One of the season’s most tightest races for a night’s supremacy occurred on this Wednesday evening with a virtual 3-way tie for first place among adults 18-49 for Fox, ABC and NBC, each with a 1.7 rating in the demographic. Fox emerged with a slight advantage in adults 18-49 share with a 5.9 versus ABC […]
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, […]
The Arizona Cardinals’ dramatic 26-20 overtime victory against the Green Bay Packers in Saturday night’s NFC Divisional Playoff game on NBC (Women 18-34: 6.6/27; Men 18-34: 10.6/42; Women 18-49: 7.9/26; Men 18-49: 13.4/42) ranked as the highest-rated Saturday primetime Divisional game ever, according to Nielsen. The NFL introduced primetime Saturday Divisional Playoff games in the […]
CBS was the dominant leader on Saturday night with “AFC Wild Card Playoff: Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati” (Women 18-34: 5.7/23; Men 18-34: 10.1/40; Women 18-49: 7.4/24; Men 18-49: 12.8/40). The game was up 12 percent from the year-ago Saturday prime time AFC Wild Card game (Baltimore-Pittsburgh, NBC, 27.9 million viewers on 1/03/15). Steelers-Bengals was the most-watched […]
NBC was Sunday night’s top network of all of television in all key measures, thanks to, of course, “Sunday Night Football” (Arizona-Philadelphia) (Women 18-34: 3.4/13; Men 18-34: 6.6/26; Women 18-49: 4.0/13; Men 18-49: 8.3/26). Fox had an above average Sunday evening — despite no late afternoon NFL lead-in — with the three-hour “Miss Universe Pageant” […]
NBC was the Sunday night winner once again in all key measures, thanks to prime time football. The finale of the Univision’s music-based reality competition, “La Banda” reached 5.1 million total viewers who tuned in to all or part of the three-hour live broadcast from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET. The live telecast averaged […]
NBC was Thursday’s most-watched network — a rarity in recent years — with its holiday specials “Michael Buble’s Christmas in Hollywood” (Women 18-34: 0.8/3; Men 18-34: 0.6/3; Women 18-49: 1.4/5; Men 18-49: 0.9/3) and the telemovie “Coat of Many Colors” (Women 18-34: 1.3/5; Men 18-34: 0.9/4; Women 18-49: 2.3/7; Men 18-49: 1.3/5) . NBC has […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers dominated the Indianapolis Colts 45-10 on “Sunday Night Football” (Women 18-34: 3.5/13; Men 18-34: 7.1/26; Women 18-49: 4.6/14; Men 18-49: 8.8/26). Also with a dominating victory on this Sunday night: the network that carried the game, NBC. CBS showcased a salute to the late great crooner Frank Sinatra with “Sinatra 100: An […]
The simulcast editions of “Thursday Night Football” (Women 18-34: 2.9/12; Men 18-34: 5.2/23; Women 18-49: 3.6/12; Men 18-49: 6.9/24) on CBS and NFL Network in 2015 concluded on a winning and, as seen in the video below (sorry, Lions fans!), spectacular note. NBC delivered solid numbers for its musical “The Wiz Live!” (Women 18-34: 3.5/14; […]
