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[02/12/24 - 06:34 PM]
CBS Sports' Presentation of Super Bowl LVIII Is Most-Watched Telecast in History with 123.4 Million Viewers Across Platforms
More than 200 million viewers (202.4) watched all or part of Super Bowl LVIII across networks, the highest unduplicated total audience in history and up +10% vs. last year's Super Bowl (184 million).

[02/10/24 - 11:24 AM]
Winter 2024 TCA Press Tour Performance Highlights
In 2023, The Walt Disney Company generated nearly 54 billion hours of viewing on TV sets across its linear networks and streaming platforms in the U.S.

[02/09/24 - 02:35 PM]
"Knuckles" Smashes Record for a Paramount+ Trailer Debut in First 24 Hours
The trailer also trended #1 yesterday on YouTube and #2 on Twitter in the U.S.

[02/06/24 - 12:21 PM]
Across All Platforms, The Season 11 Premiere of Bravo's "Vanderpump Rules" Drew 3.2 Million Total Viewers, Up 68% from the Season 10 Premiere
In the 18-49 demo, the show drew 1.8 million viewers, which is up 85% (L+3).

[02/06/24 - 10:42 AM]
Viewership for ESPN's "NBA Countdown," "NBA Today" Shows Up in January 2024
"NBA Countdown" averaged 1,039,000 viewers on ESPN and ABC, up 42 percent from January 2023.

[02/06/24 - 09:04 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Jan. 29: "Griselda" Most Watched Title of the Week Again; "Fool Me Once" Enters Most Popular List; "The Greatest Night in Pop" Debuts at #1
New entrants on the list included the docuseries "Alexander: The Making of a God" at #2 (7.1M views) in second place (7.1M views) and "NASCAR: Full Speed" in ninth place (1.5M views).

[02/05/24 - 01:39 PM]
Arsenal-Liverpool on Peacock Is Most-Streamed Premier League Match in U.S. History
The Sunday, February 4 broadcast had an Average Minute Audience (AMA) of 1.15 million viewers across English and Spanish-language presentations.

[02/05/24 - 12:58 PM]
"The 66th Annual Grammy Awards" Up +34% from Last Year, Averaging 16.9 Million Viewers, Its Largest Audience Since 2020
The show peaked in the 9:45 PM quarter-hour with 18.25 million viewers during the In-Memoriam segment with performances by Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, Jon Batiste and Fantasia Barrino.

[02/01/24 - 10:09 AM]
Record-Setting Month Continues for ESPN's Studio Shows in January
In January, "Get Up," "First Take" and "The Pat McAfee Show" all marked their most-watched month ever.

[01/31/24 - 03:00 PM]
ABC's "The Bachelor" Season Premiere Soars by +219% with Adults 18-49 After Just 7 Days of Multiplatform Viewing
The series also grew over its year-ago premiere (on 1/23/23) by 2% in Total Viewers (3.96 million vs. 3.90 million) and also improved over last season's average by 5% (3.96 million vs. 3.79 million) based on National Live+7 Day data.

[01/31/24 - 01:22 PM]
"Live with Kelly and Mark" Hits Series Highs in Households and Total Viewers and Delivers Franchise's Strongest Week in Nearly 3 Years
With 2.673 million Total Viewers, "Live" delivered the most-watched week of any syndicated talk show in 2 years.

[01/31/24 - 09:21 AM]
HGTV Delivers Its Largest-Ever Month-Over-Month Ratings Gains in January 2024 and Touts Double-Digit Ratings Increases Over the Prior Six Weeks
Multiple series garnered double-digit ratings growth this month, including "My Lottery Dream Home" which boasted a 72 percent increase over the prior six weeks and scored a .63 live-plus-three-day rating among Adults 25-54 for its Jan. 26 episode.

[01/30/24 - 12:31 PM]
"Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers vs. NBC and CBS
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing versus the comparable weeks last season in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54, posting its strongest numbers in 3 years - since the 2020-2021 season.

[01/30/24 - 10:21 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Jan. 22: "Griselda" Debuts at #1; "Leave the World Behind" and "Berlin" Enter the Most Popular Lists
"American Nightmare," the docuseries that investigates a case the press dubbed "the real-life Gone Girl," came in at #2 on the English TV List with 13M views.

[01/30/24 - 10:00 AM]
Los Angeles Lakers Victory Over Golden State Warriors on ABC Draws Largest Regular-Season NBA Audience Across Platforms in Four Years (Non-Christmas)
The Lakers vs. Warriors audience peaked on ABC at 11:45 p.m. ET with 5,235,000 viewers.

[01/26/24 - 12:58 PM]
"The Way Home" Returns as #1 Most-Watched Entertainment Cable Program of the Day
The premiere was also the #2 most-watched entertainment cable program of the week among Women 18+ and 55+, second only to Hallmark Channel's all-new original movie premiere, "Betty's Bad Luck in Love," on Saturday.

[01/26/24 - 10:00 AM]
Debut Season of ABC's "The Golden Bachelor" Reaches More Than 43 Million Multiplatform Viewers
In addition, "The Golden Bachelor" hit a 2.65 rating among Adults 18-49 in delayed cross-platform viewing, marking the highest-rated ABC unscripted series since "The Bachelorette" during the 2021 summer season.

[01/25/24 - 02:01 PM]
Peacock Original Series "The Traitors" Becomes the #1 Unscripted Series in the U.S. Across All Streaming Platforms
This marks the first time Peacock will have two original series in the Nielsen top 10 originals list - "The Traitors" and Seth McFarlane's comedic event series "Ted," which launched on January 11 as Peacock's most-watched original title through its first 13 days on the platform.

[01/25/24 - 01:00 PM]
Television's #1 New Series/Drama "NCIS: Sydney" Season Finale Wins the Night
The series has reached nearly 24 million unique viewers in its first season.

[01/24/24 - 11:30 AM]
ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Wins the Week in Late-Night in Adults 18-49
ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" stands as the No. 1 late-night talk show this season (9/25/23-1/21/24) in the key demo of Adults 18-49 (0.18 rating).

[01/24/24 - 11:12 AM]
"Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 vs. NBC and CBS
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing versus the comparable weeks last season in Total Viewers (+6% - 955,000 vs. 900,000) and Adults 25-54 (+5% - 233,000 vs. 222,000), posting its strongest numbers in 3 years - since the 2020-2021 season.

[01/24/24 - 06:01 AM]
ABC's New Year's Day Broadcast of "The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony" Reaches 13 Million Multiplatform Viewers
Airing for the first time on a broadcast network, the 2023 telecast was the strongest-ever ceremony among Total Viewers (based on available data) and highest-rated among Adults 18-49 in nearly 20 years (since 2004).

[01/23/24 - 10:22 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Jan. 15: "Lift," "Society of the Snow" and "BERLIN" Continue to Shine; "American Nightmare" Debuts at #1
Harlan Coben's latest crime thriller adaptation "Fool Me Once" continued to impress at #2 (11.2M views).

[01/23/24 - 06:50 AM]
"NFL on CBS" Scores the Most-Watched NFL Divisional Playoff Game Ever with More Than 50 Million Viewers
Sunday's game peaked with more than 56 million viewers (56.250).

[01/22/24 - 02:39 PM]
Bucs-Lions on NBC and Peacock Is NBC Sports' Most-Watched NFL Divisional Playoff Game Since 1994, Averaging More Than 40 Million Viewers
Led by Peacock, Bucs-Lions delivered NBC Sports' third consecutive NFL Playoff simulstream audience of at least 3 million viewers.

[01/22/24 - 08:28 AM]
One for the Record Books: Texans at Ravens Delivers Nearly 32 Million Viewers, Becoming ESPN's Most-Watched NFL Game Ever
The record viewership joins "Monday Night Football" in cementing a landmark season for the NFL on ESPN.

[01/19/24 - 02:02 PM]
#OneChicago and "Law & Order" Series Open Strong with All Six Shows Showing Substantial Year-Over-Year Gains Across All Platforms
"Chicago Fire" led all of said series with 7.0 million viewers.

[01/19/24 - 08:00 AM]
"Home Town" and "My Lottery Dream Home" Deliver Stellar Ratings in January for HGTV
The ratings boasted triple-digit gains of 115 percent among Adults 25-54 and 105 percent among Women 25-54 over the prior six weeks.

[01/18/24 - 02:55 PM]
"The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard" Captures 9.8 Million Total Viewers on Lifetime's Linear and Digital Platforms
On premiere night, social media, "The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard" was the #1 program and #1 Doc and Special Interest Series across all of TV in total social interactions.

[01/18/24 - 10:28 AM]
Record-Setting Day: ESPN's Weekday Studio Show Lineup Sets New Viewership Highs on Jan. 15
The weekday lineup, led by an industry-leading roster of signature personalities, all far-surpassed previous viewership highs, setting new all-time records across the schedule.

[01/17/24 - 02:30 PM]
"Tamron Hall" Increases Versus the Previous Week in Households and Total Viewers for 2nd Consecutive Week
In fact, "Tamron Hall" hit a season high in Households with its strongest performance in 7 months and drew its largest overall audience in 14 weeks.

[01/17/24 - 01:30 PM]
29th Annual Critics Choice Awards Delivers Ceremony's Largest Audience on The CW Network in Four Years
The broadcast peaked with more than 1.14 million total viewers at the 9:00-9:30 p.m. half hour during the awards given for best Comedy and Drama Series.

[01/16/24 - 03:33 PM]
Super Wild Card Monday Night Finale: Eagles at Buccaneers Draws More than 28.6 Million Viewers, ESPN's Second Most-Watched NFL Playoff Game Ever
When the final audience is reported, Eagles-Buccaneers is expected to surpass 29 million viewers; last season's record-setting game drew 31,201,000 viewers.

[01/16/24 - 02:30 PM]
ABC's "The Golden Wedding" Grows to 7.13 Million Total Viewers in Its First Seven Days Across Platforms
In addition, the ABC special event more than doubled its initial Live+Same day rating among Adults 18-49, jumping +105% after seven days of multiplatform viewing (0.63 rating to 1.29 rating).

[01/16/24 - 12:54 PM]
Rams-Lions NFC Wild Card Thriller on NBC and Peacock Is Most-Watched Primetime Show Since Super Bowl LVII, Averaging 35.8 Million Viewers
Sunday night's viewership peaked at 38.3 million viewers between 9-9:15 p.m. ET, as the Rams and Lions traded touchdowns and Detroit pulled ahead 21-17 with four minutes remaining in the first half.

[01/16/24 - 10:46 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Jan. 8: "Lift" Lands at #1 and Most Watched Title of the Week; "Society of the Snow" Enters the Most Popular List
Making their list debuts were the family drama "Boy Swallows Universe" starring Phoebe Tonkin, Simon Baker and Sophie Wilde at #5 (3.6M views), stand-up special "Pete Davidson: Turbo Fonzarelli" at #8 (2.3M views), reality competition series "The Trust" at #9 (2.1M views) and Season 3 of "Sonic Prime" at #10 (2.1M views).

[01/14/24 - 07:00 PM]
Peacock Exclusive AFC Wild Card Game Is Biggest Live-Streamed Event in U.S. History & Drives Internet Usage to Single Day U.S. Record
The Peacock Exclusive AFC Wild Card reached 27.6 million total viewers, according to Nielsen.

[01/12/24 - 10:01 AM]
Investigation Discovery's "The Curious Case of Natalia Grace" Reaches Over 10 Million Viewers Across Linear and Streaming
The new season ranked as the #1 series on Max in its premiere week and among the most successful returning series in Max platform history.

[01/12/24 - 09:07 AM]
TBS & TNT All Elite Wrestling Programming Delivered Banner Year
AEW programs across TBS and TNT in 2023 ranked in the top 10 of all cable programs among adults under-50 72 times, including 50 times with a top-5 program in that coveted demo.

[01/12/24 - 06:56 AM]
ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown" Achieves Its Most-Watched Regular Season Since 2019 & All NFL on ESPN Studio Shows Increased Viewership in Key Demos, Highlighting the 2023 Success
"Sunday NFL Countdown" earned its most-watched regular season since 2019 and its second best since 2016, as the weekly pregame show elevated its audience to 1,335,000 viewers per show.

[01/10/24 - 08:44 AM]
ESPN Delivers Record Viewership Across College Football Playoff and New Year's Six
The complete seven-game College Football Playoff and New Year's Six averaged 15.1 million viewers, the best in five years and fifth highest in the 10-year history of the College Football Playoff, up 12% year-over-year.

[01/09/24 - 03:01 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers for 2nd Consecutive Week
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing versus the comparable weeks last season in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54, posting its strongest numbers in 3 years - since the 2020-2021 season.

[01/09/24 - 01:27 PM]
"Sunday Night Football" on NBC and Peacock Delivers Best Viewership Since 2015 & Pacing to Be Primetime's #1 Show for Unprecedented 13th Consecutive Year
"Sunday Night Football" averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 21.4 million viewers for the 2023 season - the show's best viewership since 2015 and up 8% from last season (19.9 million).

[01/09/24 - 11:25 AM]
TLC's "90 Day: The Single Life" Draws the Series' Highest Rated Season Premiere Among Key Demos & Over 3M Viewers Across Linear and Streaming
Continuing the network's momentum on Monday nights, TLC ranked as the #1 cable network without sports for the 26th consecutive week among W25-54/W18-49 on New Years night.

[01/09/24 - 09:05 AM]
Rewrite the Record Books: ESPN's "Monday Night Football" Achieves Its Best Viewership Since the 2000 Season, Surpassing Five Years on Broadcast Television and All Previous Years on ESPN En Route to Reaching More than 124 Million Fans
ESPN averaged 17,363,000 viewers a game (22 games including Doubleheader Saturday in Week 18), up 29% from the 2022 "MNF" season.

[01/09/24 - 08:35 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Jan. 1: "Society of the Snow" and "Fool Me Once" Debut at #1; "Lupin: Part 3" Enters Most Popular
On the English TV List, stand-up special "Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer" climbed its way to #2 (10.2M views) while coming-of-age teen drama "My Life With the Walter Boys" spent its fifth week on the list at #4 (4.4M views).

[01/08/24 - 01:15 PM]
The "81st Annual Golden Globe Awards" Averages 9.4 Million Viewers, Up +50% from Last Year
Said event reached the largest live-streaming audience for an awards show across Paramount+ and other CBS platforms since "The 65th Annual Grammy Awards" aired in February 2023.

[01/08/24 - 08:28 AM]
Warner Bros. Discovery Networks Premiered 20 of the 25 Highest-Rated Freshman Series in 2023 - The Most of Any Cable Portfolio
TLC's spinoff series "90 Day: The Last Resort" ranked as the #1 unscripted freshman series in prime among Adults 25-54 and Women 25-54.

[01/05/24 - 01:22 PM]
"The Pat McAfee Show" Sees Steady Growth in December Garnering 886,000 Average Viewers Per Episode Across Live Channels
ESPN's linear audience alone has ballooned by 20% since the first four weeks (Sept 7 to 29) now averaging 332,000 viewers per episode in the month of December.

[01/05/24 - 10:03 AM]
ESPN Rang in 2024 with the Fourth Most-Watched Day in the Network's History
ESPN averaged 8.5 million viewers throughout the day, led by the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential and the Allstate Sugar Bowl, with a trip to the College Football Playoff National Championship on the line.







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[12/24/24 - 01:15 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Key Adult Demos for the Week of Dec. 16 Versus CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
"Nightline" saw gains year to year in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.

[12/24/24 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Dec. 16: "Carry-On" Flies to First Again in Netflix's Top 10 This Week
Season 6 of "Virgin River" starring Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson debuted on top of the English TV List with 8.1 million views.

[12/23/24 - 02:36 PM]
College Football Playoff Scores 10.6 Million Average Viewers Across ESPN Platforms and TNT Sports
Tennessee/Ohio State and Indiana/Notre Dame on ESPN/ABC become two of top three most-watched games of the season.

[12/23/24 - 01:22 PM]
"Yellowstone" 5B Finale Continues Its Record-Breaking Run with 13.1M Total Viewers in L3 Marking the Biggest Episode in Series History
Said run marked the most watched season in the series' history with 13.6M total viewers.

[12/23/24 - 01:15 PM]
For the 4th Consecutive Year, ABC News' "20/20" Is Friday's No. 1 Newsmagazine Across the Board
"20/20" outdelivered "Dateline" in all key target demos for the 4th consecutive year - since 2021.

[12/19/24 - 12:00 PM]
Great American Family's Christmas Franchise Fuels Channel's Growth Placing It Among the Top 25 Just Three Years After Launch
The company's burgeoning holiday movie franchise, Great American Christmas, launched October 11, further establishing Great American's position as a leader in the original holiday movie space.

[12/18/24 - 01:30 PM]
"Landman" Explodes Becoming the #1 Paramount+ Original of All Time Garnering 14.9M Global Households
New episodes are available to stream every Sunday exclusively on Paramount+.

[12/18/24 - 10:21 AM]
"Live with Kelly and Mark" Hits Season Highs in Total Viewers, Households and Women 25-54 with Best Numbers Since April
In addition, "Live" posted week-to-week gains of +12% in Women 25-54 (0.47 rating vs. 0.42 rating), hitting a season high and posting the show's second week of growth in the demographic with its best delivery in three months.

[12/17/24 - 03:31 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in All Key Demos for the Week of Dec. 9 Versus CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night With Seth Meyers"
"Nightline" posted double-digit gains week to week across the board: Total Viewers (+16% - 840,000 vs. 725,000), Adults 25-54 (+76% - 215,000 vs. 122,000) and Adults 18-49 (+90% - 129,000 vs. 68,000).

[12/17/24 - 12:00 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Dec. 15: "Carry-On" Lifts Off and "Black Doves" Fly High in Netflix's Top 10 This Week
Jamie Foxx's stand-up special "What Had Happened Was..." hit No. 2 (8.2 million views), and "Dead to Me" creator Liz Feldman's new murder mystery "No Good Deed" landed at No. 3 (6 million views).

[12/17/24 - 11:12 AM]
"Abbott Elementary" Holiday Special Delivers Glad Tidings - Rising +129% in Total Viewers and +410% in Adults 18-49 over Initial Live+Same Day Audience
After seven days of viewing on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, the "Abbott Elementary" holiday special "Winter Show" delivered holiday cheer, jumping to 6.66 million Total Viewers and 2.14 rating in Adults 18-49.

[12/17/24 - 05:16 AM]
"Yellowstone" Finale Is Biggest Episode in Series History with 11.4 Million Viewers
Overall, Season B outperformed Season 5A by +4% (10.3M) in viewership.

[12/16/24 - 02:45 PM]
"Blue Bloods" Series Finale Hits Largest Overnight Audience of the Season
The finale's seven-day multiplatform audience (across CBS and Paramount+) could surpass 11.4 million viewers, according to VideoAmp and CBS Research estimates.

[12/12/24 - 10:00 AM]
"Tracker" Exceeding 18 Million Viewers and "Matlock" Nearing 17 Million Viewers in Live Plus 35-Day Multiplatform Viewing
Since the new season premiered in September, CBS primetime series are averaging 10 million viewers, up +3% compared to last season, in live plus 35-day viewing across CBS, Paramount+ and the CBS app.

[12/12/24 - 09:02 AM]
"Tamron Hall" Hits Season Ratings High Growing by 17%
During the week of November 18, "Tamron Hall" grew in all key measures week to week, +9% among total viewers, +6% in household rating, +16% and +17% respectively with the highly coveted women 18-49 and 25-54 demographics.