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Nielsen: Disney Ups January Household TV Market Share Thanks to Football, News
In a month where television viewing reached a 12-month high, Disney captured the largest month-over-month gain in Nielsen’s January Media Distributor Gauge report, a monthly view of total household TV consumption aggregated by parent company. Disney added 1.2 share points and finished with 11.9% of total television viewing in January, nearly tying its Media Distributor Gauge … Continue reading “Nielsen: Disney Ups January Household TV Market Share Thanks to Football, News”
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Peacock Upped Winter Olympics Streaming Minutes 114% to 14.8 Billion — Before Sunday’s U.S. Men’s Gold Medal-Winning Hockey Match
NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming platform, along with other digital properties, generated 14.8 billion minutes of Milan Cortina Winter Olympics streaming views through Feb. 20, up 114% from 6.9 billion minutes streamed during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics four years ago, according to new data from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. Prime time coverage of the Games across … Continue reading “Peacock Upped Winter Olympics Streaming Minutes 114% to 14.8 Billion — Before Sunday’s U.S. Men’s Gold Medal-Winning Hockey Match”
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Disney+ Drops Teaser Trailer for ‘Descendants: Wicked Wonderland’
Disney+ has dropped a new teaser trailer for Descendants: Wicked Wonderland, the fifth installment in the music-and-dance-driven “Descendants” franchise. The teaser debuted ahead of the new “Descendants/Zombies Worlds Collide: Concert Special,” which starts streaming Friday on Disney+. Descendants: Wicked Wonderland will premiere on Disney+ and Disney Channel this summer. The film explores what “happily ever … Continue reading “Disney+ Drops Teaser Trailer for ‘Descendants: Wicked Wonderland’”
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Nielsen: Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Returned Atop Weekly U.S. Household TV Streaming Through Jan. 25
The Netflix original sci-fi drama “Stranger Things” returned to No. 1 overall on the weekly Nielsen U.S. household TV streaming charts with 1.66 billion minutes streamed through Jan. 25 — three weeks after the series finale aired on Dec. 31, 2025. “Landman” on Paramount+ (1.62 billion minutes, No. 2 overall) celebrated a 10th consecutive week … Continue reading “Nielsen: Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Returned Atop Weekly U.S. Household TV Streaming Through Jan. 25”
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Blue Ant Readies London Screenings Slate With First-Ever Move Into Scripted Programming
Blue Ant Rights, the distribution arm of Blue Ant Studios, on Feb. 19 unveiled an expanded slate of 40 new and returning premium titles that it will debut next week at the London TV Screenings, an annual, independent and invitation-only event for international content buyers to view new scripted, unscripted, and format content. The line-up … Continue reading “Blue Ant Readies London Screenings Slate With First-Ever Move Into Scripted Programming”
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Doc ‘Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare’ to Debut on HBO and Max March 10
The HBO original documentary Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare, directed by James Jones (HBO’s Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes), and co-directed by Megumi Inman (Atomic People), debuts March 10 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. In March 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake — the strongest ever recorded in Japan — unleashed a tsunami … Continue reading “Doc ‘Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare’ to Debut on HBO and Max March 10”
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‘Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution’ Debuts on PBS Platforms April 7
“Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution” will debut April 7 and 14 at 9 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS app. In the series, on the eve of America’s 250th anniversary, popular British historian Lucy Worsley investigates the sabotage, espionage, and unrest that led to the birth of a new … Continue reading “‘Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution’ Debuts on PBS Platforms April 7”
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Disney Launches ‘Vertical Shorts’ Initiative With Two Episodes of ‘Locker Diaries’ Anthology Series
The Walt Disney Co. is launching its initiative to produce and stream short-form video serials with the anthology series “Locker Diaries,” featuring characters from popular Disney Channel franchises, including “Zombies,” “Descendants” and “Phineas and Ferb.” The first two episodes of “Locker Diaries: Zombies” are now available on Disney+, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, with additional episodes rolling … Continue reading “Disney Launches ‘Vertical Shorts’ Initiative With Two Episodes of ‘Locker Diaries’ Anthology Series”
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Nielsen: Household TV Viewing Hit 12-Month High in January
Television viewing climbed to a 12-month high in January, rising 3.7% from December, fueled by a 9% monthly increase in cable viewership, in combination with high-stakes sports, returning broadcast dramas and colder winter temperatures that kept audiences indoors, according to new Nielsen monthly data. Cable captured the largest monthly viewing increase at 21.2% of total … Continue reading “Nielsen: Household TV Viewing Hit 12-Month High in January”
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NBC, Peacock Drive Biggest NBA All-Star Game TV Viewership in 15 Years
The 2026 NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 15 was the most-watched annual event since 2011, averaging 8.8 million viewers across NBC, Peacock and Telemundo, according to new Nielsen data — up 87% from the 2025 game telecast on Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT with 4.7 million viewers. Peak viewership reached 9.8 million, with online searches up … Continue reading “NBC, Peacock Drive Biggest NBA All-Star Game TV Viewership in 15 Years”
