Watch-time was down week-over-week for major sports, while several Fox News programs saw a boost, according to Inscape’s latest ranking. 

Sports and related programming hold five of the top ten ranking positions for Oct. 21-27, per Inscape’s viewership data. 

Fueled in part by the interview with VP Kamala Harris, “Special Report With Bret Baier” jumps into Inscape’s ranking of the top 25 TV programs for the first time since July.

Hurricane Milton coverage spurred enough viewership for The Weather Channel that three of its programs jump into the top 25 ranking for Oct. 7-13, per Inscape.

And although the NFL and college football maintain their chart-topping positions, both saw viewership shares decrease week-over-week, according to Inscape.

Football again dominates Inscape’s ranking of most-watched TV programming, while TWC’s ‘America’s Morning Headquarters’ jumps into the top 15, fueled by Hurricane Helene coverage.

Combined, NFL and college football games accounted for over 13% of all minutes watched last week, per Inscape.

ABC’s broadcast of the presidential debate ranked sixth for TV programming watch-time last week, per Inscape.

NFL games captured nearly 8% of all live, linear minutes watched across Sept. 2-8, per Inscape.

Combined across all networks, coverage of the Democratic National Convention accounted for nearly 5% of all minutes watched on TV Aug. 19-25, per Inscape. 

NFL preseason games captured a 2.48% viewership share across Aug. 12-18, per Inscape.

Per Inscape, NFL preseason games captured a 1.55% viewership share for Aug. 5-11, behind only the Olympics.

The 2024 Paris games continue to dominate TV viewership, per Inscape data.

The NBA’s new TV deal is going to change the way we watch sports, and how the league’s perceived as an entertainment property for the foreseeable future.

The NFL keeps getting bigger, as share of watch-time for Sunday’s conference championships rose once again, according to Inscape data.

NFL TV ad impressions have ballooned year-over-year, as a new report from iSpot shows.

An interesting note around NFL Sunday Ticket negotiations… what if the service heads to NFL+? And how much harm could that do to the rest of the TV ecosystem?