With the broadcast television season winding down and most scripted series about to go into hibernation for the summer, it’s instructive to look at the power of network franchises, report the Associated Press.
Of the Nielsen company’s 20 most popular scripted series on the air last week, 12 were parts of franchises — the three “Chicago” dramas on NBC, the three “FBI” shows on CBS, for example. That’s without counting the CBS comedy “Young Sheldon,” even though it began life as a spinoff to “The Big Bang Theory.”
At a time viewers are inundated with choices, particularly on the streaming services, broadcast networks have taken the power of these ideas to heart, knowing that their viewers will be attracted to familiar concepts and storylines.
CBS won the week in prime time television, averaging 4.2 million viewers. NBC had 3.2 million viewers, ABC had 2.8 million, Fox had 2 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 950,000 and Telemundo had 830,000.
📺TOP 20 PRIME TIME SHOWS (TOTAL VIEWERS)
1. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.44 million.
2. “FBI,” CBS, 7.16 million.
3. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 6.93 million.
4. “The Equalizer,” CBS, 6.84 million.
5. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 6.61 million.
6. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 6.31 million.
7. NBA Playoffs: Dallas at Phoenix (Sunday), Turner, 6.29 million.
9. “FBI: International,” CBS, 5.82 million.
10. “American Idol,” ABC, 5.57 million.
11. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 5.534 million.
12. NBA Playoffs: Boston at Milwaukee (Friday), ESPN, 5.529 million.
13. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 5.48 million.
14. “Survivor,” CBS, 5.35 million.
15. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 5.33 million.
16. “911,” Fox, 5.3 million.
17. “FBI: Most Wanted,” CBS, 5.28 million.
18. NBA Playoffs: Memphis at Golden State (Monday), Turner, 5.28 million.
19. “Bob Hearts Abishola,” CBS, 5.14 million.
20. NBA Playoffs: Boston at Milwaukee (Monday), Turner, 5.03 million.
📺BROADCAST EVENING NEWS:
ABC’s “World News Tonight” won the evening news ratings race with an average of 7.5 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” averaged 6.2 million viewers and the “CBS Evening News” had 4.5 million.
With its performance this past week, ABC’s evening newscast has now defeated its competition from NBC and CBS 180 of the past 181 weeks in average total viewers—and 109 of the last 111 weeks among adults 25-54, reports TV Newser.
While these may seem like big numbers, they’re actually not great by World News Tonight standards. The broadcast shed -4% in total viewers—and -7% in the adults 25-54 demo from the previous week (May 2). Additionally, WNT shed -4% in total viewers and a whopping -17% in A25-54 viewers from the same week in 2021 (May 10).
Despite this decline, for the fifth consecutive week, World News Tonight was the most-watched show (in total viewers) on U.S. TV, excluding sports and syndicated programming.
📺LATE NIGHT TV
📺CABLE
Behind NBA playoff games, TNT led the cable networks with a 3.36 million viewer average. Fox News Channel had 2.2 million, ESPN had 2.06 million, MSNBC had 956,000 and HGTV had 927,000.
On the cable news programming front, Fox News’ The Five remained the most-watched show on cable news, averaging 3.24 million total viewers at 5 p.m. this past week. Tucker Carlson Tonight took second place in total viewers, averaging 3.06 million at 8 p.m., Hannity at No. 3 ( 2.65 million viewers at 9 p.m.), Jesse Watters Primetime at No. 4 (2.46 million at 7 p.m.), and Special Report with Bret Baier (2.375 million viewers at 6 p.m.) rounding out the five-most-watched, according to TV Newser.
MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show was the sole non-Fox show to break cable news’ top 10, coming in at No. 6 in total viewers with a 2.16 million average at 9 p.m., and No. 8 among adults 25-54 with a 277,000 average.
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