Big Number
14.75M
How much streaming impacts viewership of TV’s top shows: Tracker (14.75 million viewers on all platforms) and Matlock (13.29 million) take the top two spots in Nielsen’s tally on Feb. 7, building on their 10 million-plus linear audiences. High Potential ranks third with 11.53 million viewers, and Shifting Gears and Will Trent complete the top five. Full charts.
Snapshot
End of An Era
About 14 of the top 50 TV broadcasts in 2024 were exclusive to pay TV bundle services, according to data from Nielsen, all of them football games on Fox or ESPN. The Oscars also cracked the top 100. Come next year, that number will be 0 of 50. Every single thing on Nielsen’s most watched list will be available in a stand-alone streamer in addition to the big bundles. Full report.
TOP TRENDING
This week’s most consumed, searched and shared content
SOURCE: PARROT ANALYTICS (FEB 1 – FEB 7, 2025)
This ranking shows the most in-demand series that have debuted in the last 365 days on major platforms with US audiences.
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STREAMING
Top Series
The most-viewed series of the week
1
3
5
NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (Jan. 13-Jan. 19, most recent week)
Top Movies
The most-viewed films of the week
1
3
4
5
NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (Jan. 13-Jan. 19, most recent week)
BOX OFFICE
Top Movies
The highest-grossing films domestically
1
$88.5M
Weekend Gross
4,105
Theaters
$88.5M
Total Gross
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3
4
5
COMSCORE (Feb. 14-Feb. 16)
Upcoming Releases
Notable movies heading to theaters
Feb. 14
Feb. 21
Feb. 28
Mar. 7
Up Ahead: Novocaine
The action thriller from directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen stars Jack Quaid as a hero who feels no pain. The Paramount film hits theaters March 14.
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BROADCAST
Top TV
The most-viewed primetime network shows
1
Super Bowl LIX
Fox
127.7M*
Viewers
2
The Floor
Fox
13.94M
Viewers
3
4
Chicago Med
NBC
6.27M
Viewers
5
Nielsen (Feb. 3-Feb. 9); *Across all platforms
Inside View
The narrative behind the numbers
Fox
1 Game
127.7M
Viewers
Super Bowl Touchdown
The Fox Sports telecast on Feb. 9 averaged 127.7 million viewers across all platforms, according to final figures from Nielsen and internal Fox data (that’s up from 126 million in preliminary estimates). That’s the second straight year the Super Bowl has an all-time viewing record in the United States. The game is up about about 3 percent compared to last year’s record-setting 123.7 million viewers on CBS (which accounted for 120.25 million of those viewers) and other platforms. Fox also says the game set a Super Bowl streaming record with 13.6 million viewers on its free streaming platform, Tubi, and 14.5 million including NFL digital platforms, along with 1.87 million viewers for the Spanish-language telecast on Telemundo and Fox Deportes.
DATA SPOTLIGHT
Disney and YouTube In Close Race for Overall TV Viewing Crown
Disney’s brands saw about 11.2 percent of overall TV viewing in the United States, just ahead of YouTube’s 11.1 percent share, per Nielsen‘s Media Distributor Gauge for December. Having the most-viewed TV series of 2024, Bluey, which tallied 55.62 billion minutes watched last year, certainly helped. And, in fact, all five of the top five most-viewed series of 2024 — Grey’s Anatomy, Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers and NCIS among them — were all available to watch on a Disney platform.
SOURCE: Nielsen
NEWS FEED
‘Captain America’ Box Office: ‘Brave New World’ Opens to Bullish $100M in U.S., $192M Globally
The superhero pic launched ahead of expectations despite receiving a B- CinemaScore, the worst grade bestowed any title in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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‘Captain America’ Box Office: ‘Brave New World’ Soaring to Pleasing $90M-$96M U.S. Opening
It remains to be seen how much a B- CinemaScore from audiences — the worst grade bestowed any title in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — is impacting the tentpole.
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‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Aims for $90M-Plus U.S. Opening, Nearly $200M Globally
'Paddington in Peru' also opens in theaters over the long Valentine's Day-Presidents Day weekend, while 'Bridget Jones: Mad About You' hits Peacock in the U.S.
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Cineplex CEO Sees Film Studios Keeping to Release Dates: “They’re Pretty Committed to the Timing”
Ellis Jacob sees Canada’s largest cinema chain no longer starved for content as Hollywood strike disruptions are now behind the industry.
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Box Office: ‘Dog Man’ Stays No. 1 as ‘Heart Eyes’ and ‘Love Hurts’ Battle for Super Bowl Scraps
Programming the weekend of the big game has always been a challenge for Hollywood studios, considering that box office traffic plummets on Sunday.
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Box Office Vindication: ‘Mufasa’ Passes Up ‘Sonic 3’ in U.S., Heads for $700M Globally
Many wrote off Barry Jenkins' prequel 'Mufasa: The Lion King' after its muted Christmas opening, but the Disney film has enjoyed historic staying power.
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Imax Records Its Best Chinese New Year Box Office Return With $53M
The film tech company rode the China Lunar New Year ticket sales hitting its own record high of $1.3 billion on the strength of local releases like 'Ne Zha 2.'
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