NBC's TODAY is No. 1 Morning Show for 7th Straight Weekby Caryn Robbins - January 17, 2018TODAY was the number-one morning show outright last week beating the competition in total viewers, A25-54 and A18-49. This marks TODAY's seventh straight weekly across-the-board win, its longest streak since 2/20/2012 4/8/2012 . CMT's NASHVILLE Final Season Debuts on Ratings High Noteby Caryn Robbins - January 10, 2018The final season oF NASHVILLE premiered strongly Thursday night on CMT, notching a .80 rating among Adults 18-49 and 1.6 million viewers, which is the best since the S5 Midseason Premiere (.81) and up +20% (ratings) and +7% (viewers), respectively, over the prior cycle average. (L+3) NBC's THIS IS US is No. 1 for the Night in Key 18-49 Demoby Caryn Robbins - January 10, 2018NBC wins the night among the Big 4 in adults 18-49 and every other key demographic, sweeping six of six half-hours in adults 18-49 to generate a nightlong +62% margin of victory (2.1 vs. 1.3 for #2 CBS). Note that some NBC, ABC and CW stations carried ACC college basketball. TONIGHT SHOW Encores Win the Week in 18-49 Against Original Competitionby Caryn Robbins - January 9, 2018An encore week of TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON has won the week of Jan. 1-5 in the key adult 18-49 demographic versus all original nights of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Note that Monday results are excluded from these weekly averages due to the New Year's holiday. CBS's THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS & More Post Largest Audiences in a Yearby Caryn Robbins - January 9, 2018For the week ending Jan. 5, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (which just celebrated 29 consecutive years as daytime's #1 drama) delivered 4.82 million viewers, its largest weekly audience in a year (since the week of Jan. 6, 2017). The daytime series, currently in its 44th season, began its winning streak the week of Dec. 26, 1988. JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Starts 2018 With a New Season Highby Caryn Robbins - January 9, 2018ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE kicked off the first week of 2018 (week of 1/1/18) with a new season high in Adults 18-49 (652,000) and its 2nd largest audience of the season (2.405 million). In fact, Kimmel delivered its best performance with Adults 18-49 in more than 6 months since the NBA Finals-led week of 6/12/17. NBC's TODAY Wins the Week in Total Viewers and Key Demoby Caryn Robbins - January 9, 2018TODAY was the number-one morning show outright last week topping the competition in total viewers, A25-54 and A18-49. TODAY has been the number-one morning show across the board for six straight weeks, its longest streak since 2/27/2012 4/8/2012. TODAY has now won the key demo A25-54 for 106 straight weeks (122 of the last 123 weeks), its best streak in more than five years. GROWN-ISH Opens as Freeform's Biggest Series Launch in Two Yearsby Caryn Robbins - January 8, 2018The debut of grown-ish (Jan. 3, 2018, 8:00-8:31 p.m. EST) ranked as Freeform's biggest series launch in 2 years among Total Viewers (1.562 million), Adults 18-49 (917,000/0.71 rating), Women 18-49 (658,000/1.01 rating), Women 18-34 (340,000/0.98 rating) and Females 12-34 (448,000/0.96 rating) since Shadowhunters on 1/12/16. Disney/ABC's '25 Days of Christmas' Reaches Over 150 Million Total Unique Viewersby Caryn Robbins - January 5, 2018The nation spent the merriest time of the year with the Disney ABC Television Group's 25 Days of Christmas holiday-themed programming that included festive specials, classic holiday movies and returning favorites across ABC, Freeform, Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior. Disney ABC Television Group's content reached 151 million total unique viewers, which is 50% of the viewers in U.S. TV households. Comedy Central Ends 2017 With Highest-Rated Week of the Yearby Caryn Robbins - January 4, 2018Comedy Central closed out 2017 with its highest-rated week of the year. The #1 brand in comedy registered a 0.23 Adult 18-49 rating for the week ending on December 31, which represented a +10% gain in the demo vs. year ago LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT Scores Program's Largest 4th Quarter Audience Since 2009by Caryn Robbins - January 4, 2018In the fourth quarter of 2017, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT delivered CBS' largest viewer total in late night in eight years (3.88m) while increasing over its year-ago numbers by an impressive +30% (3.88m vs. 3.0m). The quarter also marks the first time THE LATE SHOW has beat The Tonight Show in a fourth quarter since 2009.
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