[ CBS is once again looking to finish out the broadcast season on top. The broadcaster is currently averaging 5.59M viewers per night in primetime, according to live + 7-day Nielsen data. That sets it up to be the most-watched broadcast network for the 16th consecutive season, setting a winning streak record that CBS already … Read more
[ The college basketball season may be over, but Caitlin Clark helped lead ESPN to one more audience record before going pro. The Iowa Hawkeyes superstar was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft on Monday, and 2.45M viewers tuned in to ESPN to watch her be selected by the Indiana Fever, according to Nielsen. … Read more
[ 3 Body Problem clocked another week atop Netflix‘s TV charts — though it appears to have been a slow week for the streamer’s series. The drama series from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, as well as Alexander Woo, clocked just 4.8M views in its third week at No. 1. Consider … Read more
[ South Carolina defeated Iowa in front of a record-breaking national audience on Sunday. The NCAA Women’s Championship delivered 18.7M viewers across ABC and ESPN, which marks an 89% increase in viewership year-over-year. Not only is that the most-watched women’s college basketball game on record, the matchup is also the second most-watched non-Olympic women’s sporting … Read more
[ Once again, the Iowa Hawkeyes are leading ESPN to record audiences for women’s basketball. Last week’s Elite Eight matchup between the Hawkeyes and the LSU Tigers drew 12.3M viewers, making it the network’s most-watched college basketball game ever. It’s also the largest audience ever for a women’s college basketball game, across any network. In … Read more
[ Fox News topped its rivals in the March and first-quarter 2024 ratings by a wide margin, but MSNBC and CNN showed the biggest growth versus the same period a year ago. The past month saw major events like Super Tuesday and President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. Although the numbers aren’t giving … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: Peacock is feeling the effects of Oscar weekend. Two NBCUniversal films, Oppenheimer and The Holdovers, scored golden statuettes in major categories at the 96th annual Academy Awards on March 10 — which appears to have drawn audiences to them on streaming. From March 9 to 12, Oppenheimer saw its Saturday to Tuesday viewership … Read more
[ Truth be told, I’m not crazy about Oscar night. The shoes pinch. Security’s a bother. All the red-carpet nattering unnerves me. And watching at home isn’t much better. Who really wants to turn on the television at 5 — oops, make that 4 — o’clock on an almost spring Sunday afternoon? I’d rather barbecue … Read more
[ Lifetime‘s two-night documentary special Where is Wendy Williams? has set a new ratings record for the network. The documentary averaged 1.2 million total viewers over the two nights in Nielsen Live+3, and 6.2 million total viewers across linear and digital platforms to date. The network says Where is Wendy Williams? is Lifetime’s best new non-fiction performance … Read more
[ The results are in, and Netflix‘s Avatar: The Last Airbender seems to be a hit. The live action adaptation topped the streamer’s weekly English-language TV list with 21.2M views in its opening weekend. According to Netflix, it reached the Top 10 in 92 countries. It was edged out as most-watched title of the week … Read more
