NHL Opening Night saw sharp viewership decline
The league was beat out by both MLB and the WNBA on Tuesday.
Ratings News
Week 5 spells ratings slump for NFL
A weather-delayed 'Sunday Night Football' contributes to smaller audience for Week 5.
SEC notches another week of strong viewership on ABC
Fortunately for Alabama fans, their game was not Nielsen rated.
WNBA playoffs continue to set viewership records
Game 3 of the New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces was the most-watched WNBA semifinal game in 22 years.
Marquee teams deliver strong viewership for MLB divisional series
Led by a number of brand-name teams, Fox's broadcasts of NLDS games have seen strong bumps compared to last season.
SEC on ABC delivering network’s highest ratings since 2016
The SEC clearly remains king when it comes to viewership across college football.
WWE NXT’s debut on The CW leads to their best audience since Oct. 2023
This debut definitely worked out for The CW. We'll see if the WWE NXT numbers remain this strong.
NFL viewership in September reached highest marks since 2015
Through four weeks, NFL viewership is up four percent over last season.
NFL’s Week 4 ratings a mixed bag compared to last season
NBC's Sunday Night Football was down 16.5% versus last season.
WNBA scores most-watched semifinal game in two decades
Sunday's Las Vegas Aces-New York Liberty semifinal game averaged 929,000 viewers per Nielsen.
‘Thursday Night Football’ viewership hits record high for Cowboys-Giants
A record-high 16.22 million average viewers tuned into the Cowboys' victory over the Giants on TNF.
ESPN’s ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ puts up best viewership numbers since 2019
SNB averaged 1,505,000 viewers across the 25 broadcasts.
‘Thursday Night Football’ ratings up over 20 percent from 2023-24 season through Week 3
An average of 13.37 million viewers tuned into Thursday Night Football in Week 3.
ESPN’s Week 2 ‘Monday Night Football’ ratings down from season debut, but strong for non-ABC simulcast
Just over 15 million viewers tuned into the Week 2 MNF broadcast.
‘Friday Night Smackdown’ earns high ratings in USA Network debut
WWE Friday Night Smackdown debuted on USA Network last Friday night with 1.7 million viewers watching the Friday night spectacle.
NFL Week 2 ratings: CBS, Fox, NBC off to best starts in years
CBS is off to its best two-week start to the season since 1998-1999.
Week 1 ‘Monday Night Football’ broadcast delivers impressive ratings for second straight year
20.5 million viewers tuned into Monday's Jets-49ers game across Disney/ESPN networks.
NFL Week 1 ratings: Everyone’s a winner as networks draw huge numbers
Every network had something to celebrate in Week 1 of the NFL season thanks to soaring ratings on almost every platform that televised games.
NBC’s Ravens-Chiefs broadcast most-watched season opener ever
An average of 28.9 million viewers tuned in to Thursday's season opener.
‘College GameDay’ posts third-highest viewed regular-season episode ever from Texas A&M
Week 1 saw College GameDay's most-watched regular-season episode since November 2016.
ABC records best CFB Week One numbers since 2016
The LSU-USC game here was a big part of overall ABC ratings success.
Big Week 0 numbers for ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ and Georgia Tech-Florida State may boost that week further
The numbers for both College GameDay and Georgia Tech-Florida State were strong.
NASCAR exec says they prefer later race start times due to better television viewership
The impact of earlier start times on NASCAR viewership often goes underreported.
Premier League delivers record opening weekend for NBC Sports
The Premier League on NBC is picking up where it left off.
WNBA viewership surge doesn’t miss a beat after Olympics break
Far from stopping the WNBA's momentum, the Olympics break has only helped.