TV Ratings
‘The Walking Dead’ by the Numbers: One of Cable’s Biggest Ever Series Bows Out
The Walking Dead closes its epic, record-setting run on AMC on Sunday. The show’s extended universe will live on, but the flagship series — one of the biggest in cable history — will wrap up at 10:30 p.m. ET Sunday. Going by recent Nielsen data, about 1.4 million people — save a possible series-ending bump in viewership — will […]
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‘House of the Dragon’ Ends on Up Note in Streaming Chart
The season finale of House of the Dragon nearly equaled a season high in streaming minutes, moving the HBO series to No. 3 overall in Nielsen’s rankings for Oct. 17-23. The Watcher repeated as the top title, and Netflix got a strong opening from its movie The School for Good and Evil. House of the […]
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Streaming, Broadcast Add Share in October Platform Rankings
A heavy sports slate and the lead-up to the midterm elections pushed overall TV use up in October. Streaming remained viewers’ favored delivery method for the month, and broadcast outlets grew, but cable’s share declined a little. Nielsen’s monthly snapshot of TV use shows streaming platforms commanding 37.3 percent of viewing time in the United […]
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‘Halloween Ends’ Puts Peacock on Streaming Charts for the First Time
Peacock made its debut in the Nielsen streaming rankings with the opening of Halloween Ends. Ryan Murphy’s The Watcher opened at No. 1 on the chart, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power got a bump in the week of its season finale. Halloween Ends, the 13th in the long-running franchise, was […]
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TV Ratings: CMA Awards Rise Year to Year
The CMA Awards grew their audience Wednesday, leading ABC to a ratings win Wednesday. The awards brought in 7.57 million viewers, up from 6.83 million (an all-time low) in 2021 — an 11 percent gain. Wednesday’s telecast, which saw Luke Combs take home entertainer of the year and album of the year honors, was also up […]
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TV Ratings: Midterm Elections Audience Falls vs. 2018
A midterm election that ran counter to a lot of the media narrative leading up to it proved to be a smaller TV draw Tuesday. Per Nielsen, about 22.2 million people watched election coverage in primetime on ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and NBC. That’s down by 32 percent from 2018, when those six […]
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World Series, ‘Simpsons’ Give Fox a Bump in Seven-Day Ratings
The start of the World Series and the annual “Treehouse of Horror” episode of The Simpsons gave Fox a bigger presence than usual in Nielsen’s seven-day ratings. CBS’ NCIS, meanwhile, became the first entertainment show of the 2022-23 season to break the 10 million-viewer mark with a week of delayed viewing. Only sports telecasts and […]
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‘Dahmer,’ ‘Rings of Power’ Hold Atop Streaming Series Rankings
Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story spent a third straight week as the top title on streaming platforms in the United States, though it was down a good amount week to week. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and House of the Dragon, on the other hand, each improved a […]
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TV Ratings: ‘NCIS’ Earns Seven-Day Season High
CBS’ NCIS reached a season high in viewers with its Oct. 17 episode — and came tantalizingly close to being the first entertainment program to top 10 million viewers this season. The long-running drama totaled 9.98 million viewers after seven days, according to Nielsen (and not including any streaming figures), edging out its previous season […]
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TV Ratings: World Series Opener Hits Three-Year High
An extra-inning contest to open the World Series helped Fox draw its biggest game one audience in three years. The network averaged 11.48 million viewers for its broadcast of the Philadelphia Phillies’ 6-5, 10-inning victory over the Houston Astros on Friday. That’s up 6 percent over last year’s first game (10.81 million) and the best […]
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‘Dahmer’ Scores Another Huge Week in Streaming Rankings
The big streaming numbers for Netflix’s Jeffrey Dahmer series continued in the week of Sept. 26-Oct. 2. The streamer’s users watched 4.37 billion minutes’ worth of Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story for the week, according to Nielsen, a 19 percent increase over its already huge premiere week. The tally is the seventh largest […]
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How Fall 2022’s First-Year Series Stack Up in Seven-Day Ratings
A month into the 2022-23 TV season, the crop of first-year network series have fit in pretty well with their surroundings. Which is to say, there may not be many breakout hits, but nor are there any shows really dragging down their respective networks. The 13 shows that debuted in the first four weeks of […]
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