Ratings Watch: The Oscars Gains with Time-Shifted Audiences, While ‘The Walking Dead’ Holds Firm
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Add a million more viewers to the 2016 Oscars tally.
That’s how many more people chose to watch this year’s Academy Awards in the three days after its initial telecast. This year’s Oscars now stands at 35.5 million viewers (up from 34.5 million who watched it live or on the same night, which made it the least-watched Oscars in eight years).
That’s still down from last year’s Academy Awards, which averaged 38.4 million viewers (including 1.1 million that watched it time-delayed within the following three days). The Oscars remains the most-watched entertainment telecast since last year’s ceremony.
Meanwhile, thanks to time shifting, AMC’s The Walking Dead held its own against the Oscars, averaging 17.8 million viewers (down from the previous week’s 18.4 million).
Meanwhile, the finale of Fox’s The X-Files reboot averaged a healthy 10.1 million viewers and a strong 3.3 rating among adults 18-49, making another installment a no-brainer for the network (if it can seal new deals with the show’s stars). And a special episode of ABC’s Black-ish, which tackled police brutality, hit the top 10 with adults 18-49.
Here are the top 25 shows (including Live+3 DVR and VOD data) among total viewers and adults 18-49 for the week of February 22 through 28, 2016.
Total viewers chart:
|
RANK |
SHOW & NETWORK |
LIVE+3 |
WATCHED |
|
1 |
88th Academy Awards ABC |
35.5 |
34.5 |
|
2 |
NCIS CBS The Big Bang Theory CBS |
20.1 20.1 |
17.5 15.9 |
|
4 |
The Walking Dead AMC |
17.8 |
12.8 |
|
5 |
Live from the Red Carpet (Oscars) ABC |
16.7 |
16.5 |
|
6 |
NCIS: New Orleans CBS |
14.8 |
12.6 |
|
7 |
Blue Bloods CBS |
13.8 |
10.3 |
|
8 |
Texas Republican Presidential Debate CNN |
13.5 |
13.1 |
|
9 |
Scorpion CBS |
12.6 |
9.9 |
|
10 |
NCIS: Los Angeles CBS Criminal Minds CBS |
11.5 11.5 |
8.8 8.7 |
|
12 |
Modern Family ABC Hawaii Five-O CBS |
10.9 10.9 |
8.1 8.3 |
|
14 |
Chicago Fire NBC |
10.7 |
7.8 |
|
15 |
Life in Pieces CBS |
10.6 |
9.2 |
|
16 |
American Idol (Thursday) Fox |
10.5 |
8.7 |
| 17 |
American Idol (Wednesday) Fox |
10.2 |
8.9 |
|
18 |
The X-Files Fox |
10.1 |
7.6 |
|
19 |
The Bachelor ABC Survivor CBS Chicago P.D. NBC |
10.0 10.0 10.0 |
8.7 8.4 7.0 |
|
22 |
Grey’s Anatomy ABC |
9.9 |
7.2 |
|
23 |
The Blacklist NBC |
9.8 |
6.0 |
|
24 |
Code Black CBS Mom CBS |
9.4 9.4 |
6.9 7.9 |
| Total viewers; in millions |
Adults 18-49 chart:
|
RANK |
SHOW & NETWORK |
LIVE+3 RATING |
WATCHED RATING |
|
1 |
88th Academy Awards ABC |
10.8 |
10.5 |
|
2 |
The Walking Dead AMC |
8.7 |
6.1 |
|
3 |
The Big Bang Theory CBS |
5.4 |
3.8 |
|
4 |
Live from the Red Carpet (Oscars) ABC |
4.2 |
4.2 |
|
5 |
Modern Family ABC |
3.7 |
2.5 |
|
6 |
The X-Files Fox |
3.3 |
2.4 |
|
7 |
Grey’s Anatomy ABC |
3.2 |
2.1 |
|
8 |
The Bachelor ABC |
3.1 |
2.5 |
|
9 |
NCIS CBS |
3.0 |
2.4 |
|
10 |
Black-ish ABC Talking Dead AMC Texas Republican Presidential Debate CNN |
2.8 2.8 2.8 |
1.9 2.2 2.7 |
|
13 |
Scandal ABC How to Get Away with Murder ABC Criminal Minds CBS People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX |
2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 |
1.7 1.7 1.8 1.3 |
|
17 |
American Idol (Thursday) Fox The Goldbergs ABC Life in Pieces CBS |
2.6 2.6 2.6 |
2.1 1.9 2.1 |
|
20 |
American Idol (Wednesday) Fox Survivor CBS Chicago P.D. NBC Chicago Fire NBC |
2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 |
2.1 1.9 1.6 1.6 |
| 24 |
Lucifer Fox Scorpion CBS |
2.4 2.4 |
1.5 1.7 |
| Adults 18-49; ratings points |
