1 in adults 25-54 - a tick ahead of CBS - while the Eye will win in total viewers for the sixth straight season and the 11th time in 12 years.ĬBS averaged 10.73 million viewers through Sunday (down 9% from last year), followed by NBC (9.28 million, up 33%), ABC (7.59 million, down 4%), Fox (7.35 million, up 4%), Univision (3.00 million, down 19%) and CW (1.89 million, up 6%)Īs always, sports was a key factor in the network race, and Fox benefited from having the season’s two top-rated primetime telecasts in the Super Bowl and the NFC Championship. SEE ALSO: Team Greenblatt: Key Players in NBC’s Turnaround in Progress The 2.7 rating is the best for NBC in four years, and its year-to-year improvement of 13% in 18-49 is the best for any network since ABC in 2004-05 (the year it bowed “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Lost”). ABC is likely to end at 2.2 (which would leave it down 4%), and there’s a shot that NBC could rise to a 2.8 (for a 17% gain). Overall through Sunday (and with three nights to be counted in the 2013-14 season that ends Wednesday), NBC led in adults 18-49 with a 2.7 rating/8 share (up 13% from last year). last year while ABC, CBS and Fox all declined to their lowest-ever season average. NBC’s improvements this season coincided with troubles at its rivals, as the Peacock was up vs.
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