Preliminary Neilsen ratings show fewer American viewers for Emmys
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An estimated 14 million viewers watched the triumphs of HBO&#39;s The Sopranos and Angels in America on the Emmy Awards on Sunday night on ABC - an alarmingly low number for what is supposed to be television&#39;s big night.
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The broadcast networks have a lot more viewers, but HBO has most of the Emmys, winning more than ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox combined on Sunday night.
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The 56th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night scored the franchise&#39;s smallest audience -- about 14 million viewers -- since the disaster of 1990.
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&quot;Angels in America&quot; dominated the 56th Emmy Awards on Sunday night, as HBO dwarfed every other broadcast and cable network.
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In the extremely tight ratings race between the two leading evening news broadcasts, ABCâs âWorld News With Charles Gibsonâ last week edged past its rival, NBCâs âNightly News With Brian Williams,â for the first time in eight weeks. Nielsen estimated that the ABC newscast drew 9.8 million viewers, its highest average in nearly a year and slightly more than the 9.6 million who tuned in to NBC. ABCâs slim margin of victory was only modestly higher in the age bracket of adults 25 to 54, a demographic the two networks split evenly during the previous week. The last time ABC finished No. 1 was during the November sweeps period. Last week CBSâs âEvening News With Katie Couricâ remained a distant third (7.13 million).
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NBC's broadcast of the 2004  Olympics has gotten off to as bumpy a start as the U.S. Olympic  team itself, with prime-time ratings for the first three days  of the Summer Games down slightly from four years ago,  according to figures released on Monday.
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"Lost" crashed in the ratings this week, hitting an all-time low for a new episode. ABC's drama about plane crash survivors stranded on a mysterious island drew an estimated 12.8 million viewers Wednesday, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen Media Research. That's well off the peak of more than 20 million for the drama that became an instant sensation when it debuted in September 2004.
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NBC led every hour of prime time in Monday nightâs ratings, buoyed by the successful combination of its new hit âAmerican Gladiatorsâ followed by the game show âDeal or No Deal.â Those shows earned the nightâs top ratings among adults 18 to 49, according to Nielsenâs estimates, with âDeal or No Dealâ also drawing the largest audience of the night, 14.1 million viewers at 9 p.m. âAmerican Gladiators,â meanwhile, delivered a more modest 10.1 million viewers at 8. NBCâs âMedium,â which also drew 10.1 million viewers, led the 10 p.m. hour in the 18-to-49 group. Fox finished second for the night in that demographic, thanks to its new show âTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,â which attracted 8.6 million viewers while tying CBSâs comedy repeats in the 9 p.m. hour among adults 18 to 49. CBS, which broadcast reruns all night long, ranked third in that age group, but second in total viewers behind NBC. ABC was a distant fourth. Its âDance Warâ averaged 9.8 million viewers from 8 to 9:30, but its âOctober Roadâ continued to struggle during the 10 p.m. time slot with just 5 million viewers.
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NBC took top honors during  the last week before Christmas, winning the adults 18-49  demographic and claiming the two top shows, "Sunday Night  Football" and the season finale of "The Biggest Loser." CBS won  in viewership.
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"Rock Star: Supernova"  was the highest rated show among adults 18-49 Wednesday, while  "CSI: New York" pulled in the most viewers, according to  preliminary ratings estimates from Nielsen Media Research.
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Olympic laurels. NBC swept the Nielsen ratings medals, with its first three nights of coverage in Athens taking the top three prime-time spots last week (Aug. 9-15) in viewers and advertiser-coveted young adults. The surge ...
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NBCâs bare-bones version of the â65th Annual Golden Globesâ attracted just 5.8 million viewers on Sunday night, a small fraction of the 20 million who tuned in to the awards show a year ago, according to Nielsenâs estimates. A two-hour âDatelineâ special, featuring interviews with the nominees and preceding the 9 p.m. announcement show fared no better, drawing only 4.4 million. Combined, the three-hour broadcast delivered a dismal 1.3 rating in the critical demographic of adults 18 to 49, a far cry from the 6.5 rating the show earned over prime time on a Monday last January. The big hit on Sunday was Foxâs premiere of âTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,â which attracted 18.3 million viewers at 8 p.m. and the highest ratings by far of any new series this season. Although âTerminatorâ benefited from following a football game on Fox that attracted more than 35 million viewers during the 7 p.m. hour, no other scripted series debut on any broadcast network has done better in the 18-to-49 set in three years. The last scripted series debut on a broadcast network to earn higher ratings among adults 18 to 49 was CBSâs âNumb3rsâ on Jan. 23, 2005. Fox easily led the nightâs ratings, followed by CBS and ABC. NBC ranked fourth. Part one of CBSâs âComanche Moonâ drew 15.8 million viewers.
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Yes, you heard right. This year's prime-time Emmys really were awarded a few days ago. Lots of winged statuettes were presented. A hardcore audience (the second-smallest on record) saw it happen.
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Tycoon Donald Trump wasn't fired,  but he was snubbed, losing out to CBS reality show "Amazing  Race" at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night, while HBO got off to  a brisk start with a clutch of acting prizes, including best  actor in a mini-series for Al Pacino.
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Fox's "American Idol" returned as the nation's most popular TV series, but with 4 million fewer viewers than the 2007 season premiere. Tuesday's debut was seen by 33.4 million viewers, down 11 percent from the 37.4 million who watched the first show, according to preliminary ratings by Nielsen Media Research.
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CBS and ABC fell to their  lowest ratings among the coveted adults 18-49 demographic in  two decades last week, as reruns and summer alternatives drove  viewers from their couches.
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America&#39;s favorite mob family, &quot;The  Sopranos,&quot; is favored to rub out the competition at Sunday&#39;s  Primetime Emmy Awards and notch a place in the record books of  U.S. television&#39;s top honors along the way.