Big Number
54%
Returning to their usual September berth helped give a big boost to the TV ratings for the Emmy Awards. The Sept. 15 show, hosted by Eugene and Dan Levy on ABC, averaged 6.87 viewers in fast national ratings from Nielsen, including out of home viewing. That’s a 54 percent jump over the delayed 2023 awards, which pulled in 4.46 million viewers — an all-time low for the awards. Full story.
Snapshot
Dragon Drama
The second season of House of the Dragon incensed some fans after spending eight episodes leading to a massive cliffhanger. In the ratings, the season dipped about 10 percent from the show’s first season, but the numbers do remain high. And then Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin ripped HBO over changes to Dragon from the source material. Full story.
STREAMING
Top Series
The most-viewed series of the week
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NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (Aug. 12-Aug. 18, most recent week)
Top Movies
The most-viewed films of the week
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NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (Aug. 12-Aug. 18, most recent week)
TOP TRENDING
This week’s most consumed, searched and shared content
SOURCE: PARROT ANALYTICS (AUG 23-29, 2024)
This ranking shows the most in-demand series that have debuted in the last 365 days on major platforms with US audiences.
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BOX OFFICE
Top Movies
The highest-grossing films domestically
1
$51.6M
Weekend Gross
4,575
Theaters
$188M
Total Gross
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COMSCORE (Sept. 13-Sept. 15)
Upcoming Releases
Notable movies heading to theaters
Oct. 4
Oct. 11
Tom Hanks Is Here Nov. 1
Robert Zemeckis tells the story of multiple families over the course of generations, with the entire film taking place in a single location.
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BROADCAST
Top TV
The most-viewed primetime network shows
1
Presidential Debate
ABC
19.05M
Viewers
2
Sunday Night Football – Texans vs. Bears
NBC
18.02M
Viewers
3
Monday Night Football – 49ers vs. Jets
ABC
11.03M
Viewers
4
60 Minutes
CBS
10.48M
Viewers
5
Presidential Debate
NBC
10.08M
Viewers
Nielsen (Sept. 9-Sept. 15)
Inside View
The narrative behind the numbers
Multi
1 Debate
67.14M Viewers
A Blockbuster Debate
ABC News, which produced the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate on Sept. 10, drew by far the biggest audience of any single network with 19.05 million viewers from 9-10:45 p.m. ET. NBC placed second with 10.08 million viewers, followed by Fox News with 9.06 million. MSNBC (6.38 million) edged CBS (6.19 million) for fourth place; then came the Fox broadcast network (4.85 million), CNN (4.39 million), Telemundo (1.16 million), Univision (975,000) and Fox Business (295,000). Nielsen ratings figures show the debate drawing about 67.14 million viewers across the big four broadcast networks, CNN, Fox News, Fox Business and MSNBC. That’s about 16 million more people than the final tally for the June 27 debate between Trump and Joe Biden.
DATA SPOTLIGHT
TV Use by Platform In August
Overall TV use rose by 8 percent from July to August, again fueled by the 14 days of Olympics coverage. Streaming (41 percent of all usage) and cable (26.3 percent) both declined by 0.4 points, and other TV use — including gaming and physical media playback — fell from 11.6 percent in July to 10.7 percent, according to Nielsen's latest Gauge report on Sept. 17.
SOURCE: Nielsen
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