SO WHAT DID XMAS SHOPPERS WATCH ON THEIR NEW TV’S?
December 29, 2011 by admin · 2 Comments
The week before Christmas featured nearly as many reruns on primetime TV as a typical week in midsummer — with commensurate low ratings. There were a few exceptions. A repeat of CBS’s NCIS drew 12.4 million viewers to finish in third place behind NBC’s Sunday Night Football telecast (Chicago vs. Green Bay) with 24 million […]
RATINGS FOR ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS FALL BELOW NEWSCASTS’
August 10, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
For the second week in a row, television executives might have been wishing that their entertainment programs were drawing the sizable audiences that their evening newscasts were. While NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams averaged 7.87 million viewers, NBC’s primetime programming averaged 4.56 million (the average was ballooned by high ratings for America’s Got Talent; […]
NEWS BEATS ENTERTAINMENT IN RATINGS
August 3, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
More TV viewers were watching reports about the budget crisis last week than most entertainment programs. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams averaged 7.9 million viewers for the week. That would have put it at seventh place on the Nielsen primetime ratings list. ABC World News with Diane Sawyer with an average of 7.4 million […]
FOX FIRST AMONG YOUNG VIEWERS, LAST AMONG TOTAL VIEWERS
July 27, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Fox’s highest-rated show among total adults last week was the Wednesday edition of So You Think You Can Dance, which came in at No. 23 in the overall weekly ratings. Nevertheless, among the key demographic group of adults 18-49, Fox was the top-rated network for the week, followed by CBS, which attracted far more overall […]
