“Sunday Night Football” was the top-ranked prime-time program for the ninth time in the nine weeks of the 2022 NFL season. The Kansas City Chiefs’ 20-17 overtime victory over the Tennessee Titans averaged 17.687 million viewers, seventh among the season’s “Sunday Night Football” telecasts airing between Oct. 31 and Sunday.
According to The L-A Times citing live-plus-same-day figures released by Nielsen Tuesday, World Series viewership was the third-lowest on record, essentially unchanged from a year ago but 19.7% more than 2020’s record low.
Fox’s coverage of the Houston Astros’ six-game victory over the Philadelphia Phillies averaged 11.759 million viewers.
The Atlanta Braves’ six-game win over Houston in 2020 averaged 11.75 million viewers, and the Dodgers’ six-game victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020 averaged 9.771 million.
All the 2022 World Series games drew the largest audiences of their nights. The only prime-time programs with larger audiences since the World Series began Oct. 28 were two “Sunday Night Football” games on NBC and their pregame shows.
Because of scheduling, a rainout and Houston’s series-clinching victory in Game 6 Saturday, none of the World Series games aired opposite an NFL game on nationwide broadcast or cable. The “Thursday Night Football” game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Houston Texans, which averaged 7.86 million viewers, was carried on the Prime Video streaming service (outside the teams’ markets).
Thursday’s Game 5 had the biggest audience of the World Series to place third among prime-time programs, averaging 12.769 million viewers. The World Series has aired on Fox since 2000.
The CBS newsmagazine followed a 34-minute runover of the network’s afternoon NFL coverage into prime time in the Eastern and Central time zones, where the bulk of the nation’s population lives. The runover averaged 24.12 million viewers. It is not considered a separate program but is included in the network’s weekly average.
The CBS comedy “Young Sheldon” was the top-rated entertainment program for the second consecutive week, averaging 6.887 million viewers, 12th for the week and second among non-sports programs.
CBS’ “Fire Country” was the most popular new series for the third time in the five weeks it has aired, averaging 5.53 million viewers, 20th for the week and 10th among non-sports programs.
The only premiere on the five major English-language broadcast networks, the NBC comedy “Lopez vs. Lopez,” averaged 2.663 million viewers, third in its 8-8:30 p.m. Friday time slot, 64th for the week and 42nd among non-sports programs.
The World Series helped keep Fox at the top of the network rankings for the second consecutive week, averaging 8.31 million viewers.
NBC finished second for the second consecutive week after seven consecutive first-place finishes, averaging 5.84 million viewers. CBS was third, averaging 4.88 million, and ABC fourth among the broadcast networks, averaging 2.63 million.
📺Top 20 Prime-Time Show for Oct 31-Nov6 (Total Viewers):
1. NFL Football: Tennessee at Kansas City, NBC, 17.69 million.
2. “NFL Pregame” (Sunday), NBC, 13.81 million.
3. World Series Game 5: Houston at Philadelphia, Fox, 12.77 million.
4. World Series Game 6: Philadelphia at Houston, Fox, 12.55 million.
5. World Series Game 4: Houston at Philadelphia, Fox, 11.81 million.
6. World Series Game 3: Houston at Philadelphia, Fox, 11.16 million.
7. “Football Night in America, Part 3,” NBC, 10.678 million.
9. NFL Football: Cincinnati at Cleveland, ESPN, 10.01 million.
10. College Football: Alabama at LSU, ESPN, 7.58 million.
11. “Football Night in America, Part 2,” NBC, 6.98 million.
12. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 6.89 million.
13. “FBI,” CBS, 6.88 million.
14. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 6.58 million.
15. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 6.56 million.
16. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 6.26 million.
17. “Ghosts,” CBS, 6.15 million.
18. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 6.09 million.
19. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 5.81 million.
20. “Fire Country,” CBS, 5.53 million.
Gutfeld! saw its highest-rated week with viewers since launching last Spring.
ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” topped the cable ratings, with the Cleveland Browns’ 32-13 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals Oct. 31 averaging 10.011 million viewers, ninth overall.
ESPN finished first among cable networks for the second consecutive week, fifth time in six weeks and eighth in 10 weeks, averaging 3.019 million viewers. Fox News Channel was second, averaging 2.427 million viewers, and Hallmark Channel was third for the second consecutive week, averaging 1.194 million.
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In terms of individual programming, The Five is the most-watched cable news show for the 11th consecutive week. The news talk panel program averaged 3.58 million total viewers during the week of Oct. 31, up from the prior week. Tucker Carlson Tonight is second place in total viewers (3.47 million at 8 p.m.), with Jesse Watters Primetime (3.17 million at 7 p.m.), Hannity (2.83 million at 9 p.m.) and Special Report with Bret Baier (2.72 million viewers at 6 p.m.) round out the top five.
Tucker Carlson Tonight remained No. 1 on cable news among adults 25-54, averaging 490,000 viewers from the measurement at 8 p.m. The Five ranked No. 2 (405,000), followed by the 11 p.m. Gutfeld! (391,000), Jesse Watters Primetime (378,000), and Hannity (365,000).
📺STREAMING TV
“Enola Holmes 2” was Netflix’s most-streamed film, with viewers spending 64.08 million hours watching the mystery in its first three days of release, according to figures released by the streaming service.
“Manifest” was Netflix’s most popular series, with viewers watching the first 10 episodes of the supernatural drama’s fourth season for 57.06 million hours the first three days they were available.
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The SEC took the top two spots in week ten of the college football season, as the top-five matchup between Tennessee and Georgia scored a season-high 13.1 million viewers and LSU’s upset of Alabama delivered ESPN’s largest regular season college football audience in years with 7.6 million.
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