Your Pulse On America: Live And Unfiltered
When Netflix’s leaders gathered in Reykjavik, Iceland, for a company retreat in 2019, Brandon Riegg, the executive in charge of nonfiction programming, didn’t hold back. The company, he told the 150 people gathered there, should stream live events. He pointed to Amazon’s sports deals with Major League Baseball and the N.F.L., and some hugely popular…
Last month, the Golden Globes drew 10.1 million viewers. No, wait, maybe 9.3 million. The very same night, “Sunday Night Football” attracted 28.5 million people. Scratch that, perhaps it was 25.8 million. The “Yellowstone” finale? Possibly 11 million — or 8 million? Ratings have long been the currency of the TV business, helping to determine…
Viewership for the Grammys slipped to 15.4 million on Sunday night, according to Nielsen, a 9 percent decline compared with last year’s ceremony. The viewership drop snaps a three-year streak for the Grammys. Ratings steadily increased during that period, culminating with nearly 17 million viewers for last year’s show. Ratings had started to climb after…
The Golden Globe Awards drew an average of 9.3 million viewers for CBS on Sunday night, a modest decline from last year, according to Nielsen. The good news for the Globes is that the award show, on life support not long ago, has managed to stop the bleeding. Last year’s ceremony drew 9.4 million viewers,…