Wednesday, August 19, 2020

TV Ratings: Friday August 14, 2020

FOX's 'WWE Smackdown' (2.002 million viewers) again led the way in the Friday broadcast ratings taking the top spot in adults 18-49 (0.6/4), 18-34 (0.3/4), and 25-54 (0.7/4). It is also one of the very few broadcast programs with a majority-male audience, delivering a 0.7/5 in men 18-49 (vs. 0.4/3 in women), a 0.4/3 in M18-34 (vs. 0.2/2), and 0.8/5 in M25-54 (vs. 0.6/3). Over at CBS, 'Greatest #AtHome Videos' (0.4/3 in 18-49) was the highest-viewed program on either broadcast or cable (3.831 million) and ranked third on the broadcast nets in 18-49 audience (542,000) behind 'Smackdown' (713,000) and a rerun of NBC's 'Dateline' (573,000). Finally, the CW had atrocious results from 'Masters of Illusion' (0.1/1, 450,000) and two episodes of 'Being Reuben' at 9pm (0.0/0, 196,000) and 9:30pm (0.0/0, 161,000). None of the three were even able to muster over 100K adults 18-49 though 'Illusion' (97,000) came much closer than 'Reuben' (50,000 & 40,000). I can't even give the CW its usual credit for having the night's youngest-skewing show as that honor belongs to 'Smackdown' (median age: 54.3). 

Top programs on each of the spanish-language nets:
-Univision: 'Como Tu No Hay' (635,000 18-49, 1.593 million total)
-Unimas: 'Noticiero Univision' (157,000 18-49, 369,000 total)
-Telemundo: 'Cennet' (380,000 18-49, 1.15 million total)

ESPN's coverage of 'NBA Basketball' (1 million viewers) between the Sixers & Rockets led the cable ratings among adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), men of that demo (0.58), adults 18-34 (0.39), females 12-34 (0.23), and males 12-34 (0.45). The night's other game, Thunder/Clippers (789,000), delivered a 0.44 in M18-49 and a 0.33 in M12-34, which both ranked second on the day. 

Also scoring well in those demos was NBCSN's Islanders/Capitals 'NHL Playoff' game (652,000) which was at 0.34 & 0.20 respectively. 

WEtv's 'Love After Lockup' saw the day's best figures among women 18-49 (0.35) and had a top 10 result in females 12-34 (0.16). Fox News's 'Tucker Carlson' had the second-best returns in W18-49 (0.30) and led cable in total viewers (3.6 million). 

On the scripted side, Disney Channel had 'Coop & Cami Ask the World' (324,000) & 'Sydney to the Max' (283,000) while HBO had 'Room 104' (231,000).

Cable news:
ShowNet18-4925-54Viewers
TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHTFOX NEWS0.320.503,625,000
HANNITYFOX NEWS0.240.423,682,000
RACHEL MADDOW SHOWMSNBC0.220.333,042,000
INGRAHAM ANGLEFOX NEWS0.210.352,778,000
ANDERSON COOPER 360 (8PM)CNN0.180.291,460,000
ANDERSON COOPER 360 (9PM)CNN0.160.211,153,000
CNN TONIGHTCNN0.140.231,177,000
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELLMSNBC0.130.181,906,000
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYESMSNBC0.110.161,513,000

Cable ratings:
ShowNetTime18-49Viewers
NBA: PHILADELPHIA/HOUSTONESPN9:29 PM0.421,041,000
NBA: OKLAHOMA CITY/LA CLIPPERSESPN6:40 PM0.30789,000
ALIEN SHARKS: CONTACTDISCOVERY8:00 PM0.28854,000
LAIR OF THE GREAT WHITEDISCOVERY9:00 PM0.27835,000
TIGER SHARK KINGDISCOVERY10:00 PM0.26739,000
LOVE AFTER LOCKUPWETV9:00 PM0.26733,000
I WAS PREY: SHARK WEEK 2DISCOVERY11:00 PM0.25619,000
NHL: NY ISLANDERS/WASHINGTONNBCSN8:17 PM0.24652,000
ALIEN SHARKS: CONTACTDISCOVERY12:00 AM0.21492,000
ABANDONED WATERSDISCOVERY7:00 PM0.20522,000
NBA: MIAMI/INDIANAESPN4:13 PM0.20505,000
90 DAY FIANCE HEA: FLTLC10:00 PM0.171,124,000
HOUSE HUNTERSHGTV9:31 PM0.171,084,000
REIDOUTMSNBC7:00 PM0.161,690,000
MARTHA KNOWS BESTHGTV10:00 PM0.16935,000
NHL: DALLAS/CALGARYNBCSN10:45 PM0.14359,000
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHERHBO PRIME10:01 PM0.141,013,000
90 DAY FIANCE HEA: MORE TO LOVETLC8:00 PM0.12803,000
HOUSE HUNTERSHGTV9:00 PM0.12923,000
BUBBLE GUPPIESNICKELODEON11:00 AM0.12528,000
MARTHA KNOWS BESTHGTV10:30 PM0.12846,000
ANCIENT ALIENSHISTORY10:05 PM0.11588,000
ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTONNICK JR8:30 PM0.11404,000
NHL: MONTREAL/PHILADELPHIANBCSN3:10 PM0.11375,000
ELEAGUETBS12:00 AM0.10201,000
RUTH & RUBY VIRTUAL SLEEPDISNEY CHANNEL8:48 PM0.10347,000
GRAND DESIGNS:UNBELIEVABLHGTV8:00 PM0.10793,000
MLB: DODGERS/ANGELSFOX SPORTS 19:47 PM0.10293,000
COOP & CAMI ASK THE WORLDDISNEY CHANNEL8:24 PM0.08324,000
SYDNEY TO THE MAXDISNEY CHANNEL8:00 PM0.08283,000
SAVAGE KINGDOMNAT GEO10:03 PM0.07414,000
GRAVEYARD CARZMOTOR TREND10:00 PM0.07215,000
SAVAGE KINGDOMNAT GEO9:00 PM0.06448,000
ROOM 104HBO PRIME11:00 PM0.05231,000

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & Programming Insider

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