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‘Survivor 50′ Scores CBS Competition Series’ Best Live+Same-Day Finale Audience In 6 Years

Survivor 50 ended on a high note with the franchise’s most-watched finale in six years. The finale episode, which aired Wednesday night, drew 5.78M live + same-day viewers, per Nielsen’s preliminary panel only data. That’s the best since the Season 40 finale pulled 7.61M viewers on May 13, 2020. These numbers will likely slightly increase […]

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'The Rookie' Season 8 Finale Breaks a Major Record Ahead of Season 9

ABC is winning back-to-back with its hit crime drama, with fans playing a major role in its continued success. Spanning eight seasons and 144 episodes, The Rookie has become one of the strongest modern police procedurals on screen and already has a second spin-off, The Rookie: North, starring Jay Ellis, in development. Last month, it was renewed for a ninth season, making it the third-longest-running series currently airing on ABC.

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Rousey Vs. Carano Leads Heavyweight Global Audience For Netflix’s Latest Fight Night

Netflix had another successful fight night over the weekend. The streamer raked in 12.4M Live + 1 viewers globally for its triple main-card event on Saturday, peaking with 17M viewers to watch Ronda Rousey defeat Gina Carano, per a combination of data from VideoAmp and internal numbers from Netflix. In the U.S. alone, the event […]

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‘The Rookie’ Season 8 Finale Sets New Streaming Record, Hits Demo Season High & Tops Season 7 Closer With 9.25M Live+7 Multiplatform Viewers

ABC’s The Rookie continues to defy its age, posting a year-to-year viewership bump with its Season 8 finale. The action-packed May 4 closer, which delivered an epic Chenford proposal years in the making followed by a shocking twist, delivered 9.25 million total viewers in Nielsen National Live+7 Day Big Data Plus Panel program ratings across […]

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TV Ratings Revolt: Big Media Hopes for Upfront Measures Like Car Showroom Visits, Movie Ticket Sales

TV has long been an industry based on eyeballs. Now media companies are winking more at feet. Fox Corp. is the backer of some of TV’s most-watched programs including Sunday-afternoon NFL games and “The Masked Singer.”  Earlier this week, however, it released a report touting not the number of people who see its shows, but […]

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