New York (CNN Business)It wasn't all that long ago that the NFL, TV's most dominant property, had a ratings problem.

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Another low Friday. Nielsen Media Company also collects much more elaborate and comprehensive data on rankings by local market, by narrow demographics, etc. This resource includes current and historical election event ratings, as well as related topical insights and solutions.

The biggest winner on Sunday night was undoubtedly “Schitt’s Creek,” which swept all of the major comedy categories, including outstanding series. Powered by BizBudding Inc. ARLINGTON, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 20: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys carries the ball against the Atlanta Falcons in the second quarter and at AT&T Stadium on September 20, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. While TV ratings were down for both conventions compared with 2016, the Democratic convention drew higher overnight ratings than the GOP in 2020 on each of their four nights. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. While that obviously dwarfs the Emmys and pretty much everything else on the night, it does in fact represent around a 17% drip from last weekend’s “SNF” opener.

The numbers for Monday night come ahead of traditional TV ratings from Nielsen Media Research, which will be released on Tuesday afternoon. Another low Friday. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates. Social Content Ratings Weekly Top Ten lists for Series and Specials are ranked by the total number of social TV interactions across Facebook, Instagram Business Accounts and Twitter. Big Sports Fail To Deliver As Fox News Tops Summer TV Ratings.

"There's a lot of anticipation for football right now, and the league will ride that into the season.".

Sunday night’s ceremony could have been a flaming disaster, but by and large Kimmel managed to keep things together (especially considering he was leading proceedings from an empty Staples Center) and ABC produced a coherent show despite all kinds of COVID-19 related barriers. Ratings for the first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention trailed the Democrats' opening festivities -- with far less people tuning … HBO triumphed over Netflix in the overall tally, thanks primarily to “Watchmen,” which landed a whopping 11 total awards. The previous two Emmys on ABC both had “Emmys Red Carpet Live” as their lead-in.
2w ago by Rick Porter He noted that the league's ratings might also get a "tailwind" from out-of-home viewing — a new metric from Nielsen that tracks viewers watching programming at bars, hotels, or other people's homes — now that strict quarantines have ended.

Even so, the league will likely see viewership increase yet, "I think that the interest in football, and particularly in the NFL, is heightened by the fact that we haven't had any football since the Super Bowl.

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One of the biggest surprises of the night came in the lead actress drama category, where Zendaya broke through for her “Euphoria” performance, beating out previous winner Jodie Comer and Oscar-winner Olivia Colman.
", Beyond the pandemic, the league will also be dealing with an intense presidential election between President Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden. That is a drop off of approximately 12% from last year’s low in viewership and a drop off of 25% in the key demo. All times are ET.

"I think outside of the two debates on Thursday night, which are opposite NFL games, I don't see the election having much of an effect on the numbers this season.". "Even after all this confusion, change, and competition, the NFL still can deliver 20 million viewers to you live across a three and a half-hour period on an average minute basis.

Putting on the two teams with big national followings, SNF snared a 4.7 in early ratings among adults 18-49 and 14.81 million viewers last night. In 2016 and 2017, the league saw sluggish ratings, with its numbers down and plenty of, Those days are a distant memory following two seasons of, This season will be unlike any other, given that it's kicking off in the middle of a global pandemic and another heated presidential election. This season's ratings also may be more closely watched than in recent years because the TV rights deals with the league's broadcasting partners are ending soon.

Per the Nielsen Live+Same Day fast nationals for Sunday night, the awards telecast averaged just a 1.2 rating in adults 18-49 and 6.1 million viewers.