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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

TV Ratings: 'Big Bang Theory' Helps CBS Win Week


As the time approaches to say goodbye to Sheldon, Amy, Leonard, Penny and the gang, the CBS comedy “The Big Bang Theory” hit a season high in popularity last week, reports The Associated Press citing Nielsen data..

The 14.2 million viewers who tuned in to Thursday’s episode will surely be topped, since television’s most popular comedy calls it quits after 12 seasons this spring.

Not everyone gets to go out on top, and the cast and crew of “The Big Bang Theory” gathered last week for a celebratory ceremony. The Burbank, California, studio on the Warner Bros. lot where the show is filmed was dedicated to the comedy. While there for a champagne toast, creator Chuck Lorre credited the crew for never “mailing it in” during 12 years.

The Lorre-created spinoff, “Young Sheldon,” was the second most-watched comedy of last week, also with a season high in viewers, the Nielsen company said. So that bodes well for the character popularized by Jim Parsons to continue long after Parsons has stopped portraying him.

With the comedies and the Grammy Awards, CBS easily won the week in prime time with an average of 7.7 million viewers. NBC had 4.9 million, ABC had 4.1 million, Fox had 2.8 million, Univision had 1.54 million, ION Television had 1.51 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million and the CW had 1 million.

Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 3.14 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 2.02 million, HGTV had 1.36 million, History had 1.26 million and Hallmark had 1.21 million.

Cable News Rankings (Total Viewers)

FNC Prime Time: 3,233,000 / Total Day: 1,565,000
MSNBC Prime Time: 2,081,000 / Total Day: 1,158,000
CNN Prime Time: 1,213,000 / Total Day: 730,000


ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.4 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” was second with 8.8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.7 million.


⏩For the week of Feb. 4-10, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships:
  1. “The Grammy Awards,” CBS, 19.88 million 
  2. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 14.16 million 
  3. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 12.14 million
  4. “State of the Union,” Fox News, 11.29 million 
  5. “State of the Union Analysis” (10:30-10:38 p.m. ET), Fox News, 10.72 million 
  6. “America’s Got Talent Champions,” NBC, 9.83 million 
  7. “State of the Union Intro” (9-9:06 p.m. ET), Fox News, 9.44 million 
  8. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 9.38 million 
  9. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 8.8 million 
  10. “State of the Union Response,” Fox News, 7.9 million
  11. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 7.62 million
  12. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 7.38 million
  13. “The Masked Singer,” Fox, 7.14 million
  14. “Grammy Awards Red Carpet,” CBS, 7.06 million
  15. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 6.86 million
  16. “State of the Union Analysis,” NBC, 6.46 million
  17. “Bull,” CBS, 6.38 million
  18. “Ellen’s Game of Games,” NBC, 6.31 million
  19.  “The Bachelor,” ABC, 6.25 million
  20. “Man with a Plan,” CBS, 6.2 million
The sweep got underway in the session ending Feb. 3 and most of syndication got off to a flying start with a majority of shows matching or exceeding their highest ratings of the season, according to TV Newscheck.

Leading the way was Judge Judy, which was on fire, leaping to a new season-high 7.9 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, and easily finishing first among all programs for an epic 30 weeks in a row.

⏩TALK SHOWS
Dr. Phil  3.3* +6%
Live with Kelly and Ryan  2.5* +4%
Ellen DeGeneres  2.5* +4%
Maury  1.5 NC
Steve 1.4 NC

⏩GAME SHOWS
Wheel of Fortune  7.1* +3%
Jeopardy  7.0* +4%
Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 6.7 NC
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire  1.8* +6%
Funny You Should Ask 0.5 NC

⏩MAGAZINE SHOWS
Inside Edition 3.3 NC
Entertainment Tonight 3.2 +3%
TMZ  1.4* +8%
Access 1.4 NC
Extra 1.2 NC

⏩OFF-NET SITCOMS
Big Bang Theory 4.9 +2%
Last Man Standing 2.4 -4%
Modern Family  2.0 -5%
Two and a Half Men  1.5 NC
The Goldbergs 1.5 NC

* indicates a new season-high rating

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