NBC Leads Premiere Week in Total Viewers and Demo While ‘The Simpsons’ is Top Non-Sports Program For Adults 18-49

The first night of Jake Tapper’s stint as host of CNN Tonight, featuring a heavily promoted interview with President Joe Biden, drew an average of 854,000 viewers in the 9 PM ET hour, according to Nielsen numbers.

Selome Hailu The audience tally for the series premiere of “The Rookie: Feds” jumped from 2.2 million to 6.3 million viewers after one week of multiplatform viewing, Variety has learned exclusively. Live + 7 data indicates a 400% increase in viewership with seven days of availability on Hulu, DVRs and other platforms. Delayed viewing earned “The Rookie: Feds” a significantly higher rating as well: Live + Same Day data after the premiere showed a 0.31 rating in the key adults 18-49 demographic, which then lifted to a 1.48. The episode, titled “Day One,” aired on ABC on Sept. 27. Running on Tuesdays in the 10 p.m. timeslot is certainly a boost for Live + Same Day numbers regarding “The Rookie: Feds,” making it the follow-up to “Bachelor in Paradise” at 9 p.m. with some viewers carrying over. But the Live + 7 numbers, beyond marking good news for ABC, reveal the viewing tendencies of the show’s audience. Namely, a majority of its viewers prefer to tune in after episodes have already aired — which is, of course, not uncommon these days, though it remains a reminder that even network staples like police procedurals and their spinoffs (the original “The Rookie” debuted in 2018) are becoming common streaming fare.

Judi Dench was in good spirits as she posed alongside Jennifer Saunders at the European premiere of movie Allelujah during the 66th BFI London Film Festival at the Southbank Centre on Sunday. The actress, 87, showcased her chic sense of style in all black attire as she draped an elaborately patterned black and gold scarf over her shoulder. Fellow screen star Jennifer, 64, looked stylish in a black pinstripe suit, with the star wearing a long red and blue scarf to add a splash of colour to her look.

FX’s Kindred, the new drama series based on Octavia E. Butler’s novel, will premiere Tuesday, December 13 exclusively on Hulu. The premiere will include all eight episodes. 

Damian Lewis looked dashing on Friday evening as he attended the London premiere for the thriller show. The actor, 51, opted for a peacock coloured velvet blazer with matching slim-fit trousers, layered over a V-neck black T-shirt. He teamed the two-piece ensemble with a pair of black and gold metal-detailed loafers, alongside a complementing belt.

Robert Downey Jr. comes out for the Decision To Leave premiere at the Linwood Dunn Theater on Thursday (October 6) in Los Angeles, California.

For the 11th consecutive year, NBC took the top spot during premiere week in adults 18-49 demo and total viewers.

It’s depressing to look at Live+Same Day ratings these days as linear viewing’s decline continues. There have been a few bright spots this Premiere Week, and they have one thing in common — they are part of established procedural drama franchises or competition reality staples.

Selome Hailu Three of Dick Wolf’s franchises — “Law & Order,” “One Chicago” and “FBI” — were the most-viewed broadcast series of their respective season premiere nights on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. en they premiered. “FBI” brought in 6.8 million viewers while airing its Season 5 premiere on CBS at 8 p.m. Tuesday night, making it the most-watched broadcast series of the week excluding sports programming. The Season 2 premiere of “FBI: International” followed at 9 p.m. and was the second-most-watched program of the night with 5.3 million viewers. The last Wolf premiere of the night was “FBI: Most Wanted” Season 4 at 10 p.m., bringing in 5.1 million viewers, a time period high.

ABC News’ This Week With George Stephanopoulos topped the key adults 25-54 demographic among the Sunday news programs the 2021-22 broadcast television season, while CBS News’ Face the Nation again was the most watched in total viewers.

Joe Alwyn grabs a quick picture with a fan while arriving at the premiere of Catherine, Called Birdy held at the Curzon Mayfair on Tuesday (September 20) in London, England.

EXCLUSIVE: Good Girls star Retta and the series’ creator/executive producer/co-showrunner Jenna Bans and executive producer/co-showrunner Bill Krebs are re-teaming for Murder By the Book, a new NBC hourlong crime drama, which has received a put pilot commitment by NBC. The project comes from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, where Bans and Krebs are under overall deals, and also stems from Retta’s talent holding deal with NBCUniversal TV & Streaming.

Silence has fallen over the city of London, save for the mournful sound of bagpipes. For the first time since 1965, the capital is playing host to a State funeral procession, as the nation farewells Queen Elizabeth II.