TV Ratings: Bills-Chiefs Game Is Most-Watched NFL Divisional Playoff in 5 Years With 43 Million Viewers

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BRIT Awards 2022 attracted its lowest audience ever in overnight figures when it was broadcast on Tuesday (February 8).According to figures published by Broadcast, ITV pulled in 2.7 million viewers during the show, which spanned two-and-a-half-hours from 8pm.While this is the lowest in the show’s history, a drop from 2.9 million viewers for 2021’s event, this figure doesn’t count viewers around the world who streamed it digitally on YouTube or catch-up service ITV Hub.The show also went up against BBC drama This Is Going To Hurt starring Ben Whishaw,  which attracted a bigger audience of 3.2 million viewers in overnight ratings.This year’s BRIT Awards featured performances from Adele, Ed Sheeran, Little Simz, Dave, Liam Gallagher and Sam Fender – along with a surprise appearance from Bring Me The Horizon.Adele was the big winner on the night, taking three awards including the coveted Album Of The Year for her fourth LP ‘30’.

All Of Us Are Dead has become the fifth most popular Non-English language series on Netflix.According to a report by Variety, the zombie thriller series debuted on the streaming service’s top 10 most popular TV (Non-English) shows of all time yesterday (February 8). The list ranks titles based on the number of hours a series has been viewed on its first 28 days on Netflix.Data from Netflix shows that All Of Us Are Dead logged 361million hours viewed following its premiere on January 28.

The Anglican Church of Ghana has taken a small step back from its previously unfettered support for the country’s appalling anti-LGBTQI+ bill.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNBC Sports says 16 million viewers tuned in to watch the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, an all-time low for Olympic ceremonies on linear television.That’s around 43% down compared to the 28.3 million viewers that watched the PyeongChang Winter Olympics opening ceremony in February 2018.Friday’s torch-lighting in Beijing aired live on NBC and the streaming service Peacock beginning at 6:30 a.m. ET yesterday morning and was replayed again in primetime.

Queen Elizabeth II’s empire shrank, then crumbled. While most people in Britain remain loyal to the queen and respect her years of service to the nation, attitudes about the monarchy have swung from unquestioning deference to scrutiny.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla The love for Miss Janet was palpable on Friday and Saturday, as the Queen of Pop’s self-titled documentary reigned supreme on primetime, drawing over 15.7 million total viewers across Lifetime and A&E’s linear and digital platforms. It was No. 1 on both Jan.

Tom Brady is officially hanging up his football jersey. After 22 years playing in the National Football League, the athlete — widely considered the greatest quarterback of all time — has confirmed his retirement. Following recent reports and widespread speculation, Brady announced the news in an Instagram statement on Tuesday morning. «I have always believed the sport of football is an 'all-in' proposition — if a 100% competitive commitment isn’t there, you won’t succeed, and success is what I love so much about our game. There is a physical, mental, and emotional challenge EVERY single day that has allowed me to maximize my highest potential.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterThe Los Angeles Rams beat the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 on Sunday to clinch the NFC Championship in a Fox primetime broadcast that drew more than 50 million viewers. That makes it the most-watched NFC Championship since 2014.A total of 50,420,000 viewers tuned in across Fox, Fox Deportes, Fox Sports streaming platforms, NFL Digital and Yahoo! Sports properties for the telecast. Viewership for the game peaked at 55,218,000 from 9:15-9:30 p.m.

All Of Us Are Dead has topped Netflix charts worldwide.According to data from analytics company FlixPatrol, the show topped the streaming platform’s charts in over 25 countries since its premiere on January 28, including in South Korea, Thailand and Singapore. Notably, it’s the third Korean series to achieve such a feat, following the success of Squid Game and Hellbound.In a recent interview with Edaily Korea, All Of Us Are Dead director Lee Jae-gyu opened up about his surprise at the show’s global success.

Dani Dyer has been enjoying a romantic getaway to Milan alongside her footballer boyfriend Jarrod Bowen. The Love Island star, 25, recently jetted off with West Ham United ace Jarrod, also 25, for a mini-break, having gone public with their romance last year. The couple looked as loved-up as ever in a string of snaps shared to social media, with Dani documenting their trip over on her popular Instagram page.

Jeff Goldblum loved walking the Prada runway at Milan Fashion Week. The ‘Search Party’ star strutted his stuff along with ‘Twin Peaks’ star Kyle MacLachlan, and he enjoyed the “fun opportunity” of sashaying down the catwalk for the Italian fashion house’s Autumn/Winter 2022 menswear collection - which was inspired by work uniforms - despite being a relative newbie to the fashion industry. In a chat for Interview magazine with 43-year-old designer Mel Ottenberg, the 69-year-old actor said: "I was enjoying myself, I must say.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterCBS is bringing the funny to a larger audience than its broadcast competition this season with eight of the top 10 most-watched comedies belonging to channel that’s home to “Young Sheldon.” And yes, “Young Sheldon” is by far the most-watched of that group.Out of the 34 comedy titles that have aired across ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and the CW at this point during the 2021-2022 season, a tally that includes repeats of the broadcasters’ sitcoms, CBS has the six most-watched all to itself: “Young Sheldon,” “Ghosts,” “The Neighborhood,” “Bob Hearts Abishola,” “United States of Al” and “B Positive.”The rest of the top 10 list is made up of encores of “Young Sheldon” in seventh place, followed by ABC comedies “The Conners” and “Abbott Elementary” in the eighth and ninth slots, and reruns of “The Neighborhood” in 10th. At this time last year, there were 38 comedy series airing across the broadcast networks — again, including repeats — and CBS had six of the 10 most-watched.

football playoff game between Buffalo and Kansas City reached nearly 43 million television viewers on Sunday, the most for any event since last year's Super Bowl as the NFL struck gold with its rousing weekend.The four games averaged 38.2 TV and digital viewers, up 20% over last year and the best ever for the league's divisional round of playoffs, the Nielsen company said on Tuesday.Each game saw a tie broken on the last play, meaning the audience swelled toward the end as they reached a climax. When the Bills-Chiefs game headed into overtime, there were 51.7 million people watching, Nielsen said.Similarly, the Los Angeles Rams-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game averaged 40 million viewers, but after Tom Brady helped the Bucs back from a 27-3 deficit to a tie, the audience jumped to 49.2 million people.In the fourth quarter, the Bills-Chiefs game had a 90 audience share in Kansas City — meaning 90% of televisions on at the time were tuned in to the game, Nielsen said.

Fox may have only had one game during the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs last weekend, but they made the most of it. The San Francisco 49ers’ walk-off 13-10 win over the Green Bay Packers drew 36.9 million viewers and was the network’s most-watched Saturday. telecast of any kind.The game, which started at 8 p.m.

A 'devious' drug addict who savagely murdered her mother 'in cold blood' and then tried to cover up the killing must serve at least 17 years in jail.

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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorMagnolia Network opened its doors on Jan. 5 to an audience of about 3 million viewers, powered by the linear launch of “Fixer Upper: Welcome Home,” the renovation series hosted by Magnolia chiefs Chip and Joanna Gaines.Magnolia Network’s first night of primetime programming garnered about 3 million viewers in Nielsen’s L3 ratings. The lifestyle and how-to channel marks the return to TV for the Gaines, who have partnered with Discovery in the streaming and linear launch of the curated Magnolia Network as a streaming label on Discovery Plus and the linear channel as a rebrand of Discovery’s erstwhile DIY channel.The linear debut of “Fixer Upper: Welcome Home” on Jan.