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    [tuesday, december 13, 2022]    
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[12/13/22 - 03:45 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing compared to the same point last season in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.

[12/13/22 - 03:06 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of December 5: "Wednesday" Crosses 1 Billion Hours Viewed; "Harry & Meghan" Is Biggest Documentary Debut; "Troll" Ascends to the Top of the Most Popular List
In its third week, the comedy mystery starring Jenna Ortega has crossed 1 billion hours viewed with a total of 1.02 billion total hours viewed, becoming only the third title to cross this milestone within its first 28 days.

[12/13/22 - 01:00 PM]
"60 Minutes" Is in the Top 5 Again and Has Been a Top 10 Broadcast Series for 13 Straight Weeks
The series remains America's #1 primetime news program in viewers and has been a top 10 broadcast series for 13 consecutive weeks.

[12/13/22 - 12:59 PM]
Hallmark Channel's "Countdown to Christmas" Continues to Be Viewers' #1 Home for the Holidays in Its Eighth Week
This past weekend's original holiday movie premieres, "The Most Colorful Time of the Year," "Christmas Class Reunion," and "The Holiday Sitter," propelled Hallmark Channel to be the #1 entertainment cable network of the week in Total Day and Weekend Total Day among key demos.

[12/13/22 - 11:41 AM]
"Tamron Hall" Delivers Its 2nd Most-Watched Week of the Season
"Tamron Hall" averaged over 1 million Total Viewers on all five days of the week.

[12/13/22 - 08:54 AM]
Viewership for "NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC" Season Debut Up Five Percent Averaging 3,140,000 Viewers
The NBA Finals rematch, in which the Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics, generated an average audience of 3,140,000 viewers.

[12/08/22 - 10:08 AM]
"Tamron Hall" Grows to New Season Highs in Households and Total Viewers
"Tamron Hall" delivered two of its three most-watched telecasts of the season with its Tuesday (1.164 million Total Viewers on 11/22/22) and Monday (1.158 million Total Viewers on 11/21/22) broadcasts, respectively.

[12/06/22 - 04:15 PM]
ABC News "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing compared to the same point last season in Total Viewers (+8% - 890,000 vs. 826,000) and Adults 18-49 (+3% - 156,000 vs. 152,000).

[12/06/22 - 01:54 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of November 28: Two Snaps for "Wednesday" as the Series Enters the Most Popular List in the #3 Spot
Meanwhile, "1899" had 44.62M hours viewed and fans of "Firefly Lane" were taken on an emotional journey as Season 2, Part 1 returned with 29.01M hours viewed.

[12/06/22 - 12:46 PM]
Hallmark Channel Continues to Reign as #1 Entertainment Cable Network in Quarter to-Date
The holiday programming ratings juggernaut continues to reach mass audiences, with the network's reach among Unduplicated Total Viewers surpassing 34 million viewers in the holiday season to-date.

[12/06/22 - 11:45 AM]
2.5 Million Total Viewers P2+ Tuned in to the Feel Good Party of the Year "Soul Train Awards" 2022 Across Five Paramount Global Nets on Thanksgiving Weekend
BET now has the top 5 cable award shows of 2022 for Black viewers.

[12/06/22 - 10:30 AM]
"60 Minutes" Continues Its Winning Streak as the #1 Non-Sports Primetime Program on Television, Delivering 10.5 Million Viewers on Sunday
The series remains America's #1 news program in viewers and has been a top 10 broadcast series for 12 consecutive weeks and a top five broadcast seven times in 12 weeks.

[12/05/22 - 09:01 AM]
"Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" Surpasses 1 Billion Hours Viewed
The anthology series' first installment from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan is only the third title in Netflix history to cross the 1 billion hour viewing mark within 60 days, and only the second ever English Language series.

[12/01/22 - 10:59 AM]
"Tamron Hall" Hits Its Most-Watched Week Since January with Over 1 Million Viewers on All 5 Days of the Week
Thursday's broadcast tied the show's highest-rated telecast on any day so far this season in Households (0.8 rating) and stood as the show's 2nd most-watched telecast (1.135 million) of the season.

[12/01/22 - 10:00 AM]
Season Premiere of HGTV Series "My Lottery Dream Home" on Nov. 25 Delivers Strong Ratings for the Network
The premiere also performed well among upscale viewers, generating a .67 L3 rating among P25-54 and a .76 L3 rating among W25-54.

[12/01/22 - 09:00 AM]
Viewers Have Watched More Than 215 Billion Minutes of CBS This Season - Far More Than Any Other Broadcaster
CBS time spent also surpasses the combined minutes spent watching SVOD originals on Nielsen-rated streaming services Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and HBO Max by +252%.

[11/30/22 - 01:00 PM]
ESPN Platforms Deliver Most-Watched Rivalry Week Since 2016
ABC recorded its most-watched Rivalry Week since 2016, averaging 4.1 million viewers for six games on the broadcast slate.

[11/30/22 - 12:33 PM]
Hallmark Channel's Merry Thanksgiving Weekend Makes Network #1 for 10th Consecutive Year Among Women 18+
Saturday night's "Haul Out the Holly" became ad-supported cable's #1 most-watched movie of the year to-date among key demos.

[11/30/22 - 11:30 AM]
"60 Minutes" Continues Its Reign as Television's #1 Non-Sports Primetime Program
The series has remained America's #1 news program and a top 10 series for 11 consecutive weeks.

[11/30/22 - 08:20 AM]
Fall's #1 Reality Series, FOX's "The Masked Singer" Ranks as Thursday's Highest-Rated Entertainment Original Across Both Broadcast and Cable in Over Three Years
"The Masked Singer" also matched "Yellowstone's" season premiere as 2022/23's highest-rated entertainment telecast.

[11/29/22 - 11:07 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of November 21: "Wednesday" Breaks English TV Record; "Slumberland" Jumps to #1
"Wednesday" debuted in the #1 spot with a record breaking 341.23M hours viewed, with 50M+ households who have seen the series (341M hours viewed divided by 6.8 hours).

[11/28/22 - 11:44 AM]
NBC Sports Delivers Its Most-Watched NFL Thanksgiving Weekend Since 2015, with Two-Game Average of 23.4 Million Viewers
Last night's game, a 40-33 Eagles victory over the Packers, averaged approximately 21.0 million viewers.

[11/28/22 - 08:00 AM]
ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" Fall Finale Ties Season High Among Adults 18-49
In addition, "Grey's Anatomy" built week to week by 16% in Total Viewers (5.9 million vs. 5.1 million) to draw its largest audience since its season opener - since 10/6/22.

[11/28/22 - 07:45 AM]
Series Debut of ABC's "Alaska Daily" Grows Its 35-Day Multiplatform Audience to 12.3 Million Viewers
"Alaska Daily" scored the largest lift of any ABC premiere so far this season in both Total Viewers (+8.7 million) and Adults 18-49 (+844%).

[11/25/22 - 01:02 PM]
NBC's Telecast of the 2022 Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Earned a 7.2 Rating in the 18-49 Demo and 27.7 Million Viewers
Said figures include digital, streaming on Peacock and encore viewing - up from last year and resulting in the most total viewers in five years.

[11/22/22 - 02:11 PM]
"Tamron Hall" Posts Its 2nd-Biggest Audience of the Season
For the 4th straight week, "Tamron Hall" improved over the same week last year in Households and Total Viewers.

[11/22/22 - 01:46 PM]
Hallmark Channel Original Holiday Film, "Three Wise Men and a Baby," Ranks as Most-Watched Movie Across Ad-Supported Cable in 2022 To-Date
The movie stars three of Hallmark Channel's most-beloved male actors, Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes, and Paul Campbell, as hilariously bickering brothers who find themselves caring for a baby anonymously left at the firehouse.

[11/22/22 - 01:26 PM]
Formula 1 Season Smashes U.S. Television Viewership Records
The season averaged 1.21 million viewers per race across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, a 28 percent increase over the previous U.S. television record of 949,000 average viewers that was set in 2021.

[11/22/22 - 01:16 PM]
"Live with Kelly and Ryan" Scores Its Most-Watched Week Since May
"Live with Kelly and Ryan" ranked as the No. 1 syndicated talk show for the 9th week running across all key Nielsen measures.

[11/22/22 - 01:03 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of November 14: All Hail "The Crown"; "Falling for Christmas" Tops the English Films List
"1899," the multi-language German series, debuted on the English TV List with 79.27M hours viewed.

[11/22/22 - 11:45 AM]
"60 Minutes" Is Television's #1 Non-Sports Primetime Program
The series remains America's #1 news program and a top 10 series for 10 consecutive weeks.

[11/22/22 - 10:38 AM]
ESPN College Football: ABC Airs Most-Watched November Saturday Since 2016
ABC and ESPN won every window (noon, afternoon, primetime, late prime) on the penultimate Saturday of the 2022 regular season, and ESPN won the night as the most-viewed network in primetime among all viewers and all key male and adult demos.

[11/22/22 - 10:00 AM]
Nielsen Live +35-Day Ratings Reveal CBS Has 5 of the Top 6 Premieres with Over 10 Million Viewers
CBS also has 15 of the top 25 premieres in the 35-day metric.

[11/22/22 - 07:40 AM]
"NFL on CBS" Continues to Deliver Record Viewership Across All Platforms
CBS Sports is delivering its best season viewership since 2015, averaging 18.005 million viewers through Week 11.

[11/21/22 - 03:23 PM]
ABC's "The 56th Annual CMA Awards" Grows to 3-Year Highs
"The 56th Annual CMA Awards" gained an additional +2.2 million Total Viewers after 7 days of multiplatform viewing and increased by +73% among Adults 18-49 from its initial Live+Same Day rating to its Multiplatform+7 Day rating.

[11/21/22 - 12:00 PM]
Series Debut of ABC's "The Rookie: Feds" Skyrockets +755% in Adults 18-49 After 35 Days of Multiplatform Viewing
ABC's "The Rookie: Feds" hit 9.2 million Total Viewers after 35 days of multiplatform viewing, gaining an additional +7.0 million Total Viewers.

[11/21/22 - 08:43 AM]
New Season of HGTV's Hit Series "Celebrity IOU" Premieres with Strong Ratings on Monday, Nov. 14
The premiere episode attracted more than 3.2 million total viewers and became a heartfelt tribute to the late Leslie Jordan who gifted a life-changing home renovation to his best friends of 40 years.

[11/18/22 - 03:32 PM]
Season Five Premiere of "Yellowstone" Shatters Records with Nearly 16 Million Viewers on L3
Said premiere was the most watched show across all of TV in 2022 and the most watched cable premiere since 2017's "The Walking Dead."

[11/16/22 - 01:30 PM]
Paramount+ Reaches New Heights with Most Subscriber Sign-Ups in a Single Day Since Launch
Sunday's success was fueled by the must-see premiere of "Tulsa King," starring Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone, and the continued year-over-year growth of the "NFL on CBS" with local market games streaming on Paramount+.

[11/15/22 - 02:44 PM]
"Tamron Hall" Delivers Its 2nd Most-Watched Week of the Season
"Tamron Hall" was one of only two daytime talk shows - network or syndicated - to deliver year-over-year growth this week in Households (+17%).

[11/15/22 - 02:08 PM]
"Live with Kelly and Ryan" Is One of Only Two Syndicated Talk Shows to Grow Week to Week in Households
With its Halloween telecast, "Live with Kelly and Ryan" was the No. 1 daytime talk show on Monday across all key Nielsen measures.

[11/15/22 - 01:00 PM]
Propelled by Fan-Favorite Franchise "Countdown to Christmas," Hallmark Channel Reigns as #1 Most-Watched Entertainment Cable Network in Fourth Quarter to-Date
"In Merry Measure" and "The Royal Nanny" became the #1 most-watched programs of the day on Friday and Saturday, respectively, among Households, Women 18+, and Total Viewers.

[11/15/22 - 09:34 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of November 7: "The Crown" Sits Atop the Throne of the TV List; "Enola Holmes" Takes #1 Spot in Its Second Week
Fans buckled up and enjoyed "Manifest" Season 4, Part 1 came in #2 and pulled in 74.78M hours viewed, landing on the Top 10 in 90 countries.

[11/15/22 - 08:21 AM]
"Love It or List It" Delivers Solid Ratings Performance for HGTV on Monday Nights
The latest season of HGTV's smash hit series attracted more than 18 million total viewers since it premiered on Monday, September 5.

[11/14/22 - 02:48 PM]
"Yellowstone" Season Five Does It Again - Shattering Records in All Demos Led by Young Adults +52% and Adults +22% in L+SD Alone
Over 10 million total viewers tuned in L+SD for the "Yellowstone" season five simulcast premiere which saw growth among all demos.

[11/10/22 - 02:20 PM]
ABC's "The 56th Annual CMA Awards" Dominates as Wednesday's No. 1 Show
"The CMA Awards" grew over the prior year's broadcast (on 11/9/21) by 10% in Total Viewers (7.6 million vs. 6.9 million) to hit a 3-year high - since 2019.

[11/10/22 - 11:00 AM]
CBS Series Lead Nielsen Rankings Among African American Viewers
"The Equalizer," starring Queen Latifah, is the most-watched show, followed by new drama "East New York" and crime-stopper series "FBI."

[11/09/22 - 04:30 PM]
ABC News' Election Night Coverage Takes Top Spot Among Broadcast Networks in Primetime - No. 1 Broadcast Network in Total Viewers During Midterms for the First Time in 12 Years
Based on preliminary data, ABC News Live's election coverage peaked in the 7:00 p.m. hour, during the first hour of election coverage.

[11/09/22 - 01:52 PM]
Season 2 Premiere of ABC's "Abbott Elementary" Skyrockets to 4.12 Rating with Adults 18-49 After Delayed Multiplatform Viewing
After 35 days of cross-platform viewing, "Abbott Elementary" also picked up a massive +7.5 million Total Viewers over its Live+Same Day average (2.9 million).

[11/08/22 - 02:17 PM]
Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Championship Delivers Most-Watched Title Race Since 2019
This past Sunday's 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Championship averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 3.355 million viewers on NBC and Peacock.







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[06/18/24 - 03:31 PM]
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[06/18/24 - 03:21 PM]
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[06/18/24 - 02:41 PM]
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