That the NFL attracted huge audiences over its first week of the 2024 season is not any shock — it’s the largest present on TV, in any case. However the league’s opening slate of video games in week one (and the primary night time of week two) are acting at even greater ranges than standard. The week one slate of […]
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2024 Olympics Final TV Ratings: NBCUniversal Sees Huge Gains
NBCUniversal will at all times have Paris — the setting for an enormous bounceback for its Summer time Olympics efforts.
The corporate says the 2024 Olympics, which closed Sunday with a ceremony from Stade de France and a handoff to the following summer season video games in Los Angeles, averaged a mixed 30.6 million viewers throughout all platforms for its “Paris Prime” daytime telecast (2-5 p.m. ET in america) and nightly primetime reveals. That’s an enormous enchancment — 82 % — on the final Summer time Olympics three years in the past in Tokyo, which averaged 16.9 million cross-platform viewers for daytime and prime telecasts.
The Tokyo video games have been contested in largely empty venues because of COVID lockdowns, from a metropolis with a way more vital time distinction with the U.S. than Paris has. NBCU additionally considerably ramped up its streaming presence on Peacock and different digital platforms this yr, leading to broadly praised dwell protection of each sport and medal occasion.
The viewers for the 2024 Olympics additionally compares favorably to these in each 2016 (26 million viewers) and 2012 (30.3 million), although streaming was a a lot, a lot smaller element of these video games. Additionally they aired in a time earlier than Nielsen included out of dwelling viewing in its day by day numbers.
The Paris Olympics set a streaming file (courting again to 2008, when NBCU first provided dwell streams of Olympic occasions) with 23.5 billion minutes of viewing time on Peacock and the corporate’s different digital retailers. That’s 40 % larger than the mixed complete of 16.8 billion minutes for all prior Olympics (summer season and winter) within the streaming period. Have been the Paris video games thought-about a streaming sequence, they’d probably rank among the many prime 5 titles of 2024 thus far, based mostly on Nielsen’s streaming metrics.
For the 17-day run of the video games, NBCU had a day by day common of 4.1 million streaming viewers, totally on Peacock (the corporate additionally had two “Paris Further” digital retailers). NBCU additionally says certainly one of each 5 Olympics viewers frolicked with Gold Zone, the hub that always confirmed a number of occasions without delay and featured almost each gold medal-winning second.
Olympics viewing on Telemundo additionally grew, with its Spanish-language broadcasts bettering by 26 % vs. the Tokyo video games.
“These Olympics have captivated Individuals in large numbers throughout NBCUniversal platforms,” NBC Sports activities president Rick Cordella mentioned in a press release. “Led by our best-in-class engineering and manufacturing groups in Paris and Stamford, a workers of greater than 3,000 labored tirelessly to current these reimagined Video games in new and progressive methods in all dayparts and on all platforms. We’re thrilled that Individuals embraced and loved the Paris Olympics as a lot as we now have.”
Added NBCUniversal Media Group chairman Mark Lazarus, “We bought extra promoting for the Paris Olympics than for some other Video games, and we delivered for all of our companions. Parks and Studios acquired unmatched promotion, because the ‘halo impact’ boosted all of our companies. The Paris Olympics was as thrilling as we might have hoped, and we are able to’t wait to work with our companions on the IOC and USOPC in Milan-Cortina in ’26 and LA28.”
Over the ultimate weekend, the lads’s basketball gold medal sport between the U.S. and France averaged 19.5 million viewers on NBC and Peacock — greater than twice the viewers as for the ultimate matchup (between the identical two international locations) in Tokyo and essentially the most watched gold-medal hoops contest since 1996.
The Olympics halo additionally prolonged to NBC Information, with each Right now and NBC Nightly Information beating their community competitors over the run of the video games (via Aug. 8). Right now averaged 3.1 million viewers over that point, and Nightly grew to 7.64 million viewers — in comparison with 2.52 million and 5.73 million within the 4 weeks earlier than the video games started.
Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Draws Big TV Ratings
The primary ever waterborne Olympics opening ceremony drew an enormous viewers for NBCUniversal on Friday.
The official begin of the Paris video games drew 28.6 million viewers on the published community and Peacock, together with about 670,000 extra on Telemundo, in accordance customized quick nationwide figures from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. That’s the largest viewers for a Summer season Olympics opening since 2012 in London (40.7 million viewers), surpassing each 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (26.5 million) and 2021 in Tokyo (17.9 million).
Together with the Winter Olympics as effectively, Friday’s occasion — which featured performances by Girl Gaga and Celine Dion, amongst others — was the largest opening ceremony because the 2014 winter video games in Russia (31.69 million viewers).
For the opening ceremony and the remainder of the Olympics, NBC’s scores figures will mix stay telecasts in the course of the day (2-5 p.m. ET most days) and a primetime replay.
Peacock’s stream of the opening ceremony, wherein athletes from 205 delegations arrived in boats on the River Seine, grabbed 2.5 million viewers, making it essentially the most streamed opening ceremony thus far and the platform’s largest leisure occasion ever. Together with just a few competitions that preceded Friday’s ceremony, Peacock and different NBCUniversal digital platforms have amassed a billion minutes of streaming via Friday — six occasions as a lot as in Tokyo three years in the past. (Peacock’s subscriber base has grown by virtually 4 occasions because the final Summer season Olympics.)
“Final evening’s opening ceremony, some of the bold and sophisticated in Olympic historical past, was a spectacle for these in attendance in Paris, delivered an enormous viewers throughout our NBCU platforms, and set data for Peacock,” stated NBC Sports activities president Rick Cordella. “Due to the tireless effort of our manufacturing and engineering groups, and intensive promotion, we’re off to a robust begin that’s in keeping with the expectations of our NBC stations, and distribution and promoting companions. We’re in nice place as we look ahead to the following two weeks of competitors.”
TV Ratings Down a Little From 2020
The closing evening of the Republican Nationwide Conference drew the gathering’s largest TV viewers of the week, one bigger than the closing evening of the RNC 4 years in the past. It wasn’t fairly giant sufficient, nevertheless, to push the conference as an entire previous 2020’s numbers.
Thursday’s protection of the conference, operating from 10 p.m. to about 12:15 a.m. ET, averaged 25.38 million viewers throughout 14 retailers, in line with Nielsen figures. Most of that point was dedicated to Donald Trump’s speech accepting the celebration’s nomination for president for the third consecutive election. That was up about 7 p.c from the ultimate evening of the 2020 conference (23.81 million viewers throughout 13 channels). Nielsen says the viewers peaked between 10:45 and 11 p.m. ET, early in Trump’s speech, with 28.4 million viewers.
For the 4 nights of the RNC, multi-network protection averaged 19.07 million viewers, a shade underneath the 19.39 million common for the 2020 conference. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday’s audiences had been all up barely from 4 years in the past, however an enormous decline on Tuesday — which, at 14.81 million viewers, was down by 24 p.c from 2020 — dragged down the general common. (Main League Baseball’s All-Star Recreation additionally aired Tuesday and will have siphoned off some viewers.)
The overwhelming majority of the viewers for Thursday’s protection — 18.36 million viewers, or about 72 p.c of the whole — was made up of individuals over age 55. That’s in keeping with the prior three days, when about three-fourths of the viewers was from that age vary. Just below 5 million individuals (4.94 million) ages 35-54 watched Thursday, together with 1.35 million adults 18-34 and about 726,000 youngsters and youngsters.
Fox Information led all 4 nights by sizable margins, together with 9.21 million viewers on Thursday. NBC (3.89 million) beat out ABC (2.79 million) for second place on the evening, and CNN (1.97 million) took fourth. CBS introduced in 1.91 million viewers and MSNBC, 1.19 million. Protection on Scripps Information, Telemundo, Univision, CNNe, Fox Enterprise, Newsmax, NewsNation and PBS accounted for the remaining 4.42 million viewers. (Nielsen’s figures don’t embody streaming.)
Streaming Ratings June 17-23 2024
HBO’s Home of the Dragon hit its highest mark up to now in Nielsen’s streaming rankings for June 17-23.
The sequence racked up 1.23 billion minutes of viewing on Max for the week after its season two premiere (and together with a couple of hours of viewing for the second episode on June 23). HotD‘s earlier greatest displaying was 1.02 billion minutes halfway by means of its first season. Streaming figures for the present don’t embrace linear viewing on HBO.
The 1.23 billion minutes for Home of the Dragon positioned it fourth general for the week, behind repeat chief Bridgerton (2.47 billion minutes), Your Honor (1.95 billion) and Prime Video’s The Boys (1.29 billion). About 60 % of Bridgerton’s complete got here from the ultimate 4 episodes of season three, which premiered June 13. Former Showtime sequence Your Honor additionally continued to construct, rising by 3 % week to week on Netflix and Paramount+. The Boys improved as properly, including about 100 million minutes (an 8 % bump) per week after its season 4 debut.
Among the many reveals making their debuts on the Nielsen charts had been Love Island, which began its sixth season on Peacock June 11. The present had 382 million minutes, which incorporates present season episodes and previous seasons unfold throughout Peacock, Hulu and Netflix. Jessica Alba’s film Set off Warning topped the movie charts with 758 million minutes of viewing.
Nielsen’s streaming rankings cowl viewing on TV units solely and don’t embrace minutes watched on computer systems or cellular units. The rankings solely measure U.S. audiences, not these in different international locations. The highest streaming titles for June 17-23, 2024, are under.
Total
1. Bridgerton (Netflix), 2.47 billion minutes seen
2. Your Honor (Netflix/Paramount+), 1.95 billion
3. The Boys (Prime Video), 1.29 billion
4. Home of the Dragon (Max), 1.23 billion
5. Bluey (Disney+), 1.11 billion
6. Gray’s Anatomy (Hulu/Netflix), 929 million
7. Prison Minds (Hulu/Paramount+), 882 million
8. NCIS (Netflix/Paramount+), 881 million
9. Household Man (Hulu), 877 million
10. Bob’s Burgers (Hulu), 862 million
Unique Sequence
1. Bridgerton, 2.47 billion minutes
2. The Boys, 1.29 billion
3. Excellent Match (Netflix), 596 million
4. Candy Tooth (Netflix), 547 million
5. Love Island (Hulu/Netflix/Peacock), 382 million
6. Evil (Netflix/Paramount+), 369 million
7. Excellent Spouse: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini (Hulu), 363 million
8. America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders (Netflix), 354 million
9. Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+), 353 million
10. King of Collectibles: The Goldin Contact (Netflix), 298 million
Acquired Sequence
1. Your Honor, 1.95 billion minutes
2. Home of the Dragon, 1.23 billion
3. Bluey, 1.11 billion
4. Gray’s Anatomy, 929 million
5. Prison Minds, 882 million
6. NCIS, 881 million
7. Household Man, 877 million
8. Bob’s Burgers, 862 million
9. Dexter (Netflix/Paramount+), 805 million
10. Younger Sheldon (Max/Netflix/Paramount+), 711 million
Films
1. Set off Warning (Netflix), 758 million minutes
2. Inside Out (Disney+), 610 million
3. Oppenheimer (Prime Video), 411 million
4. Hit Man (Netflix), 383 million
5. Ultraman: Rising (Netflix), 370 million
6. Inform Them You Love Me (Netflix), 288 million
7. Moana (Disney+), 252 million
8. The Lego Batman Film (Max/Netflix), 250 million
9. House (2015), 231 million
10. Fifty Shades of Gray (Netflix), 219 million
Streaming Ratings June 10-16, 2024
With the beginning of latest seasons, each The Boys and Home of the Dragon returned to Nielsen’s streaming charts for the week of June 10-16. Neither one may attain the heights of Bridgerton, nevertheless, because the Netflix drama zoomed again to the No. 1 total spot with the discharge of season three’s second half.
Bridgerton amassed 3.47 billion minutes of viewing for the week — the most important single-week whole for any present to date this yr, beating the three.04 billion for Idiot Me As soon as in early January. Virtually 2.5 billion of Bridgerton’s minutes, or greater than 70 % of the full, have been for the 4 episodes that premiered June 13.
The Boys additionally opened its fourth season on Prime Video on June 13, and the present grabbed 1.19 billion minutes of watch time for the week (together with viewing of earlier seasons). That’s the biggest one-week whole for the present since Nielsen started releasing weekly streaming totals in 2020.
Home of the Dragon, in the meantime, racked up 741 million minutes of viewing on Max for the week — together with 220 million for the season two premiere on June 16, which had only some hours’ value of measurement earlier than Nielsen closed the books on the week. (Streaming figures don’t embody viewing on HBO’s cable channel.)
Six titles cracked the billion-minute mark for the week, marking simply the sixth time that’s occurred since Nielsen started gathering streaming information. Along with Bridgerton and The Boys, they have been the earlier week’s chief, Your Honor (1.89 billion minutes), Bluey (1.16 billion), Netflix’s film Hit Man (1.06 billion) and Gray’s Anatomy (1.02 billion).
Nielsen’s streaming rankings cowl viewing on TV units solely and don’t embody minutes watched on computer systems or cellular gadgets. The rankings solely measure U.S. audiences, not these in different nations. The highest streaming titles for June 10-16, 2024, are under.
General
1. Bridgerton (Netflix), 3.47 billion minutes considered
2. Your Honor (Netflix/Paramount+), 1.89 billion
3. The Boys (Prime Video), 1.19 billion
4. Bluey (Disney+), 1.16 billion
5. Hit Man (Netflix), 1.06 billion
6. Gray’s Anatomy (Netflix), 1.02 billion
7. Candy Tooth (Netflix), 971 million
8. NCIS (Netflix/Paramount+), 957 million
9. Bob’s Burgers (Hulu), 863 million
10. Prison Minds (Hulu/Paramount+), 802 million
Authentic Sequence
1. Bridgerton, 3.47 billion minutes
2. The Boys, 1.19 billion
3. Candy Tooth, 971 million
4. Good Match (Netflix), 802 million
5. Evil (Netflix/Paramount+), 449 million
6. The Acolyte (Disney+), 370 million
7. Eric (Netflix), 367 million
8. Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (Netflix), 314 million
9. Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+), 298 million
10. Futurama (Hulu), 241 million
Acquired Sequence
1. Your Honor, 1.89 billion minutes
2. Bluey, 1.16 billion
3. Gray’s Anatomy, 1.02 billion
4. NCIS, 957 million
5. Bob’s Burgers, 863 million
6. Prison Minds, 802 million
7. Household Man (Hulu), 749 million
8. Home of the Dragon (Max), 741 million
9. Heartland (Hulu/Netflix/Peacock), 740 million
10. Younger Sheldon (Max/Netflix/Paramount+), 721 million
Films
1. Hit Man, 1.06 billion minutes
2. Inside Out (Disney+), 613 million
3. Beneath Paris (Netflix), 482 million
4. Marvel (Netflix), 430 million
5. Residence (2015) (Netflix), 319 million
6. Brats (2024) (Hulu), 244 million
7. Moana (Disney+), 236 million
8. The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film (Netflix), 210 million
9. Ultraman Rising (Netflix), 187 million
10. The Lego Film (Netflix), 179 million
July 11, 2:35 p.m. An earlier model of this story had incorrect viewing time totals for Hit Man and Gray’s Anatomy.
NBC 4th of July Fireworks Show Gets Strong Ratings
NBC obtained a robust tune-in for its annual Independence Day fireworks particular.
The Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular introduced in 7.6 million viewers throughout NBC and Peacock, the perfect multi-platform exhibiting for the particular in three years. It improved barely (by 2 %) on final yr’s all-in quantity. (The 7.6 million determine consists of each the reside, two-hour particular and a one-hour replay on NBC Thursday and Peacock’s simulcast of the reside particular.)
A breakdown of the viewers between NBC and Peacock wasn’t instantly accessible. In 2023, the Fireworks Spectacular averaged about 4.57 million viewers for its reside exhibiting and a couple of.82 million for the ten p.m. replay.
Thursday’s present is NBC’s greatest leisure particular of the yr up to now, a title it’s prone to maintain for an additional three-plus months till the community’s annual broadcast of one other Macy’s-branded occasion, the Thanksgiving parade.
The 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular featured musical performances from Amber Mark, Bell Biv DeVoe, Brandy Clark, Lainey Wilson, Luis Fonsi, Mickey Guyton, Tanner Adell and the Struggle and Treaty together with an enormous fireworks show launched from the Hudson River in New York Metropolis.
Jesse Collins Leisure produced the particular. Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay are the chief producers.
Fox was the one different broadcaster airing authentic programming Thursday night time; it had a quarterfinal match (Argentina vs. Ecuador) within the Copa America soccer event. Scores weren’t accessible at publication time.
Katt Williams Special Beats Tom Brady Roast in Netflix Rankings
Netflix‘s Roast of Tom Brady bought a great deal of press protection (together with a number of tales on this very web site), however a distinct stay particular from the streamer’s Netflix Is a Joke pageant racked up extra views over the weekend.
Katt Williams: Woke Foke, which streamed stay on Saturday, Might 4, earned 4 million views (decided by whole viewing time divided by operating time) worldwide, in keeping with Netflix’s inner measurement for April 29-Might 5. That’s double the two million for the Brady roast, albeit with an additional day for customers to look at because the roast streamed Sunday night. The roast had extra whole viewing time at 6.2 million hours, to 4.1 million hours for Williams’ particular — but it surely was additionally virtually 3 times so long as Woke Foke.
That each specials made the worldwide high 10, nonetheless, is testomony to Netflix’s rising capability to host stay occasions. The streamer’s first stay stand-up particular, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, completed outdoors the worldwide high 10 for its debut in March 2023 (when Netflix ranked exhibits by whole time watched quite than views).
Woke Foke additionally scored larger in the US than The Roast of Tom Brady, ending second amongst U.S. Netflix customers, whereas the roast ranked fifth for the week. A 3rd Netflix Is a Joke particular, John Mulaney Presents: All people’s in L.A., additionally made the U.S. high 10 with its first installment (extra episodes will stream this week). Netflix doesn’t escape views or viewing time by nation.
Child Reindeer remained at No. 1 in Netlfix’s English-language TV rankings for the third consecutive week, scoring 18.6 million views. Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop-Tarts origin story Unfrosted topped the English-language movies checklist with 7.1 million views for its opening weekend. On the non-English language lists, Spain’s The Asunta Case led the collection rankings with 11.9 million views, and Kuwaiti rom-com Honeymoonish was No. 1 amongst motion pictures with 14 million views.
Streaming TV Ratings March 25-31, 2024
Netflix’s 3 Physique Downside delivered its second straight No. 1 displaying amongst streaming titles, main the rankings for the final week of March. The acquired sequence high 10 had a number of new entrants, thanks partially to a change in how Nielsen studies the numbers.
The scores service says it made an “enhancement” to its Streaming Content material Scores, which is the premise for the weekly high 10 lists, that ends in quite a lot of packages being added to the SCR product. (They weren’t beforehand “resulting from enterprise agreements which preceded the rankings, coupled with the related technical elements of measurement.”) The affected packages stream totally on Hulu and Peacock after airing on linear networks.
The upshot is that former Fox sequence The Resident (1.48 billion minutes on Hulu and Netflix) and animated mainstays Household Man (837 million minutes on Hulu) and American Dad (619 million on Hulu) all made their first look within the high 10. Regulation & Order: SVU (663 million minutes on Hulu and Peacock) can be a part of the expanded SCR pool, though it’s made the highest 10 a few occasions prior to now.
The brand new entries additionally pushed Fits out of the highest 10, ending the present’s run of 40 consecutive weeks within the rankings.
On the high of the listing, 3 Physique Downside had 1.79 billion minutes of viewing for March 25-31, up 30 p.c from the earlier week. One different present — Netflix’s Testomony: The Story of Moses — additionally reached a billion minutes of viewing. Hulu’s FX-produced Shogun (422 million minutes) was the one unique sequence not from Netflix to make the highest 10 for the week.
Prime Video’s remake of Street Home was the highest film for the second week in a row, although it fell off by about 39 p.c to 812 million minutes of viewing.
Nielsen’s streaming scores cowl viewing on TV units solely and don’t embody minutes watched on computer systems or cellular gadgets. The scores solely measure U.S. audiences, not these in different international locations. The highest streaming titles for March 25-31, 2024, are beneath.
General
1. 3 Physique Downside (Netflix), 1.79 billion minutes considered
2. The Resident (Hulu/Netflix), 1.48 billion
3. Testomony: The Story of Moses (Netflix), 1 billion
4. Bluey (Disney+), 963 million
5. NCIS (Netflix/Paramount+), 912 million
6. Household Man (Hulu), 837 million
7. Street Home (2024) (Prime Video), 812 million
8. Gray’s Anatomy (Hulu/Netflix), 778 million
9. Brooklyn 9-9 (Netflix/Peacock), 714 million
10. Murder: New York (Netflix), 680 million
Authentic Collection
1. 3 Physique Downside, 1.79 billion minutes
2. Testomony: The Story of Moses, 1 billion
3. Murder: New York, 680 million
4. The Gents (Netflix), 639 million
5. Shogun (Hulu), 422 million
6. Gabby’s Dollhouse (Netflix), 419 million
7. Bodily: 100 Underground (Netflix), 401 million
8. Shopping for Beverly Hills (Netflix), 393 million
9. Love Is Blind (Netflix), 360 million
10. Is It Cake? (Netflix), 346 million
Acquired Collection
1. The Resident, 1.48 billion minutes
2. Bluey, 963 million
3. NCIS, 912 million
4. Household Man, 837 million
5. Gray’s Anatomy, 778 million
6. Brooklyn 9-9, 714 million
7. Regulation & Order: SVU (Hulu/Peacock), 663 million
8. The Massive Bang Concept (Max), 629 million
9. American Dad (Hulu), 619 million
10. Younger Sheldon (Max/Netflix), 590 million
Films
1. Street Home (2024), 812 million minutes
2. The Accountant (Netflix), 679 million
3. Mending the Line (2022) (Netflix), 353 million
4. The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film (Netflix), 338 million
5. On the Line (2022) (Netflix), 331 million
6. Moana (Disney+), 322 million
7. Wonka (Max), 258 million
8. The Wages of Worry (2024) (Netflix), 246 million
9. Damsel (Netflix), 239 million
10. The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Model) (Disney+), 234 million