NBA Finals Deliver Sixth Consecutive Ratings Win For ABC
by Charlie Piane - June 16, 2010 ABC's exclusive coverage of The Finals Game 6 - Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers - delivered a 12.3 overnight rating, propelling the network to win the night in prime time for the sixth straight game. Tuesday's Game 6 broadcast was the highest-rated show of the night for all of television, as wa...
ABC Claims Ratings Victory With Game 3 of NBA Finals
by Caryn Robbins - June 18, 2012 ABC (11.49 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 4.8, #1) coasted to victory on Sunday with its mix of 'Jimmy Kimmel: Game Night' (5.23 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.9, #4), 'NBA Countdown' (6.45 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.6, #2) and 'NBA Finals, Game 3' (13.38 million viewers, #1; adu...
AMERICA'S GOT TALENT Dominates Ratings For NBC
by Caryn Robbins - May 30, 2012 NBC took home the demo crown on Tuesday with a new AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (11.30 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.7, #1). Said hour was bookended by repeats of 'America's Got Talent' (7.25 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.0, #2) and 'Grimm'...
ABC Dominates Sunday Primetime Thanks To Game 2 Of 2010 NBA Finals
by Charlie Piane - June 07, 2010 Driven by Game 2 coverage of the 2010 NBA Finals, featuring the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, ABC turned in a convincing win on Sunday evening. According to Nielsen's preliminary time-period-based 'Fast Affiliate' ratings, ABC outpaced its nearest competition during primetime by 4.5 mil...
AMERICA'S GOT TALENT Premiere Earns Series High Ratings
by Nicole Rosky - June 01, 2011 Last night, the sixth season premiere of NBC's 'America's Got Talent' attracted the biggest overall viewership ever for a 'Talent' season debut and delivered the highest 18-49 rating for a 'Talent' season premiere since 2007, according to 'fast affiliate-based' 'live plus same day' viewing figures f...
ABC Scores Its Top Summer Thursday In More Than 18 Years
by Charlie Piane - June 18, 2010 With coverage of the deciding Game 7 for the 2010 NBA Finals (Celtics-Lakers), ABC towered over Thursday night, beating its combined network competition (CBS, NBC, Fox and CW) during primetime by nearly 2 million viewers (18.1 million vs. 16.2 million) and by 58% in Adults 18-49 (7.1/22 vs. 4.5/14)....
ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Delivers its Most-Watched Sweep Ever
by Caryn Robbins - December 02, 2011 During the recently completed November 2011 sweep, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live generated its most-watched November sweep yet and attracted its biggest-ever audience for any sweep period. ...
ABC Family's PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Retains 100 Percent Of Premiere Audience
by Charlie Piane - June 16, 2010 On the heels of last week's record setting debut, ABC Family's hit original series 'Pretty Little Liars' bucked the trend, retaining 100% of its premiere audience in Total Viewers (2.5 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.1 million), and ranked a dominant No. 1 in its time slot versus all cable in the Adult...
The Fifty/50 Screens Michael Jordan’s Greatest Playoff Games, 12/13 & 20
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2011 Wicker Park upscale sports bar The Fifty/50 (2047 W Division St) will show four of Michael Jordan's greatest playoff games in HD in their entirety on its 18 flatscreens with sound at 8pm on two consecutive Tuesdays (December 13 and December 20) as a warmup before the Bulls start their season....
NBA TV to Debut One-Hour Special on Reggie Miller, 9/7
by Caryn Robbins - August 30, 2012 NBA TV will feature an exclusive one-hour special on Reggie Miller - the five-time NBA All-Star and current TNT analyst - as part of more than 150 hours of week-long Hall of Fame coverage....
NBC Sports to Air NAVY-MARINE CORPS CLASSIC, 11/9
by Caryn Robbins - November 06, 2012 NBC Sports Network's 2012-13 college basketball coverage begins this Friday with a live triple-header. The day is headlined with Georgetown facing No.10 Florida in the Navy-Marine Corps Classic, live from the deck of the USS Bataan in Jacksonville, Fla. at 9 p.m. ET....
TNT Announces 2012-13 NBA Regular Season Schedule
by Caryn Robbins - July 27, 2012 Turner Sports, marking its 29th year of NBA coverage,today announced that TNT will televise 52 games during the 2012-13 NBA regular season including 10 appearances by the NBA champion Miami Heat, New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder....
Game 1 of NBA Finals Earns Ratings Win for ABC
by Caryn Robbins - June 13, 2012 ABC (11.01 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 4.6, #1) towered over the competition on Tuesday with its mix of 'Jimmy Kimmel: Game Night' (6.31 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 2.2, #4), 'NBA Countdown' (6.97 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.8, #3) and 'NBA Finals, Game 1'...
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: GAME NIGHT Announces All-Star Guest Lineup
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2010 Emmy Award-winning 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' presents a special half-hour primetime show each night of the NBA Finals beginning Thursday, June 3 on ABC. Join host Jimmy Kimmel as he welcomes guests including Russell Brand, Ashton Kutcher, the cast of 'Grown Ups' -- Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, ...
Stanley Cup Final Game 7 Is Most Watched NHL Game In 38 Years
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 17, 2011 Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final, which saw the Boston Bruins defeat the Vancouver Canucks, 4-0, to claim their first championship since 1972, was watched by 8.54 million people, making it the most-watched NHL game in 38 years, according to official national data released today by The Nielsen Co...
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS Is The No. 1 Newscast
by Charlie Piane - June 15, 2010 "NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" was the most watched network evening newscast for the week of June 7 - 13, 2010, according to Nielsen Media Research data. During the week, 'Nightly' saw 7.526 million total viewers, +595,000 more than ABC 'World News,' 6.931 million and +2.082 million more th...
ABC Wins Sunday Ratings For 2nd Consecutive Week
by Charlie Piane - June 14, 2010 With continuing coverage of the 2010 NBA Finals (Celtics-Lakers Game 5), ABC towered over its competition for the 2nd straight Sunday. Based on Nielsen's preliminary time-period-based 'Fast Affiliate' ratings, ABC outpaced its nearest competition during primetime by 5.3 million viewers (12.8 million...
NBC's AMERICA'S GOT TALENT Holds Off Ratings Competition
by Caryn Robbins - June 06, 2012 NBC held off the competition on Tuesday with a new AMERICA'S GOT TALENT and the two-hour season premiere of 'Love in the Wild'....
TNT's 2011 - 12 NBA Regular Season Tips Off Christmas Day
by BWW News Desk - December 25, 2011 Turner's 28th Season of NBA Coverage tips off Christmas Day on TNT with the Boston Celtics @ New York Knicks (Noon ET) followed by exclusive doubleheaders on December 27th and 29th....
CBS Thursday Line-Up Still Dominates Ratings
by Caryn Robbins - June 01, 2012 CBS proved to be the network to beat on Thursday despite its all-repeat lineup of 'The Big Bang Theory', 'Rules of Engagement', 'Person of Interest' and 'The Mentalist'...
Jerad Finck Performs Hit Single Runaway at NY Event
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2011 Pop/rocker and award winning artist, Jerad Finck claims the #1 independent song in the country with his latest release 'Runaway' continuing the climb the charts and hold steady at #1....
TNT's 2011 - 12 NBA Regular Season Tips Off Christmas Day
by Caryn Robbins - December 07, 2011 Turner's 28th Season of NBA Coverage tips off Christmas Day on TNT with the Boston Celtics @ New York Knicks (Noon ET) followed by exclusive doubleheaders on December 27th and 29th....
Ryan Murphy on GLEE PROJECT Versus the Tony Awards
by Nicole Rosky - June 21, 2011 The second season of GLEE might be over, but creator Ryan Murphy still has lots going on, with his new spinoff 'The Glee Project' premiering just over a week ago. Murphy told the LA Times: 'I think we learned one big lesson which is don't put a musical comedy reality show opposite the Tony Awards .....
NBC Sports Network Adds More 2012-13 College Basketball Coverage
by Tyler Peterson - November 08, 2012 NBC Sports Network has added the Governor's Holiday Hoops Classic, two additional Atlantic 10 games and three new Colonial Athletic Association matchups to its 2012-13 telecast schedule, bringing its total to more than 60 college basketball games this season. ...
GLEE Is The Week's #1 Scripted Show
by Charlie Piane - June 08, 2010 A winning performance by GLEE, the sizzling season premiere of HELL'S KITCHEN and two strong nights of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE led FOX to a solid second-place finish last week among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens amidst the NBA Finals and NHL Stanley Cup Finals. In fact, FOX claimed four of... |
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