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Two great teams. Lots of big stars. An exciting game. Big television markets. Momentum from a ratings rise during the regular season and playoffs. And it all added up to the lowest ratings for Game 1 of the National Basketball Assn.’s June finals in many years. The Thursday night NBA Finals opener between the Golden St…

Fox News again topped the cable news ratings for April, as its total day audience and primetime audience grew while other news networks saw erosion. Fox News averaged 1.52 million total viewers during the month, up 25% compared to the same month in 2021, compared to 668,000 for MSNBC, down 30%, and 582,000 for CNN…

Fox News topped the March ratings as well as the first quarter of 2022, while CNN saw its ratings rise in the past month, dominated by coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Fox News averaged 2.86 million viewers in primetime, up 19% from the same month a year earlier. MSNBC averaged 1.28 million, down 29%, and…

The Five finished January as the most watched show among total viewers, as Fox News also saw growth in its 7 PM hour with the debut of Jesse Watters. Jesse Watters Primetime debuted on Jan. 24 and helped push the hour into the top five among all cable news shows. It drew 3.3 million viewers during its launch week, and…

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt beat World News Tonight with David Muir in total viewers and a key demo during Thanksgiving week, an unusual ratings win for the Peacock. The network said that it was its first ratings win in total viewers in three years. World News Tonight still won the month of November in total…

Fox News’ The Five topped total viewers in October as the network continued to dominate the ratings over CNN and MSNBC. The Five averaged 3.11 million viewers, displacing Tucker Carlson Tonight from the No. 1 spot. Carlson’s show drew 3.08 million, followed by Hannity with 2.75 million, Special Report with Bret Baier…

Nielsen, which has had a turbulent few months as its methodology has been questioned by a range of advertising stakeholders, has unveiled a new brand identity. The new look is timed to the start of Advertising Week in New York, a hybrid event that will see a number of media and tech firms take part. In an…

Fox News topped the third-quarter ratings as well as September numbers, but all of the cable news networks showed year-over-year declines. In the third quarter primetime, Fox News averaged 2.37 million total viewers, down 32% from the same period a year earlier. MSNBC posted 1.27 million, down 40%, while CNN had…

The Media Rating Council has suspended Nielsen’s accreditation for national TV ratings, in the latest twist in a long-running drama over the efforts of a third party to effectively measure video viewing. The move, which will take effect in mid-September, applies to Nielsen’s national television service as well as…

With the first full day of games tucked away, NBCUniversal set some strong streaming numbers for the opening Saturday of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the first Olympic games since the launch of the company’s streamer Peacock. NBC reported today total audience delivery (a metric of total views from linear broadcast, cable…

While England’s rousing victory over Denmark in the UEFA EURO 2020 Soccer Championship semifinal saw massive ratings in the U.K., numbers in the U.S. through the quarterfinals weren’t too shabby, either. Through the quarterfinals (48 matches), UEFA EURO 2020 tournament soccer on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 has delivered an…

Fox News topped the June viewership figures as well as the second quarter ratings, but all of the news networks continued to show steep declines in a post-election, post Donald Trump presidency news environment. In primetime, Fox News topped with an average of 2.13 million viewers, compared to 1.31 million for MSNBC…