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# Major U.S. English-Speaking TV Networks Will Have “Dismal Year,” Says Television News Daily
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/major-u-s-english-speaking-tv-networks-set-for-another-dismal-year-says-television-news-daily/
- Published: 2021-04-30T16:55:57.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-30T21:20:45.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Broadcasting, Insights, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:51

**As the end of the TV season draws near**, the major five U.S. English-speaking networks are poised for another dismal year, according to one longtime Nielsen metric, reports *Television News Daily,* which added that   *“*considering all the issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, it might have been worse.”

The report also states: “With just a few weeks to go before the official end of the TV season, total prime-time viewers dropped 12% to a collective 21.6 million viewers versus a year ago, for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, and the CW, according to Nielsen-measured live program-plus-same-day time-shifted viewing.

“TV networks were plagued with late starts to the season for many prime-time shows, due to TV production delays. Nielsen data for this measure looked at the September 21, 2020-April 25, 2021 period versus the similar time period the year before.”

More [here](https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/362852/big-five-networks-down-12-in-prime-time-season-vi.html?edition=122222&ref=capitolcommunicator.com).