CBS's Late Show host scored his largest margin of victory since his debut week nearly two years ago for shows that featured segments filmed during his recent trip to Moscow and St. Petersburg. For the week, NBC averaged 5 million viewers in primetime. CBS was second with 4.4 million, ABC had 3 million, Fox had 1.8 million, Univision had 1.7 million, Ion Television had 1.26 million, Telemundo had 1.25 million and the CW had 970,000.
NETWORK RATINGS ROUNDUP: JULY 17-23
Colbert’s Russia Shows Are Winners For CBS
NEW YORK (AP) — Russia may represent bad news for President Donald Trump. But not for his latenight nemesis, Stephen Colbert.
The CBS “Late Show” host scored his largest margin of victory since his debut week nearly two years ago for shows that featured segments filmed during his recent trip to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Nielsen said the “Late Show” average 2.87 million viewers last week, topping Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight” show, which had 2.42 million. Jimmy Kimmel on ABC averaged 1.62 million viewers.
Behind its summertime powerhouse, “America’s Got Talent,” NBC won another week in the ratings.
NBC averaged 5 million viewers in primetime. CBS was second with 4.4 million, ABC had 3 million, Fox had 1.8 million, Univision had 1.7 million, Ion Television had 1.26 million, Telemundo had 1.25 million and the CW had 970,000.
Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 1.88 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.79 million, Disney had 1.61 million, HGTV had 1.48 million and Discovery had 1.44 million.
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ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.5 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.2 million and the “CBS Evening News had 5.6 million viewers.
The Top 20
Primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for July 17-23. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
1. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.57 million.
2. “Game of Thrones,” HBO, 9.27 million.
3. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.36 million.
4. “World of Dance,” NBC, 6.91 million.
5. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 6.49 million.
6. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.49 million.
7. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 6.22 million.
8. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 6.19 million.
9. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 6.02 million.
10. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 5.98 million.
11. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 5.95 million.
12. “Little Big Shots: Forever Young,” NBC, 5.82 million.
13. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 5.78 million.
14. “Big Brother” (Friday), CBS, 5.45 million.
15. “Bull,” CBS, 5.36 million.
16. Movie: “Descendants 2,” Disney, 5.33 million.
17. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 5.325 million.
18. “The Wall,” NBC, 4.95 million.
19. “Phelps vs Shark,” Discovery, 4.78 million.
20. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 4.67 million.
Comments (2)
Cheryl Thorne says:
July 25, 2017 at 7:37 pm
He’s a sad case for a late night host…..
Keith ONeal says:
July 26, 2017 at 12:54 pm
He’s better than all the other late night hosts.