ABC's NY MED Wins Time Slot in Total Viewers for the 4th Straight Week
By: Caryn Robbins Jul. 18, 2014
From 9:00-10:00 p.m., ABC's "Rookie Blue" (5.3 million) took a strong second to CBS' "Big Brother" in Total Viewers, outdrawing Fox's "Gang Related" (2.7 million) by 2.6 million viewers and NBC's comedies ("Welcome to Sweden"/"Working the Engles" = 2.5 million) by 2.8 million.
"Rookie Blue" grew its overall audience from the prior week in Total Viewers (+4%) to post its most-watched telecast since its season premiere 4 weeks ago (since 6/19/14) and was up over its year-ago telecast (+2% - 5.2 million on 7/18/13). "NY Med" (10:00-11:00 p.m. - 5.1 million and 0.9/3 in AD18-49): In the 10 o'clock hour, ABC's "NY Med" was the most-watched TV show for the 4th week in a row (5.1 million), beating its summer competition on NBC by 1.8 million Total Viewers ("Last Comic Standing" = 3.3 million). Source: The Nielsen Company (Fast Affiliate, Live + Same Day Ratings), 07/17/14.Videos