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[10/22/16 - 08:42 AM]
ABC Earns Most Watched Friday This Season - "Shark Tank" Is the #1 Show in Adults 18-49
ABC spins the numbers for Friday, October 21. |
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ABC Earns Most Watched Friday this Season - Shark Tank is the #1 Show in Adults 18-49
ABC Friday Prime (8-11pm - 4.9 million and 1.0/4 in AD18-49): ABC earned second place on Friday in Total Viewers (4.9 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.0/4), delivering its most watched Friday this season. ABC's Shark Tank stood as Friday's highest-rated TV show in Adults 18-49, ranking as the #1 program on the night for the 2nd week in a row.
· At 8pm, ABC's Last Man Standing ranked #1 in its half-hour for the 3rd week in a row with Adults 18-49 (1.1/5-tied w/CBS' MacGyver). LMS rose 12% week to week in Total Viewers (6.4 million vs. 5.7 million) to deliver its biggest audience this season.
· At 8:30pm, ABC's Dr. Ken built for the 2nd consecutive week in Total Viewers (+10% - 4.5 million vs. 4.1 million), drawing a new season high.
· Winning from 9-10pm in young adults, ABC's Shark Tank gained audience for the 2nd week in a row (+4% - 5.4 million vs. 5.2 million) and matched its week-ago Fast Affiliate 18-49 rating (1.2/5), marking its most watched telecast overall this season. Please Note: Last week's Shark Tank adjusted up to a season high in the National Adults 18-49 ratings, going up by 1-tenth to a 1.3 in the National ratings.
· At 10pm, ABC's 20/20 grew week to week in Total Viewers (+17% - 4.1 million vs. 3.5 million), Adults 18-49 (+13% - 0.9/4 vs. 0.8/3) and Adults 25-54 (+9% - 1.2/4 vs. 1.1/4), earning a 6-week high in viewers (since 9/9/16) and matching season highs in both key Adult demos.
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[10/16/26 - 02:30 PM]
Brewers Triumph on FS1 Delivers Most-Watched LCS Game 3 Telecast Since 2016
On FS1, Game 3 averaged 6,460,000 viewers.
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[10/16/26 - 11:45 AM]
"Dancing with the Stars" Scores with Show's "Super Bowl Night"
In fact, among Adults 18-49, "Dancing with the Stars" grew for the fourth telecast in a row, hitting a season high and posting the show's best non-finale episode in over nine years.
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[10/16/26 - 10:42 AM]
ABC News Wins Across Friday Night, Sunday Morning and Late Night
"20/20: Born to Kill" ranked as Friday's No.1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49.
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[10/15/26 - 02:55 PM]
Super Bowl Season Success: Bills-Rams Thriller Propels "Monday Night Football" to Best Five-Week Start of ESPN Era
The matchup featuring the NFL's two most recent MVPs averaged 19.8 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, NFL Network and ESPN Deportes.
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[10/15/26 - 02:46 PM]
NLCS Game 2 on FOX/FS1: Most-Watched LCS Game 2 on Any Network Since 2016
On FOX/FS1, the game averaged 6,921,000 viewers.
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[10/15/26 - 02:35 PM]
NHL on Frozen Frenzy on ESPN Delivers Double-Digit Increases
The tripleheader averaged 600,000 viewers, up 31% from a year ago.
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[10/15/26 - 10:29 AM]
ESPN Delivered Its Most-Watched WNBA Playoffs Ever!
Across eight games, ESPN networks averaged 1.4 million viewers, up 23% compared to coverage through the semifinals last year.
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[10/15/26 - 08:00 AM]
CBS Wins Its Premiere Week with Eight of the Top 10 Broadcast Shows and Delivers +9% Year-Over-Year Growth
Weekly viewership averaged 4.43 million viewers, growing +9% from its 2025 premiere week (4.08m viewers).
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[10/14/26 - 04:10 PM]
Nebraska Volleyball Serves Up a Big Saturday on FOX
Nebraska's 3-0 win averaged 945,000 viewers on FOX.
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[10/14/26 - 03:50 PM]
Indiana's Win Over Nebraska Scores 6,734,000 Viewers on FOX
"Big Noon Saturday" peaked at 9,623,000 viewers.
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[10/14/26 - 03:04 PM]
"College GameDay" Continues Record Pace as ESPN College Football Delivers Historic Week 6 Audiences
ABC scored its most-watched college football tripleheader of the season with 8.5 million viewers, led by Georgia-Alabama (12.2 million) and Oklahoma-Texas (9.8 million) - both record-setting rivalry audiences.
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[10/14/26 - 02:50 PM]
26,697,000 Viewers for "America's Game of the Week" Highlight FOX NFL's Week 5
Said coverage was the most watched telecast of the week on any network.
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[10/14/26 - 02:44 PM]
FOX Scores Most-Watched LCS Game 1 on Any Network Since 2005
10,719,000 viewers tuned in Sunday night for NLCS Game 1 on FOX and FOX Deportes.
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[10/14/26 - 11:31 AM]
Top 10 Most-Watched Prime Original Films & Series for the Week of October 5
"Carrie," "Neagley," "Reacher," "Off Campus," and "Sterling Point" led all original series worldwide.
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[10/14/26 - 07:29 AM]
ESPN Delivers Sixth Straight Year of Television Viewership Growth, Up 10% in Fiscal Year 2026
ESPN and ESPN on ABC each posted 11% year-over-year growth in total viewership, while ESPN2 increased 3%.
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