The network’s two prime-time NFL games
helped it dominate the weekly competition,
where NBC averaged 8.8 million viewers.
CBS landed in second with 3.7 million viewers,
ABC had 3.5 million, Fox had 3.3 million,
ION Television had 1.3 million, Univision had
1.2 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and
the CW had 610,000.
Serena Williams may have failed in her attempt
to win a 24th Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open,
but she was a ratings winner. ESPN’s coverage
of the women’s U.S. Open Final reached
3.22 million viewers, while the men’s final
had 2.75 million. The men competed against
opening weekend of the NFL, however.
ESPN was the week’s most popular cable
network, averaging 2.58 million viewers in
prime time. Fox News Channel had 2.15 million,
MSNBC had 1.37 million, HGTV had 1.2 million
and TLC had 1.07 million.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the
evening newscasts with an average of
8.4 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News”
was second with 7.5 million and the “CBS
Evening News” had 5.4 million viewers.
ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW
is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox
is owned by Fox Corp. NBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast
Corp. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks.
Online: http://www.nielsen.com