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Telemundo ranked as the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast network across primetime for the third week in a row. Building on its previous two-week victory over Univision, Telemundo’s primetime programming averaged 1.1 million total viewers during the week of March 11, soaring over the total viewership brought in by Univision by 14%, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures.

NBC’s The Voice was Monday’s most-watched show and tied ABC’s The Bachelor for the nightly demo win.

Goel was most recently president, technology and group chief technology officer of Byju’s Group, an educational technology firm. Before that, he was with OVO, Amazon, HyperQuality and Real Networks. He is replacing Srini Varadarajan, who is stepping down but will stay with Nielsen to help with the transition through June.

CBS’s Blue Bloods was Friday’s most-watched show with 5.2 million viewers, while Fox’s Friday Night SmackDown coverage led the night in the coveted 18-49 demo.

9-1-1 christened its new network with a hair over 5 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating, improving on its average Season 6 audience while rock-steady in the demo. It gave the ABC time slot its largest audience in at least two-and-a-half years.

The network’s State of The Union address coverage helps propel viewership.

CBS’s Survivor was Wednesday’s most-watched and highest-rated show, with NBC’s #OneChicago still in rerun mode.

The 4A’s issued a report saying that the ad industry “is not yet prepared to move to multi-currency national TV demo-based ratings in 2024.” The agency trade organization said there are a “multitude of factors and barriers that appear likely to prevent the adoption of additional currency solutions in the marketplace.”

With ABC’s Tuesday dramas in rerun mode, CBS’s FBI (with 7 million viewers and a 0.4 rating) was up 11% in audience though down a tick in the demo.

NBC’s The Voice was Monday’s most-watched program (with CBS’s NCIS in rerun mode), while ABC’s The Bachelor led the night in the demo.

An estimated 19.5 million people watched Sunday night’s 96th Academy Awards ceremony on ABC. That’s the biggest number drawn by the telecast in four years. But that upward trend comes from an all-time low during the pandemic, and is up just 4% from last year’s estimated audience of 18.7 million, according to numbers released Monday by ABC. Pictured: Ryan Gosling performs the song I’m Just Ken from the movie Barbie during the Oscars. (Chris Pizzello/AP)

Comscore’s fourth-quarter loss widened as it took a charge related to goodwill and as revenue declined. The loss was $32.7 million, or $6.69 a share, compared to a loss of $3.8 million or 80 cents a share, in the same quarter a year ago. The results include a $34.1 million non-cash impairment charge related to goodwill and $4.3 million in dividends paid to convertible redeemable preferred stockholders, the company said.

CBS’s freshman hit Tracker was for a second straight week the most-watched show on Sunday night with 7.4 million total viewers. The venerable newsmagazine 60 Minutes this week opened CBS’s Sunday slate with 7.1 million.

Comscore said that it reached a multi-year agreement to provide local cross-platform measurement for Tegna in all of the 51 markets where Tegna has television stations.

The Comedy Central talk show saw a big jump from the 1.85 million same-day figure.

NBC’s Chicago Med was Wednesday’s most-watched show, while ABC’s Abbott Elementary tied Chicago Med and Fire for the nightly demo win.

Nielsen and Hallmark Media said they have agreed to a multi-year extension of their agreement, under which Nielsen provides audience measurement and analytics for Hallmark three linear networks and its streaming services.

An FBI rerun on CBS was Tuesday’s most-watched program with 3.8 million viewers, while Fox’s The Floor led the night in the demo (2.5M/0.4).

The 66th annual awards show brought in 16.9 million viewers across CBS and Paramount+’s livestream, according to Nielsen fast national figures. That’s up 34% from the 12.4 million viewers brought in by last year’s ceremony, which at the time marked the Grammys’ biggest audience since 2020. Viewership for the 2024 Grammys substantially exceeded the 2021 show, which received 9.39 million total viewers, as well as the 2022 ceremony, which saw a slight uptick with 9.59 million total viewers.

The network’s morning program notched 62-week high in 25-54 demo last week.

The series was actually No. 1 for the weeks of December 18 and December 25 with about 1.4B viewing minutes each week.

NBC’s Chicago Fire was Wednesday’s most-watched program with 6.5 million and also tied Chicago Med and CBS’s The Price Is Right at Night for the demo win (0.5).

There’s been no shortage of buzz surrounding General Hospital lately. If the show isn’t making noise for its Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Drama in December, then it’s drumming up excitement for the return of Steve Burton as Jason Morgan this year, as well as the return of Eden McCoy from a brief hiatus, and how it’s bringing on new showrunners to keep the drama hopping in Port Charles. But the linear ratings tell a slightly different story, if not a depressing one — especially for those who are rooting for the survival of broadcast television. According to season-to-date ratings versus one year ago, GH is down 9% among total viewers (2.2M vs. 2.4M) and down 9% in women 18+ (1.6M vs. 1.8M).

Nielsen remains a preferred Nexstar provider of currency-grade TV audience data.

Fox News’ coverage of the New Hampshire Primary helped the news channel sweep both the cable primetime and total day charts for the last week of January. Fox News averaged 2.1 million viewers for the week of January 22-29, topping MSNBC’s 1.2 million viewers and HGTV’s 891,000 watchers, according to Nielsen numbers provided by Fox News. The news network’s win was aided by its Jan. 23 coverage of the New Hampshire Primary, which averaged 3.3 million viewers from 8 to 11 p.m.

NBC’s Law & Order: SVU was Thursday’s most-watched show (4.5 million), and it also led the night in the coveted and delicious 18-49 age demographic (0.4).

NBC’s Chicago Fire and Chicago Med were Wednesday’s most-watched shows, while the full #OneChicago trio tied CBS’s The Price Is Right at Night for the nightly demo win (0.5).

CBS’s NCIS: Sydney finale was Tuesday’s most-watched show (4.6 million/0.3), while ABC’s Celebrity Jeopardy (4.2M/0.4) tied Fox’s The Floor (2.5M/0.4) for the night’s highest demo rating.

The new agreement covers Fox’s broadcast and cable networks, Fox has also signed up for Nielsen One Ads. Fox will continue to license Nielsen’s sports-focused planning and audience tools and Nielsen continues to be a measurement provider for Tubi, Fox’s streaming platform.

The return of ABC’s The Bachelor (3.1 million/0.5) led Monday in the demo, while NBC’s AGT: Fantasy League was the night’s most-watched program (4.2M/0.4). The broadcast premiere of Hallmark’s one-and-done Ride drew 442,000 total viewers — the CW time slot’s largest audience since a Dec. 18 airing of a Freddy Mercury documentary — and a 0.1 demo rating.

CBS set an astounding record with its presentation of Sunday’s Chiefs-Bills matchup. The nail-biter that ended with a Chiefs victory delivered 50.4M viewers, marking the most-watched NFL Divisional Playoff game ever. The previous record holder was 48.5M viewers for Cowboys-Packers in January 2017. It’s also the first NFL Divisional Playoff game to surpass 50M viewers. That’s up 10% from last year’s comparable game, which saw 45M tune in for the Cowboys-49ers.

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