During the week of October 16, 2017, LIVE WITH KELLY AND RYAN grew over the prior week in Households (+5% - 2.3 rating vs. 2.2 rating) and for the 4th consecutive week in Total Viewers (+4% - 3.132 million vs. 3.020 million) to new season highs and the show's best performance since the first week of May

THE TALK delivered 2.60 million viewers, its biggest weekly audience since the end of April, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Oct. 27. Among women 25-54, THE TALK was up +17% from a week ago (0.7 from 0.6).

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT was first in late night for the fourth consecutive week this season with original broadcasts, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Oct. 27.

NBC has finished #2 for the primetime ratings week of Oct. 23-29 among adults 18-49, behind only World Series-boosted Fox, while in averages that count only non-sports / entertainment programs, NBC ranks #1 for the week, leading for the fifth time in the five weeks of the season to date.

TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON has won the ratings week of Oct. 23-27 in the key late-night demographic of adults 18-49, according to live plus same day results from Nielsen Media Research.

CBS SUNDAY MORNING, the nation's #1 Sunday morning news program, posted audience gains year-to-year, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Oct. 29.

CBS News' FACE THE NATION was the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program on Oct. 29, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings. FACE THE NATION delivered 3.41 million viewers and 0.6/03 in adults 25-54, the demographic most important to those who advertise in news.

TODAY was the number-one morning show topping ABC's Good Morning America in the key demo A25-54 for the Nielsen-rated month of October, marking 26 straight months in the top spot. TODAY also won the key demo for the week of October 23, its 96th straight week in first place

NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT is the #1 most-watched broadcast in the key demo for the month of October, winning its 28th straight month, according to Nielsen Research Data.

Travel Channel's four-part special event EXPEDITION UNKNOWN: HUNT FOR EXTRATERRESTRIALS, featuring explorer and adventurer Josh Gates, generated out-of-this-world ratings success for the network, ranking as one of the highest-rated shows on Travel Channel this year.

AMC's 'The Walking Dead' returned for its 100th episode and season eight premiere Sunday night as the #1 show on television for an unprecedented sixth consecutive season, delivering 15 million total viewers.

NBC is the #1 non-sports network of the night among the Big 4 in adults 18-49 and every other key demo (including a tie in men 25-54). THIS IS US (2.7/8 in 18-49, 10.5 million viewers overall from 9-10:01 p.m. ET)is the #1 entertainment show of the night in adults 18-49 and ranks #1 among non-sports

CBS placed first in viewers for the fourth consecutive week with three of the top five broadcasts, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Oct. 22. The Network had three of the top five broadcasts of the week 60 MINUTES (#2), THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (#3), THE BIG BANG THEORY (#5) five of the top 10 and 12 of the top 20.

Broadcasting from Brooklyn, New York, for the 3rd time during the week of October 16, 2017, ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE shot up over the prior week by double digits in both Total Viewers (+19% - 2.589 million vs. 2.171 million) and Adults 18-49 (+15% - 641,000 vs. 556,000) to deliver its most watched week in almost 1-1/2 years since the week of 6/13/16.

The Sunday, Sept. 10, premiere of THE ORVILLE, FOX's new space adventure series created by and starring Seth MacFarlane, delivered a Live + 35 Day multi-platform audience of 14.5 million viewers, marking a +71% lift from Live + Same Day, and a 3.9/13 L35 rating among Adults 18-49, gaining +44% vs. L+SD (2.7/9), according to Nielsen.

MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD was the #1 most-watched Sunday show in the key demo this past Sunday, Oct. 22, according to Nielsen Media Research data.

NBC has claimed the primetime ratings week of Oct. 16-22 in the key demographic of adults 18-49, with SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL the #1 primetime show on the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49 and total viewers and This Is Us, two editions of The Voice and Will & Grace accounting for four of the top ten entertainment shows, according to live plus same day figures from Nielsen Media Research.

A week of encore telecasts of THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON has virutally equaled original episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live for the ratings week of Oct. 16-20 in the key late-night demographic of adults 18-49, according to live plus same day results from Nielsen Media Research.

48 HOURS was Saturday's #1 non-sports program with viewers for the fourth time this season, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Saturday, Oct. 21. The broadcast also posted week-to-week increases in viewers and adults 25-54, the demographic that matters most to those who advertise in news.

NBC's TODAY was the number-one morning show outright, topping ABC's Good Morning America in total viewers and all demos last Monday. For the week, TODAY was also the number-one morning show in the key demo A25-54, marking 95 straight weeks in the top spot (111 of the last 112 weeks), its best streak in more than five years.

60 MINUTES was America's #2 program in viewers and the week's top non-sports broadcast, drawing 14.6 million according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, Oct. 22. It was the second week in a row the broadcast cracked the top 5.

CBS News' FACE THE NATION was the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program in viewers on Oct. 22, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings. FACE THE NATION delivered 3.29 million viewers and 0.6/03 in adults 25-54. (Editor's Note: FACE THE NATION's second half-hour was broadcast contiguously across 59.8% of the CBS affiliates.)

NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT won the key demo for the week of October 16, marking its 70th straight week as the #1 most-watched evening broadcast, according to Nielsen Research Data.

NBC Sports coverage of the SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL game featuring the Atlanta Falcons at the New England Patriots (despite a 17-0 halftime score) averaged a 12.6 rating, 21 share from 8:30-11:15 p.m. ET, is the #1 show of the night, with the highest rating for any primetime NFL game since Week 1 of the football season.

THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on CBS and NFL Network scored another ratings increase, up +5% for last night's game featuring Oakland's last-play win over Kansas City.