A promo for CNN’s new pandemic podcast, Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, leads the Promo Mojo ranker in the week ended March 29, marking the first time any sort of podcast promotion has made the list. The spot scored 277.6 million TV ad impressions.

Fox News, in second place, and NBC News, in fifth, also promote their COVID-19 expertise and coverage. Meanwhile, in third place, CBS deploys its sportscasting talent, including Jim Nantz, James Brown and Tracy Wolfson, to offer words of support to viewers as part of its #InThisTogether initiative.

The one respite from the pandemic in the mix: Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race in fourth place.

Notably, CNN’s podcast promo earns the highest iSpot Attention Index (135) in this week’s ranking, getting 35 percent fewer interruptions than the average promo (interruptions include changing the channel, pulling up the guide, fast-forwarding or turning off the TV).

Daily Brief by Promax has partnered with Broadcasting & Cable and always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv on weekly chart Promo Mojo, offering data revealing the week’s top-five TV promos ranked by TV ad impressions. These are the shows networks have been promoting most heavily to drive tune-in. This week’s data covers the seven-day period through March 29.

1) Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction podcast, CNN

Impressions: 277,622,404
Attention Score: 95.57
Attention Index: 135 (35% fewer interruptions than avg.)
Imp. Types: National 100%, Local 0%, VOD/OTT 0%
In-network Value: $513,495
Out-of-network Est. Spend: $0.00

2) Coronavirus coverage, Fox News

Impressions: 275,944,669
Attention Score: 94.87
Attention Index: 125 (25% fewer interruptions than avg.)
Imp. Types: National 100%, Local 0%, VOD/OTT 0%
In-network Value: $347,010
Out-of-network Est. Spend: $0.00

3) #InThisTogether, CBS

Impressions: 221,254,886
Attention Score: 91.74
Attention Index: 83 (17% more interruptions than avg.)
Imp. Types: National 85%, Local 4%, VOD/OTT 1%
In-network Value: $4,968,544
Out-of-network Est. Spend: $0.00

4) The Great Food Truck Race, Food Network

Impressions: 179,346,940
Attention Score: 85.80
Attention Index: 48 (52% more interruptions than avg.)
Imp. Types: National 100%, Local 0%, VOD/OTT 0%
In-network Value: $848,394
Out-of-network Est. Spend: $0.00

5) NBC Nightly News, NBC

Impressions: 174,387,798
Attention Score: 91.46
Attention Index: 80 (20% fewer interruptions than avg.)
Imp. Types: National 78%, Local 21%, VOD/OTT 1%
In-network Value: $813,230
Out-of-network Est. Spend: $0.00

Data provided by iSpot.tv, TV Ad Measurement for Disruptive Brands

Impressions - The total impressions within all US households including National Linear (Live & Time-shifted), VOD+OTT, and Local.
Attention Score - Measures the propensity of consumers to interrupt an ad play on TV. The higher the score, the more complete views. Actions that interrupt an ad play include changing the channel, pulling up the guide, fast-forwarding or turning off the TV.
Attention Index - Represents the Attention of a specific creative or program placement vs the average. The average is represented by a score of 100, and the total index range is from 0 through 200. For example, an attention index of 125 means that there are 25% fewer interrupted ad plays compared to the average.
Imp. Types - Impression types tracked include National (Live + Time-shifted), Local, VOD & OTT. See below for further details.
In-network Value - Estimated media value of in-network promos.
Out-of-network Spend - The estimated amount spent on TV airing time for this promo’s spots during a given date range.
National: Live - A national promo which was viewed during live linear television broadcast or same day, via DVR or on-demand.
Local - A promo that was aired during a local ad break slot.
VOD - This includes promos that run in on-demand content past three days (i.e. do not contain the linear promo load)
OTT - On-demand streaming content (i.e. Hulu, Roku, Fire TV Stick, Chromecast).

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