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Tag Archives: Ratings (Audience Measurement)
More Than 19 Million Watched Jan. 6 Hearing, Early Ratings Show
The number, which will grow as the count adds more networks, is in the ballpark of big television events like a “Sunday Night Football” game.
Tucker Carlson Is Proof That the Customer Isn’t Always Right
It’s one thing when you’re selling breakfast cereal. It’s another thing when you’re selling news.
What to Know About Tucker Carlson’s Rise
A Times examination of the host’s career and singular influence at Fox News shows how his trajectory traces the transformation of American conservatism itself.
Oscars Audience Jumped After Will Smith’s Slap of Chris Rock
But the largest audience of the night was tuned in earlier, during Troy Kotsur’s win for best supporting actor.
NBC Opens Olympics With ‘Worst Hand Imaginable’
The Games are central to the network’s brand, and NBC will have to navigate complications resulting from the pandemic and politics.
Why Can’t We Turn Away From the N.F.L.?
The exploding viewership for N.F.L. games and the league’s ever-expanding season resist all scandal and reason. Our columnist asks why.
Now TV Wants Nielsen to Measure Up
After years of complaints, NBCUniversal and its peers are looking for other ways to count viewers, with or without the ratings giant.
Brian Williams to Leave MSNBC
The former anchor of “NBC Nightly News” rehabilitated his tarnished image as the host of a popular 11 p.m. show on MSNBC.
Why ‘American Crime Story: Impeachment’ Won’t Stream Until Next Year
There was a lot of advance hype for the FX series “American Crime Story: Impeachment.” But it won’t be available on any major streaming platform for another 10 months, and that’s a problem in 2021.
Nielsen Introduces New Ratings for Streaming Services
The company known for measuring television ratings said Netflix and YouTube are far ahead of their digital rivals, but viewers still spend more time watching cable and network TV.
Nielsen Now Knows When You Are Streaming
The company known for measuring television ratings said Netflix and YouTube are far ahead of their digital rivals, but viewers still spend more time watching cable and network TV.
Fox News Intensifies Its Pro-Trump Politics as Dissenters Depart
Donna Brazile, a Democratic analyst, has left the Murdoch-owned network as some hosts and journalists who questioned Donald Trump have exited or been sidelined.
Oscars Ratings Plummet, With Fewer Than 10 Million Tuning In
Sunday night’s pandemic-restricted telecast drew 58 percent fewer viewers than last year’s record low.
CBS News Will Try to Reinvent Itself, Again
In an interview as she prepares to step down as news division head, Susan Zirinsky said, “I feel I have given my entire soul into rebuilding this organization.”
Ellen DeGeneres Loses 1 Million Viewers After Apologies for Toxic Workplace
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” a sturdy daytime hit, has had a steep ratings decline since the host addressed accusations by former staff members that led to firings and an internal investigation.
Grammys television audience shrinks to a new low.
Viewership fell 53 percent drop compared with last year’s show, to 8.8 million viewers.
Can We Put Fox News on Trial With Trump?
Even if we can’t impeach media companies, we can do more to hold them accountable for sowing sedition.
Biden’s Inauguration Scores Bigger TV Ratings Than Trump’s
The opening moments of both presidencies did not attract as large an audience as Barack Obama did in 2009.
Fox News to Add Another Hour of Right-Wing Talk as Biden Takes Office
The anchor Martha MacCallum will be replaced by a conservative host at 7 p.m., and CNN will expand Jake Tapper’s afternoon show.
As Trump Reels, Fox News Has a Message for Viewers: Stick With Us
As allies abandon the president, his favorite network revives familiar villains for the Biden era. And the prospects for a Trump TV media venture are “greatly diminished.”
CNN and MSNBC Fret Over Post-Trump Future
Ratings have hit new highs, but executives and journalists at both networks are uneasy about the year ahead.
TV Ratings for Many Sports Are Down. Don’t Read Too Much Into It Yet.
Incomplete data, a variety of new factors and an odd 2020 mean it’s way too early to know why Americans are watching less of some of the most popular leagues.
Biden Town Hall Leads Trump in Ratings Battle
Nielsen figures showed Joseph R. Biden Jr. drawing 15.1 million viewers, against 13.5 million for President Trump, a ratings obsessive.
NBC Faces Backlash Over Trump Town Hall
Rachel Maddow of MSNBC criticized the decision to air the town hall opposite ABC’s Biden forum tonight. NBC stars and producers also objected as Savannah Guthrie prepared to moderate.
As Trump Recovers, He Retreats to a Conservative Media Safe Space
The president is opting for settings where there is virtually no risk he will encounter an uncomfortable question, but in doing so he is missing a chance to talk to a broader range of voters.
Indian Police Accuse Popular TV Station of Ratings Fraud
Republic TV has torn down critics and bolstered the Indian government. Now it is under a criminal investigation.
In TV Ratings, Trump vs. Biden Was No Match for Trump vs. Clinton
The rise of streaming and familiar characters may have cut into the record viewership of four years ago. Fox News led all networks in audience size, early Nielsen numbers said.
Shepard Smith, Fox News Apostate, Is Starting Over at CNBC
In a new show on a new network, the anchor wants a ‘no pundits’ approach: ‘We’re not interested in helping you know how to think.’
Flat Polls. Weak Ratings. Do Political Conventions Have a Future?
Ratings were down and polls barely budged. Did the August conventions offer a road map for saving a flailing political institution?
TV Ratings for Biden and Trump Signal an Increasingly Polarized Nation
Fox News dominated ratings for the Republican convention, and MSNBC was the clear No. 1 for the Democrats’ gathering.
G.O.P. TV Ratings Fall Below Democrats, Despite Fox News’s Big Night
About 17 million tuned in on the Republican convention’s first night, compared with 19.7 million for the Democrats. Close to half of TV viewers at 10 p.m. were watching Fox News.
The TV Divide: Convention Ratings Surge on MSNBC as Fox News Dips
Live television viewership for the Democratic National Convention fell 17.6 percent from 2016, but many Americans watched online.
TV Audiences Dip for First Night of Democrats’ Virtual Convention
Nielsen ratings were down from 2016, though younger viewers watched online and MSNBC nearly doubled its usual audience.
Boycotted. Criticized. But Fox News Leads the Pack in Prime Time.
Led by Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, the channel’s pro-Trump lineup outranked every network from 8 to 11 p.m. in June and July.
After Dismissing Coronavirus Surge, Trump Will Resume Briefings
The president said he would resume the pandemic briefings that he called off in April, a tacit acknowledgment that the public health crisis he had hoped to put behind him was still ravaging much of the country.
What Counts as a Streaming Hit? A Start-Up May Have Answers
Unlike Nielsen, which measure audience size, Parrot Analytics says it can track viewer enthusiasm. That’s more important to subscription services.
Lockdown TV: Netflix Dominates, News Surges and Bea Arthur Is Still Golden
But after a peak in March, the audience has started to shrink. “There’s only so much content people can consume,” a Nielsen executive says.
Tucker Carlson Beats Sean Hannity as Trump Briefings Give Fox News a Boost
The network’s ratings surged in April, but “Hannity” missed its top spot for the first time since 2017.