slides: The 20 Most Watched TV Shows in Massachusetts
Thursday, August 27, 2015
GoLocalWorcester News Team
The twenty most watched television shows in Massachusetts are filled with sitcoms, drams and reality TV shows.
GoLocalWorcester has obtained the list of the 20 highest rated television shows from last week (August 17-23) from Nielsen.
SEE LIST BELOW: The 20 Most Watched TV Shows in Massachusetts
This list does not include any Netflix Originals or Amazon Prime TV Shows.
The original list from Nielsen was the 25 cable and network television shows with the highest ratings from the Boston area (the only major city measured in Massachusetts). GoLocal has omitted news shows that are on every night (FOX 25 at 10) and sporting events such as last week's New England Patriots preseason game from this list (7.1 rating), and two Boston Red Sox games against the Kansas City Royals on NESN.
The list is comprised solely of television shows and news shows that only take place once or twice per week. GoLocal only used the highest rated nights for Big Brother and Bachelor in Paradise.
Notable and popular shows included in the list from this past week include the premiere of Fear the Walking Dead, and the season finale of Boston EMS.
How the Nielsen Rating System Works:
- Nielsen measures more than 40 percent of the world's viewing behavior.
- Ratings from Massachusetts are based on households in the Boston area.
- Nielsen measures TV audiences by using viewer diaries (in which viewers record what they watch) and through Set Meters - small devices connected to the television. From the group of viewers with diaries and Set Meters, Nielsen measures the percentage of households that watch a TV show. For example, last week 7.1% of households participating in the Boston area had the Patriots preseason game on in their home. This was the highest percentage for that week.
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#20
TV Show: Scorpion
Station: Channel 4 WBZ CBS
Day: Monday
Time: 9 PM to 10 PM
Last Week's Rating: 1.9
Number of Viewers: 114,000
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#19
TV Show: Mom
Station: Channel 4 WBZ CBS
Day: Thursday
Time: 8:30 PM to 9 PM
Last Week's Rating: 1.9
Number of Viewers: 115,000
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#18
TV Show: Two Broke Girls
Station: Channel 4 WBZ CBS
Day: Monday
Time: 8 PM to 8:30 PM
Last Week's Rating: 2.1
Number of Viewers: 123,000
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#17
TV Show: Hollywood Game Night
Station: Channel 7 WHDH NBC
Day: Tuesday
Time: 10 PM to 11 PM
Last Week's Rating: 2.1
Number of Viewers: 125,000
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#16
TV Show: Save My Life
Station: Channel 5 WCVB ABC
Day: Sunday
Time: 10 PM to 11 PM
Last Week's Rating: 2.2
Number of Viewers: 130,000
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#15
TV Show: 20/20
Station: Channel 5 WCVB ABC
Day: Friday
Time: 10 PM to 11 PM
Last Week's Rating: 2.2
Number of Viewers: 129,000
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#14
TV Show: NBC NFL Kickoff
Station: Channel 7 WHDH NBC
Day: Sunday
Time: 8 PM to 8:15 PM
Last Week's Rating: 2.2
Number of Viewers: 131,000
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#13
TV Show: The Middle
Station: Channel 5 WCVB ABC
Day: Wednesday
Time: 8 PM to 8:30 PM
Last Week's Rating: 2.3
Number of Viewers: 135,000
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#12
TV Show: Big Bang Theory
Station: Channel 4 WBZ CBS
Day: Thursday
Time: 8 PM to 8:30 PM
Last Week's Rating: 2.3
Number of Viewers: 136,000
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#11
TV Show: ZOO
Station: Channel 4 WBZ CBS
Day: Tuesday
Time: 9 PM to 10 PM
Last Week's Rating: 2.3
Number of Viewers: 137,000
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#10
TV Show: Bachelor in Paradise
Station: Channel 5 WCVB ABC
Day: Monday
Time: 8 PM to 9 PM
Last Week's Rating: 2.3
Number of Viewers: 139,000
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#9
TV Show: Last Comic Standing
Station: Channel 7 WHDH NBC
Day: Wednesday
Time: 10 PM to 11 PM
Last Week's Rating: 3.5
Number of Viewers: 212,000
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#8
TV Show: Rizzoli and Isles
Station: TNT
Day: Tuesday
Time: 9 PM to 10 PM
Last Week's Rating: 2.4
Number of Viewers: 146,000
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#7
TV Show: MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs)
Station: MTV
Day: Sunday
Time: 8 PM to 11 PM
Last Week's Rating: 2.9
Number of Viewers: 173,000
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#6
TV Show: Big Brother
Station: Channel 4 WBZ CBS
Day: Thursday
Time: 9 PM to 10 PM
Last Week's Rating: 3.0
Number of Viewers: 176,000
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#5
TV Show: Fear the Walking Deaad
Station: AMC
Day: Sunday
Time: 9 PM to 10:30 PM
Last Week's Rating: 3.0
Number of Viewers: 180,000
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#4
TV Show: NCIS
Station: Channel 4 WBZ CBS
Day: Tuesday
Time: 8 PM to 9 PM
Last Week's Rating: 3.4
Number of Viewers: 203,000
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#3
TV Show: America's Got Talent
Station: Channel 7 WHDH NBC
Day: Tuesday
Time: 8 PM to 10 PM
Last Week's Rating: 4.8
Number of Viewers: 286,000
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#2
TV Show: 60 Minutes
Station: Channel 4 WBZ CBS
Day: Sunday
Time: 7 PM to 8 PM
Last Week's Rating: 4.9
Number of Viewers: 294,000
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#1
TV Show: New England Patriots Preseason Game vs Carolina
Station: Channel 4 WBZ CBS
Day: Friday
Time: 7:30 PM to 10:45 PM
Last Week's Rating: 8.1
Number of Viewers: 481,000