RATINGS
Discovery Channel claimed cable’s top unscripted series in October in M25-54 and M18-49 across four nights of the week. The net’s top-rated series Gold Rush was Friday’s No. 1 series on all of TV—topping broadcast among M25-54, M18-49 and M18-34), and nine of its series including Street Outlaws, Fast N Loud and Deadliest Catch placed in the top 10 unscripted cable series for the month.
Sunday night’s premiere of the sixth season of Universo’s Larrymania ranked as the No. 1 program on Hispanic cable prime among A18-49, according to Nielsen. The ep averaged 261,000 total viewers and 142,000 A18-49, an increase of +131% and +49%, respectively, vs. last season.
On the heels of last week’s top-rated “Countdown to Christmas” kick-off, Hallmark Channel had a big weekend. Propelled by the world premieres of the new original holiday movies Christmas Festival of Ice (Saturday, November 4) and Miss Christmas (Sunday, November 5), the net took top honors for the second weekend in a row, becoming the highest-rated and most-watched network on cable among HH, W18-49; W25-54; and Total Viewers. In Live + SD, Christmas Festival of Ice averaged 2.9 HH rating, 3.2 million Total Viewers, and 595,000 W25-54; Miss Christmas averaged a 3.3 HH rating, 3.6 million Total Viewers, and 737,000 W25-54.
In syndication news, as the November sweep survey period (October 26 – November 22) got underway in the session ending October 29, highly regarded newcomer Daily Mail TV (1.1 Live +SD national Nielsen rating, up 10% from the week before) delivered its highest rating ever, growing 22% from its September premiere week and leading all new first-run shows for a sixth straight week.
Among the other top rookies, Page Six TV (0.7, steady) was preempted in numerous markets by the first three World Series games, but resisted any decline. Further back among the freshmen were Funny You Should Ask (0.5, up 25%) and Pickler & Ben (0.3, unchanged). Among the veterans, Dr Phil (3.6, up 6%) raced to a new season high and manhandled the talkers for the 60th week in a row. Live with Kelly and Ryan (2.3, steady) and Ellen DeGeneres (new season high 2.3, up 5%) finished in a dead heat for second place. Steve Harvey’s new Steve (1.4, up 8%) equaled its highest Nielsen score of the season and jumped into fourth place for the first time, tying Maury (1.4, down 7%) and Wendy Williams (1.4, unchanged). For the court shows, Judge Judy (7.1, up 6%) shot to a five-week high, averaging more than 10-million viewers per day, and Hot Bench (2.6, up 13%) clocked a new season high and ranking as the third highest show in daytime.
“Season premieres dominated our Attention Index for October,” Dan Schiffman, chief research officer of TVision Insights, tells Cynopsis of the company’s Monthly Attention Index for Primetime Broadcast and Cable. “On broadcast, comedies performed well. America’s Funniest Home Videos, Me, Myself & I, Will & Grace and Last Man on Earth all made the Broadcast top 5. On Cable the focus was reality TV. Bravo and TLC each have two reality shows on our top 5 this month.” TVision measures actual eyes on screen attention from an opt-in panel of 7,500 people at 2,000 US households, second by second with privacy safe facial recognition technology. For October 2017:
Broadcast
Supergirl (CW) 144.5
America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC) 142.5
Me, Myself & I (CBS) 138.8
Will & Grace (NBC) 129.5
The Last Man on Earth (FOX) 128.4
Cable
American Pickers (History) 149.3
The Real Housewives of Dallas (Bravo) 145.9
90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days (TLC) 135.1
My Giant Life (TLC) 133.9
Below Deck (Bravo) 130.0
NIELSEN SOCIAL CONTENT TOP TEN for the week of October 30, 2017
Program, Date, Total Interactions (000), Facebook Interactions (000), Twitter Interactions (000)
The Walking Dead (AMC) 506, 303, 203
WWE Monday Night Raw (USA) 362, 161, 201
Hannity (FNC) 315, 42, 273
Shameless (Showtime) 268, 177, 91
Love & Hip Hop (VH1) 266, 128, 138
The Flash (CW) 242, 203, 39
WWE Smackdown! (USA) 229, 139, 90
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo) 228, 109, 119
This Is Us (NBC) 226, 157, 69
Saturday Night Live (NBC) 190, 88, 102
Source: Nielsen. Uniques and interactions are a measure of total relevant U.S. social media activity grossed across Facebook and Twitter from three hours before through three hours after broadcast, local time. Includes primetime and late fringe programming with metrics available across social platforms on Broadcast and National Cable and excludes sports events. For multicast programs, networks are listed alphabetically and metrics reflect the highest volume of interactions across all airing networks, denoted with an asterisk
Top Ten Basic Cable Network Live+7 Performance among Total Viewers for the week of: October 16, 2017 Primetime (000)/Total Prog. Day (000)
FS1 3796/FOXN 1348
TBSC 2737/NICK 1138
AMC 2122/MSNB 902
ESPN 2099/ESPN 895
FOXN 2038/FS1 889
TNT 1669/TBSC 843
MSNB 1609/*ADSM 800
USA 1368/TNT 749
DISC 1359/HGTV 714
HALL 1307/AMC 713
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 116,400,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream; Preliminary: Live+7. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performances.
Top Ten Basic Cable Network Live+7 Performance among A18-49 for the week of October 16, 2017
Primetime (000), Total Prog. Day (000)
FS1 1261/*ADSM 505
AMC 1109/ESPN 456
TBSC 1049/TBSC 348
ESPN 994/TNT 347
TNT 881/AMC 341
ADSM 552/NICK 336
USA 538/*NAN 323
FX 510/Fs1 308
DISC 483/ID 240
FRFM 269/USA 234
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe 116,400,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream; Preliminary: Live+7. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performance.
Top-Rated Cable Shows among A18-49 for the week of October 16, 2017 (000)
The Walking Dead (AMC) 9235
Indianapolis/Tennessee (ESPN) 3720
Yankees/Astros (FS1) 3427
Celtics/Cavaliers (TNT) 3290
Talking Dead (AMC) 3173
American Horror Story (FX) 3161
Yankees/Astros (FS1) 2721
The Walking Dead (AMC) 2697
Dodgers/Cubs (TBSC) 2595
Rockets/Warriors (TNT) 2514
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe 116,400,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream; Preliminary: Live+7. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performance.
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week ending 10/23/17 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Judge Judy (CTD) 7.1AA
Family Feud (2/T) 6.5AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 6.2AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 6.0AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 4.6AA
Dr. Phil (CTD) 3.6 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.1AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 2.9AA
Hot Bench (CTD) 2.36A
Ellen DeGeneres Show (WB 2.3AA
Live With Kelly & Ryan (DAD) 2.3AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 10/23/17 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 1.8AA
Family Feud (2/T) 1.7A
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.5AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.2AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.1AA
Modern Family (2/T) 1.1AA
Family Guy (2/T) 1.0AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 0.9AA
Dr. Phil (AT) 0.8AA
Two And A Half Men (WB) 0.7AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 0.7AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Top 10 Broadcast Programs Among A18-49 ratings/share for the week of October 30, 2017
FOX: World Series Game 7 (11/1) 8.2/30
FOX: World Series Game 6 (10/31) 6.0/24
NBC: Sunday Night Football (11.5) 4.9/17
NBC: Football Night America Pt 3 (11/5) 3.1/11
CBS: The Big Bang Theory (11.2) 2.7/12
CBS: 60 Minutes (11/5) 2.5/8
CBS: Young Sheldon (11.2) 2.3/9
NBC: Football Night America Pt 2 (11/5) 2.1/8
NBC: This Is Us (10/31) 2.0/7
ABC: The Good Doctor (10/30) 1.9/10
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of October 30, 2017
ABC Good Morning America 4.21 million total viewers, 1.1/10 and 1.34 million A25-54
NBC Today 4.18 million total viewers, 1.3/12 and 1.56 million A25-54
CBS This Morning 3.52 million total viewers, 0.7/7 and 938,000 million A25-54
Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions): Monday, November 6, 2017 time period averages
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD
NBC: 8.14 million
The Voice 9.63, the Brave 5.18
ABC: 7.92 million
Dancing With the Stars 9.30, Luke Bryan: Living Every Day 5.16
CBS: 5.39 million
Kevin Can Wait 6.31, Superior Donuts 5.39, 9JKL 4.36, Scorpion 5.18
FOX: 3.32 million
Lucifer 3.48, The Gifted 3.17
Telemundo: 1.89 million
Jenni Rivera: Mariposa e Barrio 1.79, Sin Senos Sin Hay Pi 2.11, Senora Acero 4: La Coyote 1.78
Univision: 1.74 million
Rosa de Guadelupe 1.83, Mi Marida Tien Familia 1.93, Caer en Tentacion 1.45
CW: 1.49 million
Supergirl 1.87, Valor 1.12
Monday A19-49 Rating: ABC 1.1/4, FOX 1.0/4, NBC 1.7/6, CBS .9/3, UNI .6/2, TELE .8/3, CW .4/2
EXECUTIVE MOVES
The Video Advertising Bureau promoted Danielle DeLauro to EVP of the VAB. She previously was SVP of strategic sales insights.
Production and branded content house Will Packer Media, a partnership between producer Will Packer and Discovery Communications, added three new executives to its team. Sheila Ducksworth joins as head of scripted television, Jaime Primak Sullivan as head of development and production-digital, and Kelly Smith as head of development and production-unscripted. Ducksworth previously was CEO of Ducksworth Productions, Primak Sullivan was creator, executive producer and star of Bravo reality series Jersey Belle and exec-produced upcoming Gabrielle Union thriller Breaking In. Smith joins from Randy Jackson’s 1963 Entertainment, where he served as VP, development.
This Day in History: 1793 – The Louvre Museum, in Paris, opened to the public for the first time.
Answer to our last trivia question: What classic sitcom premiered on CBS the same day the Soviet Union launched its Sputnik 1 satellite? Leave It To Beaver (1957-63) Kudos to: Rick Dascher-Turner Studios/Atlanta; Richard Freedman-AT&T/Bethesda, MD; Greg Greenwald-Jupiter Entertainment/NY; Rick Marker-Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution/NY; Dan Whitford-WTTW/Chicago; Jim Katz-The Carney Awards/LA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; Tony Reyes-Stoopid Buddy Stoodios/Burbank; Bill Shea-Disney XD/LA; Michael Trombetta-OMD/LA
Today’s Trivia Question What was the first primetime TV series with a female private eye in the title role? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: A limit of four correct answers from each time zone will be selected.).
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