Just 2-32-3percentomes tHBOuGO HBO GO viewership.
(As it turned out, viewership for NBC's night-time Olympics show, only a small part of which was broadcast live, had even higher ratings than anticipated. One possibility: people valued the curator function even more after having direct access to the virtually raw footage).
Bill Lawrence expressed that he hoped that Aniston's guest appearance would mark a turning point in viewership opinions, and felt that the show had distanced itself from its original concept.
Still, cable executives' fears that rising internet viewership would turn customers away from cable doesn't seem to have materialized.
Arrested Development also developed a unique self-referentiality through use of in-jokes that evolved over multiple episodes, which rewarded longtime viewership (and in turn may have discouraged new viewers and contributed to the show's ratings issues).
The money and viewership are still turning heads, yes.
Some media companies package up their audience viewership data into products they turn around and sell to channel programmers and content creators.
The record-high viewership for the interview with Bobbi Kristina — who turned 19 this month and whose father is the singer Bobby Brown — may put even more pressure on Ms. Winfrey and her producers to score exclusive interviews with celebrities.
Will fans get turned off by the ball deflation episode and reduce their television viewership and attendance at games?
Viewership peaked in 1980, when over 80m Americans tuned in to see Ronald Reagan turn on the charm against Jimmy Carter.
