TV Ratings
‘Not Dead Yet’ Scores ABC’s Best Comedy Launch Since ‘The Conners’
ABC’s first-year comedy Not Dead Yet is showing strong signs of life. The pilot episode of the Gina Rodriguez-led series, produced by 20th Television, has pulled in the biggest debut audience for a comedy on the network in more than four years — since The Conners premiered in October 2018. Over its first five weeks […]
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‘The Night Agent’ Opens Big for Netflix
Netflix viewers spent a lot of time tracking The Night Agent last week. The thriller from Sony Pictures TV and creator Shawn Ryan rocketed to No. 1 on the streamer’s internal charts for the week of March 20-26. The Night Agent, which premiered March 23, amassed 168.17 million hours of viewing worldwide over its first […]
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TV Ratings: ‘Succession’ Season 4 Debut Nabs Series High
The final season of Succession began with the HBO show’s biggest first-night audience to date. Sunday’s fourth-season premiere drew 2.3 million cross-platform viewers, according to Nielsen and first-party streaming data from HBO. That’s the biggest tune-in for the show ever, passing the 1.7 million who watched the season three finale in December 2021. Per Nielsen, […]
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‘Outer Banks,’ ‘The Last of Us’ Come Up Big in Streaming Rankings
Netflix’s Outer Banks was far and away the most streamed title in Nielsen’s rankings for the week its third season premiered — but viewers’ time wasn’t taken up entirely by the new batch of episodes. The Last of Us also had another strong showing on HBO Max in the week of Feb. 20-26, leading the acquired […]
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‘Power Book II’ Sets Opening Weekend Ratings Record for Starz
The third season premiere of Power Book II: Ghost drew the biggest opening weekend audience ever for a Starz series, the premium cable outlet says. The show’s March 17 debut brought in 5.8 million viewers across all platforms over its first three days, according to Nielsen and internal data. That makes it the biggest premiere […]
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‘You’ Repeats Atop Streaming Rankings
Netflix’s You spent a second week at the top of the streaming TV chart — though it fell off a little bit in the week after its fourth season premiered. New Amsterdam also put up more strong numbers on Netflix and Peacock, and The Woman King performed solidly in its streaming debut. You had 1.47 billion […]
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Tubi Joins Nielsen Platform Rankings, Overtakes Pluto TV
The Fox-owned streaming platform Tubi made its debut in Nielsen’s monthly platform rankings, becoming the second FAST service to break into the rankings. Tubi captured 1 percent of all TV use in February, moving ahead Paramount Global’s Pluto TV (0.7 percent) in Nielsen’s Gauge snapshot. Pluto was the first FAST offering to make the rankings, […]
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TV Ratings: Oscars Rise to Three-Year High
The Oscars grew their TV audience for the second consecutive year, scoring the highest ratings for the show since 2020. Sunday’s broadcast of the 95th Oscars averaged 18.76 million viewers and a 4.03 rating among adults 18-49 on ABC, according to time zone-adjusted fast national ratings from Nielsen (the numbers include out-of-home viewing). That’s a […]
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‘The Last of Us’ Passes ‘House of the Dragon’ in Full-Season Viewers
The first-season finale of The Last of Us brought in the show’s biggest audience to date. Sunday’s finale averaged 8.2 million viewers across all platforms for HBO, up slightly from the previous week’s 8.1 million and an opening-night high for the nine-episode season. According to HBO, The Last of Us’ first six episodes are averaging […]
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‘You’ Stalks No. 1 Spot on Streaming Charts
The season four premiere of You brought the Netflix thriller back to the top of the streaming charts — but not at quite as high a level as its previous run. The first half of the show’s fourth season helped You log 1.73 billion minutes of viewing time for the week of Feb. 6-12. It was […]
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‘Chris Rock: Selective Outrage’ Makes Netflix’s U.S. (But Not Global) Top 10
Netflix’s first live stand-up special, starring Chris Rock, pulled in enough viewers to make the streamer’s top 10 shows in the United States last week. It could not, however, break into the worldwide rankings. The latter result was expected within Netflix, given that Chris Rock: Selective Outrage — the platform’s first foray into live programming — was […]
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TV Ratings: ‘The Last of Us’ Hits Same-Day High Ahead of Season Finale
The penultimate episode of The Last of Us drew the show’s largest first-night audience so far — and the season as a whole is nearing House of the Dragon territory in the ratings. Sunday’s episode, titled “When We Are in Need,” delivered 8.1 million viewers across all platforms, according to HBO. That’s a high for […]
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