Telemundo is projected to close the July broadcast month as the #1 Spanish-language network in Monday-Friday 8-11pm primetime among adults 18-49 outperforming Univision by 3% (752K vs 731K), and by 8% among adults 18-34 (337K vs 312K), according to Nielsen.
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT ranked #1 in the demo for the July 2017 sweep period, averaging 1.6 million A25-54 viewers, leading “ABC World News Tonight” by +85,000 viewers (+6%) and “CBS Evening News” by +419,000 viewers (+35%).
NBC News' TODAY was the number-one morning show for the July 2017 Sweep winning the key demo A25-54. The win marks TODAY's ninth consecutive sweep victory in the key demo.
Making a grand entrance, the premiere of Disney Channel's RAVEN'S HOME (July 21, 10:03 p.m. EDT/PDT) – headlined by Raven-Symoné reprising her Raven Baxter role from 'That's So Raven' – was the #1 live-action cable TV series premiere in two years among its targeted demographics
THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT widened last week's margin of victory to +970,000 viewers (from +450,000 viewers live plus same day) and tied for first in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen live plus 3-day ratings for the week ending July 21, which featured shows tied to the host's recent trip St. Petersburg and Moscow.
With THE BACHELORETTE and a special preview of “Somewhere Between” at 10:00 p.m. ahead of its regular time period premiere on Tuesday in the same hour, ABC won Monday night in both Total Viewers (5.2 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.3/5).
THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT's “Russia Week,” featuring a week of shows that covered the host's recent trip to St. Petersburg and Moscow, won the week in viewers by its largest margin since the show's premiere in September 2015, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending July 21.
NBC News' MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD won the demo most valued by news advertisers for the 2017 July Sweep, outperforming its competition by double-digits and continuing its season-to-date lead as the #1 most-watched Sunday show across the board, according to Nielsen data.
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT ranked #1 in the demo for the week of July 17, averaging 1.6 million A25-54 viewers, leading “ABC World News Tonight” by +69,000 viewers (+4%) and “CBS Evening News” by +396,000 viewers (+33%). Nightly News has ranked #1 in A25-54 for 57 consecutive weeks. Nightly News won Tuesday night and Wednesday night across the board.
NBC News' TODAY was the number-one morning show outright topping ABC's “Good Morning America” in total viewers and all demos last Friday. TODAY also won the week in the key demo A25-54 marking 82 straight weeks in the top spot (98 of the last 99 weeks), its best streak in more than four years.
The Disney Channel Original Movie DESCENDANTS 2 reached an astounding 13 million Total Viewers with an unprecedented simultaneous premiere (Friday, July 21, 8:00 p.m. EDT) on Disney Channel, ABC, Disney XD, Freeform, Lifetime and Lifetime Movies as its telecast on Disney Channel was Friday's #1 scripted TV telecast in Total Viewers (5.3 million).
A&E Network's hit original documentary series LIVE PD reached a new ratings high on Saturday, July 15, with 2.1 million total viewers and just over 1.0 million viewers in the key Adults 25-54 demo and 871,000 with Adults 18-49
Despite Fox airing the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, NBC has won the ratings week of July 10-16 in primetime's key demographic of adults 18-49 and total viewers, paced by its popular programming that includes “America's Got Talent,” “World of Dance,” “American Ninja Warrior,” and “The Wall.”
THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT delivered its largest weekly audience in two months, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending July 14
NBC News' TODAY was the number-one morning show topping ABC's “Good Morning America” once again in the key demo A25-54. TODAY has now won 81 straight weeks in the key demo (97 of the last 98 weeks), its best streak in more than four years.
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT ranked #1 in the demo for the week of July 10, averaging 1.6 million A25-54 viewers, leading “ABC World News Tonight” by +93,000 viewers (+6%) and “CBS Evening News” by +376,000 viewers (+31%). Nightly News has ranked #1 in A25-54 for 56 consecutive weeks. Nightly News posted week-over-week growth across all key demos.
TLC's OUTDAUGHTERED , which follows the Busby family and their brood of adorable girls, returned strong premiering its third season of OutDaughtered with its highest rated episode ever among all key women's demos, with double-digit gains versus the prior season premiere
Nominated for five 2017 Teen Choice Awards including 'Choice Summer TV Show,' the summer season premiere of the award-winning, critically acclaimed THE FOSTERS (July 11, 2017, 8:00 p.m. EDT) on Freeform soared over its spring 2017 finale by double digits for 6-month highs in Total Viewers
NBC Ranks #1 Thursday night among the Big 4 networks in 18-49 (tie) and total viewers, marking NBC's first Thursday #1 finishes since March 2 (the night of a special Thursday edition of “The Voice”).
NBC's LITTLE BIG SHOTS: FOREVER YOUNG (0.9/4 in 18-49, 6.0 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET): Is close to rounding up to a 1.0 in 18-49 (currently reporting a 0.94 in these prelim fast-affiliate ratings).
NBC's AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (2.4/10 in 18-49, 12.3 million viewers overall from 8-10 p.m. ET) is close to rounding up to a 2.5 (currently reporting a 2.442 in these prelim fast-affiliate ratings). Currently ranks as the #1 show of the night on the Big 4 in adults 18-49 and total viewers, pending updates.
CBS won the week in viewers led by BIG BROTHER with all three weekly broadcasts finishing among the top 10 programs in viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending July 9.
Encore telecasts of TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON have won the late-night ratings week of July 3-7 versus the rebroadcast ABC and CBS time-period competition in every key measure – adults, men and women 18-34; adults, men and women 18-49; and adults, men and women 25-54, plus total viewers, according to “live plus same day” results from Nielsen Media Research.
With THE BACHELORETTE into an encore “The Gong Show,” ABC ran neck-and-neck with NBC for No. 1 on Monday in Adults 18-49 (pacing within 1-tenth of a rating point and tied in audience share – 1.1/5 vs. 1.2/5), with “The Bachelorette” standing as the night's No. 1 program in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.
