A sure sign that Fall approacheth, yet an entertaining as well as educational delight in itself – Michael Schneider’s collection of this summer’s rating winners. (Wonder how it’ll rate with TVWriter™ visitors here and now…)
by Michael Schneider
Talk about a reversal of fortunes: While the movie box office world recovered this summer after a disappointing 2017, television — at least the programming that’s measured by Nielsen ratings — took a dip. Blame some of that on the lack of “Game of Thrones,” which dominated last summer among adults 18-49.
NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” still scored plenty of eyeballs, as once again the summer’s most-watched program. But Simon Cowell and company were still down to 14.56 million viewers, vs. 15.28 million last year.