TV Ratings
‘Hijack’ Becomes Second Apple Series to Make Streaming Charts
Apple TV+ placed its second series ever in the streaming rankings, with Hijack claiming a spot for the week of July 31-Aug. 6. Suits dominated the overall rankings again, and The Lincoln Lawyer shot back up with the release of more episodes. Hijack recorded 357 million minutes of viewing time for the week its finale […]
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Amazon’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ Nielsen Ratings Are Under Fire
Nielsen and an industry trade group are at odds over the former’s plan to fold in Amazon viewer data to ratings for the coming season of Thursday Night Football. The ratings service is planning to incorporate some first-party data from Amazon into its national panel ratings for the 2023 season. Last year, Amazon and Nielsen […]
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‘Ahsoka’ Premiere Draws Big Audience, Disney+ Says
Disney+ is breaking with its usual practice to share some (strong) viewing numbers for the premiere of its latest Star Wars series, Ahsoka. According to the streamer, the first episode of the series, starring Rosario Dawson as the titular Jedi, has racked up 14 million views worldwide in the five days after its Aug. 23 […]
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‘Futurama’ Hits Streaming Chart With Hulu Revival
The return of Futurama found a place on the streaming charts for the final week of July. Suits spent another week as the overall No. 1, though it declined (slightly) for the first time since it hit the charts in late June. Futurama’s revival on Hulu (along with the rest of its catalog) delivered 506 […]
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Republican Primary Debate Draws 13M Viewers for Fox News Despite Trump’s Absence
With the frontrunner sitting things out, the first debate of the 2024 Republican presidential primary still drew a big audience for Fox News. Wednesday’s debate in Milwaukee, which featured eight candidates looking to challenge former president Donald Trump — who decided not to take part — averaged about 13 million viewers across platforms, according to Nielsen […]
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‘Suits’ Continues Record Run in Streaming Ratings
The summer of Suits continues, with the legal drama racking up its fourth consecutive week of more than 3 billion minutes of watch time — and resetting the record for acquired series on Nielsen’s streaming charts yet again. The former USA Network show, which streams on Netflix and Peacock, had 3.88 billion minutes of viewing for […]
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Linear TV Falls Below 50 Percent of Viewing for First Time
Broadcast and cable networks made up less than half of all TV use in July — the first time linear TV viewing has fallen below 50 percent in Nielsen’s two-plus years of tracking viewing time by platform. While overall TV use in July edged up from the previous month, the growth came in streaming — […]
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‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Starts Season 2 With Big Improvement on Streaming Chart
Season two of The Lincoln Lawyer got off to a strong start for Netflix in the streaming rankings — but another legal drama, Suits, remained a runaway No. 1. The Lincoln Lawyer recorded 1.41 billion minutes of viewing for the week of July 3-9; the first half of its second season premiered July 6. The […]
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ESPN’s ‘First Take’ Marks 12 Months of Year-to-Year Ratings Growth (Exclusive)
ESPN’s First Take wrapped July with a double-digit ratings gain over the same month last year, continuing a streak of year-to-year audience growth. July marked the 12th consecutive month that First Take’s ratings improved over the same period a year earlier. The morning show, hosted by Molly Qerim and with lead panelist Stephen A. Smith, […]
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U.S. Women, Fox Sports Draw Big Ratings at World Cup
Fox Sports drew a record TV audience for a group-stage game at the Women’s World Cup on Wednesday night. The U.S. team’s 1-1 draw against the Netherlands averaged 6.43 million viewers on Fox, making it the most watched contest in the group stages of any Women’s World Cup in the United States (with the caveat […]
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‘Suits’ Sets Record for Library Shows on Streaming Charts
Nearly four years after its last new episode aired, Suits is having a moment in the streaming world. The former USA Network series set a viewing time record for an acquired series in the week of June 26-July 2. Suits had 3.14 billion minutes of watch time, according to Nielsen, easily surpassing the previous mark […]
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‘The Bear’ Feasts in Streaming Rankings
Season two of The Bear served up a strong showing on the streaming charts for its premiere week. The FX-produced Hulu series drew 853 million minutes of viewing time for the week of June 19-25, according to Nielsen — more than twice its best showing for season one last year. The Bear made Nielsen’s top […]
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