NBC claims most-watched title after over 20 years

[Bob F]

Their total viewership will lead all nets for the first time since the days of "Must-See TV":
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nbc-wins-2025-26-season-viewers-first-time-since-2002-1236601890/ (link)

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[Tom Wolper]

I’m not going to look up the numbers but I’m willing to bet it’s with one tenth the audience of the Must See days on weekdays 

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[Mark Jeffries]

The reason for NBC's win, of course, goes back to the old Monty Python mock BBC promo--"And of course, there'll be sport."  "And for those who don't like sport, there's more sport." "And now for something completely different--sport." If it wasn't for the Super Bowl and the Olympics, would NBC be the big winner?

Back to Python's Pepperpots (old lady drag):  "All there is on telly is sex, violence, repeats and sport!"

Mark Jeffries
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[PGage]

I didn’t want to look it up either, but I was interested so I asked Copilot to look it up so we didn’t have to. NBC’s rating in the demo was not quite 10% of what it was in 2002, but it was still dramatically less, about 20%:

NBC’s total‑viewer average in 2001–02 was only about 2.1–2.3× higher than today but its 18–49 demo rating was about 5× higher.


1. Total viewers: ~2× difference

• 2001–02 NBC primetime average: ~12–13 million
• 2025–26 NBC primetime average: 5.83 million

The decline in Absolute viewers is actually greater because of course there are more Americans now than they were in 2002. What looks like about a 51% decline viewership is more like a 61% decline after correcting for population growth.

2. 18–49 demo rating: ~5× difference

• 2001–02 NBC 18–49 rating: ~5.0
• 2025–26 NBC 18–49 rating: 1.01

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