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NBC has claimed the primetime 2017-18 season-to-date lead among total viewers, with an average of 9.569 million persons for the season through 20 weeks in “most current” results from Nielsen Media Research that include fast-official results for Feb. 9-11.
This marks the first time NBC has ranked #1 in total viewers at any point during the season since it won the 2001-02 crown 16 years ago.
NBC’s 9.569 million viewers is the network’s second highest average through 20 weeks of the season in 11 years, since 2006-07 (9.750 million), trailing slightly over that span only the 9.581 million average in 2014-15.
Excluding all sports, NBC is running closer to CBS at this point in the season than it’s been in 15 years, since 2002-03 (currently within 1.9 million total viewers of CBS excluding sports, best since the gap was 546,000 in 2002-03).
NBC’s breakthrough lineup this season features the Feb. 4 Super Bowl; Feb. 8-25 coverage of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics; broadcast’s #1 drama, “This Is Us,” which is now up +23% versus last season (16.9 million viewers vs. 13.8 million, “most current”) and is on track to rank as the #1 drama in total viewers when additional time-shifting is tallied; the #1 alternative series, “The Voice,” and the biggest in-season alternative launch since “Little Big Shots,” “Ellen’s Game of Games”; the “Chicago” franchise, which represents three of the top six most-watched 10 p.m. dramas on ABC, CBS and NBC (L+7 originals); a Thursday lineup of popular, upscale and critically acclaimed comedies led by the return of “Will & Grace”; Friday’s #1 newsmagazine, “Dateline NBC”; and some of the most-watched specials of the season, including “The Golden Globe Awards” and “Christmas in Rockefeller Center.”
(Source: NBC)
It was Super Bowl Sunday on NBC, which pushed the dominant Peacock net into a league of its own for the week of Jan. 29, 2018, based on the Live+Same Day data. Since The Super Bowl aired on Fox in the year-ago week, the year-to-year percent comparisons are excluded this week.
–Total Viewers:
NBC: 23.08 million, CBS: 6.08 ABC: 3.77, Fox: 2.87, CW: 1.42, ION: 1.26
Spanish language: Univision: 1.42, Telemundo: 1.09, UniMas: 821,000
–Adults 18-49:
NBC: 7.1 rating/25 share, ABC and CBS: 0.9/ 3 each, Fox: 0.8/ 3, CW: 0.5/ 2, ION: 0.3/ 1
Spanish language: Univision: 0.5/ 2, Telemundo: 0.4/ 1, UniMas: 0.3/ 1
–Adults 25-54:
NBC: 8.1/24, CBS: 1.4/ 4, ABC: 1.2/ 3, Fox: 1.0/ 3, CW: 0.6/ 2, ION: 0.4/ 1
Spanish language: Univision: 0.6/ 2, Telemundo: 0.5/ 2, UniMas: 0.3/ 1
–Adults 18-34:
NBC: 5.9/27, ABC: 0.7/ 3, CBS and Fox: 0.5/ 2 each, CW: 0.2/ 1, ION: 0.2/ 1
Spanish language: Univision: 0.4/ 2, Telemundo: 0.3/ 1, UniMas: 0.2/ 1
Top 20 (in viewers)
#1 Super Bowl LII: Philadelphia at New England (NBC) 103.391 million
#2 Super Bowl Post-Game (NBC) 73.451 million
#3 This Is Us (NBC) 26.972 million
#4 The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 14.694 million
#5 Young Sheldon (CBS) 12.920 million
#6 Blue Bloods (CBS) 9.321 million
#7 Mom (CBS) 9.108 million
#8 Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 8.931 million
#9 Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) 8.563 million
#10 Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC) 7.582 million
#11 Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials (CBS) 7.308 million
#12 Kevin Can Wait (CBS) 7.275 million
#13 MacGyver (CBS) 7.267 million
#14 Life In Pieces (CBS) 7.109 million
#15 Chicago PD (NBC) 6.719 million
#16 SEAL Team (CBS) 6.652 million
#17 Man with a Plan (CBS) 6.636 million
#18 The Amazing Race (CBS) 6.572 million
#19 The Bachelor (ABC) 6.364 million
#20 S.W.A.T. (CBS) 6.226 million
Top 20 (in adults 18-49 rating/share)
#1 Super Bowl LII: Philadelphia at New England (NBC) 33.36/78
#2 Super Bowl Post-Game (NBC) 25.13/64
#3 This Is Us (NBC) 9.30/32
#4 The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 2.86/12
#5 Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 2.33/9
#6 Young Sheldon (CBS) 2.31/9
#7 Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC) 1.79/7
#8 The Bachelor (ABC) 1.70/6
#9 9-1-1 (FOX) 1.65/6
#10 Mom (CBS) 1.55/6
#11 Scandal (ABC) 1.41/5
#12 State Of The Union Analysis (NBC) 1.33/5
#13 The Four (FOX) 1.27/5
#14 The Amazing Race (CBS) 1.26/5
#15 Chicago PD (NBC) 1.24/5
#16 Life In Pieces (CBS) 1.23/5
#17 Kevin Can Wait (CBS) 1.22/5
#18 Law & Order: SVU (NBC) 1.21/5
#19 Will & Grace (NBC) 1.20/5
#20 The Good Place (NBC) 1.13/4
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What follows are the Live+Same Day results for the five broadcast networks for the week of Feb. 5, 2018. Since The 2018 Winter Olympics began on NBC, change versus the comparable year-ago period s excluded.
–Total Viewers:
NBC: 15.82 million, CBS: 5.55. ABC: 4.04, Fox: 2.85, CW: 1.37, ION: 1.32
Spanish language: Univision: 1.56, Telemundo: 1.11, UniMas: 707,000
–Adults 18-49:
NBC: 3.6 rating/14 share, ABC: 1.0/ 4, CBS: 0.9/ 3, Fox: 0.8/ 3, CW: 0.4/ 2, ION: 0.3/ 1
Spanish language: Univision: 0.5/ 2, Telemundo: 0.4/ 2, UniMas: 0.2/ 1
–Adults 25-54:
NBC: 4.7/13, CBS: 1.3/ 4, ABC: 1.2/ 4, CW: 0.5/ 2, ION: 0.4/ 1
Spanish language: Univision: 0.6/ 2, Telemundo: 0.5/ 1, UniMas: 0.3/ 1
–Adults 18-34:
NBC: 2.4/13, ABC: 0.7/ 3, CBS and Fox: 0.5/ 3 each, CW: 0.4/ 2, ION: 0.2/ 1
Spanish language: Univision: 0.4/ 2, Telemundo: 0.3/ 2, UniMas: 0.2/ 1
Top 20 (in viewers)
#1
Winter Olympics-Opening Ceremony (NBC) 27.837 million
#2
Winter Olympics Prime (Sun.) (NBC) 22.676 million
#3
Winter Olympics Prime (Sat.) (NBC) 21.394 million
#4
Winter Olympics Prime (Thu.) (NBC) 15.995 million
#5
NCIS (CBS) 13.892 million
#6
Bull (CBS) 10.897 million
#7
This Is Us (NBC) 10.131 million
#8
The Good Doctor (ABC) 9.633 million
#9
NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) 8.382 million
#10
Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC) 7.702 million
#11
60 Minutes (CBS) 7.605 million
#12
Chicago Med (NBC) 7.362 million
#13
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 7.321 million
#14
Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (Wed.) (S) (CBS) 7.269 million
#15
Chicago P.D. (NBC) 7.248 million
#16
Kevin Can Wait (CBS) 6.954 million
#17
The Bachelor (ABC) 6.820 million
#18
The Wall (NBC) 6.748 million
#19
Law & Order: SVU (NBC) 6.641 million
#20
9-1-1 (FOX) 6.637 million
Top 20 (in adults 18-49 rating/share)
#1 Winter Olympics-Opening Ceremony (NBC) 6.53/27
#2 Winter Olympics Prime (Sun.) (NBC) 5.39/19
#3 Winter Olympics Prime (Sat.) (NBC) 4.81/20
#4 Winter Olympics Prime (Thu.) (NBC) 3.68/15
#5 This Is Us (NBC) 2.69/10
#6 Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 1.99/8
#7 Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC) 1.87/7
#8 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (Wed.) (S) (CBS) 1.84/7
#9 The Bachelor (ABC) 1.79/7
#10 The Good Doctor (ABC) 1.69/7
#11 9-1-1 (FOX) 1.67/6
#12 NCIS (CBS) 1.47/6
#13 Chicago Med (NBC) 1.46/6
#14 The Wall (NBC) 1.46/6
#15 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (Thu.) (S) (CBS) 1.40/5
#16 Law & Order: SVU (NBC) 1.30/5
#17 The Four (FOX) 1.28/5
#18 Chicago P.D. (NBC) 1.24/5
#19 Big Brother: Celebrity Edition (Sun.) (S) (CBS) 1.24/4
#20 The Middle (ABC) 1.24/5
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Source: Live+Same Day data from The Nielsen Company
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