Why ABC Dumped ‘Live + Same Day’ Ratings

Monday marked the last time that ABC shared its “Live + Same Day” ratings, following Fox (four years later) in swearing off the commonly reported Nielsen data set. Now, if people want to know how ABC shows have performed, they must wait for three days of delayed viewing to be tallied and shared by the Disney-owned broadcast network. Just kidding, they could totally still read publications like TheWrap, subscribe to Nielsen, make buddies with an ABC competitor, have Twitter, etc. It probably comes as no surprise that ABC, like Fox back in 2015, generally does not light the world on fire in Live + Same Day ratings. As a matter of fact, ABC is currently in a tie for third among the Big 4 broadcast networks. Season-to-date, Fox is in first place with a 2.1, NBC is second with a 1.6, and ABC and CBS bring up the rear, both with 0.8s (to two decimal places, ABC edges CBS by the slightest possible margin with a 0.83 to a 0.82.) In terms of total viewers, Live + Same Day looks like this: Fox: 7.594 million NBC: 6.863 million CBS: 6.259 million ABC: 4.292 million That last viewpoint particularly is not a great...

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