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[03/31/22 - 09:12 AM]
ESPN's Best First Quarter Viewership in Five Years, Up 40% in Prime Time
On the strength of the weekday studio show lineup, ESPN averaged 600,000 viewers from 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. ET, up 20% over 2021 and the best since 2017.

[03/29/22 - 01:34 PM]
"Don't Hang Up" Dials Up Nearly One Million Viewers in Its Premiere, Becomes Bounce's Most-Watched Original Movie
The March 20 premiere also improved its timeslot by +38% in Persons 2+ viewers and by +30% in Households, P25-54, and P18-49 vs. prior four-week averages.

[03/29/22 - 01:15 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Mar 21: "Bridgerton" Is Back and "The Adam Project" Enters the Most Popular List
Lady Whistledown kept viewers swooning all weekend as Season 2 of "Bridgerton" returned with 193.02M hours viewed, making it the most viewed Netflix English language TV title in its premiere weekend.

[03/29/22 - 09:01 AM]
94th Oscars on ABC Attracts 16.6 Million Total Viewers and Hits 3.8 Rating With Adults 18-49
"The Oscars" skyrocketed over last year's broadcast (on 4/25/21) by 58% in Total Viewers (16.6 million vs. 10.5 million) and by 73% in Adults 18-49 (3.8/28 vs. 2.2/15).

[03/28/22 - 11:46 AM]
"Dateline" Is The #1 Most-Watched Newsmagazine with Over 78 Million Total Viewers Across All of TV for 1Q22
Additionally, over 27 billion minutes of "Dateline" were consumed across TV and digital platforms during the same time period.

[03/25/22 - 04:12 PM]
"Halo" Eclipses Paramount+'s All-Time Viewership Record Globally
"Bringing 'Halo' to life as a streaming series has been one of the most rewarding efforts for Paramount+ to date and we could not be more thrilled at the massive fan response to the series' debut," said Tanya Giles, Chief Programming Officer, Paramount+.

[03/23/22 - 06:32 AM]
Record Television Viewership Starts Formula 1 Season on ESPN
An average of 1,353,000 viewers tuned in on ESPN as Ferrari's Charles Leclerc won the season opener, the largest audience for an F1 race on any of ESPN's networks since the championship returned to ESPN in 2018.

[03/22/22 - 02:10 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Mar 14: "The Adam Project" Is the Most Watched Title of the Week, "The Last Kingdom" Is #1 on English TV List
"The Last Kingdom" climbed to the top of the English TV list with 48.95M hours viewed.

[03/22/22 - 08:50 AM]
HGTV Hit Series "Flip or Flop" Goes Out on Top
More than 90 million viewers have watched "Flip or Flop" since its premiere on April 16, 2013.

[03/17/22 - 12:30 PM]
Audience for "NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC" Finishes Season Up 32 Percent From 2020-21 and Up 26 Percent From 2019-20
The 2021-22 game slate averaged nearly three million viewers (2,978,000), up 32 percent vs. 2020-2021 and up 26 percent vs. 2019-2020.

[03/15/22 - 02:39 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Mar 7: "The Adam Project" Tops the Films List, "Pieces of Her" Jumps to #1
Edge-of-your-seat thriller "Pieces of Her" jumped to the #1 spot on the English TV list with 95.72M hours viewed.

[03/08/22 - 02:18 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Feb 28: "Vikings: Valhalla" Is the Most Watched Title, "Inventing Anna" Enters the Most Popular List
In its second week, "Vikings: Valhalla" climbed its way to the top of the English TV list with 113.38M hours viewed, making it the most viewed title of the week.

[03/08/22 - 09:00 AM]
"60 Minutes" Is the Week's #1 Program
The series delivered its second #1 finish and was a top five broadcast for the 11th time in 20 airings this season.

[03/07/22 - 12:27 PM]
ABC Ties as Thursday's No. 1 Network in Adults 18-49 with Its Strongest Performance on the Night Since November
ABC scored its strongest Thursday night in both total viewers (6.5 million) and adults 18-49 (1.0/8) since November.

[03/07/22 - 12:19 PM]
ABC's "Abbott Elementary" Scores Its 2nd-Most-Watched Telecast Yet
The series spiked week to week by 21% in total viewers (4.1 million vs. 3.4 million) to score its 2nd-most-watched telecast yet, behind only its January time-period premiere.

[03/04/22 - 07:39 AM]
WE tv's Arresting Relationship Franchise Continues to Deliver with Over One Million Viewers for "Love During Lockup" February 25th Season Finale
The show that started it all, "Love After Lockup," was Friday night's #1 program in 2021 for women 25-54 and was #1 with Black women 25-54 for three years in a row on that same night.

[03/02/22 - 04:32 PM]
Season 5 Debut of FX's Acclaimed Hit Drama "Snowfall" Hits New Series High
The two-episode season five debut averaged 4.3 million total viewers across linear, VOD and streaming.

[03/01/22 - 02:22 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Feb 21: Madea Returns at #1; "Inventing Anna" Is the Most Watched Title Again
For the third week in a row, "Inventing Anna" topped the English TV list with 130.8M hours viewed, making it the most watched title for the second week in a row.

[02/22/22 - 11:58 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Feb 14: Anna Delvey and "The Tinder Swindler" Continue to Steal #1
With 195.97M hours viewed, the Julia Garner led series was in the Top 10 in 94 countries.

[02/21/22 - 01:45 PM]
NBCUniversal's 2022 Beijing Olympics - The Most Extensive Winter Games Presentation Ever - Dominates Media Landscape
160 million Americans watched NBC's Beijing Olympics presentation across all platforms.

[02/18/22 - 03:09 PM]
USA Network Ranks as Cable's #1 Sports and Entertainment Network Since Start of 2022 Beijing Olympics
USA Network has delivered an average of 1.5 million primetime viewers from Feb. 5-16 - topping all sports and entertainment cable networks.

[02/18/22 - 11:16 AM]
Super Bowl Sunday Was the Biggest Day for AMC+ Since Launch
In its first three days of availability, "The Walking Dead" episode "No Other Way" has already become the most watched episode of any series on AMC+ to date.

[02/17/22 - 01:56 PM]
Nearly 70% of Americans Watched NBCUniversal's TV Coverage of Super Bowl LVI and/or 2022 Winter Games Through "Super Gold Sunday"
In addition, viewers have consumed 5 billion streaming minutes to-date of both events across all digital platforms, led by Peacock - which for the first-time ever presented the Super Bowl and all Olympics competition.

[02/15/22 - 01:32 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Feb 7: Best Picture Noms "The Power of the Dog" and "Don't Look Up" Take Center Stage; "Tinder Swindler" & "Inventing Anna" Top Lists
The limited series, starring Julia Garner, had 77.31M hours viewed on the English TV list and appeared in the Top 10 in 88 countries.

[02/15/22 - 09:17 AM]
NBC Sports' Coverage of Super Bowl LVI Averages Total Audience Delivery of 112.3 Million Viewers, Reaches 167 Million Viewers on Unprecedented Day in Sports Media History
Super Bowl LVI viewership on NBC peaked at 104.4 million from 7:45-8:00 p.m. ET.

[02/14/22 - 11:26 AM]
HGTV's "Tough Love with Hilary Farr" Delivers Strong Season One Performance
"Hilary is a brilliant designer with millions of fans who know she never disappoints, so they couldn't wait to see her with gloves off in Tough Love with Hilary Farr," said Jane Latman.

[02/11/22 - 01:47 PM]
More Than 100 Million Americans Have Watched the Beijing Olympics on the Networks of NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal's digital platforms, led by Peacock, have crossed the 2 Billion minutes streamed threshold (2.02 billion) and later today will set the record for the most streamed Winter Games ever with more than a week remaining in the Beijing Olympics, surpassing PyeongChang (2.17 billion).

[02/11/22 - 08:51 AM]
"Single Black Female" Scores for Lifetime with Over 5.1 Million Total Viewers Across Linear and on Digital Platforms
The movie ranked as TV's top entertainment telecast across all key demos on premiere night.

[02/10/22 - 10:09 AM]
"Power Book IV: Force" Debuts as Biggest Premiere in Starz History with 3.3 Million Multiplatform Views
"Power Book IV: Force," which centers on fan-favorite Tommy Egan played by Joseph Sikora, also set records on linear alone with the series delivering the highest-rated premiere in the network's history.

[02/08/22 - 01:23 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Jan 31: Swipe Right for Zombies
"The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window" jumped to the #1 spot on the English TV list with 60.48M hours viewed and made the Top 10 in 69 countries.

[02/07/22 - 02:44 PM]
NBC Olympics Delivers Third Consecutive Night of Primetime Viewership Growth - First Time Ever for a Winter Games
According to preliminary data, Sunday's Beijing Olympics on NBC, USA Network, Peacock and other streaming platforms averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 13.7 million viewers.

[02/05/22 - 03:13 PM]
NBC Olympics' Friday Coverage, Featuring First-Ever Full Day Presentation of Winter Games Opening Ceremony, Averages Nearly 16 Million Viewers
The numbers indicate that Friday's full-day Opening Ceremony coverage will average nearly 14 million TV-only viewers (14.4 million TAD) - ranking with NBC's Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony in July and NBC's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as the most-watched entertainment shows on any network since last March.

[02/03/22 - 04:30 PM]
"Single Drunk Female" Scores Freeform's Most-Watched Comedy Series Debut in Over Four Years
The debut scores the network's biggest comedy premiere in more than four years with over 2.4 million multiplatform viewers in its first seven days available.

[02/02/22 - 02:07 PM]
ESPN's Best January in Seven Years in Prime, Leads Cable by Far
Getting out of the gate quickly in 2022, ESPN posted its strongest January in seven years in prime time, leading cable television in delivery of viewers (P2+) and in the key P18-49 demo, as well as for that demo in total day viewership, all by wide margins.

[02/01/22 - 01:26 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Jan 24: "All of Us Are Dead" Is the Most Viewed Title of the Week; "Home Team" Scores Big on the Films List
Making its debut on the non-English TV list, Korean zombie thriller, "All of Us Are Dead" came in at #1 with 124.79M hours viewed and made the top 10 in 91 countries.

[02/01/22 - 11:11 AM]
The Queen of Pop Reigns Supreme as Over 15.7 Million Total Viewers Watched the Documentary Event "Janet Jackson." Airing Across Lifetime and A&E Linear and on Digital Platforms
Additionally, Lifetime debuted a sneak peek of the upcoming new transformation docuseries, "My Killer Body with K. Michelle," which delivered 1 million total viewers, marking Lifetime's best unscripted series premiere since 2019.

[02/01/22 - 10:10 AM]
FOX Sports Scores Best NFC Championship Viewership Since 2014
The star-studded event peaked at 55,218,000 viewers on FOX and FOX Deportes from 9:15-9:30 PM ET.

[02/01/22 - 09:19 AM]
Golden State Warriors vs. Brooklyn Nets Is Most-Watched NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC Broadcast in Three Years
The broadcast averaged 3,172,000 viewers, peaking with 4,306,000 viewers at 11 p.m. ET.

[02/01/22 - 07:30 AM]
CBS Sports Caps Off Its Most-Watched NFL Season in Six Years with 47.851 Million Viewers for AFC Championship Game
Bengals-Chiefs peaked with 60.990 million viewers, the third consecutive week "The NFL on CBS" topped the 50-million mark.

[01/27/22 - 06:43 AM]
MotorTrend's "Mecum Auctions Kissimmee" Coverage Breaks Ratings Record
On MotorTrend TV, 6.3 million people watched - the largest TV audience ever for a Mecum Kissimmee auction and a viewership increase of 76-percent versus last year's January 2021 telecast on NBC Sports Network.

[01/25/22 - 02:29 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Jan 17: "The Royal Treatment" Tops the Films List; "Cafe con Aroma de Mujer" Enters the Most Popular TV List
"Ozark" Season 4, Part 1, which marked the long awaited return of the Byrdes, debuted at #1 with 77M hours viewed.

[01/25/22 - 07:29 AM]
CBS Sports' Best Postseason Start in 10 Years Continues with Massive Audiences for Divisional Playoffs
The network's presentation of Kansas City's win over Buffalo on Sunday, January 23 is the most-watched Divisional Playoff game on any network in five years, averaging 42.736 million viewers.

[01/19/22 - 02:48 PM]
ESPN's MegaCast Draws More Than 23.1 Million Viewers for the Los Angeles Rams' Decisive Victory Over the Arizona Cardinals
The audience peaked at 27.9 million viewers as the Rams led 21-0 in the second quarter (9:30 - 9:45 p.m.).

[01/19/22 - 08:02 AM]
"Yellowjackets" Completes Smashing First Season on Showtime
The series has averaged over 5 million weekly viewers across platforms.

[01/17/22 - 04:46 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Jan 10: "Cheer" and "Archive 81" Enter the TV List, "Brazen" Tops the Films List
Limited series "Stay Close" has climbed to the #1 spot on the Top 10 English TV list with 53.72M hours viewed.

[01/14/22 - 11:18 AM]
Fast Start for ESPN in 2022 in Viewership and Social Media Engagements
The network led cable in viewership and in the key P18-49 demo by wide margins in both prime time and total day and took total ownership of the list of cable's most-watched 10 shows in that demo.

[01/13/22 - 09:12 AM]
"Ugliest House in America" Starring Actress and Comedian Retta Delivers Powerful Ratings Performance for HGTV
Series ratings among both P25-54 and W25-54 reflected more than an 84 percent increase over the prior six weeks.

[01/12/22 - 10:12 AM]
ABC Is No. 1 Entertainment Network for 2nd Week in a Row in Adults 18-49
"The Rookie" was the week's No. 1 broadcast gainer in TV playback in both Total Viewers (+3.5 million) and Adults 18-49 (+133%).

[01/11/22 - 07:24 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of January 3: "Cobra Kai" Dominates the TV List, "Don't Look Up" Continues to Top the Film List
The series, starring Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, dominated the Top 10 English TV list, taking the #1 (Season 4), #7 (Season 1), #9 (Season 3) and #10 (Season 2) spots.

[01/11/22 - 03:30 PM]
NBC's "Sunday Night Football" Concludes Season on Pace to Be TV's #1 Primetime Show for Unprecedented 11th Consecutive Year
NBC's "SNF" extended its record for the most consecutive years atop the charts (since 1950).







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[03/26/24 - 03:15 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers, Leading CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing versus the comparable weeks last season in Total Viewers (+1% - 925,000 vs. 912,000), posting its largest overall audience in 3 years - since the 2020-2021 season.

[03/26/24 - 10:04 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Mar. 18: "Irish Wish" and "The Gentlemen" Take the Top Spots
"3 Body Problem," the new sci-fi series from David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo, began its invasion in second place with 11M views over four days.

[03/26/24 - 10:04 AM]
ESPN Platforms Deliver Most-Watched Women's NCAA Tournament First Round on Record
First Round action amassed 1.5 billion total minutes viewed, making it the most-consumed First Round on record.

[03/26/24 - 09:42 AM]
Top Original Series on Discovery, HGTV, Food Network, Investigation Discovery and TLC Helped Drive Warner Bros. Discovery to Deliver a 40 Percent Share of Adult Viewing on Sunday, March 17
In addition, WBD's strong March 17 performance was bolstered by the HBO original series "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

[03/20/24 - 12:41 PM]
Epic Drama "9-1-1" Scores Big on New Broadcast Home, ABC
After three days of viewing on its new broadcast home - ABC - as well as on Hulu and digital platforms, "9-1-1" jumped to 8.85 million Total Viewers, marking its most-watched multiplatform telecast since November 2022.

[03/20/24 - 09:15 AM]
"The Oscars" Tops 21 Million Multiplatform Viewers to Hit 4-Year High
After seven days of viewing on ABC, Hulu and digital platforms, the 96th Oscars grew to 21.01 million Total Viewers and hit a 4.35 rating among Adults 18-49.

[03/19/24 - 05:22 PM]
ABC's "The Bachelor" Hits 2-Year High in Total Viewers
"The Bachelor" skyrocketed +178% after just three days of multiplatform viewing (0.68 rating to 1.89 rating) and picked up an additional +2.44 million Total Viewers (3.82 million to 6.26 million).

[03/19/24 - 08:46 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Mar. 11: "Damsel" and "The Gentlemen" Continue Their Reigns at No. 1
Fan-favorite "Avatar: The Last Airbender" held strong in second place in its fourth week on the list with 5.2M views.

[03/19/24 - 07:19 AM]
ESPN's Most-Watched Season of "NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC" in Five Years
The 2023-24 campaign averaged 3,133,000 viewers, up 12 percent from last year (2,801,000).

[03/15/24 - 09:30 AM]
ABC's "Will Trent" Grows to New Series High in Total Viewers
The series catapulted by +219% among Adults 18-49 (1.15 rating vs. 0.36 rating) after seven days of multiplatform viewing and increased by +4.19 million Total Viewers (9.02 million vs. 4.83 million) over its initial Live+Same Day average.

[03/14/24 - 12:02 PM]
"Tamron Hall" Grows Week to Week by Double Digits in Women 25-54 and 18-49
"Tamron Hall" scored its best performance since May in Women 18-49 and hit an 8-week high in Women 25-54.

[03/14/24 - 11:30 AM]
Season Premiere of ABC's "The Bachelor" Marks Series' Strongest Multiplatform Telecast in Nearly 3 Years
The season premiere shot up more than 5 times over its initial Live+Same Day rating among Adults 18-49, skyrocketing by +432% after 35 days of multiplatform viewing to score its biggest delayed-viewing increase ever.

[03/12/24 - 03:36 PM]
ESPN Platforms Wrap Up Successful Women's College Basketball Regular Season Slate
The 2023-24 regular season averaged 476,000 viewers across games on ESPN and ABC.

[03/12/24 - 09:56 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Mar. 4: "Damsel" and "The Gentlemen" Take the Top Spots
"Avatar: The Last Airbender," which was recently renewed for two more seasons, held strong in second place with 9.1M views as the social fandom continues to heat up.

[03/11/24 - 04:30 PM]
Earlier Start Time Propels "The Oscars" on ABC to Hit 4-Year High in Viewers
Starting one hour earlier than usual, the 96th Oscars on ABC drew an average audience of 19.5 million Total Viewers and scored a 3.81 rating among Adults 18-49 based on Fast National Live+Same Day program data.