CBS claimed the excellence of most-watched tv community for the fifteenth straight 12 months, at the same time as these bragging rights do not imply what they used to.
The community averaged just below 6 million viewers on a typical second in prime time for the season that simply concluded, the Nielsen firm stated on Friday. NBC was the second hottest, adopted by Fox and ABC — the identical pecking order as final 12 months.
All of the networks misplaced viewers from the 12 months earlier than, with NBC’s 13% decline the steepest and Fox’s 1% drop the smallest, Nielsen stated.
CBS’ profitable streak started in a unique period, again when the point out of streaming or cord-cutting would earn a quizzical look. Its viewership common throughout that 2008-09 season was 11.75 million, practically double what it was this 12 months.
In comparability, ABC and Fox each misplaced greater than half of their dwell viewers from the 2008-09 season, whereas NBC was down 33% from that point, when it was at an ebb, Nielsen stated.
Quite merely, viewers have much more decisions at present and are accustomed to creating their very own leisure schedules. The broadcast networks additionally profit from that; CBS stated that inside 35 days, a typical episode of “CSI: Vegas” greater than doubles its viewership from the night time it first airs.
But, more and more, dwell occasions like sports activities are what brings viewers to community tv. NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” was the most well-liked program this previous season, averaging 18.5 million dwell viewers, Nielsen stated.
“Sunday Night Football” first aired on NBC in 2006. Longevity was a key part in different standard reveals. The most-watched drama on the night time it first airs, CBS’ “NCIS,” has been on the community’s schedule since 2003. The hottest comedy, CBS’ “Young Sheldon,” first aired in 2017, nevertheless it was a by-product from “The Big Bang Theory,” which started a decade earlier.
The most-watched news program in prime time, CBS’ “60 Minutes,” has been on the air since 1968. The most-watched actuality present, NBC’s “The Voice,” started in 2011.
All however two of the ten most-watched scripted reveals had been dramas. “Young Sheldon” and CBS’ “Ghosts” had been the 2 exceptions.
CBS had seven of the ten hottest scripted reveals. The others had been producer Dick Wolf’s “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago Med” and “Chicago P.D.” trilogy on NBC.
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