Nielsen said that an estimated 24.2 million watched President Joe Biden‘s press conference on Thursday, a figure that is roughly half the audience for CNN’s presidential debate last month.
Just over 19 million of those viewers were 55 and over; 3.58 million were 35-54; and 1 million were 18-34.
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Survivor debuted as the number one show in key demos helping CBS to an easy win.
It was lower than Season 45 (Fall 2023) of Survivor that averaged a 0.79 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 4.96 million viewers.
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The “sneak peak” premiere of Jennie Snyder Uraman’s reimagening of the Andy Griffin classic with Bates as the eponymous attorney averaged 7.73 million viewers Sunday in time adjusted Fast National L+SD Nielsen ratings.
That was CBS’ largest audience for a non-post-Super Bowl series premiere in five and a half years, since The Code‘s April 9, 2019 debut after NCIS.
ABC’s World News Tonight continued its winning streak as the most-watched evening newscast for the eighth straight season, and even as the number one show in all of broadcast and cable, with and without sports, for 24 of the 52 weeks, per ABC.
For the 2023-24 season, World News Tonight averaged 7.72 million viewers, down 5% from a season earlier, while NBC Nightly News averaged 6.44 million, down 4%; and CBS Evening News averaged 4.65 million, down 4%.
In the 25-54 demo, World News Tonight averaged 1.07 million, down 17%, while NBC Nightly News was at 955,000, down 14%; and CBS Evening News was at 665,000, down 12%.
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NCIS opened Season 22 with 6.4 million viewers and a 0.4 rating, on par with its previous averages…
NCIS: Origins’ double-episode series debut averaged 5 mil and a 0.3, shy of time slot predecessor NCIS: Hawaii’s Live+Same Day Season 3 averages (5.2 mil/0.35, not up against Monday Night Football).
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Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage is picking up where predecessors The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon left off — as the most watched program on broadcast Thursday night.
The Young Sheldon spinoff opened with 6.563 million total viewers in Live+Same day linear ratings Oct. 17 in the Thursday 8 PM slot previously occupied by BBT and Young Sheldon, according to Nielsen data.
In its time period premiere, the legal drama starring Kathy Bates drew 6.383M viewers. That was down 18% from the big 7.73M (L+SD) who tuned in for the special Sept. 22 “sneak peak” behind an NFL-boosted 60 Minutes but still a very solid number only bested by Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage last night.
Fox Sports outlets (the broadcast network, Fox Deportes and streaming services) averaged 18.6 million viewers for the game, also a seven-year high for a World Series game five.
The series as a whole averaged 15.81 million viewers across all platforms, making it the biggest World Series since the Houston Astros’ seven-game victory over the Dodgers in 2017 averaged 18.93 million. This year’s series delivered the fourth largest audience for Major League Baseball’s championship since 2010, trailing only the 2016 (22.85 million viewers), 2017 and 2011 (16.52 million) editions. All three of those series went a full seven games.
The 2024 World Series also posted huge gains over last year, which sunk to an all-time low of 9.11 million viewers per game. The 15.81 million viewers this year represents a nearly 74 percent increase year to year.
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NBC‘s presentation of this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade delivered 31.3 million total viewers across all platforms, up 10% from last year to mark a new all-time high audience for the event.
With 23.6 million viewers watching on NBC during the live telecast (from 8:30 am to 12 pm ET), the parade stands as the most watched entertainment show on linear television since the February 2020 Academy Awards on ABC.
Fox’s daily audiences have surged 40 per cent since the November 5 vote, while viewership of the more left-leaning MSNBC and CNN have dropped 38 per cent and 27 per cent respectively, according to Nielsen figures.
Fox News averaged 2 million viewers a day from November 6 to November 22, up from 1.4 million for the year through November 4, according to Nielsen. Over the same period, MSNBC drew 526,000 viewers each day, down from 847,000 before November 5. CNN’s audience dwindled to 366,000 a day in that time, down from an average of 503,000 before the election.