The Season 45 finale of “Survivor” has scored a win for CBS.

As fans tuned in to find out which castaway claimed the $1 million prize, the “Survivor” finale brought in 4.53 million viewers across broadcast and streaming platforms, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day fast national figures and internal figures. The three-hour finale was up 6% from last year’s Season 44 finale, which aired on Dec. 14, 2022.

As “Survivor” streamed live on Paramount+ on Wednesday night, the conclusion to the CBS competition show also marked the streamer’s most live-streamed entertainment program, with live streaming up 27% compared to last season’s finale on Paramount+, CBS.com and the CBS app.

Finale viewership for “Survivor” Season 45 was down from the 5.24 million viewers brought in by its Sept. 27 season premiere on CBS.

The 45th season of “Survivor” is currently averaging 6.32 million viewers per episode, according to Nielsen most current data, with this season ranking in the top five most-watched non-sports broadcast programs in terms of total viewers.

As 90-minute episodes of “Survivor” aired ahead of 90-minutes of “The Amazing Race” on CBS, the network strengthened its year-over-year viewership for its Wednesday lineup by over 19%, leading the network to score the highest viewership among the major broadcasters.

Since launching its first season in 2000, “Survivor” has tallied up 630 billion minutes of viewing on broadcast platforms.

The survivalist show also made impressive gains on Paramount+ as well, as “Survivor” soared 72% in year-over-year viewership, with 57% of total viewing time for “Survivor” focused on past seasons.

Overall, “Survivor” ranks as the most-watched reality program on Paramount+ and the third most-watched program overall. Additionally, “Survivor” viewers on Paramount+ average 20 years younger than those watching on broadcast, according to internal data.

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“The Kelly Clarkson Show” has set a 2023-2024 season high in national broadcast syndication, averaging 1.439 million daily viewers for the week of Dec. 4.

The figure marks a 4% increase from last week’s 1.378 million viewers, a 6% increase from 1.358 million daily viewers in the same week last year and a 44-week viewership high.

The NBC daytime talk show delivered a national household rating of 1.0, up 11% versus the prior week, 11% versus the same week last year and a 33-week high. It also delivered a 0.3 rating among women ages 25 to 54 for the seventh consecutive week, and twelfth time in the last 13 weeks, and a 0.2 rating among adults ages 25 to 54 for the fifth consecutive week, and sixth time in the last seven weeks.

The ratings record comes as “The Kelly Clarkson Show” won six Daytime Emmy Awards over the weekend, including Outstanding Daytime Talk Series, Daytime Talk Series Host for Clarkson, Live Sound Mixing and Sound Editing, Lighting Direction, Directing Team for a Multiple Camera Daytime Non-Fiction Program and Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video.

The show is produced by Universal Television and distributed in syndication by NBCUniversal Syndication Studios. Clarkson execs produces with Alex Duda, who also serves as showrunner.

In Nov. 2022, “The Kelly Clarkson Show” was renewed for two additional seasons through 2025. Season 5 returned to the airwaves on Oct. 16.

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As HBO hit drama “Succession” closed out its fourth and final season with loyal viewership that grew through the show’s epic conclusion — which was up 68% from the Season 3 finale — the network introduced a post-apocalyptic drama “The Last of Us,” whose Season 1 growth brought its finale just shy of the viewership brought in by the “House of the Dragon” Season 1 finale.

The major broadcasters also took several swings that paid off ratings-wise, as the series premiere of NBC’s “Night Court” reboot brought in a whopping 7.5 million viewers, while ABC’s “The Golden Bachelor” averaged a viewership well beyond the most recent season of “The Bachelor.” Even as CBS pivoted its fall lineup because of the Hollywood strikes this summer to include Paramount Global shows “Yellowstone” and “NCIS: Sydney,” both programs found ratings success among the network’s audience.

Still, there were several ratings hits no one could have seen coming, including the “Suits” streaming phenomenon this summer after its return to Netflix’s library. Pop culture coincided with performance in the case of “Vanderpump Rules” Season 10, as the Scandoval controversy broke in March, while Taylor Swift’s attendance at several Kansas City Chiefs games also boosted the NFL team’s performance.

For the full breakdown of this year’s biggest ratings winners, see below.

“The Last of Us” (HBO)

HBO’s adaptation of Naughty Dog’s video game franchise created a new tentpole series for the network. The Jan. 15 series premiere brought in 4.7 million viewers across its linear and then-HBO Max platforms. It was HBO’s second-largest debut since 2010’s premiere of “Boardwalk Empire,” behind only “House of the Dragon.”

The second episode grew by a million viewers for an audience of 5.7 million, before Episode 3, which was lauded for Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett’s tender performance, brought in 6.4 million viewers — a 37% uptick from the show’s premiere and a 12% jump over Episode 2. The fourth episode drew in 7.5 million viewers, and the show scored a new viewership high with the release of its penultimate eighth episode, which drew in 8.1 million viewers. The Season 1 finale of the apocalyptic drama continued to grow with 8.2 million viewers, marking a 74.5% increase from the series premiere, and about a million viewers off from the Season 1 finale viewership for “House of the Dragon,” which scored 9.3 million viewers.

As HBO closed out the final seasons of beloved series “Barry” and “Succession,” new installments of “The Last of Us” — which creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann revealed might take multiple seasons to adapt video game sequel “The Last of Us Part II” — guarantee a loyal fanbase for the network and streamer in years to come.

“Night Court” (NBC)

The reboot of NBC sitcom “Night Court,” which ran from 1984 to 1992, brought in fans of the original eager to see John Larroquette reprise his role as Dan Fielding, as well as new viewers with the additions of “The Big Bang Theory” star Melissa Rauch and “One Day at a Time” actress India de Beaufort.

The series premiere of “Night Court” on Jan. 17 nabbed a total viewership of 7.5 million and a 1.0 rating in the key broadcast demo among adults 18-49, with the second episode back-t0-back episode scoring 6.9 total viewers and a 0.9 ratings score, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data. With combined figures from broadcast and Peacock, the premiere episode reached 8.0 million viewers with the 8:30 telecast scoring 7.2 million viewers, leading “Night Court” to have the best first day of viewing for any NBC series episode on Peacock, including new and returning shows.

Over the course of its first season, “Night Court” averaged 4.1 million viewers and a rating of 0.52 — up significantly from NBC freshman reboot “Quantum Leap,” which averaged 2.31 million viewers and a 0.33 rating, which was similarly renewed for a second season.

After introducing a cliffhanger involving fellow original cast member Marsha Warfield in its Season 1 finale, “Night Court” is in a likely spot to maintain its viewers as it returns with new episodes on Jan. 2 (and a holiday episode airing Saturday, Dec. 23).

“Vanderpump Rules” Season 10 (Bravo)

As the affair between “Vanderpump Rules” stars Tom Sandoval (Ariana Madix’s longtime boyfriend) and Rachel Leviss — dubbed Scandoval by fans — lit the internet aflame in March, the drama brought a renewed interest to the Bravo reality series.

After the scandal first broke on March 3, the March 8 episode of “Vanderpump Rules” drew in the show’s highest total viewers and highest-rated episode among the 18-49 demo in nearly three years. While news broke during the pre-recorded rollout of Season 10, even more fans tuned in to watch Madix, Sandoval and Leviss address the controversy during the May 17 finale episode, which scored a series high both among total viewers, with an audience of 4.1 million, and in the key 18-49 adult demo with 2.4 million viewers.

The first reunion special on May 24 grew to 4.6 million total viewers across platforms in three days of viewing, making it the most-watched “Vanderpump Rules” episode to date and the most-watched Bravo episode across all series in over nine years. Following all three reunion episodes that followed, the 10th season reached over 11.4 million total viewers across platforms, with more than 115 million hours logged for the season by mid-June. We’ll see if the show can retain interest when it returns for Season 11 on Jan. 30.

“Succession” Season 4 (HBO)

As the prestige drama returned for its fourth and final season, viewership for “Succession” hit series highs almost every week as fans waited eagerly to see which Roy — or which outsider — would be crowned head of Waystar Royco. Season 4 debuted to 2.3 million viewers across HBO and then-HBO Max on March 26 — a 62% uptick from the Season 3 premiere — before setting a new series high of 2.5 million viewers for its third episode. The drama continued to score series viewership highs for its fourth episode, which received 2.6 million viewers, as well as it sixth episode, which brought in 2.7 million total viewers, before going out strong with the Season 4 finale bringing its largest viewership with 2.9 million viewers — up 68% from the Season 3 finale.

While “Succession” did not come close to the 9.3 million viewers who tuned into the Season 1 finale of “House of the Dragon,” the show’s cult following delivered an impressive upward trajectory in anticipation of the drama’s conclusion.

“Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love” (NBC)

Though the one-time special was smaller in scale, TV legend Carol Burnett’s dreams for a 90th birthday filled with a “variety show with live entertainment” paid off in strides, both for Burnett and in the ratings.

The two-hour special on April 26, titled “Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love,” scored 7.6 million total viewers on NBC, making it the night’s most-watched broadcast program. Not only did the special rank as NBC’s most-watched primetime entertainment special since the 2020 Golden Globes, but the tribute program also was the fourth most-watched primetime entertainment specials in the spring 2023 season, behind the Oscars, which brought in 16.7 million viewers, the Grammys, which scored 12.5 million viewers, and ABC’s “Rocking New Year’s Eve.” NBC aired an encore of the special later that week and again in August.

“Suits” (USA Network and streaming on Netflix and Peacock)

“Suits” was the unexpected hit show of the summer. It streamed on Netflix and Peacock several years after its 2011-2019 run on USA Network.

After being first released on Netflix on June 17, the legal drama logged 2.3 billion streaming minutes from June 19 to June 25 across both Netflix and Peacock. Then it set its first record for the most streamed acquired title with 3.1 billion minutes of viewing during the week of June 26 to July 2, a 36% increase in viewership from the prior week, according to Nielsen streaming figures. The next week, July 3-9, the show broke its own record by tallying 3.67 billion viewing minutes in a single week, as it did the next week from July 10-16, which added another 24 million minutes with 3.70 billion minutes. By July 17-23, “Suits” marked its fourth week in a row as the most watched acquired series as it continued to set new records in its category with 3.9 billion minutes viewed — marking its most-watched week to date.

The “Suits” craze slowed down the next week as it tallied 3.6 billion minutes from July 24-30 and 3.2 billion minutes during the week of July 31-Aug. 6. By Aug. 14-20, viewing for the drama dipped below 3 million to hit 2.8 billion minutes, and continued to drop throughout the fall.

While Netflix’s new viewing data release only accounts for part of the “Suits” craze, the report reveals that the USA drama tallied 599.1 million hours viewed on Netflix from January through June, with Season 1 marking the highest viewership of the installments with 129.1 million hours viewed.

The streaming juggernaut is not just making moves at Netflix, as NBCUniversal is in the early stages of developing a spin-off series set in the “Suits” universe, and audience’s love for the show has even inspired USA Network executives to explore revisiting their era of “breezy” dramas with a new slate of programming soon.

“The Golden Bachelor” (ABC)

ABC’s senior iteration of “The Bachelor” might have been just what the reality dating franchise needed to revitalize its audience. The series premiere of “The Golden Bachelor” courted 4.36 million viewers during its series premiere on Sept. 28 — up 45% from the most-recent premiere of “The Bachelor” and more than double the premiere viewership of “Bachelor in Paradise” Season 9, which brought in 2.08 million viewers as it debuted just after “The Golden Bachelor.”

By the conclusion of the series — which saw leading man Gerry Turner propose to Theresa Nist — the finale drew in 6.09 million total viewers, per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, scoring the biggest audience the franchise had seen since the March 2021 season finale of “The Bachelor.” Viewership for the finale grew to 6.95 million after three days of viewing on ABC — the biggest audience for any “Bachelor” series since the March 2020 finale of Peter Weber’s season of “The Bachelor” — and scored 7.13 million viewers after a week of multi-platform viewing.

Ratings for the finale grew from a 0.80 live-plus-same day rating in the key broadcast demo among adults 18-49 to a 0.98 rating in seven-day viewing on ABC, marking the highest-rated “Bachelor” series telecast since the September 2022 finale of Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey’s season of “The Bachelorette.”

Overall, the season averaged 4.7 million viewers over the course of the season — up from the average viewership of 3 million brought in by the most recent season of “The Bachelor” — and averaged a 0.59 rating, narrowly overtaking the average 0.58 rating for the most recent season of [The Bachelor].”

While neither a renewal for “The Golden Bachelor” nor a green light for a “Golden Bachelorette” spin-off have been announced, ABC is looking to bring back the season’s viewers during a “Golden” wedding special set to air on Jan. 4.

“Yellowstone” (CBS)

When CBS added Paramount Network hit “Yellowstone” to its fall lineup due to gaps left by the Hollywood double strike this summer, the Kevin Costner-led western drama set off a ratings boom for the network.

“Yellowstone” immediately made a splash on CBS as it debuted on Sept. 17 to 6.83 million viewers — up 141% in total viewers compared to the show’s Season 1 premiere on Paramount Network — and a 0.67 rating in the key demo. The show went on to average 4.69 million viewers and a 0.36 rating across its nine-episode telecast on the network, while exposing new CBS audiences to the Taylor Sheridan-created universe.

Of the 21.6 million viewers who tuned in to at least one episode of “Yellowstone” Season 1 on CBS, 52% had never seen a single episode of the show in the past year on either linear or streaming platforms, according to internal research provided by the network.

After wrapping up with the Season 1 finale on Oct. 22, which secured 4.52 million viewers, CBS announced it would begin airing the second season starting on Sunday, Oct. 29. It’s safe to say the ratings trend is continuing to be strong, as the network will debut Season 3 season beginning Sunday, Jan. 14.

“NCIS: Sydney” (CBS)

Another move prompted by the summer’s strikes was bringing “NCIS” spin-off “NCIS: Sydney,” which stars Olivia Swann and Todd Lasance, to CBS after it was initially set to debut solely on Paramount+.

The franchise’s first international edition debuted to 5.64 million viewers and a 0.34 rating, scoring the highest premiere viewership for a broadcast show premiering this fall. The Nov. 14 series premiere exceeded several fall series premieres, including ABC’s “The Golden Bachelor,” which brought in 4.36 million viewers during its series premiere on Sept. 28, NBC’s “The Irrational,” which debuted to an audience of 3.81 million people on Sept. 25, and Fox’s “Krapopolis,” which scored 3.6 million total viewers as it premiered on Sept. 24.

While the show is still rolling out its freshman season through the new year, it has averaged 5.1 million viewers and a rating of 0.33 over its first five episodes.

Kansas City Chiefs NFL Games

As rumors of a romance between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce heated up this fall, Kansas City Chiefs games saw an uptick in viewers as Swifties tuned in to watch the pop star in attendance. When fans spotted the “Midnights” singer at her first game of the season on Sept. 24, the Chiefs vs. Bears game scored 24.3 million viewers on Fox. The next week on Oct. 1, Swift’s attendance at the Chiefs vs. New York Jets game boosted NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” to average 27 million viewers across all platforms, making it the most-watched Sunday since Super Bowl LVII on Fox in February.

Viewership for the Oct. 2 game was up 22% over last year’s Week 4 game, and, as could be expected, viewing among young women 12-17 grew 53% as compared to the first three broadcasts of “Sunday Night Football” this season.

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In the second wave of its guest-host experiment, correspondents of the late-night talk show outpaced celebrity anchors with viewers. Michael Kosta, who kicked off the latest round of guest hosts on Oct. 16, was the most-watched guest host of the new lineup, averaging 545,500 total average viewers for his week as host, according to live plus seven-day Nielsen figures.

“The Daily Show” news team takeover hosted by Dulcé Sloan, Ronny Chieng, Desi Lydic and Jordan Klepper — which hosted three days ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday rather than four — scored the second-highest viewership of the hosts with an average of 530,333 total viewers.

The latest round of tryouts brought back favorites like Sarah Silverman and Leslie Jones. Third place in the competition went to Silverman, who hosted the week of Nov. 6, averaging 522,750 total viewers — down from the average viewership of 613,000 she brought in when she hosted Feb. 13-16 during the first round of celebrity hosts.

The network also tested newcomers Desus Nice, Charlamagne Tha God and Michelle Wolf, who were set to host a week of episodes earlier this year, before the Hollywood double strike scrapped those plans.

But the viewership of the show didn’t vary substantially during the test period, hovering around 500,000 per night.

The search for Noah’s successor has become a much-watched competition in Hollywood. “The Daily Show” has been around since 1996, when it premiered on Comedy Central with Craig Kilborn in the host chair. But Jon Stewart dramatically boosted the show’s cultural importance after he took the hosting reins in 1999. The comedian’s dedication to calling out “Bulls–t Mountain” — his favored phrase for Fox News — turned the late-night program into the revered comedy institution it is today, balancing witty political satire with fearless reporting. 

Stewart passed the baton to Noah in 2015, leaving with a final show that brought in 3.5 million total viewers — the second highest in the show’s history. The ratings tumbled from there, with Noah carrying on Stewart’s legacy through 2022. By August of this year, The Daily Show averaged just 383,000 viewers, a 65% drop from its 2015 ratings, according to Nielsen.

But the ratings have surged in recent months during the rotating slate of guest hosts. 

Jones, Silverman and Charlamagne Tha God are rumored to have joined the pool of finalists, according to a report from Deadline, alongside previous guest hosts Kal Penn and Chelsea Handler. 

A spokesperson for “The Daily Show” did not return TheWrap’s requests for comment on the progress of the search.

Read below for the full breakdown of how this round of “Daily Show” guest hosts fared ratings-wise.

Michael Kosta – 545,500 total average viewers

 

“Daily Show” correspondent Kosta swept his peers as this round’s most-watched guest host. Kosta was the first to take the reins during this lineup, hosting the week of Oct. 16. He had a strong start as the Monday episode debuted to 578,000 viewers before hitting his most-watched night on Oct. 17 with 586,000 viewers. Kosta maintained the crowd on Oct. 18 with 542,000 total viewers before hitting his least-watched night that Thursday when he co-hosted with “Daily Show” correspondent Ronny Chieng, pulling in 476,000 viewers.

“The Daily Show” News Team Takeover — 530,333 total average viewers

 

Similar to Kosta, “The Daily Show” correspondents delivered solid viewership when helming the late night show, scoring the second-highest viewership of the round. During the week leading up to Thanksgiving, Dulcé Sloan hosted the Monday, Nov. 20, broadcast, which brought in 481,000 viewers, while Ronny Chieng drew in 508,000 viewers on Tuesday. Guest hosts Desi Lydic and Jordan Klepper scored the week’s highest viewership on Wednesday, Nov. 22, with 602,000 total viewers.

Sarah Silverman – 522,750 total average viewers

 

Returning favorite Sarah Silverman took third place in average total viewers — similar to the first round of celebrity hosts on “The Daily Show” when she averaged 613,000 from Feb. 13-16. This time, the comedian averaged 522,750 viewers the week of Nov. 6. Starting off the week with 539,000 viewers on Monday, Silverman’s audience dropped to 506,000 viewers on Tuesday, Nov. 7 — election night in some states — and 462,000 viewers on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The comedian scored her most-watched night on Nov. 9, with 584,000 viewers, just below Kosta’s highest viewership during his week of hosting of 586,000 viewers.

Michelle Wolf – 516,500 total average viewers 

 

Wolf landed as the fourth most-watched guest host with 516,500 total average viewers as she closed out this round of guest hosts. Starting out with her lowest viewership of the week on Monday, Nov. 27, with 444,000 people, Wolf’s audience grew to 568,000 viewers on Tuesday, and 564,000 viewers on Wednesday, before closing out the week on Thursday, Nov. 30, with 490,000 viewers.

Leslie Jones – 503,250 total average viewers

 

Jones scored fifth place in total viewers averaging 503,250 viewers — down from 535,000 when she hosted the show Jan. 17-19. Jones hosted after Silverman during the week of Nov. 13, beginning with 459,000 viewers on Monday and 505,000 viewers on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The comedian averaged 493,000 viewers on Wednesday, before hitting her highest viewership of the week on Thursday, Nov. 16, which was co-hosted with Klepper, with 556,000 viewers.

Desus Nice – 447,000 total average viewers

 

Nice was the second guest host of the round during the week of Oct. 23. During his time as a host, Nice scored the sixth-highest viewership of the group, beginning with 459,000 viewers on Monday and 449,000 on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Nice soared to his highest viewership of the week on Wednesday, with 484,000, before sliding down to 396,000 viewers on Thursday, Oct. 26.

Charlamagne Tha God – 443,000 total average viewers

 

Charlamagne Tha God hosted for the first time from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2. He hit his highest viewership of the week on Monday with 472,000 viewers, before drawing in 443,000 viewers on Tuesday. The trend continued as Wednesday’s viewers decreased to 433,000 while the Thursday, Nov. 2, telecast drew 424,000 viewers.

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NewsNation and the CW drew more than four million average total viewers in Wednesday’s simulcast Republican presidential primary debate, according to Nielsen figures. 

Individually, NewsNation scored 1.6 million total viewers and 350,000 viewers in the 25-54 adult demographic. The program marked the highest audience for NewsNation in its history. 

The CW drew 2.5 million total average viewers and 500,000 viewers among adults 25-54. 

NewsNation hosted the fourth Republican presidential primary debate at the University of Alabama on Dec. 6. The debate was moderated by Megyn Kelly, NewsNation anchor Elizabeth Vargas and editor-in-chief of The Washington Free Beacon Eliana Johnson. The debate aired on Nexstar Media Group’s national cable news network, NewsNation, and was simulcast on The CW. The event was also livestreamed on NewsNation’s website and on Rumble. 

“NewsNation was incredibly honored to host last night’s debate, and we are very pleased that so many viewers tuned in and watched,” President of Networks for Nexstar Media Sean Compton said. “This debate represents a remarkable achievement for a cable news network that is just barely three years old.  We’re very proud of the NewsNation team, the great job done by the moderators, and the overall production.  In the end, the real winners last night were the nation’s voters.”  

According to the network, early digital results show nearly 400,000 users live-streamed some portion of the debate via the NewsNation website or mobile app. 

This, however, also marks the lowest-rated debate of the election cycle thus far. 

The first debate of the cycle, hosted by Fox News in August, brought in 12.8 million total viewers. The viewership for the first debate significantly surpassed expectations for the network, nabbing 2.82 million viewers in the 25-54 demographic. NewsNation’s debate was a 68% drop in total viewers from the first debate of this year. 

The second Republican debate hosted by Fox Business Network drew in 9.5 million viewers across Fox News, Fox Business, and Univision. The event drew in 2 million viewers in the key cable demographic among adults 25-54. 

NBC hosted the third debate in November, which drew 7.51 million average total viewers across linear television, digital, and streaming. 

On Thursday, CNN announced its plans to host two additional GOP primary debates in 2024. The first CNN debate will be held on Jan. 10, at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, less than a week before the Iowa caucus. The second debate is set for Jan. 21, at St. Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire.

This is the first time during this election cycle that CNN is hosting a GOP primary debate.

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The “Dancing With the Stars” finale scored 5.5 million viewers — up 15% from the Season 32 premiere.

As five remaining duos competed for the “Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy,” Tuesday night’s finale of the ABC ballroom dancing competition series scored a 0.67 rating in the key broadcast demographic among adults 18-49, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures. The episode was the highest-rated program of the night, with its closest competitor being NBC’s “The Voice,” which scored a 0.39 rating.

Ratings for the finale episode also exceeded those of both the Sept. 26 season premiere and last week’s episode by 4.69% as both the season premiere and last week’s installment scored a 0.64 rating, per Nielsen data. The finale also grew 7.84% from last week’s total viewership of 5.10 million.

While the “Dancing” finale scored the second highest program viewership of the night across the broadcast networks — behind the total viewership of 5.65 million brought in by “The Voice” — the finale’s three-hour telecast boosted ABC to become the most-watched network of the night. NBC posted the second highest primetime viewership with an average audience of 4.16 million viewers, while CBS came in third place with 3.47 million viewers on average.

The conclusion of “Dancing” also led ABC to become the highest-rated network of the night, with NBC in second place with an average 0.34 rating throughout primetime and CBS coming in third place with an average 0.26 rating.

In the “DWTS” finale, “Vanderpump Rules” alum Ariana Madix, Marvel star Xochitl Gomez, actress Alyson Hannigan, former “Bachelorette” Charity Lawson and musician Jason Mraz competed alongside their partners. The gap narrowed to Gomez and Mraz, with the 17-year-old Gomez ultimately winning the “Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.”

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“The Golden Bachelor” finale hit a “Bachelor” franchise ratings high in the first three days of its release.

The conclusion of Gerry Turner’s journey to love drew in 6.95 million viewers after three days of viewing on ABC, according to live-plus-three-day Nielsen figures, marking the biggest audience for any “Bachelor” series since the March 2020 finale of Peter Weber’s season of “The Bachelor.”

Similarly, the finale became the highest-rated telecast among “Bachelor” series since the finale of Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey’s season of “The Bachelorette” in September 2022, scoring a 0.95 rating in the key broadcast demo among adults 18-49.

When including viewing on Hulu and other linear and streaming platforms across the first three days of its launch, viewership for the finale grew to 8.81 million total viewers — the highest multiplatform viewership any “Bachelor” series had garnered since Weber’s finale of “The Bachelor.”

Ratings for the episode also rose to a 1.84 in the demo, per live-plus-three-day multiplatform data, after initially drawing in a 0.80 rating in live-plus-same-day viewing on ABC. The 1.84 rating marks the highest-rated multiplatform telecast since the series premiere of “The Golden Bachelor” in September.

The three-day viewing is a significant increase from the 6.09 million total viewers the finale drew in from Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, which scored the biggest audience the franchise had seen since the March 2021 season finale of “The Bachelor.”

The “Golden Bachelor” finale, which featured an engagement between Turner and his final rose pick Theresa Nist, grew 12% from the prior week’s viewership of 6.18 million. The Thursday episode posted the biggest week-to-week growth for the freshman reality show in its sixth consecutive week of growth.

A strong finish was expected for the ABC spin-off show after “The Golden Bachelor” made a ratings splash when it courted 4.36 million viewers during its series premiere on Sept. 28, which currently stands as the second highest premiere viewership for a broadcast show premiering this fall behind CBS’ “NCIS: Sydney,” which scored 5.64 million total viewers.

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“The Golden Bachelor” Season 1 finale found love with viewers from Bachelor Nation and beyond with its Thursday night finale.

As fans tuned in to watch Gerry Turner decide between his final two ladies, the hit ABC reality series scored 6.07 million total viewers, according to live-plus-same-day figures provided by Nielsen, based on true fast national with out of home data. The figure marks the best total viewership for the franchise since the March 2021 season finale of “The Bachelor.”

Thursday’s finale earned a rating of 0.80 among adults ages 18 to 49, marking the franchise’s best performance for the demo since the Sept. 2022 season finale of “The Bachelorette.”

In the 10 p.m. hour, ABC’s “Bachelor in Paradise” matched last week’s season high in total viewers (2.24 million for both weeks) and earned a 0.33 rating in the 18 to 49 demo. ABC’s network average for the night was 0.66 in the demo and 4.92 million total viewers.

After a tumultuous season of surprise exits and whirlwind romance, Turner narrowed down his future partner to two women: Leslie Fhima and Theresa Nist.

After spending the night with both ladies during Fantasy Suite dates, Turner ultimately chose to propose to Nist, prompting him to say goodbye to Fhima ahead of the proposal on their last date. The emotional goodbye had been teased throughout the season, and many in Bachelor Nation continue to debate the leading man’s final decision on social media. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television.

Turner and Nist are set to tie the knot in a live wedding special premiering Jan. 4 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.

All episodes of “The Golden Bachelor” are available to stream on Hulu.

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The NBC live viewing, which ran from 8:30 a.m to 12 p.m. Eastern, was a half-hour longer than last year’s telecast. NBC ran an encore telecast from 2 to 5 p.m. and the annual holiday kickoff was also simulcast on Peacock.

Ratings for the 97th parade on NBC were up 6% overall from 2022 and more than doubled Peacock’s streaming hours from last year.

The live linear telecast of the parade is NBC’s highest-rated entertainment program of the year across all of television in both categories at 22.3 million viewers with a 5.3 in the demo.

The live event, which included performances from Jon Batiste and Cher, is now Peacock’s highest-rated entertainment simulcast to date. The streamer also simulcasts sports, including football games and golf tournaments.

The event was disrupted around 10 a.m. by 34 pro-Palestinian demonstrators, according to CNN. Protesters jumped police barricades and glued themselves to the street in a bid to call attention to the situation in Gaza.

Thirty of the demonstrators were issued a criminal summons for trespassing and four were arrested for resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and obstructing governmental administration, according to the NYPD.

The parade also saw the return of “Today” weatherman Al Roker, who missed last year’s event for the first time in 27 years after being hospitalized for blood clots.

“The National Dog Show Presented by Purina,” which aired immediately after the parade, drew 11.9 million viewers and a 2.9 rating in the demo across NBC and Peacock. Those numbers were up 8% and 11%, respectively, compared to last year’s telecast. On the streamer, the annual dog competition saw a 58% increase on Peacock versus 2022.

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” also posted their best numbers since last Thanksgiving.

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“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is on a hot streak as late night is back in full force, now with both writers and actors following the end of the double strike. For the week of Nov. 13, the show tied “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” for No. 1 in the 18-49 demo with a 0.17 rating, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures. Both shows beat “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” by 31% in the demo.

That marked Kimmel’s seventh straight week at No. 1, bolstered by its Monday Night Football lead-in.

The show has been No. 1 in the demo among its late night peers for every week it’s been back since the end of the writers’ strike, and also grew from last week’s 0.15 rating for a rise of 13% in the key demo.

Through its first seven weeks on air this season, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has averaged a 0.18 rating, topping NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (0.17 rating) and CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (0.14 rating).

This week’s slate of guests on Kimmel included a kooky appearance by Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone on behalf of their absurdist Showtime comedy series “The Curse,” father-son duo Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell hyping their Apple TV+ series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” in which they play the same character at different ages, and a chummy pairing of Adam Sandler and Henry Winkler

New episodes of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” premiere Monday-Friday at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC.

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