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Brock Lesnar and Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown topped the demo competition on Friday with an 0.5. The perennial Friday night wrestling winner was the winner in the 18-49 and 18-34 demos, respectively. However, CBS crime drama Blue Bloods won the largest audience honors, serving 5.78 million viewers while pulling in…

For the third week in a row, Fox has topped Thursday primetime with its coverage of NFL Football. Last night, the network’s broadcast of the Denver Broncos-Cleveland Browns game drew in the evening’s highest rating and most viewers. The game saw the Browns walk away victorious 17-14 against their Denver opponents. Per…

A double overtime game between two of the NBA’s most storied teams boosted ESPN’s Wednesday night ratings to its highest level in 18 years, back at the dawn of the league’s baggy shorts era. Last night’s New York Knicks double overtime victory over the Boston Celtics averaged 1.96 million viewers, peaking with 2.87…

Having already been celebrated as Netflix’s all-time biggest series, Squid Game has claimed its first official No. 1 title on Nielsen’s weekly U.S. streaming chart. The dystopian Korean thriller, which Netflix this week said has been seen by an astounding 142 million households, more than doubled the No. 2 title for…

CBS and NBC reigned supreme Wednesday in primetime as Survivor and Chicago Fire led the charge. Survivor returned to CBS to take the top ratings spot, earning a 1.0 in the 18-49 demographic and 5.41 million viewers, per Nielsen fast affiliates. The competition series jumped by two tenths in the demo rating and was…

The Bachelorette is back in full swing for fall as the reality series returned to ABC for its 18th Season. Last night’s two-hour premiere introduced teacher Michelle Young and the numerous men set to compete for a shot with her at the Indian Wells Resort in Palm Springs. Opening to a 0.7 demo rating and 2.84 million…

Maid, which stars Margaret Qualley and Andie MacDowell, is on track to beat The Queen's Gambit as Netflix's most-watched limited scripted series. The drama, which centers on Qualley's Alex, a single mother who turns to housekeeping to make ends meet as she battles against poverty, homelessness and bureaucracy, is set…

Netflix revealed Tuesday that it plans to shake up the way it measures and releases ratings data. The streamer, in reporting its third quarter financials, noted that it will switch to reporting on hours viewed for its shows and movies rather than the number of households or accounts that choose to watch them. This…

Fox and ABC have broken NBC’s Monday-topping streak as the latest episodes of 9-1-1 and Dancing With The Stars tie to top ratings. Both 9-1-1 and Dancing with the Stars drew in a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic, besting The Voice‘s 0.7. Last night’s Dancing with the Stars (0.8, 5.09M) saw Olivia Jade Giannulli and…

NBC disaster drama series La Brea has avoided a linear ratings sinkhole and instead taken off on Peacock and among the younger demo. The premiere episode of the series, which stars Natalie Zea, has more than doubled in total viewers since its September 28 launch,  from 6.4 million viewers, per Nielsen overnights, to…

Logan, Kendall and the rest of the dysfunctional Roy family returned to HBO for Season 3 of Succession on Sunday, hitting a milestone for HBO in the process. Drawing more than 1.4 million viewers across all platforms, the Emmy-winning drama marked the best premiere night performance of any HBO original series since HBO…

Another week, another Sunday victory for NBC as its Sunday Night Football matchup featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks drew primetime’s top numbers. The game, which the Steelers won  23-20, scored a 3.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 13.12 million viewers in pre-adjusted Nielsen fast…