TV ratings

For the week ending in Nov. 7, reports are saying that comedic actress and personality Sherri Shepherd has boosted the most recent ratings for 'The Wendy Williams Show' as guest host to the highest it's been since the season started back in mid October.

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s no secret, sports fans. Better games produce better ratings. That was the simple lesson for the NFL this week, after a dip in viewership for its conference championship games, compared to 2019. The Nielsen company said 42.8 million people watched the San Francisco 49ers beat the Green Bay Packers to […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With football in full swing and “The Big Bang Theory” nowhere to be seen, the first week of the fall season had NBC feeling like must-see TV again. The network that dominated prime time in the 1980s and 1990s won the week in total viewers for the first time in 18 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The new television season hasn’t begun yet, but the football season has, and it’s carrying the networks in the interim. Four NFL games finished among the Nielsen company’s top 12 shows last week, led by the Sunday night matchup of Philadelphia against Atlanta. RELATED: Why Shaun King Is Still Boycotting The […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — While political battles raged, viewers overwhelmingly cast their TV votes for football. Eight of the 10 most popular telecasts last week were NFL and college games or related programs, according to Nielsen ratings released Tuesday. NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” Green Bay-New England contest was the top-rated NFL game of the season […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The showdown between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was the most-watched presidential debate ever, with 84 million viewers. The Nielsen company said the viewership, over 13 different networks, toppled a record that had stood for 36 years. The previous record for presidential debate viewership was the 80.6 million people who saw […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The showdown between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was the most-watched presidential debate ever, with 84 million viewers. The Nielsen company said the viewership, over 13 different networks, toppled a record that had stood for 36 years. The previous record for presidential debate viewership was the 80.6 million people who saw […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Monday’s Grammys telecast missed a beat with the TV audience, delivering a seven-year low in viewership. The Nielsen ratings company says the music shindig aired on CBS was seen by an average 24.95 million viewers. That was 300,000 fewer viewers than for last year’s edition, which was the smallest Grammys audience […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ESPY Awards, highlighted by Caitlyn Jenner‘s acceptance of a trophy for bravery, proved a ratings champion. The telecast, which moved from its traditional ESPN cable home to a bigger stage with broadcast sibling ABC, drew 7.75 million viewers last Wednesday to rank as the most-watched ESPY ceremony ever, more than […]

If you want to find out more about African-Americans and their viewing habits and what kinds of entertainment they consume and when and why, you can turn to Nielsen, the company that keeps track of that kind of information. Everyone has heard of Nielsen ratings, which most forms of media now use to register how […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Halle Berry made her small screen debut at a spot befitting an Academy Award winner — first place in the television ratings — but it’s too early to call her summer drama “Extant” a hit. The limited run series, in which Berry plays an astronaut who mysteriously returns from a solo […]