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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

TV Ratings: 'One World At Home' Concert, ESPN Attracts Viewers


Lady Gaga helped organize the “One World: Together at Home” concert that featured musicians like the Stones, Paul McCartney, Jennifer Lopez, Elton John and Lizzo. Shown live Saturday night across 26 networks, it reached 20.7 million people, according to The Associated Press citing Nielsen data.

That’s about on par with similar benefit concerts for Haiti earthquake victims in 2010, which attracted 24.1 million people, and a Hurricane Katrina show seen by 22.1 million people in 2005.

Sports-starved ESPN recorded its biggest audience ever for a documentary on Sunday with the first two of a 10-part series, “The Last Dance,” about the final championship season for Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.

The first hour was seen by 6.3 million viewers and the second hour by 5.8 million on Sunday, Nielsen said.  ESPN moved up the air dates for its Jordan documentary from June. With the absence of live sports, ESPN’s audience has been down 50% since January, according to the research firm Samba TV.

ABC’s special, “Disney Family Singalong,” proved a big hit for families last week, scoring 10.5 million viewers. The show featured performances by Demi Lovato, Michael Buble, Ariana Grande and Christina Aguilera.

CBS was the most popular network in primetime, averaging 6.5 million viewers last week. NBC had 4.9 million, ABC had 4.2 million, Fox had 2.8 million, Univision had 1.5 million, Ion Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1 million and the CW had 490,000.

⏩ Broadcast TV Top 20 shows (Total Viewers): 

1. “NCIS,” CBS, 13.5 million.
2. “Disney Family Singalong,” ABC, 10.45 million.
3. “The Voice,” NBC, 9.84 million.
4. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 9.66 million.
5. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 9.57 million.
6. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 9.46 million.
7. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 9.34 million.
8. “FBI: Most Wanted” (Tuesday, 9 p.m.), CBS, 8.95 million.
9. “Survivor,” CBS, 8.15 million.
10. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 7.82 million.

11. “911,” Fox, 7.64 million.
12. “Bull,” CBS, 7.34 million.
13. “FBI: Most Wanted” (Tuesday, 10 p.m.), CBS, 7.16 million.
14. “Mom,” CBS, 7.143 million.
15. “Magnum P.I.,” CBS, 7.135 million.
16. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 7.12 million.
17. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 6.89 million.
18. “The Masked Singer: Singalong,” Fox, 6.87 million.
19. “Bob Hearts Abishola,” CBS, 6.81 million.
20. “Station 19,” ABC, 6.73 million.

ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening newscasts with an average of 12.3 million viewers last week. The “NBC Nightly News” had 9.85 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 7 million.

Fox News Channel led the way among cable networks in primetime, averaging 3.83 million viewers. MSNBC had 2.05 million, CNN had 1.94 million, HGTV had 1.37 million and TLC had 1.2 million.

⏩ Basic Cable Top 5 – Prime Time (Total Viewers)
  1. Fox News (3,799,000)
  2. MSNBC (2,092,000)
  3. CNN (1,951,000)
  4. HGTV (1,363,000)
  5. TLC (1,153,000)



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