TV Ratings
Streaming Ratings: ‘Prison Break’ Absconds With No. 1 Overall Ranking
In its second week on Netflix, Prison Break rocketed to the top of Nielsen’s streaming rankings. The former Fox series, which also streams on Hulu, was added to Netflix on July 29 and made its streaming chart debut that week. For the week of Aug. 5-11, it more than doubled the previous frame’s viewing time, […]
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YouTube Claims No. 1 Spot Among TV Distributors in July
YouTube became the first streaming service to command more than 10 percent of all TV use in the United States in July. That number also is good for another first: YouTube was the top distributor of TV programming for the month, dethroning Disney and becoming the first streaming-only company to lead Nielsen’s media distributor rankings. […]
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Harris-Walz Interview Draws 6M Viewers for CNN
The first televised interview with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her VP pick, Tim Walz, drew a sizable audience for CNN on Thursday night. The 50-minute interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash drew 6.31 million viewers, according to final same-day ratings from Nielsen. That’s up from 5.99 million in earlier ratings, which didn’t include […]
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Streaming Ratings: No Originals Make Overall Top 10 for First Time Ever
The Olympics brought in very strong streaming numbers for Peacock during the first full week of the games. For other streamers? Not so much. No original series or movie made the overall top 10 titles in Nielsen’s streaming rankings for the week of July 29-Aug. 4. That’s a first in the four-year history of the […]
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‘Chimp Crazy’ on Pace for Multiyear Viewer Highs for HBO Doc Series
HBO’s Chimp Crazy is looking like it will be the outlet’s most watched documentary series in several years. The show, from Tiger King director Eric Goode, isn’t drawing The Last of Us-level (or even Curb Your Enthusiasm-level) audience numbers. But Chimp Crazy is on pace to be the biggest docuseries at HBO since McMillions in […]
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TV Ratings: Democratic Convention Closes With 26M Viewers, Edging RNC Final Night
The closing of the Democratic National Convention drew a big audience Thursday — topping both the final night of the party’s gathering four years ago and that of the Republican convention in July. Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the party’s nomination to top the Democratic ticket and oppose Republican nominee Donald Trump. Coverage of the […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘Those About to Die’ Gets Olympics Boost
Most people who watched Peacock in the week of July 22-28 were watching the Olympics — but two other shows on the NBCUniversal streamer also had a pretty good week. The swords-and-sandals drama Those About to Die moved into the top 10 original series for the week (it premiered on July 18), likely with an assist […]
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Olympics Push Peacock (and Overall TV Use) to Rare July Bump
The Olympics didn’t begin until near the end of July, but even in just a few days, their effect on TV viewing in the United States was noticeable. Overall TV use increased by about 2.3 percent in July compared to June, according to Nielsen. That’s a rarity for the month, when usage levels typically drop […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘The Boys’ Hits No. 1 Overall With Season 4 Finale
The Boys ascended to its highest mark ever in Nielsen’s streaming rankings for the week of its fourth season finale, and Netflix’s movie Hillbilly Elegy had a resurgence after Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance — whose memoir is the source material for the film — became the Republican nominee for vice president. The Boys recorded 1.33 billion minutes […]
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Olympics Close With Huge Ratings Gains for NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal will always have Paris — the setting for a huge bounceback for its Summer Olympics efforts. The company says the 2024 Olympics, which closed Sunday with a ceremony from Stade de France and a handoff to the next summer games in Los Angeles, averaged a combined 30.6 million viewers across all platforms for its “Paris […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘House of the Dragon’ Climbs to No. 1 Overall
Overall streaming numbers for July 8-14 came down a fair amount from the record-breaking previous week. HBO’s House of the Dragon, however, was virtually even with its prior viewing total — which was good enough to move it to the top spot for the first time. House of the Dragon amassed 1.27 billion minutes of viewing […]
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TV Ratings: ‘House of Dragon’ Finale Scores Season High
The season finale of House of the Dragon may have left some viewers underwhelmed, but a lot of them tuned in. The HBO series drew its largest first-night audience of the season on Sunday with 8.9 million viewers across all platforms. That’s a 14 percent improvement over the season premiere in June and about 800,000 […]
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