“Football Night in America, Part 2,” NBC, 4.73 million. “The Masked Singer,” Fox, 5.08 million.Ģ0. “FBI: Most Wanted,” CBS, 6.86 million.ġ7. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 6.98 million.ġ5.
NFL Football: New England at Indianapolis, NFL Network, 7.26 million.ġ4. In this Japanese reality TV show, three men and three women all move into the same house, and life unfolds at a surprisingly slow pace and with a peaceful tenor. In competition based reality shows, they have common elements such as participants being eliminated per episode for example in ‘Big Brother’. “Yellowstone,” Paramount, 7.74 million.ġ2. Reality TV programmes have standard tropes TV confessionals which are used by cast members to express their thoughts which often double as the shows narration. “Football Night in America, Part 3,” NBC, 8.92 million.Ĩ.
Any press is good press in the eyes of some, and getting a show trending on social media can do wonders for it becoming a hit. Making It (NBC) Parks and Recreation alumni Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman reunite in the feel-good, pun-filled craft reality series Making It, which sees contestants compete for the title of Master Maker and a hefty prize of 100,000. NFL Football: New Orleans at Tampa Bay, NBC, 18.06 million.Ģ. Whether these are dating shows, competition shows, or even shows that just focus on people's lives, reality shows all look to drum up some controversy and some conversation for fans to chat about.
13-19, the 20 most popular shows, their networks and viewerships:ġ. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.5 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.1 million.įor the week of Dec. ESPN had 1.89 million, Hallmark had 1.48 million, MSNBC had 1.3 million and Paramount had 1.07 million.ĪBC’s “World News Tonight” won the evening news ratings race, averaging 8.2 million viewers. NBC had 5.1 million, CBS had 3.8 million, ABC had 3.5 million, Univision had 1.3 million, Ion Television had 1 million and Telemundo had 910,000.įox News Channel won among the cable networks, averaging 2.2 million in prime time. One television staple, ABC’s showing of “The Sound of Music” movie, reached 3.3 million people on Sunday night, Nielsen said.įox won the week in prime time among broadcast networks, averaging 5.7 million viewers last week.
“The Voice,” with 7.3 million viewers for the first of two parts on Monday, had the highest numbers. NBC’s “The Voice,” CBS’ “Survivor” and Fox’s “The Masked Singer” all crowned winners this past week and had fans tuning in. As is typical, NBC’s Sunday night game, most recently featuring New Orleans’ surprise shutout of the Tampa Bay Bucs, topped the list. NEW YORK (AP) - Football and other forms of televised competition - the season finales of some popular reality shows - dominated the Nielsen company’s weekly list of the most popular shows on television.įour separate NFL games were on Nielsen’s list of the most popular programs in prime-time.