As Nielsen rolls out its up to date scores that crunch viewing information from thousands and thousands of units alongside its conventional sampling methodology, the corporate can be showcasing that information in a sequence of recent studies.
The scores service started implementing its “large information plus panel” scores for reside telecasts on Sept. 1 and for all linear programming with the official begin of the 2025-26 TV season on Sept. 22. With the primary week of the season now full, the corporate issued weekly numbers which are a bit completely different than what it has provided up up to now.
There are lists of probably the most watched broadcast and cable packages, as common, but additionally a rating simply of the highest 25 reside sports activities packages and, most intriguing, what Nielsen is asking its “whole scheduled programming chart.” That lists the highest 250 reveals of the week no matter time of day (primetime, daytime and late night time are all collectively) or origin — broadcast, cable, and even reside streaming.
The chart for the primary week of the season, then, reveals that Prime Video’s Thursday Evening Soccer telecast ranked sixth amongst all packages (excluding pre- and postgame reveals for sports activities) with about 13.25 million viewer. The return of Jimmy Kimmel Reside! after a six-day suspension at ABC resulted within the present’s largest often scheduled episode ever — and the No. 17 spot for the week with 6.47 million viewers (revised up from 6.26 million in preliminary numbers).
Additionally of observe: ABC’s and NBC’s night newscasts every had a number of entries within the high 25 packages of the week. ABC’s World Information Tonight has spent a number of weeks up to now 12 months because the No. 1 present on all of linear TV, so its entries within the rankings aren’t shocking — however the information hasn’t beforehand been packaged this fashion.
Some issues remained the identical as properly, specifically that soccer dominated the highest of the rankings. NBC’s completed on high for the week with 23.87 million viewers, edging CBS’ Sunday late afternoon nationwide recreation (many of the nation noticed the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs beat the Balitmore Ravens), which drew 23.77 million. CBS’ 60 Minutes was the highest non-sports present of the week with a shade greater than 10 million viewers.
These Nielsen charts solely present same-day viewing, which means streaming after the preliminary airing and different delayed viewing aren’t included. The large information addition to the scores additionally doesn’t seem to have had a lot impact on the leisure programming that aired final week — however provided that streaming could make up as a lot as half of a community comedy or drama’s eventual viewers, that’s additionally not a giant shock.
The highest 25 reveals for the week of Sept. 22-28, based mostly on same-day viewing, are under.