ABC’s The Bachelorette (1.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 5.6 million viewers) scored a season high in eyeballs Monday, sweeping primetime’s top spots in viewers and the demo to give ABC the overall victory in Nielsen’s fast nationals. The two-hour Bachelorette was even in the demo compared with last week…

NBC and Dateline continued their dominance of the Friday night ratings this week, repeating their previous victory. The NBC investigative series won top honors for the night, scoring an 0.8/4 ratings/share for the two-hour broadcast starting at 9 PM. The show also had a 4.76 million total audience. That meant a…

It was another winning hand on Friday for NBC and Dateline, as both led the ratings parade on the evening. Dateline scored an 0.7/4 rating/share among adults 18-49, luring a total of 3.60 million viewers. This follows its strong performance last weekend, when it also took top honors. That score and the strong…

NBC’s Dateline topped Friday night, scoring an 0.7/3 ratings share and 4.37 million total audience in its two-hour run starting at 9 PM, powering the network to an overall win among its peers. The big Stand Up to Cancer telecast metastisized on all four networks during the 8 PM hour. NBC also had the highest score…

The last day of August and the start of the Labor Day weekend produced the kind of calm in the ratings wars that you might expect. Friday night’s primetime ratings saw  a five-way tie for the no. 1 spot in ratings/share on the night for adults 18-49. The big five included NBC's American Ninja Warrior rerun and Dateline…

Featuring the Monday premiere of Bachelor in Paradise (1.3 rating in adults 18-49, 4.54 million viewers) and the return of The Proposal (0.6, 2.45M), ABC shared first-place status with NBC in the demo, marking that network’s first first-place finish, sans sports, since May 14. From 8-10 PM BiP ranked as Monday's top…

Everyone had something to brag about among the big three networks in Friday’s ratings war. CBS TKO: Total Knock Out, ABC’s 20/20 and NBC’s American Ninja Warrior tied for the top ratings/share on Friday night, all garnering a 0.6/3. But it was a re-run of CBS’s popular Blue Bloods that took home the total audience…

NBC’s Dateline scored a 0.6/3 in adults 18-49 in Friday night primetime, making it the demographically favored broadcast of the night, while a CBS re-run of Blue Bloods topped the total audience with 4.27 million viewers. Overall, NBC and ABC tied for the night in the network races for ratings/share at 0.5/3, while…

Fresh installments of NBC’s Dateline (0.7 rating in the 18-49 demo, 3.38 million total viewers) and  its time-slot rival, ABC’s 20/20 (0.7, 3.34M), were tied as top programs Friday night in the demo (Live+Same Day). Dateline ticked up a tenth in 18-49 from last week, and also tied with its two-hour lead-in, a rerun of…

ABC's 8-10 PM The Bachelorette (1.6, 6.27M) headlined Monday in Total Viewers and in the demo for an eighth consecutive week. The hook-up show’s overall audience was its biggest so far this season. And Bachelorette dominated NBC’s American Ninja Warrior (1.1, 5.18M) in the two hours by more than 1M viewers and 36% in…

It’s summertime, which means outdoor activities, vacations, and other seasonal lures typically make for a quiet night in ratings. Friday saw CBS score in the total viewers race, with a 9 PM re-run of Hawaii Five-O luring 3.57 million total viewers (0.4/2 rating share among adults 18-49), followed by Blue Bloods…

In addition to his tabloid tendencies and ex-employees in well positioned places, there is no doubt that Rupert Murdoch is a master of the long game. With today's Fox broadcast of England and Croatia's advancement to the World Cup semifinals along with France and Belgium, the network's airing of the 2018 FIFA…