Hard Numbers: ‘Big Brother 24’ Clocks In 8 Billion Minutes Of Watch Time And ‘Sherri’ Breaks Tie With ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’

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Contestant: CBS’ Big Brother Season 24, hosted by Julie Chen Moonves, has reportedly been watched for more than eight billion minutes since its premiere on July 6. According to Nielsen linear ratings and data from Paramount Global, the eight billion is based on collected viewership from the CBS Television Network, Paramount+, and the CBS app. “Big Brother is the original cross-platform reality series, and 24 seasons later, it’s still generating large audiences and engagement numbers across our CBS and Paramount platforms,” said Kelly Kahl, president of CBS Entertainment.

In a turn of events from last month, the never-ending-game-show-classics switch places in viewership growth and loss. Family Feud has seen a slight drop in viewers compared to last month— totaling an average rating of 5.87 million, while Let’s Make a Deal gained views averaging about 2.5 million this month. Let’s Make a Deal also saw a spike in viewers for the target demo of women 18 to 49, averaging 367,200. 

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Court: The reality courtroom shows keep consistent rating scores— Divorce Court and Judge Mathis ended September and October with 612,000 average views. We the People with Lauren Lake and The Honorable Judge Rhoda Willis’ Relative Justice breakeven and averaged 367,200 in viewership. Meanwhile, The People’s Court with Judge Marilyn Milian garnered 856,800 views this month.

Docusoap: Netflix’s third season of Bling Empire premiered October 5 and spent two weeks on the streaming service’s Top 10 List until October 16.

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Informative: Last month, Sherri and The Jennifer Hudson Show premiered on even playing grounds with equal rating totals. The talk show hosted by Sherri Shepherd averaged 856,800 this month, while The Jennifer Hudson Show averaged 734,400. The two talk shows performed neck to neck, but Sherri took the lead in a photo finish this month. However, it is worth mentioning that Sherri began her talk show with a semi-established audience inherited from her stint of guest-hosting The Wendy Show before that show’s cancellation. Both series are breakout hits that will become pop culture staples in the world of daytime talk.

Speaking of pop culture staples in the world of daytime talk— ABC’s Tamron Hall had a rise in viewership this month compared to last, averaging 856,800. Other daytime favorites, The View and The Talk see no changes from last month’s ratings averaging 2.2 and 1.3 million, respectively. In the target demographic of women 18 to 49, The Talk repeated its average of 244,800 views. However, The View decreased in viewers in this demo, totaling an average of 367,200. The celebrity news source Entertainment Tonight also saw a rise in viewers this month, averaging 2.4 million views.

iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas is a new series that premiered in mid-September and has averaged 612,000 views in the last four weeks. The nationally syndicated true crime show explores crimes through the lens of smartphones. Vargas will interview victims, bystanders, law enforcement and amateur photographers who caught a crime in the act with a smartphone. The new series will explore the phenomenon of crime interacting with technology in the modern era.

Meanwhile, in the world of political news programs— The Reid Out remains MSNBC’s seventh most popular show and still averages its consistent score of 1.3 million viewers this month. NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt saw a rise in viewers, unlike its ABC and CBS competition, averaging more than 6.54 million total views for the week of October 17. Don Lemon Tonight has been off the air since October 7 but saw a rise in viewers last week, averaging its September total to 584,000. The Chris Salcedo Show averages lower this month, totaling 208,364 viewers between October 5-20, after the series averaged 230,000 in September. Between October 10-25, The Faulkner Focus averaged more than 1.7 million viewers for people over the age of two, higher than last month. Making Money with Charles Payne rated 172,000 viewers, with 21,000 in the target demographic of adults 25-54 for September.