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Stephen Colbert closed out The Late Show on Thursday night to the tune of 6.74M live + same-day viewers, per preliminary panel only data from Nielsen. That makes it the series most-watched weeknight episode ever, CBS says, even higher than Colbert’s very first episode as host. He signed on for…

EXCLUSIVE: Dateline is finishing the TV season on top. Per Nielsen, Dateline outperformed its competition (namely 20/20 on ABC) to become the top Friday newsmagazine among both adults 25-54 and 18-49 for the 2025-2026 broadcast primetime season. This marks the second consecutive season that the…

Netflix had another successful fight night over the weekend. The streamer raked in 12.4M Live + 1 viewers globally for its triple main-card event on Saturday, peaking with 17M viewers to watch Ronda Rousey defeat Gina Carano, per a combination of data from VideoAmp and internal numbers from…

ABC’s The Rookie continues to defy its age, posting a year-to-year viewership bump with its Season 8 finale. The action-packed May 4 closer, which delivered an epic Chenford proposal years in the making followed by a shocking twist, delivered 9.25 million total viewers in Nielsen National Live+7 Day…

SNL UK‘s first season came to a close on a bum note, ratings-wise. Up against stiff competition from the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC One, Sky’s adaptation of the iconic NBC comedy drew its lowest audience of the series. With Sex Education‘s Ncuti Gatwa guest presenting, Saturday Night Liv…

Perfect Crown has become the latest Korean title to break through on streaming. The romantic comedy has driven more than 43M hours viewed globally to-date across Disney+ and Hulu, per the Walt Disney Company. The series has achieved audience growth weekly, including a 43% increase in views in…

Rooster wrapped up its first season as HBO’s most-watched comedy debut in more than 15 years, according to Warner Bros. Discovery. The company said Thursday that Sunday night’s finale tallied 2.2M U.S. viewers in its first three days. That’s down just a tad from the 2.4M who tuned in for the prem…

Man on Fire burned brightly ahead of the pack on Netflix’s English TV rankings last week. The series, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, took in 12.6M views from May 4 to 10. That’s in addition to the 11M views it secured in its first few days on the platform after launching on April 30. This…

Fox is touting its strength coming off a successful 2025-26 broadcast season, led by a few new breakout hits for the network. Memory of a Killer has tallied 18.4M viewers across platforms to-date, ranking as broadcast’s top drama debut of the season among adults 18-49 and delivering the largest…

Two of Netflix’s star series returned this month, but audiences have been slow to catch on. Both Beef and Running Point both debuted their second seasons over the past two weeks or so to pretty middling results. Beef, which debuted on April 16, managed 4.1M views in its first full week on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Looks like Bravo struck gold in the Ocean State. The Real Housewives of Rhode Island premiere episode amassed 2.7M viewers across platforms in seven days post-April 2 debut, making it Bravo's biggest multiplatform series premiere since 2024, according to NBCUniversal. The series…

EXCLUSIVE: Ted is bringing the laughs on Peacock with Season 2. The second season has generated 1.2B minutes viewed since its March launch, making it the top original comedy title among all the streamers in that timeframe, per Nielsen data. Ted continues to perform particularly well among…