All articles tagged with #viewership
The ManningCast alternate Monday Night Football broadcast with Peyton and Eli Manning drew only 705,000 viewers out of 23.2 million for the Broncos-Chiefs game, about 3% of the total audience, underscoring a gap between critical praise and ratings and fueling talk of an additional alternate feed (like Pat McAfee) in weeks the Mannings aren’t on.
The Cowboys-Giants Week 1 game averaged 25.7 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, peaking at 29.0 million in the second quarter, marking the first Week 1 kickoff and Sunday Night Football to top 25 million since 2015; opening Patriots-Seahawks drew 25.1 million.
The Patriots-Seahawks season opener averaged 25.1 million viewers, the fourth straight year above 25M but down 12% from last year’s 28.3M; analysts suggest the midweek start and scheduling quirks may have influenced the dip, with Wednesday Week 1 likely to persist in future seasons.
FX’s comedy Adults Season 2 draws roughly 40% more viewers than Season 1 across Hulu and Disney+ globally after 12 days, with international audience up 100%. Season 1 also sees renewed attention (+50% since the standalone prequel Marathon Day), and the season is garnering critical praise, highlighted by a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score for Season 2.
Lanterns’ third episode drew 10 million global viewers (about 7 million in the U.S. after three days), a new series high as HBO Max reports ongoing growth; the pilot has surpassed 20 million worldwide, placing Lanterns among HBO Max’s top five launches and the biggest DC Studios premiere there, while Episode 3 delves into John Stewart’s backstory and training to potentially replace Hal Jordan.
Rockstar's GTA VI: An Extended Look drew 31.1 million Netflix views in four days, topping the service's weekly charts and eclipsing Netflix's own films, even as subscribers experienced outages during the premiere; the clip also earned about 18 million views on Rockstar's YouTube, ahead of GTA VI's November 19 launch.
Netflix’s 30-minute extended look at Grand Theft Auto 6 drew 31.1 million views in four days, making it the week’s most-viewed title and ranking No. 1 in 87 of 93 countries. The preview was exclusive to Netflix for six hours before hitting YouTube, with the Rockstar Games clip amassing 17 million views on its channel as Netflix mobile usage surged and web traffic briefly crashed. Take-Two described the premiere as a key marketing moment ahead of GTA 6’s November 19 launch.
Netflix’s 27‑minute Grand Theft Auto VI preview drew 31.1 million global weekend views, ranking first on Netflix’s English-language film list in 87 of 93 tracked countries; YouTube reports about 17 million views, with Netflix counting views via hours viewed, signaling strong anticipation for GTA VI after a 13‑year hiatus.
Deadline reports that the Avengers Endgame: Encore trailer drew 77 million views in its first 24 hours, more than four times the previous re-release record. The Encore includes an exclusive look at Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday, with additional previews for IMAX/Infinity Vision screens, and its release is tied to a December 18 Doomsday premiere. The piece frames Endgame as essential viewing before Doomsday and notes renewed momentum for the next MCU installment, with hints of repackaging other Marvel titles for refreshers.
Caitlin Clark continues to drive record WNBA viewership across media partners, with Indiana Fever–Dallas Wings on Prime Video drawing 1.07 million viewers—the platform's highest WNBA count and on par with the NBA on Prime averages—while other networks (NBC/Peacock, ESPN, CBS, Ion, USA) have also posted records this season, though Nielsen’s shift to Big Data makes cross-year comparisons imperfect and the broader trend remains clear: Clark is the league’s biggest draw.
Netflix’s fifth and final season of Outer Banks launched to 9.4 million views, a drop from the 15.5 million for Season 4A but up from 8.6 million for the second half of Season 4, reflecting ongoing retention challenges for Netflix; the debut still led the English-language TV rankings for Aug. 17–23 and marked the franchise’s fourth consecutive No. 1 series debut.
AEW Dynamite drew 587,000 viewers this week, its lowest in ten weeks and below the previous week’s 658,000, with a 0.10 rating in 18-49—the smallest since June 24. The decline followed a 34-minute overrun and was noted despite Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay headlining in separate trio matches and a sit-down interview, as the show’s pace seemingly slowed on the road to All In and faced NBA Finals competition.
U.S. Formula 1 viewership fell in 2026 after moving from ESPN to Apple TV, with the Miami Grand Prix down 68% and Monaco down 66% in household reach; eight of nine races declined, while Japan was unchanged. Analysts say some fans used Apple TV’s free trial to watch F1 but didn’t convert to paid subscriptions. Despite the overall drop in reach, minutes watched increased for some races, and about 30% of 2026 F1 viewers hadn’t used Apple TV in late 2025, signaling new audiences as Apple TV expands its sports slate through a 2030 F1 deal.
DC Studios’ Lanterns bowed on HBO Max to 9.3 million global viewers in its first three days (6.6 million in the U.S.), ranking among HBO Max’s top five premieres and outpacing several other debuts; the eight‑episode series stars Aaron Pierre as John Stewart and Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan, with new episodes dropping Sundays at 9 p.m. ET.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II says Marvel blamed Wonder Man’s cancellation on viewership and criticizes the Blade project’s optics as obvious, underscoring disagreement with Marvel’s rationale for the show’s cancellation.