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WWE’s “Friday Night SmackDown” honoring recently deceased wrestlers Bray Wyatt and Terry Funk drew in the biggest audience the Fox program has seen since 2020.

Friday’s episode, which followed the deaths of Wyatt and Funk earlier in the week, scored an average 0.78 rating in the key broadcast demographic among adults 18-49 — the highest rating of the night — and drew in 2.65 million viewers, making it the highest viewed episode since Christmas day of 2020. “Friday Night SmackDown” also averaged 1.02 million viewers ages 18-49, scoring the highest viewership in the demo also since the 2020 Christmas episode.

With “Friday Night SmackDown” holding down Friday night primetime programming for Fox, the episode boosted Fox to score the highest rating of the night among the major broadcasters, as well as the second-highest total viewership.

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The series finales of “Riverdale” and “Nancy Drew” boosted Wednesday night primetime ratings for The CW.

As “Riverdale” fans tuned in to see how the teen drama wrapped up its chaotic seventh season, the 9 p.m. airing drew an average 0.05 rating in the key broadcast demographic among adults 18-49 and a total viewership of 208,000, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures. In addition to boosting figures from last week’s penultimate episode, which earned a 0.04 rating and brought in 191,000 total viewers, Wednesday’s episode exceeded the Season 6 finale’s performance, which scored a 0.04 rating and drew in a total viewership of 174,000.

The conclusion of “Nancy Drew” Season 4 at 8 p.m. garnered a 0.06 rating and a viewership of 353,000 — up from last week’s 0.05 rating but down from last week’s audience of 402,000. Similar to “Riverdale,...

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The first live show of “America’s Got Talent” Season 18 marked Tuesday night’s most-watched and highest-rated program among the major broadcasters.

As audiences tuned in to see live acts performing on the NBC reality competition series, which features judges Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara and host Terry Crews, “America’s Got Talent” brought in an average 0.60 rating in the key broadcast demographic among adults 18-49 — up from last Tuesday’s 0.44 rating — and a total viewership of 5.82 million, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures.

After the 8 p.m. airing of “America’s Got Talent,” “That’s My Jam” earned a 0.25 rating and drew in 1.86 total viewers at 10 p.m., boosting NBC to nab the highest rating — with an average 0.49 rating — as well as the highest viewership of the broadcasters with an average 4.5 million total viewers.

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The finale of “The Bachelorette” earned ABC a Monday night ratings win. The conclusion to the reality dating series snagged the highest rating of the night among the major broadcasters.

As audiences tuned in to see which lucky suitor Charity Lawson would choose to spend the rest of her life with, “The Bachelorette” season finale drew in an average 0.53 rating in the key broadcast demographic among adults 18-49 and a total viewership of 2.99 million, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures. The three-hour finale, which aired from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., led ABC to score the highest average viewership and rating of the broadcasters.

Here’s how primetime broke down across the major broadcast networks:

After ABC, NBC scored the second-highest average rating of the night with a 0.31 rating and...

Sunday Am: Writethru after Saturday Am Post Even though this weekend’s new entries – Warner Bros/DC’s Blue Beetle and Universal’s Strays – aren’t coming in at the top of their projections, with respective lower weekends of $25.4M and $8.3M, the overall health of the theatrical business is still in good shape. It’s being further bolstered by the fifth weekends of Barbie ($21.5M) and Oppenheimer ($10.6M), which are fueling an estimated $100.7M weekend that’s +28% over the same August frame a year ago. That was a dry spell, led by CrunchyRoll’s Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero ($21.1M).

It remains to be seen what the toll will be on today’s box office in Los Angeles from the onset of Hurricane Hilary. If it’s heavy rains, no one is going out. Blue Beetle is currently overperforming in LA.

Seriously, this weekend could have seen the subtraction...

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Thursday’s “Big Brother” live eviction and the Season 2 premiere of “The Challenge: USA” boosted CBS primetime viewership, making it the most-watched network of the night with 2.51 million total viewers.

As viewers tuned in to watch the aftermath of houseguest Luke Valentine’s exit from the show after he used a racial slur in a conversation, as well as the first official live eviction of Season 25, the live episode of “Big Brother” drew in a 0.56 rating in the key broadcast demographic among adults 18-49 — the highest-rated program of the night — and a total viewership of 2.9 million, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures.

At 8 p.m. on CBS, a rerun of “Young Sheldon” was the most-watched program of the night with 3.14 million viewers and a rating of 0.24. After the live episode of “Big Brother” at 9 p.

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Just a week after its Season 25 premiere, Wednesday’s airing of “Big Brother” gave CBS a primetime ratings win for the night amid controversy surrounding houseguest Luke Valentine, who was ousted from the reality show after using a racial slur.

After the news of Valentine’s exit circulated Wednesday morning, the primetime airing of “Big Brother” drew in 0.63 rating in the key broadcast demographic among adults 18-49 and a total viewership of 3.3 million — the highest-rated and most-viewed program of the night — according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures.

Thanks to “Big Brother,” CBS scored the highest rating and the second highest viewership among the major broadcasters of the night with an average rating of 0.33 and an average total viewership of 2 million. “Big Brother” kicked off the night at 8 p.m. and...

Unlike last August which was totally lacking product after Sony’s Bullet Train, the month looks to keep chugging even as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue and many talent not permitted to promote. Recently, Warner Bros/DC’s Blue Beetle hit tracking with an eye on a $30M start when it opens on Aug. 18.

With Blue Beetle, Warner Bros is delivering what is arguably the first feature film superhero for Latino and Hispanic audiences. The pic was originally conceived for streamer HBO Max, developed under the DC Walter Hamada-run regime, but transitioned quite early to the theatrical release schedule.

The Angel Manuel Soto-directed pic is very hot with Latino and Hispanic moviegoers, natch, right now on tracking; the movie’s unaided awareness is soaring above that of Sony’s Gran Turismo.

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The premiere of “Big Brother” Season 25 locked down a Wednesday night ratings win for CBS.

As viewers tuned in to watch the new season of the reality series featuring Frankie Grande, Britney Haynes and Danielle Reyes, “Big Brother” scored a 0.73 rating in the key broadcast demographic among adults 18-49 and a total viewership of 3.4 million, making it the highest-rated- and most-viewed program of the night, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures.

The boost from the “Big Brother” premiere led CBS to become the highest-rated and most-watched network of the night with an average rating of 0.45 and an average total viewership of 2.5 million. After “Big Brother” kicked off the night at 8 p.m., “Young Sheldon” scored a 0.23 rating and brought in 1.6 million viewers at 9:30 p.m. before a rerun of “CSI: Vegas” at 10 p.

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Telemundo’s new competition series “Los 50” debuted as the network’s most-watched program on Tuesday.

As viewers tuned in to watch 50 celebrities compete in challenges directed by the mysterious game master, El León, “Los 50” drew in a 0.2 demo score in the key cable demographic among adults 18-49 and a total viewership of 964,000 during its 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. airing, according to Nielsen-live-plus-same-day figures.

The premiere also scored big on digital with over 10,000 live linear views totaling 276,000 minutes viewed.

Viewership for the premiere of the new reality competition series beat that of the 10 p.m. airing of “Secretos de Sangre,” which scored a 0.1 rating and drew in 615,000 total viewers, resulting in an average rating of 0.2 and an average viewership of 854,000 for Telemundo’s Tuesday primetime programming.

Among the Spanish-language networks,...