Dolly Parton continues to be a beloved icon — if ratings for the recent tribute specials across four different networks are any indication. ABC, CBS, NBC and The CW all attracted decent-sized crowds for quickly-scheduled specials that aired in late August — not particularly a time for major viewership. Among the highlights, ABC aired a
Spain’s victory over Argentina in Sunday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup final broke records in the United States: an average of 38,937,000 viewers watched it on Fox, making it the most-watched soccer broadcast in American television history and the most-watched FIFA World Cup final ever in the U.S., according to Nielsen. Meanwhile, on the Spanish side,
The final 35-day cross-platform ratings for the 2025-2026 TV season are finally available, now that the official end of the TV season is more than a month away. According to Nielsen’s 35-day multiplatform linear and streaming ratings, Netflix’s “Stranger Things” remained the most-watched non-sports series of the TV season, with 32.9 million viewers, followed by
TV has long been an industry based on eyeballs. Now media companies are winking more at feet. Fox Corp. is the backer of some of TV’s most-watched programs including Sunday-afternoon NFL games and “The Masked Singer.” Earlier this week, however, it released a report touting not the number of people who see its shows, but