Some Very Old Favorites Reappear On TV
ABC’s showing of A Charlie Brown Christmas was the most-watched of a handful of holiday specials that aired in primetime last week, reaching 5.3 million viewers. It’s a tradition in many households that was first on television in December 1965. Two other old favorites, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman, were both seen by more than 4 million people on CBS Saturday night. Rudolph dates to 1964, while Frosty made his debut in 1969.
Victoria’s Secret Show Tumbles To Lowest Ratings
The show has been buffeted by bad publicity, bad reviews and now bad numbers. Shown Sunday on ABC after several years on CBS, its audience of 3.27 million viewers was the smallest since becoming a holiday-season TV event in 2001, Nielsen said. The show has lost more than half its television audience in two years.
Former Hit ‘Walking Dead’ Takes Hit
The zombies are taking a break at the halfway point of their ninth season, following an episode on Sunday that was seen by 5.1 million people. Nielsen said that at a similar point last year, the midseason finale reached 7.9 million. Football dominated primetime over Thanksgiving week, giving NBC a big edge. NBC averaged 9.1 million viewers, CBS had 6.4 million, ABC had 4.6 million, Fox had 2.9 million, Ion Television had 1.5 million, Univision had 1.2 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and the CW had 1 million.
‘Dancing With The Stars’ No Longer Jumps For ABC
Viewership is down for ABC’s competition franchise, which concluded its fall season on Monday with country radio host Bobby Bones beating Disney star Milo Manheim, actress Evanna Lynch and model Alexis Ren. Each episode averaged 8.2 million viewers the night that it aired and during the week afterward, down 22% from last year’s average of 10.4 million, Nielsen said.
NBC, CBS Fighting For Ratings Dominance
For the week, NBC averaged 7.1 million viewers. CBS had 6.8 million, Fox had 5.3 million, ABC had 4.6 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1 million and the CW had 900,000.
Pro And College Football Dominate TV Ratings
CBS earned last week’s top spot with a primetime average of 8.02 million viewers. NBC had 7.83 million viewers, ABC had 4.28 million, Fox had 5.52 million, Univision had 1.37 million, Telemundo had 1.23 million, Ion Television had 1.17 million and the CW had 990,000.
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World Series Sharply Down From Last Year
The ratings drop likely had more to do with the length of the series than the matchup. World Series games tend to draw in more viewers as the series goes longer, and the broadcasting network usually hits the jackpot if it goes a full seven games — like last year’s series. Between the series and Thursday night football, Fox was the week’s most popular network with a primetime average of 13.1 million viewers. NBC had 6.53 million viewers, CBS had 6.49 million, ABC had 4.2 million, Telemundo had 1.4 million, Univision had 1.3 million, Ion Television had 1.2 million and the CW had 1.1 million.
For the week, CBS averaged 7.6 million viewers in primetime. NBC had 7.2 million viewers, ABC had 4.7 million, Fox had 4.3 million, Telemundo had 1.3 million, Ion Television and Univision were tied with a 1.2 million viewer average and the CW had 1.1 million.
Trump ’60 Minutes’ Interview Can’t Top Daniels’
Stormy Daniels, the porn star who alleged an affair with Donald Trump before he became president, drew 22.1 million for her 60 Minutes interview last March. The president’s Sunday interview on the CBS newsmagazine was seen by 11.7 million. NBC won last week in primetime, averaging 7.8 million viewers. CBS had 7.3 million viewers, Fox had 5.3 million, ABC had 5.2 million, Univision had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1.24 million, Ion Television had 1.18 million and the CW had 1.1 million.
FNC Draws Big Audience For Final Kavanaugh Vote
For the week in broadcast, NBC averaged 7.5 million viewers in primetime. CBS was second with 6.9 million, Fox had 6 million, ABC had 4.7 million, Univision had 1.3 million, Telemundo and the Ion Network tied with 1.19 million and the CW had 700,000.
Tim Allen Tops Candice Bergen In Reboot Battle
The return of Tim Allen’s sitcom, Last Man Standing, reached 8.1 million viewers on Fox last Friday night. That was more than the 7.5 million people who tuned into the revival of Candice Bergen’s Murphy Brown on CBS the night before
‘America’s Got Talent’ Finale Boosts NBC
NBC averaged 8.2 million viewers for the week. CBS was second with 4.2 million, Fox had 4 million, ABC had 2.7 million, Univision has 1.33 million, Telemundo had 1.32 million, Ion Television had 1.2 million and the CW had 650,000.
Record-Low Viewership For Emmy Awards
The decline to 10.21 million continues a troubling trend for televised awards shows. The Oscars audience this year was down 19% from 2017 and the Grammys were down 23%. NBC won the week in primetime, averaging 6.7 million viewers last week. CBS had 4.8 million viewers, ABC had 4 million, Fox had 2.3 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 1.33 million, Telemundo had 1.31 million and the CW had 740,000.
Miss America Ratings Fall After Swimsuits Dropped
Buoyed by two NFL games, NBC won the week in primetime, averaging 9.3 million viewers. CBS had 3.8 million, Fox had 3.52 million, ABC had 3.45 million, Univision had 1.32 million, Ion had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1.25 million and the CW had 740,000.
‘Talent,’ Notre Dame Football Top Ratings
NBC won the week in primetime with an average of 5.1 million viewers. CBS had 3.5 million viewers, ABC had 3.7 million, Fox had 1.7 million, Ion Television had 1.4 million, Univision had 1.18 million, Telemundo had 1.17 million and the CW had 780,000.
Bad Week For Trump = Good Week For Maddow
MSNBC’s marquee personality took advantage of a busy week of bad news for the president, led by former lawyer Michael Cohen’s plea deal and former campaign manager Paul Manafort’s conviction on corruption charges. In broadcast, NBC won the week in primetime with an average of 4.9 million viewers. CBS had 4 million viewers, ABC had 3.6 million, Fox had 2.6 million, Ion Television had 1.4 million, Univision and Telemundo were tied with 1.21 million and the CW had 770,000.
MTV Stems Steep Decline In Video Awards Show
Television ratings for the awards show have been shrinking rapidly in recent years. Among viewers 18-34, MTV topped all other cable and broadcast numbers for the period of time that this year’s MTV Video Music Awards were on. For the four biggest broadcast networks, primetime ratings were down by 13% compared to the same week last year. Two of the three cable news networks had better ratings than the Fox network.
Tiger Woods Juices PGA Championship Ratings
CBS reached 8.5 million viewers Sunday for final-round competition at the PGA Championship from St. Louis, a whopping 73% increase from the 4.9 million people who watched the same tournament’s conclusion in 2017. NBC won the week in primetime, averaging 4.1 million viewers. ABC had 3.9 million viewers, CBS had 3.8 million, Fox had 1.7 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million, Univision had 1.1 million and the CW averaged 800,000 viewers.
NBC Has Best Network Ratings In 2 Months
NBC averaged 4.7 million viewers for the week, CBS had 3.8 million, ABC had 3.1 million, Fox had 1.9 million, Ion Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo has 1.2 million, Univision had 1.1 million and the CW had 840,000.
‘America’s Got Talent’ Is Viewers’ Summertime Pick
The talent contest has ranked as the most-watched program for the past five weeks, with last week’s show topping the No. 2 series, CBS’s 60 Minutes, by 65%.
World Cup Finale Reaches 16 Million US Viewers
While that made the Sunday morning telecast on Fox and Telemundo the most-watched program of the week, it represented a significant drop in viewership from the 2014 World Cup finale, which featured Germany and Argentina. That game had 26.5 million viewers on ABC and Univision, Nielsen said.
Rare NBC Win Among Total Viewers
NBC averaged 4.1 million viewers for the week, CBS had 4 million, ABC had 3.1 million, Fox had 1.6 million, Ion Television had 1.4 million, Univision had 1.2 million, Telemundo had 1 million and the CW had 740,000.
NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ Dominates
The talent show was seen by 11.3 million people last week, more than four million more than the next closest show, a repeat version of 60 Minutes. However, CBS won the week in primetime, averaging 4.3 million viewers. NBC had 4.2 million, ABC had 3.2 million, Fox had 2.2 million, Univision had 1.5 million, Ion Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million and the CW had 820,000.
Ratings Down For NCAA Final On Cable
The game was seen by 16 million viewers on TBS, TNT and Tru TV last week, Nielsen said. That’s down sharply from the 23 million who saw North Carolina beat Gonzaga in the 2017 finals. CBS easily won the week in primetime, averaging 7.3 million viewers. NBC (4.82 million) and ABC (4.81 million) finished in a virtual tie for second. Fox had 2.3 million viewers, Univision had 1.6 million, Ion Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and the CW had 910,000. (AP photo/Morry Gash)
‘Roseanne’ Delivers Double Whammy For ABC
Viewership for the show’s premiere shot up to 25 million people when delayed viewing for the three days after last Tuesday’s first showing is added. The increase of 6.6 million people sets a record for the biggest lift ever for a show in the three days after a premiere, Nielsen said. A lot of programs would be happy to get 6.6 million viewers, period.
Stormy Daniels, NCAA Propel CBS To Top
CBS was the most-watched broadcast network in primetime last week, averaging 7.49 million viewers. NBC had 5.26 million, ABC had 4.78 million, Fox had 2.68 million, Univision had 1.51 million, Ion Television had 1.43 million, Telemundo had 1.09 million and the CW had 890,000.
Ratings Illustrate Popularity Of Political Shows
Nielsen said 26 of the 40 most-watched programs on cable television last week were political shows on Fox News or MSNBC, including each weeknight telecast by Rachel Maddow, Sean Hannity and Lawrence O’Donnell. CBS was the most-watched broadcast network last week, averaging 7 million viewers. NBC had 5.6 million, ABC had 4.7 million, Fox had 2.6 million, Univision had 1.6 million, Ion Television had 1.5 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and the CW had 1 million.
More Young Viewers For ‘World News Tonight’
ABC has consistently beaten NBC’s Nightly News for several months now among all viewers. But last week ABC won for only the second time in 136 weeks among adults 25-54. Now that the Olympics and football are done and the primetime focus is on regular programming, CBS won last week with an average of 7.2 million viewers. ABC had 5.3 million, NBC had 5.1 million, Fox had 3.1 million, Univision had 1.6 million, Ion Television had 1.4 million, the CW had 1.2 million and Telemundo had 1.1 million.
Oscars Power ABC To Primetime Victory
ABC won the week in primetime behind the Oscars, averaging 7.6 million viewers. CBS had 6.8 million, NBC had 5.1 million, Fox had 2.8 million, Univision had 1.8 million, Ion Television had 1.4 million, the CW had 1.2 million and Telemundo had 1.1 million.
Primetime Olympics Down 7% From Sochi
Nielsen said the NBC-only average in primetime was 17.8 million, or a 17% decline from Sochi. NBC said adding in cable and live-streaming viewing helped make the Olympics profitable. Viewership started out stronger than executives expected at the beginning of the Olympics and faded toward the end.
Snowboarders White, Kim Boost NBC To Win
For the week of Feb. 12-18, NBC averaged 17.62 million viewers. That bested the combined viewership of the three other major broadcast networks by the largest margin for any regular season, non-Super Bowl week since electronic “people meters” came into use, the network said. CBS was second with 4.48 million viewers, followed by Fox with 1.65 million, Univision with 1.43 million, Ion Television with 1.3 million, Telemundo with 1.18 million and the CW with 930,000.
Olympics, ‘This Is Us’ Give NBC Ratings Win
NBC’s total viewership last week topped that of the other three major broadcasters combined by 27%, the biggest network regular-season gap since Nielsen’s electronic people meters began measuring ratings. NBC averaged 15.82 million viewers in primetime. CBS had 5.55 million viewers, ABC had 4.04 million, Fox had 2.85 million, Univision had 1.56 million, the CW had 1.37 million, Ion Television had 1.32 million and Telemundo had 1.11 million.
‘This is Us’ Gets Big Boost From Super Bowl
The show was seen by just under 27 million people, its largest audience ever and the highest for any show with the coveted post-Super Bowl time slot in six years. With the help of the game, NBC averaged 23.1 million viewers in primetime. CBS had 6.1 million viewers, ABC had 3.8 million, Fox had 2.9 million, Univision and the CW tied with 1.42 million, Ion Television had 1.3 million and Telemundo had 1.1 million.
Will Ferrell’s Return Bumps Ratings For ‘SNL
The latenight comedy show reached 7.47 million viewers for this past weekend’s show with Ferrell as host. However, CBS easily won the week in primetime, averaging 8.5 million viewers. ABC had 4.6 million viewers, NBC had 4.2 million, Fox had 3 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.6 million, the CW had 1.3 million and Ion Television had 1.1 million.
NFC Title Game Helps Fox To Weekly Win
With a primetime football game, Fox won the week by averaging 10.6 million viewers. CBS had 6.9 million, ABC had 4.74 million, NBC had 4.69 million, the CW had 1.53 million, Univision had 1.47 million, Ion Television had 1.3 million and Telemundo had 1.2 million.
NBC Wins Another Week In Primetime
NBC won the week in primetime, averaging 9.7 million viewers. CBS had 7.5 million, Fox had 5.7 million, ABC had 4.2 million, Univision had 1.5 million, Ion Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and the CW had 750,000.
Cold Weather A Boon For New Year’s Shows
More than 25 million people tuned in to see Ryan Seacrest ring in 2018 from a frigid Times Square, the biggest audience for ABC’s venerable New Year’s Rockin’ Eve since at least 1991. CNN and Fox also set standards for their celebratory coverage that night. With television networks knocked off their regular schedules on a holiday week, CBS averaged 5.7 million viewers in primetime to lead the broadcasters. ABC had 4.5 million viewers, NBC had 3.9 million, Fox had 3.3 million, Univision had 1.5 million, Ion Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 970,000 and the CW had 910,000.
NFL, Funny Ladies, ‘Wonderful Life’ Top TV
NBC won the week in primetime, averaging 6.85 million viewers. CBS was second with 5.57 million, ABC had 3.33 million, Fox had 2.87 million, Univision had 1.31 million, Ion Television had 1.21 million, CW had 930,000 and Telemundo had 920,000. ESPN topped the cable networks with an average 2.52 million viewers.
Fox’s ‘Christmas Story’ Fails To Excite Viewers
Fox’s telecast was seen by 4.52 million viewers on Sunday night. That’s lower than any of the live plays that have been shown on broadcast television since NBC kicked off the trend in 2013 with The Sound of Music. CBS won the week in primetime, averaging 7.9 million viewers. NBC had 7.8 million, ABC had 3.5 million, Fox had 3.3 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 1.3 million, while Telemundo and the CW were tied with 1.1 million.
Football Powers NBC To Another Ratings Win
Behind two football games, NBC won the week in primetime, averaging 8.1 million viewers. CBS had 6.8 million viewers, Fox had 4.6 million, ABC had 4.1 million, Univision had 1.7 million, the CW had 1.3 million, Ion Television had 1.27 million and Telemundo had 1.1 million.
