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    [thursday, january 12, 2023]    
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[01/12/23 - 01:25 PM]
ABC Wins Tuesday in Adults 18-49 With New 3-Hour Drama Lineup
Excluding sports, ABC scored its most-watched Tuesday (6.6 million) with entertainment programming since November 2020 - since 11/24/20.

[01/11/23 - 01:01 PM]
"Tamron Hall" Grows Year to Year for the 11th Consecutive Week in Total Viewers
"Tamron Hall" averaged over 1 million Total Viewers on all 5 days of the week.

[01/11/23 - 11:59 AM]
You Can Bet on "Will Trent" - New Crime Drama Debuts as ABC's Most-Watched Series Premiere This Season
The premiere telecast tripled its initial Live+Same day Adult 18-49 rating after just three days of multiplatform viewing to hit a 1.15 rating (+203%) and grew to 7.4 million Total Viewers to stand as ABC's most-watched series debut this season.

[01/11/23 - 06:01 AM]
Hallmark Channel Closes Out 2022 as Most-Watched Entertainment Cable Network of the Year Across Key Demos
Two original holiday movies were seasonal standouts - "Haul Out the Holly," headlined by fan favorites, Lacey Chabert and Wes Brown, and "Three Wise Men and a Baby," starring Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, and Andrew Walker, both of which earned bragging rights as the #1 most-watched cable movies of the year.

[01/10/23 - 03:42 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers for 6th Straight Week
On Monday (1/2/23), "Nightline" delivered its most-watched telecast (1.046 million) in more than 3 months.

[01/10/23 - 01:56 PM]
College Football Playoff Semifinals and National Championship Up Nine Percent Year-Over-Year - Three-Game CFP Averages 20.6 Million Viewers
17.2 million viewers tuned into the National Championship on Monday.

[01/10/23 - 01:21 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of January 2: "Ginny & Georgia" and "Kaleidoscope" Top TV List; "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" Jumps to #5 on Most Popular List
Season 2 of "Ginny & Georgia" debuted in the #1 spot on the English TV List with 180.47M hours viewed, making it the most viewed title this week.

[01/10/23 - 12:12 PM]
Hallmark Channel's Original Movie Premiere, "Wedding Veil Expectations," Dominates Entertainment Cable
Additionally, the movie elevated Hallmark Channel to be the most watched entertainment cable net of the week in both Total Day and Primetime.

[01/10/23 - 11:30 AM]
"60 Minutes" Delivers Its Best Audience of the Season with 11.2 Million Viewers on Jan. 8
Since its season premiere, "60 Minutes" has been the #1 non-sports primetime program 14 times in 16 broadcasts.

[01/10/23 - 09:32 AM]
NBC's "Sunday Night Football" Concludes Season on Pace to Be TV's #1 Primetime Show for Unprecedented 12th Consecutive Year - Doubling Prior Record
NBC's "SNF," in the most competitive time slot in media, extended its record for the most consecutive years atop the charts (since 1950) and now doubles the show with the second-longest run atop primetime.

[01/10/23 - 08:45 AM]
CBS Sports Delivers Its Most-Watched NFL Regular Season in 7 Years, Averaging 18.487 Million Viewers
Viewers consumed 105.2 billion minutes watching the "NFL on CBS" during the regular season.

[01/05/23 - 09:31 AM]
FOX's "Special Forces: World's Toughest Test" Launches as Mid-Season's #1-t New Series
The premiere delivered a 0.4 Live + Same Day rating among Adults 18-49, which is tied for the #1 new series for midseason.

[01/05/23 - 08:15 AM]
US Networks Group at Warner Bros. Discovery Closes Out 2022 with 6 of Top 10 Networks and 17 of Top 30 Freshman Series in Prime
Together, the networks in the group accounted for nearly 31% of all P25-54/P18-49 primetime cable viewing and outperformed competitors with 17 of the top 30 top-rated unscripted freshman series in primetime.

[01/04/23 - 04:00 PM]
2022 College Football Playoff Semifinals on ESPN Score Most-Watched Non-New Year's Day Semifinals of CFP Era with 22.1 Million Viewers
The audience is the best in the past five years and becomes the third-most watched Semifinals in the CFP era.

[01/04/23 - 03:00 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers for 5th Consecutive Week
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing compared to the same point last season in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.

[01/04/23 - 02:47 PM]
ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2023" Hits 4.1 Rating among Adults 18-49 in Late-Night
ABC's annual New Year's Eve special drew in 17.8 million Total Viewers and hit a 5.3 Adult 18-49 rating in the midnight quarter-hour.

[01/04/23 - 01:21 PM]
"Live with Kelly and Ryan" Scores Its Most-Watched Week Since February 2021
"Live with Kelly and Ryan" ranked as the No. 1 syndicated talk show for the 15th week running across all key Nielsen measures: Households (1.8 rating), Total Viewers (2.628 million) and Women 25-54 (0.7 rating).

[01/04/23 - 10:30 AM]
"60 Minutes" Brings in the New Year as the Week's #1 Non-Sports Primetime Program on Television and Remains in the Top 5
"60 Minutes" remains America's #1 news program in viewers with all 15 broadcasts this season, placing in the top 10 with top five finishes for 10 broadcasts.

[01/03/23 - 12:50 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of December 26: "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" Enters the Most Popular List
Plus: "Wednesday" held on to the #1 spot with 103.96M hours viewed and has had six consecutive weeks with over 100+M hours viewed on the English TV List.

[01/02/23 - 07:32 AM]
2022 College Football Playoff Semifinals Deliver 21.7 Million Viewers - Best in Five Years and Most-Watched Non-New Year's Day Semifinals of CFP Era
The Peach Bowl scored 22.1 million viewers, the most-watched primetime CFB Playoff Semifinal since Year 1.

[12/28/22 - 01:15 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Is No. 1 Across the Board for the 2nd Consecutive Week
For the 2nd week in a row, "Nightline" posted gains year to year in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.

[12/28/22 - 12:05 PM]
"Tamron Hall" Posts Its Highest-Rated Single-Day Telecast Since May 2021 in Households
Monday was also the show's 2nd-most-watched of the season (1.222 million Total Viewers).

[12/28/22 - 10:50 AM]
"Live with Kelly and Ryan" Delivers Its Strongest Week Since March in Total Viewers and Women 25-54
"Live with Kelly and Ryan" ranked as the No. 1 syndicated talk show for the 14th week running across all key Nielsen measures.

[12/27/22 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of December 19: "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" Debuts at #1 and "Emily in Paris" Season 3 Is #2
Plus: five of its top 10 most popular English language series of all time premiered this year: "Stranger Things 4," "Wednesday" and "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" (all of which crossed the 1 billion hours viewed mark), "Bridgerton" Season 2 and "Inventing Anna."

[12/27/22 - 07:38 AM]
Swish! Viewership for ESPN and ABC's NBA Christmas Games Up Five Percent from 2021
The five-game holiday slate averaged 4,271,000 viewers, compared to 4,082,000 viewers from last year.

[12/22/22 - 12:00 PM]
CBS News Scores Four #1 Broadcasts in 2022 with "60 Minutes," "CBS Sunday Morning," "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" and "48 Hours"
The division is on track to hit more than 250 billion minutes of viewing of news content in 2022.

[12/20/22 - 03:49 PM]
ABC's "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" Grows Its 3-Day Multiplatform Audience to 6.3 Million Viewers
The special also jumped to a 1.40 rating among Adults 18-49 after three days of cross-platform viewing, marking an increase of +77% over its initial Live+Same Day rating.

[12/20/22 - 01:00 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 Across All Key Target Demographics
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing compared to the same point last season in Total Viewers (+8% - 901,000 vs. 831,000) and Adults 18-49 (+3% - 157,000 vs. 152,000).

[12/20/22 - 12:15 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of December 12: "Wednesday" Is the Most Viewed Title This Week; "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" Is the #1 Film
In just four weeks, the series holds the record for the second Most Popular English-language series on Netflix with 1.19 billion total hours viewed.

[12/20/22 - 12:15 PM]
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final on FOX Scores Most-Watched Men's Telecast in English-Language History With 16,783,000 Viewers
The historic finish on penalties powered a surge in FOX NFL Week 15 lead-in viewership.

[12/20/22 - 11:00 AM]
"60 Minutes" Is the #1 Non-Sports Primetime Program on Television and Remains in the Top 5
In the last 14 weeks (since the season premiere), "60 Minutes" has been the #1 non-sports primetime program 12 times.

[12/20/22 - 10:47 AM]
"Live with Kelly and Ryan" Hits Its Most-Watched Week Since May
"Live with Kelly and Ryan" ranked as the No. 1 syndicated talk show for the 13th consecutive week across all key Nielsen measures.

[12/19/22 - 10:01 AM]
TLC Will Finish 2022 as the #1 Primetime Ad-Supported Cable Network with Women for the Third Year in a Row
TLC is in the top 5 ad-supported cable network on 5 nights of the week with W25-54 and 4 nights of the week with W18-49 in 2022.

[12/16/22 - 12:18 PM]
FOX Takes #1 Spot for Comedy, Broadcast Drama and Unscripted Program for Fall 2022
"The Masked Singer" is fall's #1 unscripted entertainment series for a fourth consecutive year.

[12/14/22 - 11:39 AM]
"Christmas with the Campbells" Rings in the Season as the #1 Acquisition Driver of Any Film on AMC+ This Year
The film, which premiered in theaters and on AMC+ on Friday, December 2, was also among iTunes Top 10 movies in its premiere week and was a Top 20 title on all digital platforms.

[12/13/22 - 03:45 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing compared to the same point last season in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.

[12/13/22 - 03:06 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of December 5: "Wednesday" Crosses 1 Billion Hours Viewed; "Harry & Meghan" Is Biggest Documentary Debut; "Troll" Ascends to the Top of the Most Popular List
In its third week, the comedy mystery starring Jenna Ortega has crossed 1 billion hours viewed with a total of 1.02 billion total hours viewed, becoming only the third title to cross this milestone within its first 28 days.

[12/13/22 - 01:00 PM]
"60 Minutes" Is in the Top 5 Again and Has Been a Top 10 Broadcast Series for 13 Straight Weeks
The series remains America's #1 primetime news program in viewers and has been a top 10 broadcast series for 13 consecutive weeks.

[12/13/22 - 12:59 PM]
Hallmark Channel's "Countdown to Christmas" Continues to Be Viewers' #1 Home for the Holidays in Its Eighth Week
This past weekend's original holiday movie premieres, "The Most Colorful Time of the Year," "Christmas Class Reunion," and "The Holiday Sitter," propelled Hallmark Channel to be the #1 entertainment cable network of the week in Total Day and Weekend Total Day among key demos.

[12/13/22 - 11:41 AM]
"Tamron Hall" Delivers Its 2nd Most-Watched Week of the Season
"Tamron Hall" averaged over 1 million Total Viewers on all five days of the week.

[12/13/22 - 08:54 AM]
Viewership for "NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC" Season Debut Up Five Percent Averaging 3,140,000 Viewers
The NBA Finals rematch, in which the Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics, generated an average audience of 3,140,000 viewers.

[12/08/22 - 10:08 AM]
"Tamron Hall" Grows to New Season Highs in Households and Total Viewers
"Tamron Hall" delivered two of its three most-watched telecasts of the season with its Tuesday (1.164 million Total Viewers on 11/22/22) and Monday (1.158 million Total Viewers on 11/21/22) broadcasts, respectively.

[12/06/22 - 04:15 PM]
ABC News "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing compared to the same point last season in Total Viewers (+8% - 890,000 vs. 826,000) and Adults 18-49 (+3% - 156,000 vs. 152,000).

[12/06/22 - 01:54 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of November 28: Two Snaps for "Wednesday" as the Series Enters the Most Popular List in the #3 Spot
Meanwhile, "1899" had 44.62M hours viewed and fans of "Firefly Lane" were taken on an emotional journey as Season 2, Part 1 returned with 29.01M hours viewed.

[12/06/22 - 12:46 PM]
Hallmark Channel Continues to Reign as #1 Entertainment Cable Network in Quarter to-Date
The holiday programming ratings juggernaut continues to reach mass audiences, with the network's reach among Unduplicated Total Viewers surpassing 34 million viewers in the holiday season to-date.

[12/06/22 - 11:45 AM]
2.5 Million Total Viewers P2+ Tuned in to the Feel Good Party of the Year "Soul Train Awards" 2022 Across Five Paramount Global Nets on Thanksgiving Weekend
BET now has the top 5 cable award shows of 2022 for Black viewers.

[12/06/22 - 10:30 AM]
"60 Minutes" Continues Its Winning Streak as the #1 Non-Sports Primetime Program on Television, Delivering 10.5 Million Viewers on Sunday
The series remains America's #1 news program in viewers and has been a top 10 broadcast series for 12 consecutive weeks and a top five broadcast seven times in 12 weeks.

[12/05/22 - 09:01 AM]
"Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" Surpasses 1 Billion Hours Viewed
The anthology series' first installment from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan is only the third title in Netflix history to cross the 1 billion hour viewing mark within 60 days, and only the second ever English Language series.

[12/01/22 - 10:59 AM]
"Tamron Hall" Hits Its Most-Watched Week Since January with Over 1 Million Viewers on All 5 Days of the Week
Thursday's broadcast tied the show's highest-rated telecast on any day so far this season in Households (0.8 rating) and stood as the show's 2nd most-watched telecast (1.135 million) of the season.

[12/01/22 - 10:00 AM]
Season Premiere of HGTV Series "My Lottery Dream Home" on Nov. 25 Delivers Strong Ratings for the Network
The premiere also performed well among upscale viewers, generating a .67 L3 rating among P25-54 and a .76 L3 rating among W25-54.







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[03/26/24 - 03:15 PM]
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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]
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[03/26/24 - 10:04 AM]
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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]
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[03/20/24 - 12:41 PM]
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[03/20/24 - 09:15 AM]
"The Oscars" Tops 21 Million Multiplatform Viewers to Hit 4-Year High
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[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
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