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ABC on Sunday saw the return of The Rookie, which hit its highest rating in a year with a 0.8 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.89 million viewers, its second-largest viewership total ever. The Nathan Fillion-starring series benefited from American Idol (1.4, 7.46M) as its lead-in, with the reality singing…

Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown resumed its place atop the Friday demo wars, scoring an 0.7 for its two-hours of mayhem. WWE Super ShowDown is looming, and Friday’s match saw Hall of Famer Goldberg leveled "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, while Naomi is headed for a SmackDown Women's Championship Match with Bayley. For ABC…

It was a big night for multiple winner Daddy Yankee at the Premio Lo Nuestro awards, and it was a very big night for Univision. Taking over the Spanish-language network's entire primetime, the 32nd annual Latin music show was a star-studded night with Ricky Martin, Natti Natasha, J Balvin, Sebastián Yatra, Christian…

UPDATE: The latest Democratic presidential debate drew a record 19.7 million viewers for NBC News and MSNBC. The networks said that it was the most watched Democratic debate in history. It also topped the 18.1 million who watched the second night of the Democratic debate in June. That event was broadcast by NBC News…

NBC’s favorite heartfelt, tear-jerking family drama This Is Us kept its spot as Tuesday’s highest-rated show, drawing a 1.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and roping in 6.42 million viewers. Although down a tenth, This Is Us along with Ellen's Game of Games (1.0, 4.61M) and New Amsterdam (0.7, 4.75M), which…

The finale of NBC’s America’s Got Talent: Champions ticked up Monday night, hitting its highest rating since the show’s season premiere with a 1.2 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 7.57 total million viewers, making it the most-viewed show in primetime. The reality competition’s season-ender grew two tenths from…

Turner Sports said its coverage of Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game, simulcast live on TNT and TBS from Chicago’s United Center, drew an average of 7.3 million viewers, an 8% increase over last year’s game. That made it the night’s most-watched program on all of cable TV. The annual midseason showcase, capping a full…

American Idol returned for its third season on ABC on Sunday, with the venerable music competition show scoring a night-leading 1.5 Live+Same Day rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 8.05 million total viewers. It led a night of primetime that otherwise took a breath after a stretch that included the Grammys…

The NBA All-Star Weekend 2020 Saturday night coverage showed gains across all platforms, the network claimed. The preliminaries to the actual All-Star game today saw the Skills Challenge, a unique obstacle course that tests the participants' ball-handling, passing and dribbling abilities while under pressure; the…

The Masked Singer has replicated its winning formula in the UK after the singing contest ended on a big ratings high for commercial broadcaster ITV. The final episode of the Bandicoot TV-produced entertainment show was watched by 6.4M viewers at 7PM on Saturday night, according to live BARB figures provided by…

The CBS crime drama lineup took the latest Friday night demo wars, posting an 0.7 across the board and helping the eye network to a victory based on audience totals. Fox’s two-hour WWE Friday Night SmackDown had the same demo score of 0.7, but trailed in overall audience, giving the decision to CBS. For CBS, MacGyver…

The one-two punch of Station 19 and Grey’s Anatomy made ABC the top-rated network in primetime Thursday, a night that saw the second week of midseason offerings Indebted on NBC and Katy Keene on the CW fall from their premieres, and CBS’ Tommy starring Edie Falco hold steady. It was CBS with the night’s most-watched…