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ABC’s primetime telecast of the 2022 NBA Draft notched a 0.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demo Thursday, while a repeat of Young Sheldon on CBS was the night’s highest-rated scripted show. According to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen, 1.77 million viewers tuned into the draft on ABC, which carried the first round…

Game 4 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final proved a win for the Colorado Avalanche and ABC on Wednesday night. A goal by Avalanche center Nazem Kadri in OT of the matchup with reigning champs the Tampa Bay Lightning put Colorado one victory away from claiming its first Stanley Cup since 2001. All that drama on the ice in…

Stranger Things 4 Vol. 1 landed 102.26 million hours viewed in its third full week of release on Netflix, the streamer said Tuesday. That was down from 159.2 million in the second full week and 335 million for the first. Twenty-four days in, Duffer Brothers’ hit period series has amassed 883.30 million hours viewed…

The Tampa Bay Lightning’s victory over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final scored another big win for ABC in primetime Monday among viewers and in key demos. From 9-11 p.m. ET, the network dominated in adults 25-54 (3.2 rating) and 18-49 (2.7) and drew 3.23 million viewers, according to Nielsen…

A pair of reruns of 60 Minutes helped CBS to dominate Sunday in total viewers in broadcast primetime, while repeats of America’s Funniest Home Videos and Celebrity Family Feud kept ABC in the 18-49 winners circle. The only new programming Sunday was a fresh episode of Duncanville (0.1 rating in adults 18-49, 520,000…

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on ABC was the big demo winner (0.9 rating) in primetime Wednesday, with more than 3.2 million viewers tuning in watch the Colorado Avalanche edge the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in overtime. Game 2 is set for Saturday at 8 p.m. ET. CBS managed to get more eyeballs, however, on the night…

The 2021-2022 television season concluded last week with NBC’s football coverage and NCIS returning to the top of the Nielsen ratings charts, and This Is Us going out with one last win for the Pearsons. As Deadline reported last month, CBS was primetime’s the most-watched broadcast network this season with an average…

Grey’s Anatomy celebrated it milestone 400th episode with a Japril return, numerous doctor exits and primetime victories. ABC was the top network on Thursday night with Grey’s Anatomy delivering both the evening’s highest demo rating and largest audience. The long-running medical drama’s dramatic two-hour Season 18 fin…

NBC, fresh off its impressive This Is Us‘ series finale, dominated primetime ratings again with the season ender of Chicago Fire. Bidding farewell the current seasons of its OneChicago titles, NBC knocked CBS’ Survivor off its throne. Heating up Wednesday at 9 p.m., Chicago Fire came to a close as the highest-rated…

UPDATE MAY 25 – 2 P.M.: In updated numbers, This Is Us‘ series finale bumped up to a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demo and 6.4  million viewers. Per NBC, the finale marked the series’ best demo rating since November 10, 2020 and the highest total viewership since November 17, 2020. Since debuting in 2016, This Is Us has…

CBS’ Monday slate had a fairly good night with nearly all series ticking up in both demo rating and viewership for their season finales. On Monday, CBS bid farewell to the current seasons of The Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola, NCIS and NCIS: Hawai’i. All titles were up in both measures from the previous week,…

Sunday night belonged only to American Idol as the singing competition dominated primetime ratings and viewership. American Idol delivered a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demo and 5.60 million viewers per fast affiliates. While holding Sunday’s top rating isn’t necessarily a new feat for the ABC singing competition, Idol…