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Billboard Awards, ‘NCIS’ top the week 35 broadcast Top 25 and network rankings
The last full week of the 2016-17 TV season was heavy on season finales, but an awards show sits on top of the adults 18-49 rankings for the week of May 15. The Billboard Music Awards had its weakest...
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TV Ratings Wednesday: ‘Empire,’ ‘SVU’ and ‘Survivor’ finales rise, ‘Dirty...
Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Wednesday, May 24, 2017 The numbers for Wednesday: Time Show Adults 18-49 Rating/Share Viewers (millions) 8 p.m. Survivor (CBS) (8-10 p.m.) – F 1.9/8...
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‘Big Bang Theory’ finale dominates the week 34 broadcast Live +3 ratings
The season finale of “The Big Bang Theory” was first among adults 18-49 in the same-day ratings for the week of May 8, and it stayed on top after three days of delayed viewing. It also passed “NCIS” as...
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‘Empire’ finale and ‘Dirty Dancing’ adjust up, ‘Survivor’ reunion adjusts...
Final broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Wednesday, May 24, 2017 ABC’s “Dirty Dancing” remake and the season finale of “Empire” each adjusted up from their initial ratings Wednesday. Both...
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‘Empire,’ ‘NCIS’ season finale lead the week 35 broadcast Live +3 ratings
The next-to-last “Empire” of the season and the finale of “NCIS” sit atop the Live +3 rankings on the broadcast networks in the week of May 15. “Empire” added a full point to its initial adults 18-49...
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‘Empire’ finale and ‘Dancing With the Stars’ lead the week 36 broadcast Top...
The season finale of “Empire” and the penultimate “Dancing With the Stars” of the season lead the broadcast ratings for the week of May 22. “Empire” scored a 2.5 rating among adults 18-49 with its...
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‘Bachelorette,’ ‘Survivor’ move past ‘Voice’ finale: Week 36 broadcast Live...
The season finale of “Empire” extended its lead among adults 18-49 in the Live +3 ratings for the week of May 22. It led the second-place show by half a point (2.5 to 2.0 for the Monday edition of “The...
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‘Empire’ and ‘Bull’ season finales lead week 36’s broadcast Live +7 ratings
Season finales dominate the top of the Live +7 ratings for the week of May 22, which contained the final three days of the Nielsen-measured TV season and the start of summer programming. “Empire” made...
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FOX fall TV 2017 premiere dates: ‘Orville’ launches early, premiere week stacked
FOX has announced its premiere dates for the start of the 2017-18 TV season, and like CBS and NBC, the bulk of its schedule will launch during the week of Sept. 25. There are a couple of exceptions,...
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‘Empire’ and ‘Star’ season premieres will cross over
FOX has built the marketing campaign for the coming seasons of “Empire” and “Star” around the characters played by Taraji P. Henson (“Empire’s” Cookie Lyon) and Queen Latifah (“Star’s” Carlotta Brown)....
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Fall TV 2017: Wednesday night forecast for ‘Empire,’ ‘SEAL Team,’ ‘Dynasty’...
With the 2017-18 TV season fast approaching, TV by the Numbers is breaking down each night of the broadcast networks’ schedule. We’ll look for competitive time periods and new shows with a chance to...
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TV Ratings Wednesday: ‘Empire’ gives ‘Star’ a boost, ‘SEAL Team’ starts OK
Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 Note: The CW was pre-empted in New York for baseball. The network may be subject to greater adjustments than usual in the final...
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‘Survivor’ premiere adjusts up: Wednesday final ratings
Final broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 All of Wednesday’s premieres held at their initial ratings in adults 18-49, with one exception. The season debut of...
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‘Young Sheldon,’ ‘The Good Doctor,’ ‘The Brave’ and more premiere week yays...
“The Big Bang Theory” spun off a prequel to great early results, an NBC comedy returned to strong numbers 11 years after it last aired and ABC had a happy result at 10 o’clock. But also, nearly all of...
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‘This Is Us’ and ‘The Big Bang Theory’ premieres get even bigger in early DVR...
Our colleague the Masked Scheduler has a maxim about ratings gains from DVR and on-demand viewing: “The rich get richer, and the poor get a little less poor.” The early returns from the first few days...
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‘Big Bang Theory,’ ‘Sunday Night Football’ score in week 1 broadcast Top 25...
“The Big Bang Theory” pulled off a pretty rare feat during premiere week: Its season premiere had more viewers than “Sunday Night Football.” The CBS comedy opened its 11th season with an audience of...
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TV Ratings Wednesday: ‘Empire’ and ‘Modern Family’ lead a down night
Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 The numbers for Wednesday: Time Show Adults 18-49 rating/share Viewers (millions) 8 p.m. Empire (FOX) 1.9/7 5.82 Survivor (CBS)...
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‘SEAL Team,’ ‘Law & Order: SVU’ and everything else unchanged: Wednesday...
Final broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 Wednesday’s preliminary adults 18-49 ratings all carried through to the finals. Updated viewer averages are below. Time...
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‘This Is Us’ nearly catches ‘SNF,’ plus all premiere week debuts: Broadcast...
“This Is Us” made the biggest gains among adults 18-49 in the three post-debut days during premiere week. The show climbed 1.8 points in the demographic to score a 5.7 rating with three days of delayed...
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NFL times 2 dominates the week 2 broadcast Top 25 and network rankings
The two primetime network NFL broadcasts in the week of Oct. 2 dominated the ratings. NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” finished on top of both the adults 18-49 (5.8 rating) and total viewer (16.53...
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