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A&E’s ‘Duck Dynasty’ Season Finale Watched by 9.6 Million Viewers A&E’s monster hit, Duck Dynasty, continues to break new records with the third season finale delivering an incredible 9.6 million total viewers for the one-hour episode. Season three of Duck Dynasty averaged 8.4 million total viewers, 4.8 million Adults 18-49 and 4.7 million Adults 25-54, making it cable’s #1... Read More »
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ESPN Has Highest-Ever Friday Masters Ratings, Audience With an average of 4.2 million people watching, ESPN’s live telecast of the 2013 Masters Tournament on Friday, April 12, was the highest-rated and most-viewed Friday coverage for the event on ESPN and the fourth-largest audience ever to watch golf on cable. ESPN’s telecast earned a 3.5 household coverage rating. ‘Deadliest Catch’... Read More »
Listing TV’s top shows? Look to
Cable’s top shows continue to stack up well against broadcast at midseason. Four cable programs placed among the top 15 TV shows in adults 18-49, broadcast or cable, last week, the week ended March 10. “The Walking Dead” was once again the top show of the week on television, drawing 7.24 million viewers in the demo, according to... Read More »
2013 NFL Scouting Combine Posts Record...
NFL coaches, scouts, executives and a few lucky fans may have been the only ones allowed inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to witness the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine Presented by Under Armour, but NFL Media delivered the event to a record audience around the world. A record high total of 7.25 million viewers watched coverage of the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine Presented by Under Armour on... Read More »
Cable’s game for Super Bowl Sunday
A gigantic crowd will tune in to Sunday’s Super Bowl, likely more than 100 million people. But all-encompassing as the event may seem, not everyone actually wants to watch the big game. Only about half of households using televisions will actually tune in, which means more than 100 million other viewers up for grabs. Many of them will look... Read More »
Puppy Bowl Now Mastiff-sized
Apparently there’s a lot of money in dog videos. In 2012, Animal Planet enjoyed a 17 percent uptick in its key demo ratings (adults 25-54) over the last year and, in fact, helped to offset declines at heavy-hitting sister networks Discovery and TLC in several categories. Now, the network is doubling down on one of its flagship shows, namely Puppy... Read More »
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Giants-Redskins Delivers 16.2 Million Viewers The ESPN MNF game telecast between the Redskins and Giants delivered an 11.9 household coverage rating (10.2 US), representing an average of 11.7 million households and 16.2 million viewers. Through the first 13 weeks of the NFL season (14 games), MNF is averaging a 9.7 household coverage rating (8.4 US), 9.56 millon households and... Read More »
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Chiefs-Steelers Delivers 9.5 Rating and 12.82 Million Viewers ESPN’s MNF telecast of the Chiefs-Steelers game delivered a 9.5 household coverage rating (8.2 US), representing an average of 9.35 million households and 12.82 million viewers, according to Nielsen. Through the first 10 weeks of the NFL season (11 games), MNF is averaging a 9.7 household coverage rating (8.4 US), 9.54... Read More »
