Streaming Ratings, Week of May 19: Sirens Lifts Netflix Back to First
Posted in: UncategorizedNetflix was the sole streamer to have a title to surpass the billion viewing minutes mark.
Netflix was the sole streamer to have a title to surpass the billion viewing minutes mark.
CNN’s top show in total viewers was Anderson Cooper 360, while The Rachel Maddow Show was MSNBC’s No. 1 show.
CNN and MSNBC also recorded higher viewership on Saturday, covering multiple major news events.
CNN and MSNBC’s top programs fell outside the primetime window.
A bevy of news on the national and international front led to an uptick in viewership across all three evening newscasts.
CBS Mornings was the only broadcast to record week-to-week declines in the demo, but it was up in total viewers.
CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront finished with 63,000 fewer total viewers than MSNBC’s The Weeknight at 7 p.m. ET.
The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell was MSNBC’s highest-rated show, while the return of Anderson Cooper boosted AC 360 to over a million total viewers.
15,000 total viewers separated CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront from MSNBC’s The Weeknight.
Streaming outperformed the combination of broadcast and cable for the first time.
No streaming title crossed the 1 billion viewing minutes threshold during the recorded week.
Abby Phillip continues to be a demo favorite on CNN.
Fox News still finished first in total day.
FNC was comfortably ahead of its cable rivals.
Day of the LA unrest continued to bring viewers to the cable news nets.
The demo gap between GMA and Today narrowed to 65,000 viewers.
World News Tonight retained its usual No. 1 spot in both measured categories.
Fox News was the only network to see a decline across either daypart, but still led its cable rivals.
The Five was first in total viewers while Jesse Watters Primetime claimed the demo.
Salinas NBC affiliate KSBW said it has continued to dominate local news ratings on the Central Coast.