World viewership of royals’ interview nearly 50 million
3 years, 9 months ago

World viewership of royals’ interview nearly 50 million

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Worldwide viewership of Oprah Winfrey’s interview with British royals Prince Harry and Meghan is up to nearly 50 million people — and counting — as CBS quickly scheduled a Friday night rerun for anyone who missed it the first time. ABC’s “World News Tonight” won the evening news ratings race with an average of 9.3 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.5 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.5 million. “Oprah with Meghan & Harry,” CBS, 17.81 million.

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Election night television viewership drops sharply from 2020 and 2016
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Election night television viewership drops sharply from 2020 and 2016

Associated Press  

The idea of grabbing some popcorn and watching television to see who America has chosen for its next president was far less appealing this year than in the past. The Nielsen company said that 42.3 million people watched election night returns between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump pour in Tuesday night. That’s down sharply from the 56.9 million who watched …

Fox News leads election night ratings as MSNBC tops CNN for the first time
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Fox News leads election night ratings as MSNBC tops CNN for the first time

LA Times  

Fox News was the top choice for TV viewers on election night, marking the second straight time the conservative network led rivals in viewership for presidential results. According to Nielsen data, Fox News averaged 10.3 million viewers from 8 to 11 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, finishing ahead of ABC’s 5.7 million viewers who tuned in for coverage of former President …

So Bigly: More than 67 million Americans watched Harris debate Trump, dwarfing ratings for the Biden-Trump showdown
3 months, 1 week ago

So Bigly: More than 67 million Americans watched Harris debate Trump, dwarfing ratings for the Biden-Trump showdown

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. June’s debate between Biden and Trump, hosted by CNN, had 51.3 million viewers across …

TV ratings: Trump indictment shakes up cable news rankings, sends MSNBC to top
1 year, 6 months ago

TV ratings: Trump indictment shakes up cable news rankings, sends MSNBC to top

LA Times  

Coverage of the indictment of former President Donald Trump boosted ratings for “The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell,” helping MSNBC to win the week. The cable prime-time top 20 consisted of six MSNBC political talk shows — three editions of “The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell,” the Thursday editions of “Alex Wagner Tonight” and “All in With Chris Hayes” and …

Lakers playoff games win the week’s prime-time ratings; King Charles’ late-night coronation has big audience
1 year, 7 months ago

Lakers playoff games win the week’s prime-time ratings; King Charles’ late-night coronation has big audience

LA Times  

Lakers forward Anthony Davis, left, drives to the basket against Golden State Warriors guard Moses Moody, in Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals, the week’s top ranked program. Compared to historical Television viewing of other notable British royal events the audience was smaller than: Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, Sept. 19, 2023: 11,363,000 Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal …

Nielsen recount: Super Bowl LVII adds 2 million viewers to become most-watched show ever
1 year, 7 months ago

Nielsen recount: Super Bowl LVII adds 2 million viewers to become most-watched show ever

LA Times  

In a ratings equivalent of a play review, Nielsen has declared the Fox telecast of Super Bowl LVII scored an average of 115.1 million viewers, making it the most watched TV program of all time. Fox Sports said Tuesday that Nielsen restated the total average viewership number for the Feb. 12 game after a review by the ratings company found …

With viewership up 12% from last year, Oscars win the ratings week
1 year, 9 months ago

With viewership up 12% from last year, Oscars win the ratings week

LA Times  

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” wins best picture at the 95th Academy Awards at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023. ABC’s highest-rated non-Oscars program was its drama about Seattle firefighters, “Station 19,” which was 21st for the week, averaging 3.975 million viewers. “The Masked Singer” averaged 4.017 million viewers, third for Fox programs and 20th for the week. The …

With football out of the way, ‘Young Sheldon’ tops ratings
1 year, 10 months ago

With football out of the way, ‘Young Sheldon’ tops ratings

LA Times  

With the NFL season over, “Young Sheldon” became the first scripted program to top the weekly prime-time ratings in the 22nd week of the 2022-23 television season. The premiere of the Fox comedy “Animal Control” averaged 2.086 million viewers, fourth in its 9-9:30 p.m. Thursday time slot and 72nd for the week, but led Fox’s ratings that night. Fox’s top …

Kevin Costner’s ‘Yellowstone’ sets viewership milestones
2 years, 1 month ago

Kevin Costner’s ‘Yellowstone’ sets viewership milestones

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Kevin Costner’s Paramount epic “Yellowstone” reached 12.1 million viewers for the opening night of its fifth season on Sunday, the most popular scripted series episode so far in the new television season, the Nielsen company said. For instance, the most popular broadcast scripted show last week, CBS’ “Young Sheldon,” was seen by 7.14 million people, Nielsen said. …

Nielsen, Amazon Prime spar over who really watches football
2 years, 1 month ago

Nielsen, Amazon Prime spar over who really watches football

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! NEW YORK — By the Nielsen company’s count, 7.8 million people watched Amazon Prime’s coverage of last Thursday’s NFL game between New Orleans and Arizona. “We wouldn’t put out our number if we weren’t comfortable that it was accurate,” said Jay Marine, vice president of Amazon …

House of the Dragon draws largest audience ever for HBO original series debut
2 years, 3 months ago

House of the Dragon draws largest audience ever for HBO original series debut

Firstpost  

Anticipation for “House of the Dragon” was evident in how many people were streaming old “Game of Thrones” episodes on HBO Max, which the network fed by offering crisper picture quality. Nearly 10 million people saw the premiere of “ House of the Dragon ” on Sunday night, making the “ Game of Thrones ” spinoff HBO’s most-watched series premiere …

Fox News Is Showing The Jan. 6 Hearings And Viewers Are Flipping The Channel
2 years, 5 months ago

Fox News Is Showing The Jan. 6 Hearings And Viewers Are Flipping The Channel

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW YORK — Fox News Channel is airing the Jan. 6 committee hearings when they occur in daytime hours and a striking number of the network’s viewers have made clear they’d rather be doing something else. After the hearing started, Fox’s audience’s sank to 747,000 for the 3 p.m. Eastern hour and even lower, to 718,000, at …

Queen Elizabeth’s jubilee celebration takes a ratings bow
2 years, 6 months ago

Queen Elizabeth’s jubilee celebration takes a ratings bow

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. split from Great Britain is history, but the monarchy still has a hold on its former colony’s heart. The first two games of the Golden State Warriors-Boston Celtics NBA finals topped the ratings, but viewers also had time for a special prime-time episode of “The Price Is Right” honoring first responders. ABC’s “World News Tonight” …

‘Stranger Things’ return encourages weekend binging
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Stranger Things’ return encourages weekend binging

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — For millions of fans of Netflix’s sci-fi drama “Stranger Things,” there’s little mystery in how they spent their Memorial Day weekend. Netflix released seven new episodes of the show’s much awaited fourth season and said that a record-setting 286 million hours were streamed over the weekend. Meanwhile, on broadcast last week, NBC reached nearly 6.4 million viewers …

Grammys 2022 records 4 percent rise from last year's ratings, narrowly escapes the all-time low tag
2 years, 8 months ago

Grammys 2022 records 4 percent rise from last year's ratings, narrowly escapes the all-time low tag

Firstpost  

Hosted by Trevor Noah, the two-month-delayed 64th Grammy Awards drew 8.93 million total viewers across multiple platforms, according to Nielsen Despite a night of feel-good vibes and performances by the music industry’s top acts, the Grammy Awards barely moved the needle as a television attraction. “Think of it as a concert where we’re giving out awards.” On the sports front, …

Grammys barely move the needle in television ratings
2 years, 8 months ago

Grammys barely move the needle in television ratings

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Despite a night of feel-good vibes and performances by the music industry’s top acts, the Grammy Awards barely moved the needle as a television attraction. “Think of it as a concert where we’re giving out awards.” On the sports front, the much-awaited NCAA Final Four contest between Duke and North Carolina reached a total of 16.25 million …

Social media explodes during Oscars; TV viewership doesn’t
2 years, 8 months ago

Social media explodes during Oscars; TV viewership doesn’t

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Will Smith’s violent slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards appeared to have a negligible impact on the show’s television audience. ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening news ratings race with an average of 8.3 million viewers last week. NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: North Carolina vs. UCLA, CBS, 8.82 million. NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Texas …

‘60 Minutes’ tops in TV for third straight week
2 years, 9 months ago

‘60 Minutes’ tops in TV for third straight week

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — CBS’ “60 Minutes,” with reports on Ukraine, voting rights, Pete Buttigieg and “Ted Lasso,” was the week’s most-watched live television show — making it three weeks in a row for the old guys. The newsmagazine has been on the air since 1968, and when asked to identify the first week “60 Minutes” was television’s most-watched show, CBS …

Biden drew more viewers in otherwise quiet TV week
2 years, 9 months ago

Biden drew more viewers in otherwise quiet TV week

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In an otherwise quiet week for television, President Joe Biden was the biggest star. ABC’s “World News Tonight” won the evening news ratings race with an average of 8.8 million viewers, NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.3 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.1 million. “State of the Union Analysis”, Fox News, 6.55 million. “State of the …

NBC’s scores are in: Record low Olympics ratings
2 years, 10 months ago

NBC’s scores are in: Record low Olympics ratings

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The final scores are in, and NBC is no doubt happy to put the Beijing Winter Olympics in the rear-view mirror. The games reached an average combined audience of 11.4 million people in prime time on NBC, the USA cable network and Peacock streaming service, the network said. For NBC alone, the prime time telecasts reached an …

NBC's scores are in: Record low Olympics ratings
2 years, 10 months ago

NBC's scores are in: Record low Olympics ratings

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The games reached an average …

Janet Jackson doc, despite criticism, a hit for Lifetime
2 years, 10 months ago

Janet Jackson doc, despite criticism, a hit for Lifetime

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Janet Jackson s four-part …

Fox’s ‘The Five’ scores rare win for daytime; NFL takes top
3 years, 1 month ago

Fox’s ‘The Five’ scores rare win for daytime; NFL takes top

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel’s prime-time lineup gets plenty of attention, but, lately, the network’s viewers have been drawn to an early-bird special. Yet during October, “The Five” averaged 3.11 million viewers, narrowly beating Fox’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” which had 3.08 million, Nielsen said. All five episodes of “The Five” last week reached at least 3 million viewers, Nielsen …

NBC dominates in premiere week for TV’s broadcast networks
3 years, 2 months ago

NBC dominates in premiere week for TV’s broadcast networks

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — NBC opened the new television season with a dominant week against its rivals, and it wasn’t just football that was responsible. NBC averaged 6.6 million viewers for the week in prime time, compared to second-place CBS’ 4.4 million average. ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening news ratings race with an average of 8 million viewers. NBC’s …

Troubled Nielsen to update measurements for local television
3 years, 3 months ago

Troubled Nielsen to update measurements for local television

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Nielsen company, increasingly under fire from the television industry, on Tuesday said it would soon incorporate homes that have cut off cable in favor of broadband in its viewing measurements for local TV markets. “It’s a big step to making sure that our measurement is really inclusive,” said Catherine Herkovic, Nielsen managing director and executive vice …

Study: Pandemic speeded trends away from live TV viewing
3 years, 4 months ago

Study: Pandemic speeded trends away from live TV viewing

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The pandemic accelerated changes in how people use their televisions, further reducing the dominance in traditional live viewing of what networks are showing, a new study has found. HBO said Sunday’s finale of its six-episode limited series, “The White Lotus,” was seen by nearly 2 million people across all formats. ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening …

NBC wonders: where are the Olympic viewers this year?
3 years, 4 months ago

NBC wonders: where are the Olympic viewers this year?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — For most nights at the Tokyo Olympics, NBC’s prime time coverage is drawing about half the audience that the Games had in Rio de Janeiro five years ago. “We’ve had some bad luck,” NBC Universal chief executive Jeff Shell said last week. In fact, Fox last week averaged below 1 million viewers in prime time, believed to …

Elon Musk moves ratings as host of ‘Saturday Night Live’
3 years, 7 months ago

Elon Musk moves ratings as host of ‘Saturday Night Live’

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk moved a cryptocurrency’s value and TV ratings with his “Saturday Night Live” appearance. Anchor Michael Che reacts to Ostertag’s convoluted description of dogecoin as the future of currency with deep skepticism, calling it a “hustle.” Musk in character echoes the sentiment: “Yeah, it’s a hustle.” In prime-time last week, CBS was the most-watched network with …

Oscars telecast draws 9.85 million viewers for ABC, a record low
3 years, 7 months ago

Oscars telecast draws 9.85 million viewers for ABC, a record low

LA Times  

Despite a night of historic firsts and a major upset in the best actor category, the 93rd Academy Awards could not avoid the TV ratings slide that has hit awards shows during the pandemic. ABC’s telecast of the Oscars hit an all-time low with an average of 9.85 million viewers watching on Sunday, a drop of 58% from last year …

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry's Oprah Winfrey interview leads CBS to beat ABC, NBC viewership for first time
3 years, 9 months ago

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry's Oprah Winfrey interview leads CBS to beat ABC, NBC viewership for first time

Firstpost  

Nielsen company reveals that there had never been a single recorded day since 1991 that CBS This Morning, nor any of its predecessors, beat their two rivals, ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today show. For the first time on record, CBS’ morning news show on Monday had a bigger audience than ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today show, …

World Viewership Of Royals' Interview Nearly 50 Million
3 years, 9 months ago

World Viewership Of Royals' Interview Nearly 50 Million

News 18  

Worldwide viewership of Oprah Winfrey’s interview with British royals Prince Harry and Meghan is up to nearly 50 million people and counting as CBS quickly scheduled a Friday night rerun for anyone who missed it the first time. Powered by Winfrey and royals, CBS won the week with an average of 6 million viewers in prime time. ABC’s World News …

UK broadcast of Oprah’s Meghan and Harry interview had a huge 11 million viewers
3 years, 9 months ago

UK broadcast of Oprah’s Meghan and Harry interview had a huge 11 million viewers

CNN  

London CNN Business — Oprah Winfrey’s bombshell interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attracted a blockbuster audience when it was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Monday. The 110-minute interview on ITV attracted an average of 11.1 million viewers between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m., according to the broadcaster. When Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first …

Pandemic Golden Globes ratings plunge 64% to 6.9M viewers
3 years, 9 months ago

Pandemic Golden Globes ratings plunge 64% to 6.9M viewers

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The pandemic-era Golden Globes sunk to 6.9 million viewers, down a whopping 64% from 2020 and only barely beating the year when a writer’s strike forced NBC to show a news conference announcing the winners. Big winners in Sunday’s ceremony were the films “Nomadland” and “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and the television programs “The Crown” and “The Queen’s …

Who did it? TV viewers intrigued by HBO’s ‘The Undoing’
4 years ago

Who did it? TV viewers intrigued by HBO’s ‘The Undoing’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The dramatic conclusion to “The Undoing,” HBO’s whodunit starring Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman, proved how it’s still possible to bring people together in today’s fragmented television world. It was a good story.” It was the most-watched night for HBO since the finale of “Big Little Lies” last year, which also featured Kidman and creator David E. …

If Trump wanted people to avoid ’60 Minutes,’ it didn’t work
4 years, 1 month ago

If Trump wanted people to avoid ’60 Minutes,’ it didn’t work

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump can still be a potent television draw, although in the case of “60 Minutes” this past week, it probably wasn’t what he intended. Stahl made one reference to the dispute in her introduction, saying “we had prepared to talk about the many issues and questions facing the president, but in what has become an …

Cable news ratings up 72 percent over 2019
4 years, 2 months ago

Cable news ratings up 72 percent over 2019

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — It’s not difficult to figure out which television networks are benefiting from the presidential election, and which ones should worry about next year. Collectively, the news networks CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC averaged just under 10 million viewers in prime time last week, or 72 percent more than the same week in 2019, the Nielsen company …

Fox News Channel viewers tune out for John Lewis’ funeral
4 years, 4 months ago

Fox News Channel viewers tune out for John Lewis’ funeral

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel viewers are usually a loyal bunch, but thousands looked for the “off” switch during last week’s telecast of civil rights icon John Lewis’ funeral. Fox News Channel led the cable networks, averaging 3.07 million viewers in prime time. ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening newscasts with an average of 8.6 million viewers. NBC’s …

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