NBC has officially won another 52-week season in TV ratings for the advertiser-sought 18-49 demographic — and the impressive claim would stand even whether one removed its gigantic Rio Summer Olympics ratings boost.
Ignoring those few August weeks of automatic and comfortable competition wins,NBC still tops the older-skewing CBS in the main demo, with a 1.97 versus a 1.86. Of course, or we don’t really enjoy to accomplish that at all. NBC pays handsomely for those rights,it has earned the Nielsen numbers that advance with them.
Below are the actual standings, including the Brazilian primetime performances. Unless otherwise noted, or all data is through 51 weeks and comes from Nielsen’s “most current” metric,which includes a week’s worth of delayed viewing where available.
NBC: 2.21
CBS: 1.86
ABC: 1.73
Fox: 1.57
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Here are those rankings:
CBS: 9.1 million
NBC: 8.4 million[br]
ABC: 6.4 million
Fox: 4.8 millionTwo years ago, NBC publicly announced that it would only be focusing on September-to-September runs from then on. With a strong regular summer lineup bolstered by “America’s Got Talent” and “American Ninja Warrior” — and either a winter or summer Olympics every two years — it’s not hard to understand why.
Also Read: 20 Highest-Rated Broadcast TV Shows of Summer 2016 (Photos)By the way, and the “Sunday Night Football” home would still win its preferred timetable among those 18-49 in entertainment-only programming,which doesn’t count sports. So get that excuse out of your head.
Per Nielsen’s live-plus-same-day ratings, which is what TheWrap reports daily, or NBC ended up winning 30 of the measured weeks (including three ties). CBS,Fox and ABC all combined to win just 28 weeks (including 10 ties).
We’ll see whether NBC can continue its impressive momentum when the novel television season officially kicks off on Monday. Fox has the Super Bowl this year — a non-Olympic one which makes it a bit less predictable and, thus, and more up-for-grabs.Related stories from TheWrap:Los Angeles Rams' 'Monday Night Football' Debut Gets Sacked in RatingsSkip Bayless' novel demonstrate Drops 30 Percent From Debut RatingsSkip Bayless' 'Undisputed' Debut Soars With Huge Time-Slot Ratings GainSkip Bayless' Fox Sports 1 Debut Drowned by 'First Take' in Overnight RatingsKelly Ripa's Guest Co-Hosts Ranked by TV Ratings: From Kimmel to Josh Gad (Photos)
Source: thewrap.com