At 9 p.m. ET, 'Grimm' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 5.0 million viewers overall) tied for #1 in the time period among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in 18-49. Week to week, 'Grimm' is matching its 18-49 rating from one week earlier and is up 1 percent in total viewers (4.951 million vs. 4.911 million), despite last night's special NCAA Basketball competition on CBS. Last night's 'Grimm' built on its lead-in by 100 percent in 18-49 rating and 71 percent in total viewers.
Discovery Channel won the #1 cable network spot among P/M25-54 (no exclusions) on Friday, March 15th and earned the top two cable spots in prime time among Persons and Men 25-54 delivery (excluding sports). BERING SEA GOLD was the #1 series in cable among P/M 25-54 and M18-49 delivery (no exclusions) earning 1.42 HH/1.23 P25-54 and delivering 2.14 million total viewers P2+. The series out-delivered multiple broadcast programs among M25-54 including CBS' 'Hawaii Five-O' and 'Undercover Boss,' NBC's 'Rock Center with Brian Williams,' FOX's 'Touch' and 'Kitchen Nightmares' and ABC's 'Malibu Country.'
At 8 p.m. ET, 'Fashion Star' (0.8/3 in 18-49, 3.0 million viewers overall) maintained its premiere rating of the prior week in 18-49 and is virtually matching its debut total viewership from last week as well (2.960 million vs. 2.961 million), pending updates.
ABC ranked #1 on Friday in Adults 18-49 (tied with CBS), beating original lineups on NBC by 40% and Fox by 75%. Season to date ABC is the #1 network on Friday in Adults 18-49, with its strongest delivery on the night in 4 years - since the 2008-09 season.
Here we are at the penultimate episode of GIRLS' second season - a season, that, well, hasn't felt entirely like GIRLS. At least not the narrow-in-scope, boho-Brooklyn series we came to know from the first go around last year. It's turned into more of a depressing mish-mash of millennial problems and bad life decisions, that constantly make me question my own. Lena Dunham has taken GIRLS to a dark place, occasionally good, but for the most part, mediocre.
At 9 p.m. ET, 'Grimm' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 5.0 million viewers overall) ranked as the #1 drama of the night on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in 18-49, decisively out-rating head to head CBS's 'Golden Boy' (1.0/3) and Fox's 'Touch' (0.7/2). In the time period, 'Grimm' ranked #2 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49 and was the hour's #1 scripted program among those networks in all key demographics.
Growing week to week in Adults 18-49 against season premiere competition, ABC posted its top-rated Friday since November 9, 2012. Leading all-original competition on the night by wide margins, ABC outdelivered CBS by 31%, NBC by 55% and Fox by 70%. Shark Tank was once again Friday's #1 TV series with key adults and 20/20 was Friday's top-rated newsmagazine in Total Viewers, Adults 18-49 (2nd week in a row) and Adults 25-54 (4th week in a row).
During the week of February 25, 2013, ABC aired 6 of the Top 20 broadcast shows in Adults 18-49, including the No. 1 broadcast with MODERN FAMILY, which tied Fox's IDOL-WED for the first time ever.
'Saturday Night Live,' with host Kevin Hart and musical guest Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, averaged a 4.8/12 in metered-market households. 'SNL' scored the #1 rating of the night among ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in metered-market households, topping all primetime telecasts on those networks.
With strong numbers across the night, ABC won Friday in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49. Shark Tank was Friday's #1 TV show with young adults and Last Man Standing was the night's most-watched show overall. In addition, 20/20 stood as Friday's top-rated newsmagazine in Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 (3rd week in a row) over NBC's Dateline and Rock Center with Brian Williams.
In the wake of the pending murder trial of South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius , Investigation Discovery (ID) and NBC News' Peacock Productions partner to produce a one-hour special about his connection to the shooting death of his girlfriend, South African model Reeva Steenkamp
The NBCUniversal News Group has been honored with a total of four National Gracie Allen Awards. The 38th annual Gracie Allen Award winners were announced today by the Alliance for Women in Media (AWM). Local market, public, digital and student award winners will be announced later this week. The Gracie Allen Awards will be presented at a black-tie gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
ABC won the final Friday of the February Sweep in Adults 18-49, leading CBS by 7%, NBC by 15% and Fox by 67%. The Net's Shark Tank was the #1 TV show of the evening in the key young adult sales demo. Season to date, ABC is Friday's top-rated network in Adults 18-49, gaining over the comparable weeks last year by 21% to its strongest performance on the night in 4 years - since the 2008-09 season.
From 8-10 p.m. ET, 'Dateline NBC' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 6.2 million viewers overall) is up week to week by 8 percent in 18-49 rating (to a 1.4 from a 1.3), to match the show's highest Friday rating since January 4 (1.5 from 9-11 p.m.).
"NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" was the most-watched network evening newscast for the week ending February 15, 2013, according to Nielsen Media Research data.
Dyn, the worldwide leader in Internet Infrastructure as a Service, announced that Dawes, John McCauley (lead singer of Deer Tick) and Friends and Delta Spirit will headline their 2013 SXSW Music Meets Tech (MMT) event on Tuesday, March 12 at The Cedar Street Courtyard in Austin, TX.
From 8-10 p.m. ET, 'Dateline NBC' (1.3/4 in 18-49, 6.7 million viewers overall) ranked #1 in the slot among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in total viewers and #2 in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. For its first hour from 8-9 p.m., 'Dateline' was #1 among those networks in 18-49, 25-54 (tie) and total viewers.
ABC won Friday in Adults 18-49 with strong advantages over NBC (+25%), CBS (+36%) and Fox (+67%). Shark Tank once again finished as the #1 TV show of the night in Adults 18-49. Season to date, ABC is Friday's #1 network in Adults 18-49, building over the comparable weeks last year by 21% to its strongest delivery on the night in 4 years - since the 2008-09 season.
NBC News, America's leading news organization, was the most-watched broadcast or cable television network for coverage of President Obama's 2013 State of the Union address.
On Friday, February 15 at 10p/9c, "Rock Center's" Harry Smith goes to the set of GSN's faith-based game show, "The American Bible Challenge," where host Jeff Foxworthy says, if you don't know your Bible, you don't have a prayer. Get a sneak peek below!
