or


[07/29/22 - 10:34 AM]
Shark Week 34 Premiere Night Grabs Ratings Gains and Double Digit Viewership Increases vs. Shark Week 33
Discovery was also the #1 network in all of television in Prime Time among Persons 12-17, #1 cable network in Prime Time among Men 25-54 and owned the top two cable telecasts for the night among Men 25-54.
[via press release from Discovery Channel]

SHARK WEEK 34 PREMIERE NIGHT GRABS RATINGS GAINS AND DOUBLE DIGIT VIEWERSHIP INCREASES VS. SHARK WEEK 33

SHARK WEEK 34 Premiere Delivers Prime Time Ratings and Viewership Growth for the First Time Since 2017

Summer's most-anticipated programming event, Discovery's SHARK WEEK, returned for its historic 34th year on Sunday, July 24 with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as its first Master of Ceremonies and was up +7% among Persons 25-54 L+3 ratings and up double digits (+10%) in Total Viewers (P2+ 000s) vs. premiere night for Shark Week 33 in 2021 (July 11). This marks the first time SHARK WEEK premiere night has been up in ratings since 2017. SHARK WEEK 34 was enjoyed by the whole family as ratings growth vs. SHARK WEEK 33 was across key demos that included Persons 25-54, Persons 18-34, Persons 12-17 and Persons 2-11. Discovery was also the #1 network in ALL OF TELEVISION in Prime Time among Persons 12-17, #1 cable network in Prime Time among Men 25-54 and owned the top two cable telecasts for the night among Men 25-54 with Great While Battleground and Jackass Shark Week2.0.

SHARK WEEK 34 kicked off with Great White Battleground at 8PM with a 1.14 rating among Persons 25-54, up +18 vs. the show that opened SHARK WEEK 33 in the same time period last year. Jackass Shark Week 2.0 premiered at 9PM with a 1.05 rating among Persons 25-54, up +8% vs. last year, and Great White Open Ocean premiered at 10:30PM and delivered a .72 rating among Persons 25-54, up +4% vs. last year.

SHARK WEEK handily ruled social rankings and was up significantly in social video views vs. the same night last year. Discovery was the #1 non-sports related broadcast and cable network across all day parts and grabbed the #1 Primetime episode for the night (Jackass Shark Week 2.0). SHARK WEEK also drove more than 1M total interactions and 1.9M video views across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. (Source: Talkwalker, entire day of 7/24/22)

This year, Warner Bros. Discovery's linear and streaming portfolio - including TBS, TNT, truTV, Food Network, HGTV, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Animal Planet, Science Channel, ID, OWN, TCM, Discovery+, and HBO Max - are airing SHARK WEEK -inspired content or are cross-promoting the event all week.

Tonight, SHARK WEEK audiences can tune in to Jaws vs The Blob at 8pm to witness a phenomenon known as The Blob sending juvenile great white sharks straight into a feeding frenzy for monster 20 foot adult sharks; Clash of Killers: Great White vs Mako at 9pm features scientist Dr. Riley Elliott tracking two of the ocean's most legendary apex predators - great whites and makos - as they head on a collision course during their yearly migration off the coast of New Zealand; and Shark Women: Ghosted by Great Whites at 10PM featuring Alison Towner and her next generation of shark explorers for a spectacular adventure. Together, Towner and her all-female crew will pull all the stops - cage dive, free dive, drones, decoys, breeches and more - to track her missing white sharks. On Saturday, Monsters of the Cape premieres at 8PM and Sharks in Paradise closes SHARK WEEK 34 at 9PM.





  [july 2022]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
     


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)




most recent ratings | view all posts
[04/23/24 - 03:01 PM]
"Tamron Hall" Grows Week to Week in Women 18-49 Hitting 6-Week High and Ranking No. 2 Among All Syndicated Talk Shows
In addition, "Tamron Hall" turned in increases for the same week last year in Households and Women 18-49.

[04/23/24 - 03:00 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers, Up Week-to-Week in Adults 18-49
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing versus the comparable weeks last season in Total Viewers (916,000 vs. 913,000), posting its largest overall audience in 3 years - since the 2020-2021 season.
[04/23/24 - 11:22 AM]
Viewership for April 21 Edition of ESPN "Sunday Night Baseball" - Texas Rangers vs. Atlanta Braves - Up 24 Percent From Last Year
The reigning World Series Champion Texas Rangers 6-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves averaged 1,623,000 viewers, up from 1,309,000 viewers for last New York Mets vs. San Francisco Giants game.

[04/23/24 - 11:04 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Apr. 15: "Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver" Debuts at #1; "Baby Reindeer" Rises to the Top
List mainstays included "3 Body Problem," which spent its fifth week on the list in third place (3.2M views), and Guy Ritchie's aristocratic gangster series "The Gentlemen," which spent its seventh week on the list in sixth place (2.9M views).
[04/23/24 - 06:01 AM]
"The Spiderwick Chronicles" Makes Roku Channel History with Record-Setting Opening
The series also earned the highest daily reach and most hours streamed of any title to ever debut on The Roku Channel in a singular day.
[04/22/24 - 09:05 AM]
Smash Hit Home Renovation Competition Series "Rock the Block" Delivers Strong Season Ratings for HGTV
Attracting 13.6 million total viewers since it premiered on Monday, March 4, the seven-episode season boasted strong double-digit ratings gains of 53 percent among Adults 25-54 and 58 percent among Women 25-54 over the prior six weeks.

[04/19/24 - 06:45 AM]
ESPN Delivered Top Two Most-Watched SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament Eastern Conference Games Ever on April 17
The 76ers 105-104 victory over the Heat averaged 3,403,000 viewers, peaking with 5,490,000 viewers at 9:30 p.m. ET.
[04/18/24 - 10:11 AM]
ABC's "9-1-1" 100th Episode Propels Series to No. 1 Drama in Primetime in Adults 18-49
The milestone 100th episode was the top program of the night, scoring a season-high on linear after 7 days of viewing in Adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), marking the show's best L7 rating since its season finale last year.
[04/17/24 - 01:03 PM]
Sunday Night's "Billy Joel: The 100th - Live at Madison Square Garden" Wins Its Time Period and Hits a High Note Scoring 5.73 Million Viewers
It originally aired Sunday, April 14 and due to the overwhelming demand from his legion of fans, will have a special encore airing this Friday, April 19 and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
[04/17/24 - 07:20 AM]
"Live with Kelly and Mark" Celebrates One-Year Anniversary, Continuing Its Reign as Television's Number One Entertainment Talk Show
The series has increased in Total Viewers by 3% year over year (2.288 million vs. 2.229 million).
[04/16/24 - 04:45 PM]
2024 WNBA Draft Delivers Largest Viewership Ever
2.45 million viewers on average tuned into Monday's event, peaking with 3.09 million.
[04/16/24 - 01:30 PM]
"Tamron Hall" Grows Week to Week in Households and Total Viewers Hitting 11-Week High in Both Key Measures
In fact, "Tamron Hall" hit 11-week highs in Households and Total Viewers and a 5-week best in Women 25-54 - since weeks of 1/15/24 and 2/26/24, respectively.
[04/16/24 - 12:00 PM]
CBS Leads Broadcast with 14 of Top 20 Non-Sports Programs
CBS has led the four broadcasters since its February new season premieres, winning six nights a week (Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Sunday).
[04/16/24 - 08:56 AM]
San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Is Most-Watched Non-New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox ESPN "Sunday Night Baseball" Game in Six Years
The San Diego Padres 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 14 delivered an average audience of nearly two million viewers (1,961,000) on ESPN, according to Nielsen.
[04/16/24 - 08:53 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Apr. 8: "3 Body Problem" Spends Third Week at #1
"The Gentlemen" claimed third place (3.7M views) in its sixth week and sent sales for posh fashion skyrocketing.