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The Voice ticked up in ratings from last week with a 1.3 in adults 18-49 demographic, but the big news is that the NBC reality singing competition hit an audience season-high Monday night with 9.07 million viewers tuning in to watch the live finale performances. However, the numbers for NBC as well as CBS and ABC are…

HBO’s Watchmen ended its season with a Lady Trieu (Hong Chau) rainstorm of creatures, some shocking deaths, the fate of Dr. Manhattan, a cliffhanger for Regina King’s Angela Abar (aka Sister Knight) and some stellar ratings. Damon Lindelof’s adaptation — or should we say continuation? — of Alan Moore's award-winning…

UPDATED with final Sunday Night Football number: NBC took the W last night with Sunday Night Football, dominating primetime with the Buffalo Bills’ victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The game drew 18.1 million viewers and a 4.4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, up three tenths from last week in fast-affiliate…

The Dec. 7 edition of Saturday Night Live, with Scarlett Johansson in her sixth turn as host and musical guest Niall Horan, drew a 4.0 Live+Same Day household rating in the 44 local metered markets and a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating in the 25 markets with local people meters. That was off in households and even in the…

With no college football or Frosty The Snowman to contend with, Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown returned to the top position in the demo wars this week. The two-hour wrestling showcase drew an 0.7 and 2.34 million viewers, just a tick ahead of the CBS drama lineup and ABC’s American Housewife, which closed out the…

Fox’s season-finale broadcast of Thursday Night Football, which saw the Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson put on a show of his own, scored a 2.6 rating and 9.33 million viewers to finish as Thursday’s top-rated and most-watched show in primetime. Still, the Ravens’ 42-21 victory over the New York Jets, in which Ravens…

Wednesday’s episode of Survivor was a big one: In the CBS reality series’ 39-season history, it was the first time a contestant had been kicked off the show. The episode — which ended with a card that said Dan Spilo, a prominent Hollywood manager-producer, was removed after an off-camera incident that didn’t involve…

Fans tuned into another big reveal on Tuesday episode of Fox’s The Masked Singer as the Christmas tree was unmasked. The hit reality singing competition won the night in Nielsen’s fast affiliates with a 1.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic along with 5.76 million viewers. NBC got us into the holiday spirit with…

The two-hour semifinals of NBC’s The Voice swept the top spots in broadcast primetime Monday, scoring a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 8.16 million viewers. The demo number was even with last Monday’s performance, which was topped last week by the fall season finale of Fox’s 9-1-1. Last night, Fox…

NBC’s Sunday Night Football ran away as the night’s top rated and most watched show in primetime last night. The Los Angeles Rams’ 28-12 victory over the Seattle Seahawks was of much interest on the West Coast (especially in the L.A., Seattle and San Francisco 49ers markets), meaning the game’s 4.1 rating in the…

The Dec. 7 edition of Saturday Night Live, with host Jennifer Lopez and musical guest DaBaby, delivered a 4.2 Live+Same Day household rating in the 44 local metered markets and a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating in the 25 markets with local people meters. That was off from the last SNL original on Nov. 23, hosted by Will…

It’s time for the NCAA college football league championships, the battles which will help determine the teams that will play for the national championship and select bowl games. Not surprisingly, the fervant interest in those outcomes dominated the Friday night TV ratings, as ABC’s Pac-12 match between Oregon and Utah…