CBS was the most popular network in primetime, averaging 8.9 million viewers. NBC had 7.3 million, ABC had 4.7 million, Fox had 2.9 million, the CW had 1.61 million, Telemundo had 1.57 million, Univision had 1.5 million and Ion Television had 1.2 million.
NETWORK RATINGS ROUNDUP: OCT. 9-15
DVR Viewing Shows ‘Good Doctor’ Is A Hit
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC’s new drama about a surgeon on the autism scale, “The Good Doctor,” is a bona fide hit, and it takes a little time to recognize the magnitude.
Last week’s episode was the most popular show on the network, the Nielsen company said.
A look at newly released Nielsen data for “The Good Doctor” and other programs illustrates the extent to which television viewers make their own schedules now. An estimated 11.3 million people watched the drama’s debut on Sept. 25, but that number swelled by 69 percent — to 19.2 million — when you add in the people who saw it on a delayed basis within seven days.
More people actually watched ABC’s “Designated Survivor” on a delayed basis than watched its season premiere on the first night, Nielsen said.
Fox’s “The Orville” and ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder” both increased their season debut viewership by more than 80 percent through delayed viewing.
Meanwhile, hardly anyone records sports events for later viewing; NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” had 16.74 million viewers that night, and 16.8 million when you add in the seven-day figures. Same thing for news programs, with CBS’ “60 Minutes” increasing its 12.46 million first-night viewership to 12.89 million through the full week.
Nielsen’s figures for last week — taking into account only viewing on the night a show originally aired — had seven pro football games or wraparound football coverage among the 20 most-watched programs, Nielsen said.
CBS was the most popular network in primetime, averaging 8.9 million viewers. NBC had 7.3 million, ABC had 4.7 million, Fox had 2.9 million, the CW had 1.61 million, Telemundo had 1.57 million, Univision had 1.5 million and Ion Television had 1.2 million.
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TBS, with its baseball playoff coverage, was the week’s most popular cable network with a 3.54 million average viewership in prime time. ESPN had 2.63 million, Fox had 2.12 million, MSNBC had 1.52 million and USA had 1.35 million.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.7 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8.1 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.3 million.
The Top 20
Primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Oct. 9-15. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
1. “NFL Post Game,” CBS, 16.58 million.
2. NFL Football: N.Y. Giants at Denver, NBC, 16.16 million.
4. “NCIS,” CBS, 13.61 million.
5. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 13.34 million.
6. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 13.14 million.
7. “Sunday Night Football Pre-Kick,” NBC, 11.73 million.
8. “Bull,” CBS, 11.26 million.
9. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.09 million.
10. “This is Us,” NBC, 11.02 million.
11. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 10.91 million.
12. “The Good Doctor,” ABC, 10.69 million.
13. NFL Football: Minnesota at Chicago, ESPN, 10.36 million.
14. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 9.52 million.
15. “NFL Pre-Kick,” CBS, 9.28 million.
16. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 9.25 million.
17. “Football Night in America, Part 3,” NBC, 9.12 million.
18. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 8.98 million.
19. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 8.65 million.
20. “Hawaii Five-O,” CBS, 8.51 million.
Comments (1)
Cheryl Thorne says:
October 18, 2017 at 9:21 am
People there are 330 million people in this country…They think this is good???