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[05/16/13 - 08:53 AM] "Modern Family" Is First-Ever Show to Top "American Idol" Wednesday Finale ABC spins the numbers for Wednesday, May 15. |
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"Modern Family" Is First-Ever Show to Top "American Idol"-Wednesday Finale/ABC's "Middle," "Modern" and "Nashville" Grow
Wednesday's #1 TV Show, ABC's Modern Family became the first ever show to outdeliver a Wednesday finale of American Idol on the night in Adults 18-49, leading by a definitive 21%. In fact, Modern beat or tied Idol-Wed in each of its last 7 first-run airings. The Net took second place on the night in Adults 18-49, topping CBS by 5% and NBC by 25%. Each of ABC's Wednesday returning series were up on the night in Adults 18-49.
Taking second to the Idol finale at 8pm, ABC's The Middle was up 6% over the prior week in Adults 18-49. For the 2nd week in a row, the ABC family comedy held the #1 position in the half-hour in Teens 12-17, tying the Idol finale.
Almost tripling its Adult 18-49 lead-in at 9pm (+192%), ABC's Modern Family dominated its half-hour, beating runner-up Criminal Minds by 40%, Fox's Idol-led So You Think You Can Dance by 52% and NBC's L&O: SVU by 150%. Modern Family was up week to week in viewers (+8%) and young adults (+6%).
The biggest week-to-week gainer in the 10 o'clock hour week to week, ABC's Nashville grew 13% in Adults 18-49 to equal its highest rating in nearly 4 months - since 1/23/13. In addition, the ABC freshman increased its overall audience for the 2nd week running (+4%) to deliver its most-watched telecast in 5 weeks - since 4/10/13.
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[11/01/24 - 11:54 AM] "High Potential" Continues Linear Dominance as ABC Wins Tuesday 10 p.m. Hour in Total Viewers for First Time in 4 Years Season to date through week five, "High Potential" stands as ABC's most-watched (10.42 million) new series in six years - since the 2018-2019 season with "The Conners."
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[10/31/24 - 06:41 PM] FOX Sports Caps a Postseason for the Ages as World Series Game 5 Delivers 18.6 Million Viewers Across all networks, the 120th World Series dominated the television landscape with an average of 15,808,000 viewers, the best combined figure for the Fall Classic since 2017.
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[10/30/24 - 03:14 PM] FOX Sports Hits Grand Slam with Most-Watched World Series Game 4 Since 2016, Peaking at 18.2M Viewers Through Game 4, the 2024 World Series across all networks is averaging 14,984,000 viewers - its best start since 2017.
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[10/29/24 - 03:37 PM] World Series Game 3: Monday's Most-Watched Program On FOX, the broadcast averaged 13,208,000 viewers, making it the most-watched Game 3 since 2018.
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[10/29/24 - 12:03 PM] Netflix Top 10 Week of Oct. 21: "The Lincoln Lawyer" Courts the Top Spot; "Don't Move" Debuts at #1 The new docuseries "This Is the Zodiac Speaking" debuted at #2 with 7.5M views and the feature documentary "Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare" stole #3 (7.2M views).
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[10/29/24 - 11:30 AM] CBS Premiere Episodes Soar in Multiplatform Viewership Led by "Matlock" Premiere Amassing 22.8 Million Viewers in One Month Other highlights include the series premiere of "Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage" amassed 10.6 million multiplatform viewers in its first seven days.
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[10/28/24 - 03:50 PM] "Dancing with the Stars" Is Top Program of the Night in Adults 18-49 Season to date, "Dancing with the Stars" stands as the No. 1 entertainment program on broadcast in Adults 18-49 (0.69 rating).
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[10/28/24 - 02:05 PM] Cowboys-49ers Averages Nearly 24 Million Viewers on NBC & Peacock in Most-Watched Week 8 "Sunday Night Football" Game Ever NBC Sports' audience peaked at 26.4 million viewers in the second quarter (9:15-9:30 p.m. ET).
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[10/27/24 - 02:17 PM] Viewership Gains: World Series Off to Strongest Start Since 2017 With 13,444,000 viewers, it was the most-watched World Series Game 2 on FOX since 2018 (Dodgers-Red Sox: 13,508,000).
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[10/26/24 - 01:12 PM] Gibby, Meet Freddie: MLB Delivers 15.2M Viewers for World Series Game 1 It was the most-watched World Series Game 1 since 2017 (Astros-Dodgers: 15,328,000).
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[10/25/24 - 10:57 AM] The 2024 WNBA Season Delivers Record Viewership Across ESPN Platforms The 2024 postseason averaged 1.1 million viewers - up 139 percent over 2023's postseason - making it the most-viewed WNBA postseason in 25 years.
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[10/24/24 - 01:42 PM] "Interview with a Killer" Sets Record with Most-Watched Court TV Original Series Debut The show's initial telecasts were up +50% with Persons 2+ and +60% in P25-54, to become Court TV's top-performing original since the network began being Nielsen rated.
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[10/23/24 - 12:35 PM] "9-1-1" Concludes Wildly Exciting "Bee-Nado" Story Arc, Rising +89% in Total Viewers and +294% in Adults 18-49 Over Initial Live + Same Day Audience On linear, "9-1-1" ranked as the top entertainment program of the night in both Total Viewers (7.39 million) and Adults 18-49 (0.75 rating).
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[10/23/24 - 11:25 AM] It's a Hallmark Channel Christmas Across Entertainment Cable "'Twas the Date Before Christmas," "Holiday Crashers," and "Scouting for Christmas" became the Top 3 entertainment cable programs of the week among Households, Total Viewers, and Women and Persons 18+.
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[10/22/24 - 03:00 PM] ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" for 6th Consecutive Week Season to date, "Nightline" is up in Total Viewers (+2% - 989,000 vs. 958,000) versus the comparable weeks last season, posting its largest Total Viewer audience in 5 years - since the 2019-2020 season.
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