Looks as if “Yellowstone” goes out on high. The Paramount Network sequence, which can finish after its fifth season, was the most-watched scripted tv sequence of the 2022–2023 season, in accordance with Nielsen information.
The Nielsen rating, printed by Variety, tracks linear viewers of broadcast and cable sequence, in addition to unscripted fare. As regular, soccer stays a serious draw for TV viewers.
NBC’s “NFL Sunday Night Football,” for starters, tops the chart with 18.1 million viewers, whereas ESPN’s “NFL Monday Night Football” is available in third with 10.1 million. Amazon’s “NFL Thursday Night Football” is available in sixth with 9.4 million. (Amazon struck a take care of Nielsen to measure streaming viewers of its NFL protection.)
Outside of sports activities showdowns, longtime CBS procedural “NCIS” got here in fourth place with 9.8 million viewers, adopted intently by the identical community’s “FBI” with 9.5 million.
CBS additionally scored with “Fire Country,” the highest new drama of the season in whole viewers and rankings within the 18-to-49 demographic. In truth, CBS’ numbers are so good that even its canceled drama “East New York” ranked No. 24 in whole viewers.
Other winners embody broadcast sitcoms. CBS’ “Young Sheldon” (No. 7) and “Ghosts” (No. 10) and ABC’s “The Conners” (No. 49) and “Abbott Elementary” (No. 59) all gained viewers since final season.
HBO, in the meantime, solely has one entry within the high 100: the “Game of Thrones” spinoff “House of the Dragon.” But “House of the Dragon” and different hits — together with the post-apocalyptic drama “The Last of Us,” which doesn’t make this yr’s Nielsen rating — get massive numbers with streaming viewership.
As for “Yellowstone,” the fifth and remaining season will resume airing in November. The announcement of the Western drama’s finish got here quickly after stories of scheduling drama involving sequence star Kevin Costner. But Paramount is already creating a sequel sequence with “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan.
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