Nielsen Wire » Saturday Night Live http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 “Lost” Is Found By Online Viewers http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/lost-is-found-by-online-viewers/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/lost-is-found-by-online-viewers/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:50:09 +0000 Nielsen Wire http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=8181 Nielsen today released its first public rankings of online individual TV programs, and ABC.com’s “Lost” led the way with 1.4 million unique viewers in December. NBC.com’s “Saturday Night Live” was close behind with 1.1 million unique viewers, followed by “Grey’s Anatomy” on ABC.com with 879,000 unique viewers.

Top 10 Online Broadcast TV Network Entertainment Programs* for December 2008 ranked by Unique Viewers (U.S.)

Rank Program Network Unique Viewers
1 Lost ABC.com 1,425,000
2 Saturday Night Live NBC.com 1,111,000
3 Grey’s Anatomy ABC.com 879,000
4 Desperate Housewives ABC.com 723,000
5 Heroes NBC.com 685,000
6 Ugly Betty ABC.com 631,000
7 Samantha Who? ABC.com 560,000
8 Scrubs ABC.com 519,000
9 Survivor CBS Television 496,000
10 True Beauty ABC.com 462,000
“Source: Nielsen Online, VideoCensus

*Reflects video content on ABC.com, CBS Television, CWTV.com, FOX Broadcasting,
and NBC.com, along with their respective embedded video players. Programs are client-defined.

The rankings are based on broadcast networks that tag their online offerings. Hulu.com was excluded from the survey as it does not currently report VideoCensus data at the program level. Web sites included in the survey are: ABC.com, CBS Television, CWTV.com, Fox Broadcasting and NBC.com.

Watch a video from John Burbank, CEO, Nielsen Online


To read more about Nielsen’s VideoCensus, including additional rankings for top entertainment programs ranked by time spent online and information on our methodology, view the entire release here.

]]> http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/lost-is-found-by-online-viewers/feed/ 11 Primetime Broadcast Ratings, October 23, 2008 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-october-23-2008/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-october-23-2008/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:00:24 +0000 admin http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=3378 CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Gabon” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, October 23, 2008.

ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was sandwiched in between the two, in second place.

Game two of the MLB World Series, which aired on FOX, claimed fourth place, with almost 12.8 million viewers, on average.

Rank Program Network Viewers (P2+)
1 CSI CBS 19,492,000
2 GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM ABC 14,451,000
3 SURVIVOR: GABON CBS 13,309,000
4 FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 2(S)-10/23/2008 FOX 12,777,000
5 ELEVENTH HOUR CBS 11,849,000
6 E.R. NBC 8,818,000
7 SNL:WKND UPDT 10/23(S)-10/23/2008 NBC 8,796,000
8 UGLY BETTY ABC 8,704,000
9 OFFICE NBC 7,976,000
10 LIFE ON MARS ABC 7,861,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (October 23, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 15 million viewers, while FOX took second place with just over 12 million average viewers. ABC and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 10.4 million and 7.6 million average viewers, respectively. Univision and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.8 million and 3.7 million viewers, respectively.

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