Without fail, the Academy Awards always winds up as one of the top 10 most-watched telecasts of the year in primetime. Until 2021. In a stunner, the #Oscars didn’t even make this year’s list of the entire top 100. bit.ly/3eCfN4K
The NFL, beginning with the Super Bowl at No. 1, holds 39 of the 100 slots for top telecasts of the year, making football once again the most popular show on TV. bit.ly/3eCfN4K
#NCIS continues to dominate in primetime, this year with 17 slots out of the top 100 broadcast and cable telecasts of the year. That was followed by #FBI, (seven), #60Minutes (five) and newcomer #TheEqualizer (four), all on CBS. bit.ly/3eCfN4K
Paramount Network’s #Yellowstone was the only cable entertainment show to make it on to the ranker of top 100 telecasts on broadcast or cable this year, with two episodes. bit.ly/3eCfN4K
CBS led this year’s ranker of top 100 telecasts with 39 programs, followed by NBC with 35, then Fox (13), ESPN (10), Paramount Network (2) and ABC (1). bit.ly/3eCfN4K
See the full list of the top telecasts of 2021: bit.ly/3eCfN4K
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On January 4, VIP+ is releasing its latest special report exclusively for subscribers, “Fading Ratings,” which provides extensive analysis of viewership changes across broadcast and cable TV. Check out the following report excerpts in advance! bit.ly/3pHoksz
The substantive increase in popularity in cable news highlights what viewers can expect in overall cable TV lineups heading into 2022 bit.ly/31N5GHd
Meanwhile, there are more original series than ever before, with streaming services new and old now leading the surge in content bit.ly/3FbgOwn
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