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[11/18/11 - 08:58 AM] ABC's Special "20/20" Draws the Net's 2nd Biggest Audience in the Slot in 10 months ABC spins the numbers for Thursday, November 17. |
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[via press release from ABC] |
ABC's Special "20/20" Draws the Net's 2nd Biggest Audience in the Slot in 10 months
Some early info on ABC's Thursday, ahead of the regular press release.
During the 8 o'clock hour, A Special Edition of 20/20 - Regis Philbin: The Morning Maestro with Katie Couric pulled in a strong 8.0 million viewers on average, drawing ABC's biggest audience in the hour in 8 weeks (since 9/22/11) and its 2nd largest viewer count in 10 months - since 1/20/11. On the program, which gained viewers (+8%) and young adults (+14%) from its first half-hour to its second half-hour, the undisputed king of morning television welcomed Katie Couric and ABC News cameras to capture a side of Regis Philbin rarely seen.
· The ABC newsmagazine boosted the Net's delivery in the hour by 1.8 million viewers and by 7% in Adults 18-49, over its averages in the time period with original programming this season.
Gaining sharply on its Adult 18-49 lead-in at 9pm (+67%) and building from its first to second hour (+8%), ABC's 2-hour fall finale of Private Practice moved up to #1 from 10-11pm, beating CBS' Mentalist (+4%) and NBC's Prime Suspect (+136%). In addition, Private Practice finished as the #1 drama in Thursday's 10pm hour for the 8th straight week with Adults 18-34 and Women 18-34.
· Private Practice generated the series' 2nd-most-watched telecast since its September season premiere (on 9/29/11).
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[05/26/25 - 01:09 PM] Influx of Viewers Raises Global Audience to Over 90 Million for "The Last of Us" In the U.S., the season 2 finale last night saw 3.7 million cross-platform viewers.
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[05/26/25 - 01:02 PM] 17-Year High: FOX Sports Delivers 7.05 Million Viewers for Indianapolis 500 Sunday's 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 peaked at 8.4 million viewers from 4:15 PM ET - 4:30 PM ET.
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[05/22/25 - 12:18 PM] "Survivor" Finale Is CBS' Most-Watched Wednesday in a Year The three-hour season 48 finale was the #1 broadcast of the night among Adults 25-54 with 0.9.
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[05/21/25 - 02:57 PM] "60 Minutes" Closes Out 2024-25 Season on Top as America's #1 News Program CBS' flagship news broadcast grew compared to the previous year, with 16 billion minutes watched across linear and streaming.
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[05/21/25 - 09:14 AM] NBC Delivers More Young NFL Viewers Than Any Media Partner, as "Sunday Night Football" Finishes TV Season as Primetime's No. 1 Show for Record 14th Consecutive Year In addition, NBC delivered more NFL viewers under age 50 than any other NFL media partner across all game windows (minimum seven games), and topped all media partners in the coveted Adult 18-34 and Adult 18-49 demographics.
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[05/20/25 - 10:18 AM] Peacock's "Poker Face" Season 2 Hits Nielsen Top 5 The series' sophomore season also debuted as the #2 streaming original based on average audience in that same week.
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[05/20/25 - 09:00 AM] 2025 NBA Playoffs Viewership Up 12 Percent from Last Year on ESPN Platforms Game 7 of the Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder series on ABC averaged 6,340,000 viewers, and peaked with 7,632,000 viewers at 5:15 p.m. ET.
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