{"id":2285641,"date":"2026-02-17T13:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2285641"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:43:17","slug":"sports-broadcast-dramas-push-january-tv-viewing-to-12-month-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sports-broadcast-dramas-push-january-tv-viewing-to-12-month-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports, Broadcast Dramas Push January TV Viewing to 12-Month High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">TV viewing hit at 12-month high in January, a 3.7% increase over the previous month, fueled by sports, returning broadcast dramas, a 9% increase in cable viewership and cold winter temperatures that kept audiences indoors, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0889943\/\">Nielsen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Streaming climbed to a 47% share for January, with time spent up 2.7% month-over-month. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0202446\/\">YouTube<\/a> continued to lead the pack with a 12.5% share. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a> reported its best monthly performance to date with an 8.8% share of TV, up 1% over December. The streamer owned the top streaming program for a second consecutive month, as \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4574334\/\">Stranger Things<\/a>\u201d tallied 15.4 billion viewing minutes in January.<\/p>\n<p>Disney finished in third with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0721120\/\">Disney+<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0218858\/\">Hulu<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0695125\/\">ESPN+<\/a> reporting an aggregate share of 4.9%, while Prime&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV viewing hit at 12-month high in January, a 3.7% increase over the previous month, fueled by sports, returning broadcast dramas, a 9% increase in cable viewership and cold winter temperatures that kept audiences indoors, according to Nielsen. 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