CBS was the most-watched network on Monday night with 9.55 million total viewers. Among all key demographics — adults 18-49, 25-54 and adults 18-34 — Fox was dominant with the Monday premiere of “The X-Files” and the series debut of “Lucifer” — the latter program matching the adults 18-49 performance of fellow Fox drama “Rosewood” […]
A 2-hour “American Idol” led Fox to an all-around victory on Thursday night. The series premiere of “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” and the third season premiere of “The 100” combined to give The CW its most watched Thursday night in a little over three years (since 10/11/12) and its highest rated Thursday night in adults […]
CBS was Monday’s top network in total viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. “Supergirl” delivered its largest audience since Nov. 2, 2015, “Scorpion” was Monday’s most-watched program on television overall and “NCIS: Los Angeles” scored its best adults 25-54 rating since March 9, 2015, matched its season-best adults 18-49 rating, and delivered its second-largest audience […]
CBS’s 8.74 million total viewers edged past Fox’s 8.72 million to become Thursday night’s most-watched network. Fox did clearly win, though, in key demos. The second weeks of each NBC’s “Shades of Blue” and CBS’s “Angel from Hell” saw significant declines from each of their premiere telecasts of one week prior: NBC’s “Shades of Blue” […]
The College Football Playoff National Championship – an Alabama 45-40 victory over Clemson – averaged 25.667 million total viewers and a 14.7 household rating, marking it the most-watched cable program since the inaugural CFP National Championship (Jan 12, 2015). To-date, the audience is the sixth best in the history of cable. As a result, ESPN […]
Night two of the 15th season of “American Idol” helped Fox reign supreme on a busy Thursday night. “Idol” judge and music superstar Jennifer Lopez also reaped benefits starring in NBC’s “Shades of Blue”, her first turn on a scripted television series. The crime drama is NBC’s top Thursday drama debut in 18-49 in nearly […]
The top ratings performer on New Year’s Eve — as usual on every New Year’s Eve since the 1970’s — is “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” in late night from New York’s Times Square as the clock struck midnight on the East Coast. In prime time, a new ratings winner emerged: ABC’s fellow Disney […]
The tenth season finale of “Monday Night Football” – a Denver Broncos’ 20-17 overtime victory over the Cincinnati Bengals – delivered a 9.4 household rating and 15.806 million viewers, based on Nielsen ratings, giving ESPN its highest-rated and most-viewed MNF telecast of the season. The game peaked from 11:30-11:45 p.m. ET with an 11.2 rating […]
CBS was Tuesday’s top network in total viewers (7.82 million) and all key demos even though its prime time lineup was all repeats — “NCIS”, “NCIS: New Orleans”, and “Limitless.” The top original program on the night was ABC’s 2-hour year-end retrospective “The Year: 2015” hosted by Robin Roberts. It won its 2-hour time slot […]
