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.
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.
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!
NBC has delivered a 1.2 rating, 3 share in adults 18-49 and 4.3 million viewers overall for the primetime ratings week of February 4-10, according to "live plus same day" viewing data from Nielsen Media Research.
From 8-10 p.m., 'Dateline NBC' (1.5/5 in 18-49, 7.0 million viewers overall) reported its highest 18-49 rating for a Friday telecast since January 4 (1.5 from 9-11 p.m.), pending updates, and its biggest overall viewership in the 16 months since September 23, 2011 (7.237 million from 9-11 p.m.), despite last night's move to an earlier time period. It's NBC's highest 18-49 rating in the Friday 8-10 p.m. slot since a 'Saturday Night Live' special on December 7 (1.5) and biggest overall audience in the time period since August 10, 2012 during the London Olympics.
ABC won Friday in Adults 18-49 over season premiere/series debut programming on the other nets, outdelivering NBC by 14%, CBS by 23% and Fox by 60%. ABC's Shark Tank was the #1 TV show of the night in Adults 18-49. Up 7% week to week, the Net matched its top-rated Friday since November 9, 2012.
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS was the most-watched network evening newscast for the week ending February 1, 2012, according to Nielsen Media Research data. This marks NIGHTLY's best total viewer delivery since the week of December 10, 2012.
In a memo to his staff today, NBC News president Steve Capus announced he will be leaving his post after 8 years as head of the division and over 20 years with the network. The memo appears in full below
NBC's Brian Williams dropped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON to help the host explain the confusing fiscal cliff/debt ceiling issue plaguing Washington. Explained Fallon, 'The House voted to temporarily extend the debt ceiling. But rather than make a joke, it's as good time as any to slow jam the news.' Check it out below!
