Viewership for Major League Baseball's All-Star Game set a record low for the third time in its last four editions but was the most-watched all-star game in sports for the seventh consecutive year it has been played, according to live-plus-same-day figures released by Nielsen Tuesday.
Fox's coverage of the American League's 3-2 victory at Dodger Stadium last Tuesday averaged 7.507 million viewers, the most among prime-time non-news broadcast and cable programs airing between July 18 and Sunday.
The previous low was 8.162 million for the 2019 game. The 2021 game averaged 8.316 million viewers. There was no All-Star Game in 2020 because of the delayed start to the season caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Viewership figures are available dating back to 1972, except for the 1974 and 1981 games.
The record audience for the All-Star Game came in 1976, when an average of 36.33 million viewers watched ABC's coverage in an era where there were three major broadcast networks and few other television alternatives.
The game drew its second-largest rating in the Los Angeles market, 8.0. St. Louis, where the telecast began two hours later local time when more potential viewers were home, was first with a 10.4 rating.
The week's most-watched cable non-news program was ESPN's coverage of the Home Run Derby from Dodger Stadium, which averaged 6.02 million viewers, fourth for the week behind the All-Star Game, NBC's "America's Got Talent," which averaged 6.153 million, and an edition of CBS' "60 Minutes," with three previously broadcast segments that were updated for Sunday's broadcast, which averaged 6.13 million viewers.
ABC edged CBS, 2.75 million to 2.7 million, to be the most-watched network for the fifth time in the eight full weeks of television's summer season.
ABC's most-watched program was "Celebrity Family Feud," seventh for the week, averaging 4.214 million for games matching the casts from Disney+'s "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" and the Netflix comedy "Never Have I Ever" and the families of comedian Ron Funches and actress Meagan Good.
ABC's most-watched program was "Celebrity Family Feud," seventh for the week, averaging 4.214 million for games matching the casts from Disney+'s "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" and the Netflix comedy "Never Have I Ever" and the families of comedian Ron Funches and actress Meagan Good.
📺Top 20 Prime-Time Shows (Total Viewers):
8. “Attack on the Capitol” (Jan. 6 hearings), ABC, 3.98 million.
📺CABLE TV:
Fox News Channel was the most-watched cable network in prime time for the seventh consecutive week, averaging 2.185 million viewers. MSNBC was second, averaging 1.624 million and ESPN third, averaging 1.19 million. Hallmark Channel was the other cable network to average more than 1 million viewers in primetime, averaging 1.029 million.
The fourth season of "Virgin River" was the most watched program on Netflix, with viewers spending 105.44 million hours watching the season's 12 episodes of the romantic drama in their first five days of release, according to figures released by the streaming service Tuesday.
The nine-episode fourth season of "Stranger Things" was second with 74.99 million hours watched after finishing first for three consecutive weeks of seven of the previous eight.
"The Gray Man" was Netflix's most-watched movie, with viewers spending 88.55 million hours watching the action thriller in its first three days of release. "The Sea Beast" was second with 34.14 million hours watched after finishing first the previous two weeks.
1. Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fox, 7.51 million.
2. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 6.15 million.
3. “60 Minutes Presents,” CBS, 6.13 million.
4. “Home Run Derby” (8:19 p.m. EDT), ESPN, 6 million.
5. Jan. 6 hearing (8:01 p.m. EDT), MSNBC, 4.88 million.
6. Jan. 6 hearing (10:46 p.m. EDT), MSNBC, 4.27 million.
7. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 4.21 million.
9. “Home Run Derby” (7:56 p.m. EDT), ESPN, 3.89 million.
10. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.62 million.
11. “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 3.58 million.
12. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 3.54 million.
13. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 3.359 million.
14. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Monday), Fox News, 3.359 million.
15. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Thursday), Fox News, 3.358 million.
16. “FBI,” CBS, 3.31 million.
17. “NCIS,” CBS, 3.25 million.
18. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 3.22 million.
19. “Attack on Democracy” (Jan. 6 hearings), CNN, 3.18 million.
20. “The $100,000 Pyramid,” ABC, 3.06 million.
📺BROADCAST NEWS:
ABC's "World News Tonight with David Muir" was the most-watched nightly newscast for the 137th time in 138 weeks and 189th time in 191 weeks, averaging 7.317 million viewers. "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt" was second, averaging 6.131 million. The "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell" was third, averaging 4.588 million.
The averages for all three newscasts excluded Thursday when they were pre-empted in some markets because of coverage of the Jan. 6 committee hearing.
ABC's "World News Tonight with David Muir" was the most-watched nightly newscast for the 137th time in 138 weeks and 189th time in 191 weeks, averaging 7.317 million viewers. "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt" was second, averaging 6.131 million. The "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell" was third, averaging 4.588 million.
The averages for all three newscasts excluded Thursday when they were pre-empted in some markets because of coverage of the Jan. 6 committee hearing.
📺LATE NIGHT TV:
Fox News Channel was the most-watched cable network in prime time for the seventh consecutive week, averaging 2.185 million viewers. MSNBC was second, averaging 1.624 million and ESPN third, averaging 1.19 million. Hallmark Channel was the other cable network to average more than 1 million viewers in primetime, averaging 1.029 million.
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The cable top 20 consisted of 14 Fox News Channel weeknight political talk shows -- five broadcasts each of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" and "Hannity" and four of "The Ingraham Angle"; the Home Run Derby and its 23- minute "prelude" on ESPN; the 165- and 14-minute segments of coverage of the Jan. 6 committee hearing on MSNBC and two hours, 43 minutes of coverage on CNN; and the July 18 edition of the MSNBC news and opinion program "The Rachel Maddow Show."
TV Newser reports CNN had the biggest gains of the week following a decline in primetime viewership last week. CNN averaged 998,000 total viewers in primetime during the week of July 18, placing the network at No. 5 in basic cable and No. 3 on cable news—up 51% from the week prior. CNN’s viewership in the demo in primetime (225,000) came in No. 9 on basic cable and is up 54% from the week prior.
MSNBC was the second most-watched network on basic cable in total viewers, both in the adults 25-54 demo and total viewers. It averaged 1.685 million total viewers in primetime, up from 1.31 million the week prior, a gain of +29%. MSNBC also averaged 183,000 adults 25-54 in primetime, No. 12 on basic cable—and +39% from the prior week.
The fourth season of "Virgin River" was the most watched program on Netflix, with viewers spending 105.44 million hours watching the season's 12 episodes of the romantic drama in their first five days of release, according to figures released by the streaming service Tuesday.
The nine-episode fourth season of "Stranger Things" was second with 74.99 million hours watched after finishing first for three consecutive weeks of seven of the previous eight.
"The Gray Man" was Netflix's most-watched movie, with viewers spending 88.55 million hours watching the action thriller in its first three days of release. "The Sea Beast" was second with 34.14 million hours watched after finishing first the previous two weeks.
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