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[09/11/18 - 11:06 AM]
NBC Clinches the 2017-18 52-Week TV Season in Both 18-49 and Total Viewers
NBC further spins the numbers for the season to date.

[via press release from NBC]

NBC CLINCHES THE 2017-18 52-WEEK TV SEASON IN BOTH 18-49 AND TOTAL VIEWERS

For the First Time in 16 Years, NBC Wins the Season as the #1 Most-Watched Network, Also Securing 5th Straight Win in Key Demo

NBC Also Claims 18-49 Victory Counting Entertainment Programming Only, or Scripted Shows Only and Alternative Programs Only

With Two Weeks Left to Count in the September to September Season, NBC Clinches #1 Finish in All Other Key Measures - Adults, Men and Women 18-34, and 25-54, Marking the First Time in 10 Years a Network Has Swept All Demo Categories

NBC's 18-49 +38% Margin Over #2 Is Biggest Percentage Advantage at This Point in People Meter History

NBC Takes the Summer of 2018 Confirming 8th Summer Victory in a Row in 18-49 and 4th Straight in Total Viewers

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - Sept. 11, 2018 - While NBC was expected to win the 18-49 demo crown for the fifth consecutive 52-week season, for the first time in 16 years the Peacock has also won the overall total-viewer race to become the Most Watched Network in America.

The network is currently generating a +38% margin of victory in 18-49 with a 1.8 rating vs. a 1.3 for ABC and CBS in second place (Fox is at 1.2), the biggest percentage advantage at this point in the season for any network in the 31-year history of Nielsen's people-meter sample. (Based on "most current" averages from Nielsen Media Research through 50 completed weeks of the season.) The 52-week season ends on Sunday, Sept. 23.

For the September to September season, NBC not only ranks #1 in 18-49 viewers counting all programs, it also wins counting entertainment programming only, as well as scripted programs only and alternative programs only; and is also #1 in alternative programs in total viewers.

"I'm extremely pleased that NBC has prevailed once again in 18-49 and all demos, but we're obviously thrilled to become America's Most-Watched Network in total viewers for the first time in 16 years," said NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt. "I'm so proud of our incomparable teams and all our division leaders - especially chief programmers Paul Telegdy, Tracey Pakosta, Lisa Katz, Pearlena Igbokwe, and Meredith Ahr - whose consistent hard work, strategic thinking, and relentless drive have pushed the network to this dominant position in a marketplace that is more competitive and challenging than at any other time in history.

"No doubt the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics (and NFL football) combined to help deliver a record number of viewers to the network this year, but it's significant to note that even excluding sports from all the averages we are still #1 in the key 18-49 demo for scripted programming and/or unscripted programming, not to mention first in total viewers in the unscripted category. Big hits like 'This Is Us,' the Chicago franchise, 'The Good Place,' 'Will & Grace, 'America's Got Talent,' 'World of Dance,' 'The Voice,' and 'Ellen's Game of Games' - to name but a few - are extremely popular, yes, but they also represent a level of upscale quality that continues to define the NBC brand."

Pacing NBC's top-ranked regular lineup for the season are television's #1 drama in 18-49 and total viewers, "This Is Us"; the #1 primetime series on television in 18-49 and total viewers ("live plus same day"), "Sunday Night Football"; the #1 alternative series in 18-49 and total viewers, "America's Got Talent"; timeslot wins generated by each of the network's "Chicago" dramas, which represent three of the top four 10 p.m. dramas on the Big 4 in 18-49; Friday's #1 newsmagazine, "Dateline NBC"; the top-scoring new in-season alternative series of the last two years, "Ellen's Game of Games"; and the most-watched new summer series, "Making It."

That regular-schedule strength was teamed this season with NBC Sports' coverage of the Super Bowl, which will rank as the most-watched program of 2018; the PyeongChang Olympics, which scored as the most dominant Winter Games on record; and "Sunday Night Football," which finished as primetime's #1 show for an unprecedented seventh consecutive season (L+SD).

In total viewers, NBC will finish the September to September season #1 for the first time in 16 years, with these "most current" total-viewer averages with two weeks left to count in the 52-week season: NBC, 7.8 million, CBS, 7.7 million; ABC, 5.5 million; Fox, 4.2 million; CW, 1.5 million. NBC last ranked #1 for a season in total viewers in 2001-02.

Even excluding all sports, NBC is running closer to CBS at this point in the season in total viewers than it's been in 15 years, since 2002-03 (currently within 1.044 million total viewers of CBS excluding sports, best since the gap was 614,000 in 2002-03).

Among all programs, NBC is winning the season not only in adults 18-49, but also ranks #1 among the Big 4 networks in every other key demographic -- adults, men and women 25-54; men and women 18-49; and adults, men and women 18-34. It's the first time in 10 years a network has won the 52-week season in every key demographic and total viewers, a feat that was last accomplished by Fox in 2007-08.

NBC has won 33 weeks this season in adults 18-49 among the Big 4 networks (including five ties, L+SD), while CBS, ABC and Fox have won a combined 24 weeks (including seven ties), marking the fifth season in a row NBC has won more weeks in 18-49 than the other Big 4 networks combined.

NBC's primetime lineup has also dominated the ratings for the summer of 2018, and is headed toward its eighth consecutive summer win in adults 18-49 and fourth in a row in total viewers.

In late-night, NBC leads the season in the daypart's key demographic of adults 18-49 with "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers," both of which have won their timeslots in "live plus same day" Nielsens versus the broadcast competition every week this season when in originals.

Leading late-night overall for the season is "Saturday Night Live," which averaged 9.4 million viewers (L+7, originals only). That made this the show's second-most-watched season in 23 years, since "SNL" averaged 9.9 million viewers for originals at this point in 1994-95, trailing over that span only last year's election-fueled average of 11.0 million viewers

2017-18 Primetime Averages thru 50 Weeks, "Most Current"
NBC... 1.8
ABC... 1.3
CBS... 1.3
Fox... 1.2
CW... 0.5

Total Viewers
NBC... 7.8 million
CBS... 7.7 million
ABC... 5.5 million
Fox... 4.2 million
CW... 1.5 million





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· AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (NBC)
· CHICAGO FIRE (NBC)
· CHICAGO MED (NBC)
· CHICAGO PD (NBC)
· DATELINE NBC (NBC)
· ELLEN'S GAME OF GAMES (NBC)
· MAKING IT (NBC)
· SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (NBC)
· SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (NBC)
· THIS IS US (NBC)





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