to a clear Friday night victory overall. From 8-11 p.m., The Weather Channel was the cable leader among adults 18-49 (0.49 rating) and adults 25-54 (0.61 rating) with all-night coverage of the then-Hurricane Harvey weather system that affected southeast […]
“MacGyver”, “Hawaii Five-0” and “Blue Bloods” again helped CBS win Friday night among total viewers (9.2 million), adults 18-49 (1.2 rating/5 share), adults 25-54 (1.8/6) and a share with Fox for the lead among adults 18-34 (0.6/3). The Chicago Cubs’ 1-0 victory over the NL Wild Card winner San Francisco Giants in Game 1 of […]
