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The night before a major holiday is normally Death Valley for programming. Despite the lockdown limiting outside activities, this year proved no exception, as reruns, repeats and encore performances kept the Friday overall numbers down on the evening. Reruns of ABC’s Shark Tank and NBC’s two-hour Dateline, plus a new…

In what is perhaps television’s most COVID-19-proof schedule for 2020-21, Fox’s MyNetworkTV is welcoming back an array of off-net staples and adding even more Dateline and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Unlike its corporate siblings at the Fox broadcast network, which is contending with coronavirus on the live sports…

Fox’s WWE SmackDown maintained its spot as the top-rated program in Friday primetime, topping the competition last night with a 0.7 rating in the adults-18-49 demographic and 2.41 million viewers. The two-hour show was even with its return to the schedule last week, and gave the network the overall victory in the…

For many, Friday night is Date Night. For NBC, Friday night was Dateline’s night, as the news show topped the 18-49 demo wars for the evening, coming in at 0.6/4 and 3.39 million viewers. Combine that with American Ninja Warrior’s strong 0.5/4 and 2.54 million for its 8-10 PM encore, and NBC breezed to the top of the…

It looks like audiences are invested in Hannah finding true (or temporary) love in this season of ABC’s The Bachelorette, as the reality dating competition series held steady to take the top spot in Monday’s primetime ratings with a 1.5 rating and 5.66 million viewers in the adults 18-49 demographic. Meanwhile, The Cod…

It’s a back-to-back Friday night victory for NBC’s Dateline, as the newsmag held steady over last week and once again topped the evening’s demo wars with an 0.6/4 and 3.26 million viewers, helping the peacock network to an overall victory over its rivals. The Dateline triumph was helped by a strong lead-in from America…

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…