The NFL has averaged 18.7 million viewers per game this season, marking the second-highest average since 1988.

Two milestones revealed this week illustrated the diminishing power of broadcast television in a new media world.

An average of 10.1 million viewers tuned into the 82nd Golden Globes across CBS and Paramount+, roughly matching the audience for last year’s broadcast.

LeBron James is going to have to make room for the NFL.

The NFL averaged 21.0 million viewers per game during the league’s opening week, making it the most-watched Week 1 on record.

The final results were in Friday: the Democratic national convention was more popular with television viewers than the Republicans'.

News executives were worried for the first half of the year about consumers expressing relatively little interest in the coming election.

Baseball’s League Championship Series are producing solid ratings after seeing declines during the first two rounds.

CBS is television's most popular network for the 15th straight year, even though the bragging rights don't mean quite what they used to.

The latest Super Bowl ended up setting a viewer record.

The Thanksgiving weekend wasn't just big for turkey, family visits and the Macy's parade.

An estimated 38.2 million TV viewers watched President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.

Approximately two-thirds of the United States watched the Super Bowl, according to a survey conducted by the National Football League and Nielsen.

The Nielsen company estimates that 101.1 million people watched the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl on NBC and Telemundo.

The cauldron will be lit on Friday for the 2022 Winter Olympics. When it is extinguished in three weeks, Norway is expected to stand tall above the rest of the world, according to Nielsen's Gracenote projections.

This past weekend's Janet Jackson documentary was the most popular non-fiction show on Lifetime since its “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary three years ago.

The NFL's epic playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs was the most-watched event on television since the last Super Bowl.

Even at a time football typically dominates television ratings, Thanksgiving week was notable.

One day shy of the November TV Sweeps period (10/28/21 to 11/24/2021), WDIV-Local 4, once again, leads the Detroit market with first place finishes in key newscasts, access, and late-night programming.

Fox News Channel's prime-time lineup tends to make the most noise and attract the most attention, but last month, viewers have been drawn to something earlier.

Showtime's periodic political series “The Circus” returns on Sunday into both a familiar and changed political climate.

WDIV-Local 4 sweeps to victory in July 2021 (6/3-6/30/2021), with first place finishes in all key newscasts, access (7-8 p.m.), primetime and late-night programming.

The NBA Finals has gained some, but not all of its audience back after last year's trip to the pandemic bubble.

WDIV-Local 4 came out on top in June 2021 (6/3-6/30/2021), with first place finishes in all key newscasts, access (7-8 p.m.), primetime and late-night programming.

WDIV-Local 4 No. 1 Across Key Newscasts - Nielsen May 2021

President Joe Biden's first address to Congress was seen by an estimated 26.9 million viewers across 16 television networks.

It's a reliable sign of spring: television networks are grumbling that the Nielsen company is not accurately measuring how many people are watching their programs.

WDIV Local 4′s first place newscast finishes include:· At 6 a.m., Local 4 News Today, anchored by Rhonda Walker, Evrod Cassimy, Brandon Roux, Kim DeGiulio and Jason Carr, reached 49,000 households and finished in first place. In addition, Local 4′s 5 p.m. newscast won across all key demographics. · Local 4 News at 6 p.m. continues to be Detroit’s undisputed news leader, with 160,000 households compared to WXYZ (109,000 HH) and WJBK (47,000). beat WJBK’s 10 p.m. news with a 58,000 HH compared to WXYZ (63,000 HH) and WJBK M-F 11 p.m. (37,000 HH). 1 Late News across all the key demographics, this includes beating WJBK’s 10 p.m. news, as well.

All rights reservedNEW YORK – The first inaugurations of Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama were the only ones to exceed Joe Biden's in popularity among television viewers over the past 40 years. Reagan's festivities in 1981 drew 41.8 million viewers, and Obama's 2009 inaugural reached 37.8 million, Nielsen said. CNN was the most popular network for inaugural viewers, Nielsen said. ABC had 3.4 million, Fox had 2.7 million, NBC had 2.5 million, Univision had 1.2 million, while Ion Television and Telemundo each averaged 1.1 million viewers. MSNBC had 2.67 million, Fox News Channel had 2.56 million, TNT had 1.19 million and HGTV had 1.1 million.

During the hour before the funeral's start, Fox averaged 1.67 million viewers, the Nielsen company said. In the same hour, MSNBC had 1.28 million viewers and CNN had 1.25 million. During the 2 p.m. hour, Fox had 595,000 viewers, Nielsen said. NBC had 2.8 million viewers, ABC had 2.3 million, Fox had 1.6 million, Univision had 1.5 million, ION Television had 1.2 million and Telemundo had 910,000. Fox News Channel led the cable networks, averaging 3.07 million viewers in prime time.

LOS ANGELES Summertime escapism in the form of talent and game shows ruled on broadcast TV, with 60 Minutes the exception. For the week, CBS averaged 3.8 million viewers and NBC was second with 3.3 million. ABC had 2.9 million viewers, Fox had 1.8 million, Univision had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.2 million, Telemundo had 890,000 and CW had 610,000. MSNBC had 1.8 million, CNN had 1.6 million, HGTV had 1.3 million and TLC had 1.2 million. 60 Minutes, CBS, 7.9 million.

WDIV-Local 4 increased across the key demographics, specifically +63% in Adults 25-54 and +43% in Women 25-54. 1 newscast: +63% in Adults 25-54 and +46% in Women 25-54 over May 2019. beat WJBK’s 10 p.m. news (4.4 HH RTG /9 HH SHR /77,000 HH) and their 11 p.m. news (3.2 HH RTG/7 HH SHR/56,000 HH) as compared to WXYZ’s 11 p.m. newscast (3.9 HH RTG/9 HH SHR/69,000 HH). 1 newscast: +80% in Adults 25-54 and +83% in Women 25-54 over May 2019. continues to experience giant growth with 36% in Adults 25-54 and 32% in Women 25-54 over March 2019.

The last two episodes of the 10-part Michael Jordan documentary, strung out over the last five Sunday nights, averaged 5.9 million viewers, the Nielsen company said. ABC averaged 3.9 million viewers, NBC had 3.5 million, Fox had 2.8 million, Univision had 1.5 million, ION Television had 1.2 million, Telemundo had 900,000 and the CW had 660,000. Fox News Channel was the most-watched cable network in prime time, averaging 3.39 million viewers. ABC's World News Tonight led the evening newscasts with an average of 10 million viewers last week. NBC's Nightly News had 8.8 million viewers and the CBS Evening News had 6 million.

1 in the 4 p.m. time period across all the key demographics, beating both The Now (WXYZ 4 p.m.) and Judge Judy (WJBK 4 p.m.). Local 4 News at 5 p.m. continues its nine-year winning streak and is the leader in the time period across all key demographics, beating both WXYZ and WJBK. 1 position across all demographics, beating both WXYZ and WJBK. 1 spot withfirst place finishes in The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live. In other dayparts, WDIV’s mid-morning talker - Live in the D – finished at a close 2nd in the time period, beating The Doctors on WXYZ.