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[09/24/24 - 10:41 AM] Most-Watched ESPN "Sunday Night Baseball" Season in Five Years This season, ESPN averaged at least two million viewers four times on "Sunday Night Baseball," and the average of the top five games was up 23 percent vs. last year. |
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Most-Watched ESPN "Sunday Night Baseball" Season in Five Years
Viewership for National Marquee MLB Game of the Week Up Six Percent From Last Year
Double-Digit Growth in Key Demographics
ESPN generated its most-watched season of Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Capital One in five years - since 2019 - according to Nielsen. The 2024 campaign averaged 1,505,000 viewers across 25 games, up six percent from 2023.
The Sunday Night Baseball franchise also experienced growth in several key demographics, including Adults 18-24 (26 percent), Women 18-34 (16 percent), and Adults 18-34 (12 percent).
This season, ESPN averaged at least two million viewers four times on Sunday Night Baseball, and the average of the top five games was up 23 percent vs. last year.
ESPN platforms will exclusively broadcast the 2024 MLB Wild Card Series Presented by Capital One, starting Tuesday, October 1.
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[11/01/24 - 11:54 AM] "High Potential" Continues Linear Dominance as ABC Wins Tuesday 10 p.m. Hour in Total Viewers for First Time in 4 Years Season to date through week five, "High Potential" stands as ABC's most-watched (10.42 million) new series in six years - since the 2018-2019 season with "The Conners."
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[10/31/24 - 06:41 PM] FOX Sports Caps a Postseason for the Ages as World Series Game 5 Delivers 18.6 Million Viewers Across all networks, the 120th World Series dominated the television landscape with an average of 15,808,000 viewers, the best combined figure for the Fall Classic since 2017.
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[10/30/24 - 03:14 PM] FOX Sports Hits Grand Slam with Most-Watched World Series Game 4 Since 2016, Peaking at 18.2M Viewers Through Game 4, the 2024 World Series across all networks is averaging 14,984,000 viewers - its best start since 2017.
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[10/29/24 - 03:37 PM] World Series Game 3: Monday's Most-Watched Program On FOX, the broadcast averaged 13,208,000 viewers, making it the most-watched Game 3 since 2018.
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[10/29/24 - 12:03 PM] Netflix Top 10 Week of Oct. 21: "The Lincoln Lawyer" Courts the Top Spot; "Don't Move" Debuts at #1 The new docuseries "This Is the Zodiac Speaking" debuted at #2 with 7.5M views and the feature documentary "Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare" stole #3 (7.2M views).
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[10/29/24 - 11:30 AM] CBS Premiere Episodes Soar in Multiplatform Viewership Led by "Matlock" Premiere Amassing 22.8 Million Viewers in One Month Other highlights include the series premiere of "Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage" amassed 10.6 million multiplatform viewers in its first seven days.
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[10/28/24 - 03:50 PM] "Dancing with the Stars" Is Top Program of the Night in Adults 18-49 Season to date, "Dancing with the Stars" stands as the No. 1 entertainment program on broadcast in Adults 18-49 (0.69 rating).
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[10/28/24 - 02:05 PM] Cowboys-49ers Averages Nearly 24 Million Viewers on NBC & Peacock in Most-Watched Week 8 "Sunday Night Football" Game Ever NBC Sports' audience peaked at 26.4 million viewers in the second quarter (9:15-9:30 p.m. ET).
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[10/27/24 - 02:17 PM] Viewership Gains: World Series Off to Strongest Start Since 2017 With 13,444,000 viewers, it was the most-watched World Series Game 2 on FOX since 2018 (Dodgers-Red Sox: 13,508,000).
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[10/26/24 - 01:12 PM] Gibby, Meet Freddie: MLB Delivers 15.2M Viewers for World Series Game 1 It was the most-watched World Series Game 1 since 2017 (Astros-Dodgers: 15,328,000).
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[10/25/24 - 10:57 AM] The 2024 WNBA Season Delivers Record Viewership Across ESPN Platforms The 2024 postseason averaged 1.1 million viewers - up 139 percent over 2023's postseason - making it the most-viewed WNBA postseason in 25 years.
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[10/24/24 - 01:42 PM] "Interview with a Killer" Sets Record with Most-Watched Court TV Original Series Debut The show's initial telecasts were up +50% with Persons 2+ and +60% in P25-54, to become Court TV's top-performing original since the network began being Nielsen rated.
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[10/23/24 - 12:35 PM] "9-1-1" Concludes Wildly Exciting "Bee-Nado" Story Arc, Rising +89% in Total Viewers and +294% in Adults 18-49 Over Initial Live + Same Day Audience On linear, "9-1-1" ranked as the top entertainment program of the night in both Total Viewers (7.39 million) and Adults 18-49 (0.75 rating).
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[10/23/24 - 11:25 AM] It's a Hallmark Channel Christmas Across Entertainment Cable "'Twas the Date Before Christmas," "Holiday Crashers," and "Scouting for Christmas" became the Top 3 entertainment cable programs of the week among Households, Total Viewers, and Women and Persons 18+.
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[10/22/24 - 03:00 PM] ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" for 6th Consecutive Week Season to date, "Nightline" is up in Total Viewers (+2% - 989,000 vs. 958,000) versus the comparable weeks last season, posting its largest Total Viewer audience in 5 years - since the 2019-2020 season.
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