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[04/01/24 - 09:36 AM]
Warner Bros. Discovery - Driven by TNT Sports' Coverage of NCAA Men's March Madness - Dominated Primetime Cable Viewing the Week of March 18 Delivering Its Highest Share Week of 2024
WBD's popular lifestyle, entertainment and sports brands, which also include Discovery, HGTV, Adult Swim and OWN, garnered a 52 percent share on Friday, March 22, a 54 percent share on Saturday, March 23, and a 57 percent share on Sunday, March 24, among Adults 18-49. |
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WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY - DRIVEN BY TNT SPORTS' COVERAGE OF NCAA MEN'S MARCH MADNESS - DOMINATED PRIMETIME CABLE VIEWING THE WEEK OF MARCH 18 DELIVERING ITS HIGHEST SHARE WEEK OF 2024
· Driven by TNT Sports' coverage of the 2024 NCAA Men's Tournament on TNT, TBS and truTV, ID's Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, TLC's 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After and Food Network's Tournament of Champions, the networks at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) dominated primetime cable the week of March 18 with three nights of more than a 50 percent share among Adults 18-49 across ad-supported cable. This performance led WBD to deliver its highest share week of 2024, securing a 46 percent share among Adults 18-49 and a 43 percent share among Adults 25-54.
· WBD's popular lifestyle, entertainment and sports brands, which also include Discovery, HGTV, Adult Swim and OWN, garnered a 52 percent share on Friday, March 22, a 54 percent share on Saturday, March 23, and a 57 percent share on Sunday, March 24, among Adults 18-49.
· Among Adults 25-54, WBD's networks achieved a 55 percent share of primetime cable viewing on Sunday, March 24, across ad-supported cable.
· In addition, the networks delivered more than a 40 percent share of primetime cable viewing among Adults 25-54 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights as well as among Adults 18-49 on Wednesday and Thursday nights.
· Together, WBD's networks delivered a 40 percent share of total television prime viewing among Adults 18-49 on Sunday, March 24.
· Additionally on Sunday, March 24, WBD outperformed competitors with the top two networks in all of primetime TV among Adults 25-54 - TNT (#1) and TBS (#2) - and the top three programs in all of TV in the same demo as part of TNT's and TBS' Second Round coverage of the 2024 NCAA Men's Tournament. Audiences also tuned in to more WBD primetime programs on Sunday night, including 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After (TLC), Tournament of Champions (Food Network) and Naked and Afraid (Discovery).
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[05/01/25 - 08:47 AM]
ABC News Special "President Trump the First 100 Days: The Interview in the Oval Office" Is No. 1 Program Across All Broadcast and Cable in Primetime on Tuesday
The one-hour special won the 8:00-9:00 p.m. time slot on broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (3.959 million) and took the top spot in the hour with non-sports programming in Adults 25-54 (693,000) and Adults 18-49 (475,000).
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[04/30/25 - 11:03 AM]
"American Idol" Rocks the House with More Back-to-Back Wins
"American Idol" rocked the house on Sunday night with its first live coast-to-coast telecast, earning 5.31 million Total Viewers in Live+Same Day ratings.
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[04/29/25 - 03:05 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
"Nightline" improved on the previous week in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, drawing its largest overall audience since February and strongest performance in both key Adult demos since January.
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[04/29/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of April 21: Goodbye, "You": Final Season Lands at No. 1
In English TV, "Ransom Canyon" lassoed another 9.4 million viewers, keeping it firmly planted in the No. 2 spot.
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[04/29/25 - 10:31 AM]
ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" Averaged 1.68 Million Viewers for Philadelphia Phillies Extra-Innings Win Over Chicago Cubs
Said telecast was up 31% versus last year's comparable game (Cubs-Red Sox).
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[04/29/25 - 10:00 AM]
"9-1-1" Shocker Scores Five-Month Multiplatform High in Adults 18-49
After seven days of viewing on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, the April 17 episode scored 8.45 million Total Viewers and 1.74 rating among Adults 18-49.
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[04/29/25 - 08:50 AM]
ESPN Platforms Averaging Largest NBA Playoffs Audience Ever Through 11 Games
The second weekend of the NBA Playoffs, Saturday, April 26, and Sunday, April 27, averaged 5,462,000 viewers on ESPN platforms, up four percent from last season.
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[04/29/25 - 08:45 AM]
CBS to Hit a Record 17th Consecutive Season as the Most-Watched Network; With the Top Seven Primetime Shows
This breaks broadcast television's longest winning streak on record, also previously held by CBS, from 1955-1970.
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[04/25/25 - 11:45 AM]
Food Network's "Tournament of Champions" Season Six Scores with Viewers
The season reached nearly 12 million P2+ cross-platform viewers and is on track to be Food Network's highest-rated series among P25-54 for the fifth year in a row, with ratings up +91% vs. prior six-week timeslot benchmarks.
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[04/24/25 - 12:00 PM]
"Yellowjackets" Sets Record with Most Watched Season in Series History on Paramount+ with Showtime
The series is now the number two most-streamed global Showtime original ever, only behind "Dexter: Original Sin."
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[04/22/25 - 02:33 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
"Nightline" saw increases on the previous week in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54, delivering its strongest news demo performance in 5 weeks.
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[04/22/25 - 12:28 PM]
2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship Final Reaches 1 Million Viewers
The semifinals and final finished as the most-watched gymnastics postseason ever on ESPN platforms.
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[04/22/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of April 14: "Black Mirror" Assumes the No. 1 Spot on the English TV List
Joining the chart with a bang is "Ransom Canyon" - the sweeping, slow-burn Western romance debuted with 7.2 million views to lasso the No. 2 spot.
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[04/22/25 - 09:08 AM]
ESPN's Viewership Rises Significantly for Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
ESPN's live telecast on Sunday drew an average of 1.5 million viewers, the second-largest U.S. television audience ever for the event.
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[04/22/25 - 08:50 AM]
Most-Watched NBA Playoffs Opening Weekend Ever on ESPN Platforms
The six-game slate across Saturday, April 19, and Sunday, April 20, averaged 4,487,000 viewers, up 15 percent from last year.
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