NBC News' MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD was the most-watched Sunday public affairs program in the audience most valued by news advertisers this past Sunday according to Nielsen data, marking its fourth straight week at #1.
NBC News' TODAY was the number-one morning show topping ABC's “Good Morning America” across the board in total viewers and all demos last Friday. TODAY was also once again the top morning show in the key demo A25-54 for the week.
CBS News' FACE THE NATION was the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program on July 9, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings. FACE THE NATION delivered 2.98 million viewers and 0.6/04 in adults 25-54, the demographic most important to those who advertise in news.
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT ranked #1 in the demo for the week of July 3, averaging 1.6 million A25-54 viewers, leading “ABC World News Tonight” by +60,000 viewers (+4%) and “CBS Evening News” by +454,000 viewers (+40%). Nightly News has ranked #1 in A25-54 for 55 consecutive weeks.
NBC wins Monday night among the Big 4 networks in 18-49 and total viewers. “American Ninja Warrior” (1.4/6 in 18-49, 5.6 million viewers overall from 8-10 p.m. ET): grows +27% versus last week's holiday-impacted telecast (1.4 vs. 1.1). Despite last night's high-rated “Home Run Derby” competition on ESPN, increases week to week in total viewers by +9% (5.566 million vs. 5.085 million).
SNOWFALL, FX's new drama series, premiered to solid ratings that put it among the top-five rated new cable drama series premieres of 2017 in several key demos.
NBC's THE NIGHT SHIFT (0.7/3 in 18-49, 4.2 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET) wins the slot among ABC, CBS and NBC in total viewers and ties for #1 in 18-49. Maintains 100% week to week in 18-49 (0.7 vs. 0.7) and grows in total viewers (4.195 million vs. 4.152 million).
Discovery Channel dominated ratings during the second quarter and first half of the year. Discovery had its highest-rated first half of the year ever on Wednesdays in P25-54 with the help of ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE and its 2nd-highest-rated first half of the year on Mondays across P/M 25-54 and P/M 18-49.
NBC has won the ratings week of June 26-July 2 in primetime's key demographic of adults 18-49 as well as total viewers, paced by the #1 and #2 entertainment shows of the week on the broadcast networks in 18-49 and total viewers, “America's Got Talent” and “World of Dance..
THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT placed first in the weekly late night ratings, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending June 30. THE LATE SHOW averaged 2.73m viewers, up +27% compared to a week of rebroadcasts during the same week last year. THE LATE SHOW beat “The Tonight Show” in viewers (2.73m vs. 2.55m) by +7%.
NBC's TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON has won the late-night ratings week of June 26-30 versus its ABC and CBS time-period competition in every key demographic – adults, men and women 18-34; adults, men and women 18-49; and adults, men and women 25-54, according to “live plus same day” results from Nielsen Media Research.
LITTLE BIG SHOTS: FOREVER YOUNG (1.0/4 in 18-49, 6.6 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) ranks as the #1 show of the night on the Big 4 networks in total viewers. Grows +11% week to week in 18-49 (1.0 vs. 0.9) and +1% in total viewers (6.629 million vs. 6.555 million).
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT ranked #1 in the demo for the week of June 26, averaging 1.6 million A25-54 viewers, leading “ABC World News Tonight” by +198,000 viewers (+14%) and “CBS Evening News” by +408,000 viewers (+34%).
MTV's bigger and bolder WILD 'N OUT premiere on Thursday, June 29, was the network's highest rated unscripted episode with P12-17 in more than two years, up a whopping 143% while young adults P18-34 were up 86%. The episode garnered a 1.0 P12-17 and .7 P18-34.
NBC dominates primetime with the MACY'S 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR and the 10 p.m. “Macy's” recap ranking as the #1-2 telecasts of the night on the Big 4 in every key demographic. NBC beats the other Big 4 nets combined for the night in 18-49. NOTE: There were local preemptions for local fireworks coverage on each of the Big 4 networks.
Telemundo Deportes' exclusive Spanish-language coverage of the FIFA Confederations Cup that ended with World Cup champions Germany claiming its first Confederations Cup with a 1-0 win over Chile on Sunday, July 2, reached over 16 million viewers on television and delivered 46 million streaming minutes across digital platforms.
NBC's THE NIGHT SHIFT (0.7/3 in 18-49, 4.2 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET) is close to rounding up to a 0.8 (currently reporting a 0.743 in these prelim fast-affiliate ratings). Wins the slot among ABC, CBS and NBC in total viewers. Grows +17% or 0.1 of a point week to week in 18-49 (0.7 vs. 0.6). In total viewers also increases by +17% (4.200 million vs. 3.591 million).
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network scored its highest second quarter prime average in network history in its key W25-54 demo (+3% vs. prior quarter and YAGO) with 4 of the Top 6 original scripted series on ad-supported cable for W25-54 with hit dramas
NBC's LITTLE BIG SHOTS: FOREVER YOUNG” Is No. 1 Show of the Night in Total Viewers (0.9/4 in 18-49, 6.5 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) ranks as the #1 show of the night on the Big 4 networks in total viewers.
The highly anticipated series' finale of Freeform's PRETTY LITTLE LIARS hit a 1-year high in Total Viewers (1.4 million) and 18-month highs in Adults 18-49 (920,000/0.7 rating) and Women 18-49 (720,000/1.1 rating) – since 6/21/16 and 1/26/16, respectively – ranking as Tuesday's No. 1 cable telecast in the target Women demographic.
THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH scored its most-watched quarter ever among total viewers during the second quarter of 2017 and recorded its most-watched month ever among total viewers in June.
Last week's THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT won the week with the addition of +480,000 viewers with live + 3-day viewing, according to Nielsen L+3 ratings for the week ending June 23, which included three original broadcasts of THE LATE SHOW.
Hallmark Channel's month-long 'June Weddings' programming event came to a successful close this past weekend, with the world premiere of 'My Favorite Wedding' on Saturday, June 24, averaging a 2.1 HH rating and 2.1 million Total Viewers.
