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Jay Leno ended his latenight run by dominating his timeslot one last time. Friday night's final edition of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" averaged an 8.8 rating in Nielsen's overnight metered market averages, crushing a repeat of CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman"...
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Thursday night’s presidential address on the current economic crisis and rescue plan was watched by 52.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media numbers. President George W. Bush’s speech aired from about 9 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. EST on broadcast networks ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo and Univision as...
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Sen. Barack Obama’s historic speech Thursday, accepting the presidential nomination during the Democratic National Convention, brought in 38 million viewers across 10 networks, setting a convention record. Last night’s speech bested its closest competitor, day four of the 1992 DNC, by more than 10 million...
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Broadcast television networks swelled for Thursday’s closing night of the Democratic National Convention, and the historic speech by presidential candidate Barack Obama, according to preliminary national data from Nielsen Media Research. NBC ended the week four-for-four as the dominant broadcast convention...
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Barack Obama’s presidential acceptance speech on Thursday, not surprisingly, brought in the biggest ratings of the Democratic National Convention. NBC’s coverage of the speech from Invesco Field in Denver landed a 5.0 rating/8 share, according to Nielsen Media Research preliminary overnight household...
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NBC News and CNN were the kings of the hour during which VP candidate Joe Biden spoke at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, drawing more viewers than any of their five commercial cable or broadcast competitors. The total audience across broadcast and cable channels fell from Tuesday night...
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Broadcast television network audiences declined for Wednesday night’s coverage of the Democratic Convention, falling off from both the previous news cycle and the comparable night four years ago, according to preliminary national ratings data from Nielsen Media Research. NBC finished first among broadcast...
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NBC once again won the 10 p.m. battle of the broadcast networks’ Democratic National Convention specials and CBS once again finished third Tuesday night. The good news for NBC: Preliminary national data from Nielsen showed its Brian Williams-hosted hour was up 1.19 million viewers from Monday night to...
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NBC's coverage of the Democratic National Convention's first day trumped the other broadcast networks' coverage Monday night in metered household ratings, moving the nightly news battle to prime time. The Big Three networks covered the DNC for an hour in prime time, beginning at 10 p.m. EDT...
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NBC Universal topped another Olympic milestone: During the first 11 days of the Beijing Olympics, 200 million people have watched the Games across NBCU’s networks. Through 11 days, Beijing has bested the 2004 Athens Games by 12 million and the 1996 Atlanta Games by 4 million. Atlanta still holds the...
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On Monday and Tuesday, the first two days the full crew of “Today” broadcast together from the Beijing Olympics, the NBC morning show averaged 6.425 million viewers and 6.428 million viewers, respectively, according to preliminary fast national data from Nielsen Media Research. The early data shows that...
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Tuesday’s prime-time Olympics coverage on NBC set a network high not seen since the finale of “Friends” in 2004. Posting an 11.3 rating/30 share in prime-time in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, NBC’s Beijing coverage also was a Tuesday high since the Salt Lake City Games in 2002. The Games earned...
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Based on a new system for measuring viewership on multiple platforms, NBC said more than 113 million people watched Olympic programming on Sunday. NBC is introducing what it calls a Total Audience Measurement Index, which combines into one number the audiences on broadcast and cable television, the Internet...
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Four days into the Beijing Olympics and NBC continues to boast ratings numbers higher than those for the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics. The first Monday of the Games on NBC increased 5% over the Athens telecast, as the Beijing Games pulled in a 17.4 rating/28 share in households. Viewers last night tuned...
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The Opening Ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Beijing lit the ratings torch on NBC as the highest rated non-U.S. opening ceremony ever. Receiving a 21.5 rating/37 share in overnight households in metered markets, Beijing’s opener bested the closest competitor, Sydney, by 19%. The high water mark is...