Sunday, August 30, 2020

TV Ratings: Wednesday August 26, 2020

Per usual, CBS's 'Big Brother' lit up the ratings Wednesday, easily beating out everything on both broadcast and cable in adults 18-49 (1.1/7, 1.418M), adults 18-34 (0.8/8), and adults 25-54 (1.5/7). Among total viewers (4.224 million), it lost out only to NBC's 'America's Got Talent' (4.998 million) on the broadcast side and Fox News's 'RNC' coverage (6.973 million) & 'Hannity' (7.088 million) on the cable side. 'Got Talent' ranked second on broadcast in adults 18-49 (0.6/4, 730K) and ABC's 'United We Fall' (0.5/3, 642K) edged out 'Big Brother' lead-out 'Tough as Nails' (0.5/3, 596K) in both the demo and total viewers (3.022 million vs. 2.855 million). CBS's best retention between 'Brother' and 'Nails' came from men 18-34 which lost only 3-tenths (0.6/7 to 0.3/3); the worst retention was in both women 18-49 (1.3/8 to 0.5/3) and women 25-54 (1.8/9 to 0.8/3) with a loss of 8-tenths. Finally, the CW was new with a 'Women in Film' special (0.1/, 303,000 viewers) and 'Coroner' (0.1/0, 618,000) though neither were able to crack 100K 18-49 viewers (73K & 98K). 

NBC again led the three broadcast nets in the 'RNC' ratings, but the race was much closer Wednesday with less than 200K viewers separating NBC (1.966 million) from third-ranked CBS (1.781 million); ABC was right in the middle at 1.895 million. NBC also again won out in adults 25-54 (595,000) but both ABC (534,000) and CBS (497,000) were within 100K. Things got even tighter in the 18-49 race with ABC taking the crown (412,000, 0.3/2) and NBC (376,000, 0.3/2) & CBS (353,000, 0.3/2) very close behind. 

Top programs on the spanish-language nets:
-Univision: 'Medicos, Linea de Vida-9pm (497,000 18-49, 1.364 million total)
-will also include: 'Medicos, Linea de Vida-10pm (449,000 18-49, 1.233 million total)
-Unimas: 'Que Culpa Tiene Fatamagul' (175,000 18-49, 423,000 total)
-Telemundo: 'Cennet' (544,000 18-49, 1.45 million total)

On cable, without any 'NBA Basketball,' Fox News's coverage of the 'RNC' took the top spot on the day among adults 18-49 (0.80 rating), men 18-49 (0.87), males 12-34 (0.47), and also ranked second to 'Hannity' in people over 50 (5.19 vs. 5.04). In adults 25-54, Fox News (1.376 million) easily beat out both CNN (490,000) and MSNBC (311,000). All three nets also hit their lowest-viewership of the three nights so far with CNN falling the hardest (1.525 million) and MSNBC down ~200K from yesterday (1.468 million). 

The reason for the ratings drop? Coverage of Hurricane Laura propelled The Weather Channel to huge numbers Wednesday (full hourly ratings chart is included below). The net hit its best numbers in the 10pm hour where it scored a 0.33 adults 18-49 rating (ranked sixth on the day) and 1.9 million viewers. 

Elsewhere, Bravo's 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' led cable in women 18-49 (0.74 rating), just barely beating out Fox News's 'RNC' (0.73); however, in females 12-34, 'Hannity' (0.37) beat out 'Housewives' by that same margin (0.36). Also scoring well in those demos was Lifetime's 'Married at First Sight' which logged 0.43 in W18-49 and 0.24 in F12-34.

Two 'NHL Playoff' games delivered OK numbers for NBC Sports Net. Lighting/Bruins was at 0.41 in M18-49, 0.23 in M12-34, and 982,000 viewers while Avalanche/Stars was at 0.32/0.14 in those demos with 601,000 viewers.

Cable news ratings:
ShowNetTime18-4925-54Viewers
FNC DEMOCRACY 2020: RNCFOX NEWS10:00 PM0.801.146,973,000
HANNITYFOX NEWS9:00 PM0.741.147,088,000
TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHTFOX NEWS8:00 PM0.600.915,850,000
INGRAHAM ANGLE, THEFOX NEWS11:25 PM0.440.673,849,000
AMERICAS CHOICE 2020CNN10:00 PM0.290.401,525,000
AMERICAS CHOICE 2020CNN11:10 PM0.270.391,545,000
AMERICAS CHOICE 2020CNN9:00 PM0.250.361,512,000
AMERICAS CHOICE 2020CNN8:00 PM0.240.341,472,000
AMERICAS CHOICE 2020CNN8:32 PM0.210.291,301,000
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONMSNBC9:00 PM0.190.271,499,000
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGEMSNBC8:00 PM0.180.261,869,000

Hurricane Laura ratings:
ShowNetTime18-49Viewers
AMHQWEATHER6:00 AM0.04301,000
AMHQWEATHER7:00 AM0.05436,000
AMHQWEATHER8:00 AM0.06564,000
AMHQWEATHER9:00 AM0.08702,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER10:00 AM0.08779,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER11:00 AM0.10926,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER12:00 PM0.10830,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER1:00 PM0.11897,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER2:00 PM0.141,035,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER3:00 PM0.181,280,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER4:00 PM0.201,311,000
WEATHER UNDERGROUNDWEATHER5:00 PM0.191,393,000
WEATHER UNDERGROUNDWEATHER6:00 PM0.201,244,000
WEATHER UNDERGROUNDWEATHER7:00 PM0.251,357,000
WEATHER UNDERGROUNDWEATHER8:00 PM0.281,639,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER9:00 PM0.321,769,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER10:00 PM0.331,914,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER11:00 PM0.301,742,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER12:00 AM0.301,526,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER1:00 AM0.271,384,000
WEATHER CHANNEL LIVEWEATHER2:00 AM0.251,284,000

Cable ratings:
ShowNetTime18-49Viewers
REAL HOUSEWIVES BEV HILLSBRAVO9:00 PM0.521,614,000
NHL: TAMPA BAY/BOSTONNBCSN8:02 PM0.29982,000
MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHTLIFETIME8:00 PM0.291,100,000
GUYS GROCERY GAMESFOOD NETWORK9:00 PM0.24841,000
WWE NXTUSA NETWORK8:00 PM0.24824,000
NHL: COLORADO/DALLASNBCSN10:41 PM0.22601,000
FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEETBS10:30 PM0.21736,000
DAILY SHOWCOMEDY CENTRAL11:00 PM0.21617,000
GOOD BONESHGTV9:00 PM0.201,307,000
HOUSE HUNTERSHGTV10:01 PM0.201,443,000
HOUSE HUNTERSHGTV10:31 PM0.191,525,000
THE FIRST 48A&E9:00 PM0.18686,000
NHL: NY ISLANDERS/PHILADELPHIANBCSN3:00 PM0.18548,000
DODGEBALL THUNDERDOMEDISCOVERY9:01 PM0.15536,000
CORPORATECOMEDY CENTRAL10:30 PM0.15246,000
MARRYING MILLIONSLIFETIME10:03 PM0.14586,000
MLB: NY YANKEES/ATLANTAESPN7:00 PM0.14536,000
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN8BMTV8:00 PM0.14344,000
EXP UNKNOWN: TONIGHTDISCOVERY8:00 PM0.12672,000
CHRONICLESBET10:00 PM0.12299,000
ITS PONYNICKELODEON4:00 PM0.12514,000
GROWING BELUSHIDISCOVERY9:59 PM0.11469,000
CHRONICLESBET9:00 PM0.11273,000
RIDICULOUSNESS SSN17MTV11:00 PM0.10287,000
UNIKITTYCARTOON NET8:00 AM0.08221,000
RESTO MY RIDEMOTOR TREND10:00 PM0.08235,000
TRUE LIFE PRESENTS QUARANMTV9:00 PM0.08169,000
MAFS: UNFILTEREDLIFETIME7:30 PM0.06392,000
WHEELER DEALERSMOTOR TREND9:00 PM0.05319,000
CASH CABBRAVO11:00 PM0.05242,000

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & Programming Insider

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