THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT won premiere week while posting year-to-year growth, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Sept. 29.
CBS placed first in premiere week in viewers for the ninth consecutive season, led by television's #1 new show, the #1 show of the week and two of the top three new dramas, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Sept. 25.
TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON has won premiere week of the 2017-18 television season, leading the ratings for the week of Sept. 25-29 in the key late-night demographic of adults 18-49, according to live plus same day results from Nielsen Media Research.
In live plus three day Niesens, WILL & GRACE increased by +53% in 18-49 (3.00 to 4.60) and +4.6 million viewers overall (10.2 million to 14.8 million) going from live plus same day ratings to L+3.
CBS News' FACE THE NATION kicked off the new season as the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program on Oct. 1, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings.
MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD (MTP) kicked off the 2017-2018 season as the #1 most-watched Sunday show in the key demo this past Sunday, Oct. 1, according to Nielsen Media Research data.
For the first week of the 2017-2018 season, TODAY starts off strong as the number-one morning show outright, topping ABC's Good Morning America in total viewers and all demos for two days last week
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT kicked off the 2017-2018 season winning the key demo for the week of September 25, marking its 67th straight week as the #1 most-watched evening broadcast, according to Nielsen Research Data.
NBC ranks #1 for the night among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49. THE VOICE (2.5/9 in 18-49, 10.8 million viewers overall from 8-10:01 p.m. ET) wins the two-hour time period among the Big 4 networks in every key measure and tops Dancing With the Stars head to head by +56% in 18-49 (2.5 vs. 1.6).
TLC kicks off a strong Fall season ending 3Q with the highest ratings in three years and as the #1 ad-supported cable network in delivery on Sunday night with W25-54, W18-49 and W18-34.
NBC gave the reboot of WILL & GRACE a second season order even before the beloved comedy returned to the air. Looks like the network made the right gamble!
At 9:30 p.m., moving from Tuesday last season to Wednesday this season, ABC's American Housewife ran neck-and-neck for No. 1 in its slot with Star in Adults 18-49
On Wednesday, September 27, 2017, LIVE WITH KELLY AND RYAN was up over the prior day by 5% in Households (2.3/8 vs. 2.2/8) in the 56 U.S. Metered Markets to equal its highest-rated single-day telecast since the Friday of its Premiere Week
At 9:00 PM, the series premiere of SEAL TEAM was first in viewers (9.70m) and averaged 1.5 in A18-49 and 2.2 in A25-54. SEAL TEAM was Wednesday's most watched program
With special Tuesday airings of Celebrity Family Feud and DWTS against season premieres on the other nets, ABC ran in a near-tie with CBS for No. 2 on the opening Tuesday of the season in Adults 18-49
ESPN's MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL game a Dallas Cowboys' 28-17 victory over the Arizona Cardinals averaged 13.8 million viewers across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, according to Nielsen
Episode 2 of FOX's THE ORVILLE ranks as the #1 entertainment program of the week and the first broadcast entertainment program in 20 years to outperform The Emmy Awards in Live + 7 ratings for the week of Sept. 11.
Hallmark Channel launched its third annual 'Fall Harvest' programming franchise on Saturday night with the original movie premiere of FALLING FOR VERMONT becoming the highest-rated program of the week on cable, excepting news and sports.
CBS Daytime ended the full 52-week 2016-2017 broadcast year at #1 for the 31st consecutive year, one of the longest winning streaks in television history, which began in 1986.
For the 2016/17 season, ABC's The Chew celebrated its biggest win over CBS' The Talk in the show's history among key target Women 18-49 (+16% 358,000 vs. 309,000) and Women 25-54 (+6% 476,000 vs. 447,000) ranking as the No. 2 broadcast talk series in daytime.
ABC's The View averaged 2.684 million Total Viewers, 500,000 Women 25-54 and 353,000 Women 18-49 during the week of September 18, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.
For the 2016-17 season, Nightline led CBS' The Late Late Show with James Corden in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+90,000 1.399 million vs. 1.309 million), Adults 25-54 (+41,000 527,000 vs. 486,000) and Adults 18-49 (+25,000 397,000 vs. 372,000).
On the opening night of the new 2017-18 TV season (9/25/17), ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live scored its highest-rated telecast on any night in late-night without an NBA finals lead-in in more than 6 months in Households (2.3/6) in the 56 Metered Markets since 3/13/17.
60 MINUTES' 50th anniversary season premiere was among the most watched primetime programs in America for the week and the most watched non-sports program on Sunday, Sept. 24.