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[05/21/16 - 08:38 AM] ABC Wins Season's Final Friday with the Top 2 Shows ABC spins the numbers for Friday, May 20. |
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[via press release from ABC] |
ABC Wins Season's Final Friday with the Top 2 Shows; Beyond the Tank is Up for the 2nd Week to a 4-Month High
ABC Friday Prime (8-11pm - 4.9 million and 1.1/5 in AD18-49): ABC won the final Friday of the 2015-16 season in Adults 18-49 by 22% over runner-up NBC with the 2-hour season finale of Grimm (1.1/5 vs. 0.9/4). ABC delivered Friday's Top 2 series in Adults 18-49 with Shark Tank and 20/20 tying for the #1 position (1.2/5). On average for the complete season, Shark Tank was once again Friday's #1 TV show in the key young adult sales demo.
Beyond the Tank (8-9pm - 3.9 million and 0.8/4 in AD18-49): At 8pm, ABC's Beyond the Tank gained viewers (+11% - 3.9 million vs. 3.5 million) and was up for the 2nd week in its new time slot among Adults 18-49 (+14% - 0.8/4 vs. 0.7/3) to earn its best numbers in 4 months - since 1/28/16, on Thursday at 8pm.
Shark Tank (9-10pm - 5.5 million and 1.2/5 in AD18-49): Spiking 50% at 9pm over its lead-in, ABC's season finale of Shark Tank led its slot by 33% over the second hour of NBC's 2-hour Grimm finale in Adults 18-49 (1.2/5 vs. 0.9/4). Shark Tank was up week to week in Total Viewers (+4%) and held even with Adults 18-49.
20/20 (10-11pm - 5.3 million and 1.2/5 in AD18-49): At 10pm, ABC's 20/20 led its hour among key Adults (AD18-49/AD25-54) and continued its run as Friday's #1 newsmagazine, dominating NBC's Dateline by double digits head to head with Total Viewers (+26% - 5.3 million vs. 4.2 million), Adults 18-49 (+33% - 1.2/5 vs 0.9/4) and Adults 25-54 (+31% - 1.7/6 vs. 1.3/4). The ABC newsmagazine delivered more overall viewers on the night than Dateline on each of the final 8 weeks of the season. 20/20 was rose by double digits week to week in Total Viewers (+18%), Adults 18-49 (+33%) and Adults 25-54 (+31%), matching its best young adult rating since mid-February - since 2/19/16.
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[10/17/25 - 01:16 PM] "Live with Kelly and Mark" Hits Season Highs with Best Audience Performance Since July "Live" has now ranked as the No. 1 talk show in syndication for 139 consecutive weeks across all key measures.
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[10/15/25 - 04:02 PM] "20/20" Is Friday's No. 1 Program on Broadcast TV "20/20" increased its lead week to week over "Dateline" in Total Viewers to post its largest of the season.
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[10/15/25 - 04:01 PM] ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, Leading NBC in All Key Demos for the 3rd Straight Week "Nightline" saw double-digit gains in the year-ago week in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.
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[10/14/25 - 03:06 PM] ESPN Records the Most-Watched WNBA Postseason Ever Across Its Networks Across 24 games, the '25 WNBA postseason averaged 1.2 million viewers, up 5% from last year.
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[10/14/25 - 03:03 PM] "College GameDay Built by The Home Depot" Delivers Most-Watched West Coast Episode Ever; ESPN College Football on ABC Scores Top Three Programs Across All Networks and Content for Saturday, Oct. 11 The Texas Longhorns' upset victory over the Oklahoma Sooners averaged 8.7 million viewers.
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[10/14/25 - 02:50 PM] ALCS Game 1 on FOX and FOX Deportes Draws 5.3 Million Viewers The Mariners victory over the Blue Jays averaged 5,310,000 viewers across FOX, FOX Deportes and FOX Sports streaming services.
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[10/14/25 - 02:15 PM] "Sunday Night Football" Registers Record Fourth Blockbuster Audience of 25+ Million Viewers This Season, As Lions-Chiefs Averages 27.3 Million Viewers on NBC & Peacock Lions-Chiefs averaged 27.3 million viewers across NBC and Peacock, based on official Nielsen Big Data + Panel and digital data from Adobe Analytics, marking the second-most watched October audience in the history of NBC "SNF."
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[10/14/25 - 01:45 PM] ABC Wednesday Comedies Return Strong for New Seasons "Shifting Gears" earned the biggest audience since the show's Valentine's Day episode; while "Abbott Elementary" jumped over the show's season four premiere among Total Viewers as well as the season four average.
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[10/10/25 - 03:07 PM] 3,287,000 Viewers Tuned in on Average Through Game 4 of the ALDS Across FOX, FS1 and FS2 Through Game 4, coverage of the ALDS across FOX, FS1 and FS2 is up +11% from 2024 and +31% over 2023.
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[10/10/25 - 09:04 AM] "Dancing with the Stars" Scores Historic Growth in Week Four "Dancing with the Stars" rose for the third straight week following its season premiere, for the first time in the show's history, in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.
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[10/09/25 - 05:01 PM] 3,177,000 Viewers Tuned in on Average Through Game 3 of the ALDS Across FOX, FS1 and FS2 Through Game 3, coverage of the ALDS across FOX, FS1 and FS2 is up +14% from 2024 and +28% over 2023.
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