Good news for World Of Dance’s TV Ratings once again. According to TV Line, last night’s World of Dance drew 8.1 million total viewers only down slightly from the previous week’s viewers of 8.42 million. It also delivered the “most-watched Week 3 of a new summer alternative series in nine years” (since ABC’s Wipeout drew 10.5 million in July 2008). More at TV Line.
Also, WTOP has an interesting breakdown on all the primetime shows. “World Of Dance” is really doing well with the best of them. Though note how some of the top rated Reality shows (like Dancing With The Stars, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette) are down some from previous years….
Through three episodes, the show’s average of 7.2 million viewers is down 11 percent from last season’s edition, Nielsen said. But it’s on par with other editions of “The Bachelorette,” which averaged 7.7 million in 2015, 7.6 million in 2014 and 6.9 million in 2013.
Viewership for the most recent edition of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” was down 8 percent from the previous year, and “The Bachelor” was off 6 percent. CBS’ “Survivor” was down 5 percent and NBC’s “The Voice” was down 6 percent, Nielsen said.
ABC was dominant in prime time last week with two games of the NBA Finals between Golden State and Cleveland. The network averaged 6.8 million viewers, while NBC was second with 5.5 million. CBS had 4.8 million viewers, Fox had 2.1 million, Univision had 1.7 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 880,000 and the CW had 820,000.
Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.33 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.81 million, USA had 1.44 million, HGTV had 1.39 million and TBS had 1.34 million.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.9 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.9 million.
For the week of June 5-11, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: NBA Finals: Golden State at Cleveland, Game 3, ABC, 20.1 million; NBA Finals: Golden State at Cleveland, Game 4, ABC, 19.01 million; “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.53 million; “World of Dance,” NBC, 8.42 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.88 million. “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 7.04 million; “Celebrity Family Feud” (Sunday), ABC, 7.03 million; Stanley Cup Final: Pittsburgh at Nashville, Game 6, NBC, 6.99 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 6.74 million; “Celebrity Family Feud” (Thursday, 9 p.m.), ABC, 6.25 million.
Fascinating!! More at WTOP.