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Tv Ratings
The Oscars Got a Barbenheimer Ratings Boost The show had its highest numbers in four years, pulling in nearly 20 million viewers.
A Good Night for the Oscars and The Last of Us Both programs went head to head Sunday night — and both networks had reason to be happy about their ratings performances.
By Josef Adalian
Dragons vs. Elves: Who Has the Better Release Strategy? Streamers say time slots are irrelevant. Maybe they’re wrong.
By Josef Adalian
tv ratings
Sept. 29, 2022
The Rings of Power Ratings Are In, and They’re Good Nielsen weighs in on the Lord of the Rings versus Game of Thrones battle.
By Josef Adalian
When Broadcast Shows Move to Streaming, Do Viewers Follow? If the show is Thursday Night Football, the answer is yes.
By Josef Adalian
A Lotta People Watched the Dragon Show The Game of Thrones prequel drew the most viewers for an HBO premiere ever.
By Josef Adalian
don’t call it a comeback
Mar. 28, 2022
The 2022 Oscars Had 50 Percent More Viewers Than Last Year Making the broadcast the second -lowest-watched ceremony of all time.
By Josef Adalian
the streaming wars
May 13, 2021
The Real Story Behind Netflix’s Top 10 Lists And what the company is doing to them next.
By Josef Adalian
The 2021 Oscars Were the Least Watched Ever Less than half of the viewership of the previous Oscars.
By Josef Adalian
keeping up with the royals
Mar. 9, 2021
Why We Watched Oprah Interview Meghan and Harry The widely viewed special felt like a turning point in an ongoing TV saga that millions of Americans have been following for decades.
By Jen Chaney
awards season
Mar. 2, 2021
By Josef Adalian
election 2020
Nov. 4, 2020
By Josef Adalian
election 2020
Oct. 16, 2020
Biden Beat Trump in the Town Hall TV-Ratings Battle Biden’s ABC town hall had the benefit of a stronger lead-in.
By Josef Adalian
Why Are Pandemic Sports Ratings So Terrible? Some theories on why viewers have unexpectedly turned away in droves.
By Will Leitch
election 2020
Sept. 30, 2020
By Josef Adalian
the industry
Sept. 21, 2020
By Josef Adalian
How 90 Day Fiancé Became a Reality-TV Empire Six years in, a once modestly successful reality show has evolved into what TLC president Howard Lee calls “our version of a Marvel Comics Universe.”
By Josef Adalian
Should ViacomCBS Blow Up Its Streaming Strategy? How the company can catch up in the streaming wars.
By Josef Adalian
The Last Dance Is ESPN’s New Ratings ChampThe premiere of the Michael Jordan docuseries gave the network its best-ever documentary ratings, easily surpassing O.J.: Made in America.
By Josef Adalian
Tiger King Is a Gigantic Hit for NetflixThe WTF-filled docuseries drew an audience of 19 million U.S. TV viewers in its first ten days, according to Nielsen.
By Josef Adalian
oscars 2020
Feb. 10, 2020
This Was the Least-Watched Oscars Ever Oscar ratings in general have been in free fall in recent years.
By Josef Adalian
23 Million People Watched a Celebrity Pretend to Be a Robot on The Masked Singer The Super Bowl bet paid off with a massive (if expected) ratings boost for the camp-tacular reality show.
By Josef Adalian
Jeopardy: GOAT Is Shaping Up to Be a Ratings GiantThe rush to duplicate its success is likely already underway.
By Josef Adalian
Watchmen Is a Solid Hit for HBO, But Will It Return for a Second Season?Based on the ratings, there’s little doubt HBO would love to bring Watchmen back.
By Josef Adalian
the industry
Nov. 22, 2019
The Hottest Trend in Music Award Shows Is … Nostalgia? With Toni Braxton, Green Day, and Shania Twain, the American Music Awards is the latest show to embrace the past.
By Josef Adalian
More Than 6.6 Million People Watched Last Night’s Democratic Debate It’s the smallest audience this year for a Democratic debate, but it’s common for ratings to slip as the campaign wears on.
By Josef Adalian
Over 13 Million People Watched the First Day of Impeachment Hearings Wednesday’s congressional hearings drew a bigger audience than anything else on TV.
By Josef Adalian
the industry
Oct. 16, 2019
By Josef Adalian
tv ratings
Sept. 25, 2019
By Josef Adalian
the industry
Sept. 23, 2019
The 2019 Emmys Were a Ratings Disaster But they didn’t have to be. Here are a few modest proposals on how to fix things.
By Josef Adalian
CBS Took a Big Gamble on Love Island This Summer. Did It Pay Off? Love Island hasn’t been a TV sensation, but its renewal is still a no-brainer.
By Josef Adalian
Almost 10 Million People Watched Bernie Sanders Yell at Tim Ryan But compared with recent history, it’s a decidedly disappointing number.
By Josef Adalian
People Actually Watched Trump’s Fourth of July Special On the bright side, people still preferred NBC’s Macy’s special
By Josef Adalian
The First Democratic Debates for 2020 Probably Won’t Break Any Ratings Records Millions will watch, but it’ll be a shock if ratings come anywhere close to matching the 2016 election cycle.
By Josef Adalian
How Chernobyl Became HBO’s Surprise Monday-Night Hit With a cumulative audience of 6 million, this nuclear-disaster miniseries is anything but radioactive to viewers.
By Josef Adalian
game of thrones
Apr. 30, 2019
By Josef Adalian
this! is! jeopardy!
Apr. 18, 2019
James Holzhauer’s Jeopardy! Win Was the Biggest Thing on TV Last Night The Jeopardy! star’s record-breaking episode drew higher ratings than anything else on prime time.
By Josef Adalian
How Grey’s Anatomy Toppled ER As Prime-Time TV’s Longest-Running Medical Drama What’s even more amazing than Grey’s longevity is how massively popular it remains with audiences.
By Josef Adalian
Oscars See Ratings Bump, Host Be Damned There was a slight improvement over last year.
By Josef Adalian
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