NBC Sports Presents Over 25 Hours of MECUM AUCTIONS KISSIMMEE CoverageJanuary 9, 2018NBCSN will showcase more than 25 hours of Mecum Auctions' Kissimmee auction the world's largest annual collector-car auction beginning Wednesday, Jan. 10, at 2 p.m. ET. Mecum Auctions returned to Kissimmee, Fla., last week for the start of its annual 10-day, 3,000-car auction, to kick off the 2018 season.
TONIGHT SHOW Encores Win the Week in 18-49 Against Original CompetitionJanuary 9, 2018An encore week of TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON has won the week of Jan. 1-5 in the key adult 18-49 demographic versus all original nights of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Note that Monday results are excluded from these weekly averages due to the New Year's holiday.
HBO Debuts Comedy Series BARRY Starring Bill Hader, 3/25January 9, 2018HBO comedy series BARRY will debut SUNDAY, MARCH 25 (10:30-11:00 p.m. ET/PT). BARRY is a dark comedy starring Bill Hader as a depressed, low-rent hitman from the Midwest. Lonely and dissatisfied in his life, he reluctantly travels to Los Angeles to execute a hit on an aspiring actor.
CBS's THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS & More Post Largest Audiences in a YearJanuary 9, 2018For the week ending Jan. 5, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (which just celebrated 29 consecutive years as daytime's #1 drama) delivered 4.82 million viewers, its largest weekly audience in a year (since the week of Jan. 6, 2017). The daytime series, currently in its 44th season, began its winning streak the week of Dec. 26, 1988.
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Starts 2018 With a New Season HighJanuary 9, 2018ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE kicked off the first week of 2018 (week of 1/1/18) with a new season high in Adults 18-49 (652,000) and its 2nd largest audience of the season (2.405 million). In fact, Kimmel delivered its best performance with Adults 18-49 in more than 6 months since the NBA Finals-led week of 6/12/17.
NBC's TODAY Wins the Week in Total Viewers and Key DemoJanuary 9, 2018TODAY was the number-one morning show outright last week topping the competition in total viewers, A25-54 and A18-49. TODAY has been the number-one morning show across the board for six straight weeks, its longest streak since 2/27/2012 4/8/2012. TODAY has now won the key demo A25-54 for 106 straight weeks (122 of the last 123 weeks), its best streak in more than five years.
NBC and State Farm Team On THIS IS US Original Content CampaignJanuary 9, 2018Beginning January 9, 2018, the content will air during the broadcast of three different episodes of This Is Us; complementary content will also be developed for and distributed on the platforms of BuzzFeed and Vox Media, NBCUniversal's strategic partners.
VIDEO: Steve Bannon & Donald Trump Almost Had It All on LATE LATE SHOWJanuary 9, 2018On last night's LATE LATE SHOW, in the wake of a very public break-up over the publishing of Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury,' 'President Donald Trump' and former former White House Chief Strategist 'Steve Bannon' met in private to exchange mementos from their time together and singing Whitney Houston's 'Didn't We Almost Have It All.'