RATINGS
The three-hour season finale of ABC’s The Bachelorette rose 38 percent among A18-49 over its July 30 two-hour airing, marking a season high in the demo and winning the night. The rose withers a bit compared with the finale of the 2017, though, as the tune-in was down 14 percent this year.
Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black continues to be a steady performer for the streaming service, according to new data from Nielsen’s SVOD Content Ratings report. The July 27 premiere, drew more than 5.3 million US viewers within three days, on an average minute basis; 71 percent of viewers were in the A18-49 demo.
Freeform’s The Bold Type increased viewership by 14 percent in A18-49 during its first season across linear, digital and STB VOD platforms through 35 days, and in season 2 saw an increase of 126 percent over its first season on Hulu among A18-49 in its first seven days.
The midsummer syndication session ended July 29 was a good one for the gabfests as 11 of the 14 shows in the category held firm or moved up from the week before. At the top of the genre Dr Phil (2.6 live plus same day national Nielsen rating, steady with the week before) was the No. 1 talk show for the 99th week in a row despite being entirely in reruns. Live with Kelly and Ryan (three-week high 2.1, up 11 percent) also had a big week, growing 11 percent from last year, the most annual growth of any talker. Ellen DeGeneres (1.5, down 6 percent) rounded out the top three. In access time periods, Entertainment Tonight (2.7, steady) tied sister show Inside Edition (2.7, down 4 percent) for first place among magazines. The big movers in the group were TMZ (1.2, up 9 percent) and Access (four-week high 1.1, up 10%).
Top 13 Broadcast Programs Among A18-49 ratings/share for the week of July 30, 2018
NBC: America’s Got Talent 2.1/10
NBC: NFL Preseason Game 2.0/10
CBS: Big Brother Sun 1.6/8
CBS: Big Brother Thurs 1.5/7
CBS: Big Brother Wed 1.5/8
ABC: The Bachelorette 1.3/6
NBC: World of Dance 1.1/5
NBC American Ninja Warrior 1.1/5
NBC: Making It 1.1/5
ABC: Celebrity Family Feud 1.0/5
FOX: The Four 1.0/5
CBS: Young Sheldon 0.9/4
CBS: The Big Bang Theory 0.9/5
FOX: Masterchef 0.9/5
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 7/30/18 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Family Feud (2/T) 6.3 AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 6.3 AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 5.6 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.4 AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 4.2 AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 2.7 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.7 AA
Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.6 AA
Last Man Standing (2/T) 2.4 AA
Modern Family (AT) 2.2 AA
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 7/30/18 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
Family Feud (2/T) 1.8 AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 1.5 AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.3 AA
Modern Family (2/T) 1.1 AA
Family Guy (2/T) 1.0 AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.0 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.0 AA
Last Man Standing 0.9 AA
The Goldbergs (SPT) 0.9AA
Two and a Half Men (AT) 0.6 AA
Broadcast Evening News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of July 30, 2018
ABC World News Tonight 7.85 million total viewers; 1.3/7 and 1.51 million A25-54
NBC Nightly News 7.36 million total viewers; 1.3/7 and 1.57 million A25-54
CBS Evening News 5.54 million total viewers; 0.9/5 and 1.07 million A25-54
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of July 30, 2018
ABC: Good Morning America 3.77 million total viewers; 0.9/10 and 1.08 million A25-54
NBC: Today 3.55 million total viewers; 1.0/11 and 1,18 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 2.93 million total viewers; 0.6/7 and 714,000 A25-54
Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of July 30, 2018
CBS: The Late Show 2.70 million total viewers; 0.36/2 among A18-49
NBC: The Tonight Show 1.99 million total viewers; 0.45/3 among A18-49
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live 1.80 million total viewers; 0.36/2 among A18-49
Basic Cable Top 5 Week of July 30, 2018
Primetime (P2+)
Fox News (2,401,000)
MSNBC (1,617,000)
HGTV (1,374,000)
USA (1,359,000)
Hallmark (1,063,000)
Total Day (P2+)
Fox News (1,326,000)
Nick (1,065,000)
MSNBC (970,000)
HGTV (789,000)
ID (685,000)
Nielsen Media Research. Prime excludes networks not in majority of daypart 50%+ in the prime daypart. Total Day excludes networks not in majority of daypart 50%+ in the total day daypart. Coverage area ratings are within each cable network’s universe
Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions): Monday, August 6, 2018 time period averages
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD
NBC: 4.67 million
American Ninja Warrior 5.01, Dateline 3.98
ABC: 6.68 million
The Bachelorette 6.68
CBS: 3.36 million
Mom 4.20, Life in Pieces 3.32, Salvation 2.48, Elementary 3.42
FOX: 2.46 million
So You Think You Can Dance 2.46
Telemundo: 910,000
Exation Estados Unidos 700,000, Sin Senos Sin Hay 963,000, Senor de los Cielos 1.25
Univision: 800,000
Rico Y Lazaro 989,000, Bella Las Bestias 865,000, La Mon Piloto 2 671,000
CW: 1.03 million
Penn & Teller: Fool Us 1.31, Whose Line Is It Anyway 0.92, Whose Line Is It Anyway 0.86
Monday A18-49 Rating: ABC 1.8/6, FOX 0.6/3, NBC 0.9/5, CBS 0.5/2, UNI .4/2, TELE .7/4 CW 0.2/1
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Miramax is augmenting its Television division with new hires Sam Bramhall and Caitlin Foito. Bramhall, previously SVP of business & legal affairs for Marvel Television, will serve as EVP of television business affairs. Foito, previously VP of drama development for ABC Studios, will serve as SVP of development.
Several exec changes at WNET.Scott E. Davis, who most recently served as exec producer for PBS NewsHour Weekend since 2015, is now exec producer of the new one-hour late-night public affairs series Amanpour and Company, which premieres nationwide September 10 at 10p on PBS. Gina Kim, a veteran of NOW with Bill Moyers and Moyers and Company, joins Amanpour and Company as co-exec producer, and Dana Roberson, who recently joined the PBS NewsHour Weekend team as senior producer, will serve as acting exec producer for the series.
DoubleVerify, an independent provider of digital media measurement software and analytics, appointed Dan Slivjanovski as CMO. Slivjanovski joins DoubleVerify from RhythmOne plc, where he served as both COO and CMO
This Day in History: 1945 – The United Nations Charter was signed by President Harry Truman.
Answer to our last trivia question: Which 1980s series focused on a husband and wife detective team, and the wife was a witch? Tucker’s Witch (1982-1983). Kudos to: Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./NYC, Dan Whitford-WTTW/Chicago, Charles Lore/NYC, Rev. Mark Wajda/Leesburg, FL, Andrew Goldman-Ownzones Media/NYC, John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas, Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, Jake Muniz-The CW/Burbank, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Ken DuBow-Bob’s Your Uncle/LA, Ryan Hedlund-CESD/NYC, Aaron Paquette-Screen Engine/Fort Worth, TX
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