Monday, August 24, 2020

TV Ratings: Tuesday August 18, 2020

Oh how the mighty have fallen; NBC's 'America's Got Talent' again notched a 0.7/5 adults 18-49 rating/share (960,000 in the demo) with 5.577 million viewers - a far cry from its heyday - but still enough to lead all programming in both metrics. It also scored a 0.4/4 in 18-34 and a 1.1/5 in 25-54, double what any other broadcast program received. Elsewhere, ABC had 'What Would You Do?' (0.3/2, 1.773 million) and the CW had 'Tell Me a Story' (0.1/0, 290,000) and the premiere of 'Dead Pixels' (0.1/1, 419,000), the latter of which was the youngest-skewing broadcast program (median age: 53.5). 

On the 10pm hour, NBC led the broadcast nets in 'Democratic Convention' coverage, averaging 592,000 adults 25-54, 401,000 adults 18-49, and 2.323 million viewers. ABC was a close second in both 25-54 (584,000) & total viewers (2.246 million), and topped in 18-49 (415,000). CBS ranked third, pulling in 482,000 adults 25-54, 337,000 adults 18-49, and 2.072 million viewers.

Top programs on the spanish-language nets:
-Univision: 'Como Tu No Hay' (751,000 18-49, 1.86 million total)
-Unimas: 'Que Culpa Tiene Fatamagul?' (170,000 18-49, 428,000 total)
-Telemundo: 'Exation Estados Unidos' (454,000 18-49, 1.185 million)

On the cable side, MSNBC's 10pm hour coverage of the 'Democratic Convention' led the day among total viewers (5.368 million) and ranked second in 25-54 (1.051 million) while CNN led in adults 25-54 (1.295 million) and was second in total viewers (4.304 million). Fox News was low in both metrics, delivering just 2.145 million viewers & 429,000 adults 25-54.

Elsewhere on cable, TNT aired four 'NBA Basketball' playoff games to solid returns. Blazers/Lakers easily took victory on the day in adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), men & women of that demo (2.25/0.95), adults 18-34 (1.38), and males & females 12-34 (1.71/0.65). Its 3.4 million viewers ranked it above all non-news coverage. Thunder/Rockets only managed about half of those numbers (1.17 in M18-49, 0.87 in M12-34), but was still good enough for second on the day in both. The other two games, Heat/Pacers & Magic/Bucks, were at 0.91/0.57 in M18-49 and 0.68/0.45 in M12-34. 

NBCSN's top two 'NHL Playoff' games were Capitals/Islanders & Blackhawks/Golden Knights which were at 0.32/0.24 in M18-49 & 0.17/0.16 in M12-34. Among total viewers, they logged 652,000 & 507,000 respectively. 

Other programs of note include Bravo's 'Million Dollar Listing LA' (0.34 in W18-49, 0.10 in F12-34, 981,000 viewers), MTV's 'Siesta Key' (0.41/0.36, 546,000), and TLC's 'Counting On' (0.26/0.16, 1.2 million).

Cable news:
ShowNetTime18-4925-54Viewers
AMERICAS CHOICE 2020CNN10:00 PM0.761.074,304,000
AMERICAS CHOICE 2020CNN9:00 PM0.751.054,288,000
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONMSNBC8:00 PM0.460.694,564,000
TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHTFOX NEWS8:00 PM0.420.634,239,000
AMERICAS CHOICE 2020CNN11:09 PM0.410.612,391,000
HANNITYFOX NEWS9:00 PM0.370.563,990,000
AMERICAS CHOICE 2020CNN8:00 PM0.330.472,228,000
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMSMSNBC11:06 PM0.300.473,103,000
FNC DEMOCRACY 2020: DNCFOX NEWS10:00 PM0.220.352,145,000
INGRAHAM ANGLE, THEFOX NEWS11:13 PM0.220.382,054,000

Cable ratings:
ShowNetTime18-49Viewers
NBA: TRAILBLAZERS/LAKERSTNT9:07 PM1.603,446,000
NBA: THUNDER/ROCKETSTNT6:36 PM0.841,976,000
NBA: HEAT/PACERSTNT4:13 PM0.591,408,000
NBA: MAGIC/BUCKSTNT1:44 PM0.401,007,000
MILLION DOLLAR LISTING LABRAVO9:00 PM0.31981,000
SIESTA KEY SSN 3BMTV8:00 PM0.29546,000
NHL: WASHINGTON/NY ISLANDERSNBCSN8:10 PM0.24652,000
DEADLIEST CATCHDISCOVERY8:00 PM0.221,238,000
STILL A MYSTERYID10:00 PM0.21759,000
GOOD BONESHGTV9:00 PM0.201,501,000
CHOPPEDFOOD NETWORK9:00 PM0.19811,000
NHL: CHICAGO/LAS VEGASNBCSN10:40 PM0.19507,000
HOUSE HUNTERSHGTV10:01 PM0.191,488,000
COUNTING ONTLC9:00 PM0.191,169,000
DAILY SHOWCOMEDY CENTRAL11:00 PM0.18501,000
STILL A MYSTERYID9:00 PM0.17735,000
HOUSE HUNTERS INTLHGTV10:31 PM0.161,296,000
CHOPPED SWEETSFOOD NETWORK10:00 PM0.16673,000
DOUBLING DOWN W/DERRICOSTLC10:00 PM0.15989,000
UNDERCOVER BILLIONAIRE SPDISCOVERY9:01 PM0.14666,000
STORAGE WARSA&E8:00 PM0.14495,000
RIDICULOUSNESS SSN17MTV11:00 PM0.14471,000
CELEBRITY SHOW-OFFTBS10:00 PM0.14403,000
NHL: CALGARY/DALLASNBCSN5:41 PM0.13380,000
BACKYARD ENVYBRAVO10:00 PM0.11395,000
WHATS IT WORTHA&E9:30 PM0.11503,000
EXTREME UNBOXINGA&E10:32 PM0.11430,000
UNIKITTYCARTOON NET8:00 AM0.11290,000
WHATS IT WORTHA&E9:00 PM0.10542,000
EXTREME UNBOXINGA&E10:01 PM0.10449,000
HARD KNOCKS 20HBO10:01 PM0.10251,000
NHL: PHILADELPHIA/MONTREALNBCSN3:00 PM0.09327,000
MLB: CARDINALS/CUBSFOX SPORTS 18:00 PM0.08334,000
MLB: TAMPA BAY/NY YANKEESESPN7:19 PM0.08366,000
COUNTING ON:STILL GROWINGTLC8:00 PM0.07595,000
LOST TREASURES OF EGYPTNAT GEO8:00 PM0.07428,000
LOST TREASURES OF EGYPTNAT GEO9:00 PM0.07455,000
I QUITDISCOVERY10:08 PM0.06264,000
HOW TO ROB A BANKVICE10:00 PM0.05123,000
HOT ONESTRUTV10:30 PM0.05120,000
ROADKILLMOTOR TREND10:00 PM0.05228,000
MLB: SAN FRANCISCO/LA ANGELSESPN4:00 PM0.05174,000
HOT ONES: THE GAME SHOWTRUTV10:00 PM0.0599,000
NIGHTLY POPE!11:30 PM0.04156,000
X-RAY EARTHNAT GEO11:03 PM0.04336,000
X-RAY EARTHNAT GEO10:03 PM0.04386,000

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & Programming Insider

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