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UPDATED, with additional numbers: Viewership of the first night of the Republican National Convention rose slightly from 2020, with an estimated 18.13 million tuning in to the 10 p.m. ET hour across 12 networks, according to Nielsen. That’s up slightly from the first night of the Republican National…

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is still reigning supreme on Netflix. Eddie Murphy’s latest film spent another week atop the streamer’s Top 10 English-language films with 22.2M views, also making it the most-watched title of the week again. That puts it nearly halfway to a spot on the most popular list…

The European Championship and the Copa América tournament both came to dramatic ends on Sunday, ushering in even more record-breaking audiences with the final matches. Spain defeated England in what is now the most-watched non-World Cup soccer telecast in Fox history with 6.4M viewers tuning in. It’s…

Free, ad-supported streaming television continues to be on a growth trajectory, once again rivaling its premium subscription counterparts in June. For the second month in a row, Tubi, the Roku Channel and Pluto TV collectively accounted for a bigger share of television (4.3%) than the combined total…

Audiences are revisiting the film adaptation of J.D. Vance’s memoir Hillbilly Elegy after the author was named as former President Donald Trump’s running mate in the upcoming presidential election. Viewership of the film on Netflix grew 1,180% to 19.2M minutes watched on July 15, according to data…

EXCLUSIVE: Descendants: The Rise of Red broke a record in its debut on Disney+. With 6.7M views in its first three days of streaming, the film is now Disney Branded Television’s most-viewed DCOM premiere ever on the streamer, according to Disney. This is a fairly big number for any Disney+…

Streaming viewership accounted for a record 40.3% of TV usage in June, according to Nielsen’s latest edition of The Gauge, beating the previous single category record previously set by cable. It’s the highest share of TV that The Gauge has ever reported. Nielsen reports that four streaming services…

England and Spain’s nail-biting Euro 2024 final was watched by a peak of around 24 million viewers last night, failing to match the England vs Italy final three years ago. The coverage on both the BBC and ITV averaged around 15 million across its hours-long run time, which was just ahead of the…

EXCLUSIVE: As the European Championship and Copa America finals approach, Fox is touting its success across entertainment programming this summer, which has been led by its deluge of soccer coverage. Viewing across Fox entertainment and sports programming is up 57% from last year to 18.5B minutes…

Updated with England-Netherlands numbers — Spain eliminated France from the European Championship to big numbers on Fox. About 3.2M viewers tuned in for the semifinal match, making it the most-watched Euro semifinal telecast on record in U.S. English-language TV history. The audience was up 44%…

Summer is for streaming — at least, according to the Nielsen charts. Six titles exceeded the billion-minute mark from June 10 to 16, led by Bridgerton, which took the top spot back from Your Honor with 3.5B minutes viewed. Season 3B dropped during this interval, and Nielsen says those four episodes…

EXCLUSIVE: It appears Peacock has a bombshell on its hands with the new season of Love Island USA. Season 6 began attracting an unprecedented audience for the American version of the well-loved reality dating series after premiering on June 11. According to Nielsen, for the week of June 24 to 30, Love…