ABC was the dominant victor on Saturday night with the eighth “Republican Presidential Debate” (Women 18-34: 1.2/6; Men 18-34: 1.7/8; Women 18-49: 1.9/7; Men 18-49: 2.4/9). It gave the network its most-watched non-sports Saturday since September 2001. To-date of this political season, the debate was the fifth most-watched Republican debate, and the most-watched debate on […]
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, […]
Aided by the Pittsburgh Steelers-Denver Broncos playoff game — the second most-watched Sunday AFC Divisional Playoff game ever on record (dating back to 1987-88), “60 Minutes” on CBS delivered the largest non-sports audience for a single broadcast this television season, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, Jan. 17. It was the […]
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 […]
ABC led this Saturday night among all TV networks in total viewers (8.03 million) and topped the Big 4 in all key measures — including adults 18-34 over UFC (Women 18-34: 0.6/3; Men 18-34: 1.1/6; Women 18-49: 0.8/3; Men 18-49: 1.4/6) coverage on Fox — with the third Democratic Presidential Debate (Women 18-34: 0.8/4; Men […]
The 3-hour telecast of the 1964 family classic “Mary Poppins” (Women 18-34: 0.7/3; Men 18-34: 0.4/2; Women 18-49: 1.1/4; Men 18-49: 0.7/3) made ABC the most-watched network on Saturday night. While ESPN’s 2015 Heisman Trophy Presentation (Women 18-34: 0.42; Men 18-34: 1.10; Women 18-49: 0.53; Men 18-49: 1.27) did relatively well among all the cable […]
The 2015 edition of “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” on CBS from Dec. 8 finished atop all telecasts for the week of Dec. 7. According to Nielsen, the event totaled 918,000 tweets written by 409,000 unique authors, which were seen by a unique audience of 7.02 million people (generating 63.42 million Twitter TV impressions). The […]
For the first time this season, Fox’s college football coverage (of “Baylor @ Oklahoma State)” (Women 18-34: 0.6/3; Men 18-34: 1.1/6; Women 18-49: 0.8/3; Men 18-49: 1.8/7) bested ABC’s “Saturday Night Football” (TCU @ Oklahoma) (Women 18-34: 0.7/3; Men 18-34: 1.1/5; Women 18-49: 0.8/3; Men 18-49: 1.5/5) in prime time. ABC took solace in the […]
