or


[09/10/16 - 08:39 AM]
"Dateline: Who Killed JonBenet?" Ranks as the Most-Watched Friday "Dateline" in Nearly a Year and a Half
NBC spins the numbers for Friday, September 9.

[via press release from NBC]

THE "DATELINE NBC" SPECIAL "WHO KILLED JONBENÉT?" IS THE MOST-WATCHED FRIDAY "DATELINE" IN NEALRY A YEAR AND A HALF, WINS THE NIGHT AMONG THE BIG 4 IN ALL KEY MEASURES

L+3: THE PRIOR FRIDAY'S "DATELINE" GENERATED THE BIGGEST L+3 LIFTS OF THE NIGHT ON THE BIG 4

JIMMY FALLON TOPS KIMMEL & COLBERT COMBINED IN 18-49 IN THE LOCAL PEOPLE METERS, SETH MEYERS TIES KIMMEL & BEATS COLBERT

Friday Primetime Ratings:

NBC ranks #1 Friday night among the Big 4 networks in every key measure. Note that the NBC station in San Francisco carried Major League Baseball.

A two-hour special "Dateline NBC" special, "Who Killed JonBenét?" (1.2/5 in 18-49, 1.8 in adults 25-54, 6.5 million viewers overall from 9-11 p.m. ET):

· Is currently delivering the most-watched Friday "Dateline" in nearly a year and a half (since March 20, 2015, 6.8 million viewers), pending updates.

· Is reporting "Dateline's" highest Friday 18-49 and 25-54 ratings since Feb. 26 (1.2 in 18-49, 1.8 in 25-54) and is matching "Dateline's" Friday highs since Jan. 29 in 18-49 (1.4) and March 6, 2015 in 25-54 (1.9).

· Is the #1 show of the night on the Big 4 networks in every key measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.

· Grows +50% from its first half-hour to its fourth in adults 18-49 (1.0 to 1.5), +57% in adults 25-54 (1.4 to 2.2) and 2.3 million persons or +44% in total viewers (5.2 million to 7.5 million).

· Wins the time period among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in every key measure.

· Will add substantial viewership via time-shifting - the previous Friday's "Dateline NBC" encore delivered the biggest L+3 lifts of the night on the Big 4 networks, growing by +16% in 18-49 rating (from a 0.76 to a 0.88) and 527,000 viewers overall (3.8 million to 4.4 million) going from L+SD to L+3.

The 8-9 p.m. ET special "Stand Up to Cancer" ran as sustaining programming and will not be included in nightly or weekly averages.

In Late-Night Metered Markets Friday Night:

In 18-49 in the local people meters:

· Jimmy Fallon (0.9) tops Kimmel (0.5) and "Colbert" (0.3) combined.

· Seth Meyers (0.5) ties Kimmel and beats Colbert, despite starting an hour later.

· Carson Daly (0.3) ties Colbert, despite starting two hours later, and beats a Corden encore (0.2), despite starting one hour later.

· Jimmy Fallon's Friday guests included James Spader, Mandy Moore and musical guest Jack White.

· On "Late Night," Seth Meyers and First Lady Michelle Obama visited Howard University, with guests Taran Killam & Bobby Moynihan and Corbin Maxey.

· Carson Daly's Friday guests included Nicole Byer, Elizabeth Wood and musical guest Guided by Voices.

· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 2.9/7; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 1.5/4; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.9/5.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 0.9/5; "Late Show," 0.3/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/3.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.2/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.5/5 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show" (0.9/3 with an encore). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/3 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.2/2 with an encore).

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.9/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in adults 18-49 with an encore in the 25 markets with local people meters.

NOTE: Primetime results are based on "fast affiliate time period" data from Nielsen Media Research. All ratings are "live plus same day" unless otherwise indicated.





  [september 2016]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
    


· DATELINE NBC (NBC)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[05/07/25 - 08:45 AM]
CBS Tops Multiplatform Viewership in the First Full Season of Nielsen Data Release
In 35-day multiplatform viewership average per episode among all broadcast series, CBS has four of the top six new series.

[05/06/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of April 28: No Forecast Needed: "The Four Seasons" Debuts at No. 1
In English TV, "You" Season 5 continues to stalk the top of the charts (No. 2, 10.9 million views).

[05/06/25 - 09:00 AM]
ESPN's Presentation of Sunday's Preseason WNBA Matchup Between the Indiana Fever and the Brazilian National Team Averaged 1.3M Viewers
The telecast peaked at 1.6 million viewers, and was up 13% from last year's regular season average on ESPN.

[05/04/25 - 02:09 PM]
NBC and Peacock Deliver Most Watched "Run for the Roses" Since 1989, As Sovereignty Wins 151st Kentucky Derby
Viewership peaked at 21.8 million viewers from 7-7:15 p.m. ET, as Sovereignty ran to a 1 1/2-length victory over Journalism.

[05/01/25 - 08:47 AM]
ABC News Special "President Trump the First 100 Days: The Interview in the Oval Office" Is No. 1 Program Across All Broadcast and Cable in Primetime on Tuesday
The one-hour special won the 8:00-9:00 p.m. time slot on broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (3.959 million) and took the top spot in the hour with non-sports programming in Adults 25-54 (693,000) and Adults 18-49 (475,000).

[04/30/25 - 11:03 AM]
"American Idol" Rocks the House with More Back-to-Back Wins
"American Idol" rocked the house on Sunday night with its first live coast-to-coast telecast, earning 5.31 million Total Viewers in Live+Same Day ratings.

[04/29/25 - 03:05 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
"Nightline" improved on the previous week in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, drawing its largest overall audience since February and strongest performance in both key Adult demos since January.

[04/29/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of April 21: Goodbye, "You": Final Season Lands at No. 1
In English TV, "Ransom Canyon" lassoed another 9.4 million viewers, keeping it firmly planted in the No. 2 spot.

[04/29/25 - 10:31 AM]
ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" Averaged 1.68 Million Viewers for Philadelphia Phillies Extra-Innings Win Over Chicago Cubs
Said telecast was up 31% versus last year's comparable game (Cubs-Red Sox).

[04/29/25 - 10:00 AM]
"9-1-1" Shocker Scores Five-Month Multiplatform High in Adults 18-49
After seven days of viewing on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, the April 17 episode scored 8.45 million Total Viewers and 1.74 rating among Adults 18-49.

[04/29/25 - 08:50 AM]
ESPN Platforms Averaging Largest NBA Playoffs Audience Ever Through 11 Games
The second weekend of the NBA Playoffs, Saturday, April 26, and Sunday, April 27, averaged 5,462,000 viewers on ESPN platforms, up four percent from last season.

[04/29/25 - 08:45 AM]
CBS to Hit a Record 17th Consecutive Season as the Most-Watched Network; With the Top Seven Primetime Shows
This breaks broadcast television's longest winning streak on record, also previously held by CBS, from 1955-1970.

[04/25/25 - 11:45 AM]
Food Network's "Tournament of Champions" Season Six Scores with Viewers
The season reached nearly 12 million P2+ cross-platform viewers and is on track to be Food Network's highest-rated series among P25-54 for the fifth year in a row, with ratings up +91% vs. prior six-week timeslot benchmarks.

[04/24/25 - 12:00 PM]
"Yellowjackets" Sets Record with Most Watched Season in Series History on Paramount+ with Showtime
The series is now the number two most-streamed global Showtime original ever, only behind "Dexter: Original Sin."

[04/22/25 - 02:33 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
"Nightline" saw increases on the previous week in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54, delivering its strongest news demo performance in 5 weeks.