NBC competition drops 19% from last week’s surge
Fox’s “Rent” got evicted in ratings on Sunday — at least, when comparing the semi-live TV musical to all the ones that came before it. And yes, that includes another poor performer, Fox’s “A Christmas Story Live.”
Due to a key cast member’s injury, the network’s “Rent” used mostly pre-taped footage from a Saturday dress rehearsal and couldn’t hold a (lit or unlit) candle to Fox and NBC’s previous live TV musicals among adults in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic or in total viewers.
Scroll through our gallery to see how each of broadcast TV’s previous live productions ranks by Nielsen numbers since the genre’s rebirth. Least-viewed is first, most-watched last.
Fox
Rank: 9
Musical: “Rent”
Date: January 27, 2019
Network: Fox
18-49 rating: 1.4
Total viewers: 3.415 million
Fox
Rank: 8
Musical: “A Christmas Story: Live”
Date: Dec. 17, 2017
Network: Fox
18-49 rating: 1.5
Total viewers: 4.481 million
Fox
Rank: 7
Musical: “The Passion”
Date: March 20, 2016
Network: Fox
18-49 rating: 1.6
Total viewers: 6.648 million
Fox
Rank: 6
Musical: “Hairspray Live!”
Date: Dec. 7, 2016
Network: NBC
18-49 rating: 2.3
Total viewers: 9.045 million
NBC
Rank: 5
Musical: “Peter Pan Live!”
Date: Dec. 4, 2014
Network: NBC
18-49 rating: 2.4
Total viewers: 9.211 million
NBC
Rank: 4
Musical: “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!”
Date: April 1, 2018
Network: NBC
18-49 rating: 1.7
Total viewers: 9.607 million
NBC
Rank: 3
Musical: “The Wiz Live!”
Date: Dec. 3, 2015
Network: NBC
18-49 rating: 3.4
Total viewers: 11.498 million
NBC
Rank: 2
Musical: “Grease: Live”
Date: Jan. 1, 2016
Network: Fox
18-49 rating: 4.3
Total viewers: 12.206 million
Fox
Rank: 1
Musical: “Sound of Music Live!”
Date: Dec. 5, 2013
Network: NBC
18-49 rating: 4.6
Total viewers: 18.624 million
NBC
The rock opera “Hair” is set as NBC’s next live TV musical and slated to air this spring, after Jennifer Lopez’s “Bye Bye Birdie” — the network’s original next musical — was delayed multiple times.
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Fox’s Sunday effort is the lowest-rated and least-watched since the genre’s rebirth — here are the ones that did better
Fox’s “Rent” got evicted in ratings on Sunday — at least, when comparing the semi-live TV musical to all the ones that came before it. And yes, that includes another poor performer, Fox’s “A Christmas Story Live.”
Due to a key cast member’s injury, the network’s “Rent” used mostly pre-taped footage from a Saturday dress rehearsal and couldn’t hold a (lit or unlit) candle to Fox and NBC’s previous live TV musicals among adults in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic or in total viewers.
Scroll through our gallery to see how each of broadcast TV’s previous live productions ranks by Nielsen numbers since the genre’s rebirth. Least-viewed is first, most-watched last.
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