Tuesday, September 8, 2020

TV Ratings: Friday August 28, 2020

Friday was more of the same on the broadcast nets with FOX's 'WWE Friday Night Smackdown' taking the nightly victory among adults 18-49 (0.6/4), adults 18-34 (0.3/4), and adults 25-54 (0.7/4). It also led in total viewers (2.144 million) among the originals, but was beaten out by reruns of CBS's 'Blue Bloods' (2.9 million) & 'MacGyver' (2.85 million), and ABC's 'Shark Tank' (2.7 million). Sandwiched between the CBS reruns was a new episode of 'Love Island' which held the 18-49 (0.3/2) and 18-34 (0.2/2) figures from those two programs, but tumbled in terms of total viewers (1.472 million) as the large 50+ crowd present for 'MacGyver' (5 share) & 'Blue Bloods' (6 share) abandoned ship for 'Island' (2 share). Elsewhere, ABC aired a new '20/20' (0.2/2, 1.919 million) while the CW had 'Masters of Illusion' (0.1/1, 666,000) and two new episodes of 'Being Reuben' at 9pm (0.1/0, 298,000) & 9:30pm (0.0/0, 200,000). 

Top programs on the spanish-language nets:
-Univision: 'Vencer El Miedo' (428,000 18-49, 1.138 million total)
-Unimas: 'Que Culpa Tiena Fatamagul' (228,000 18-49, 513,000 total)
-Telemundo: 'Cennet' (499,000 18-49, 1.328 million total)

There wasn't too much happening on the cable nets Friday. 'Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives,' on Food Network, led non-news programming in adults 18-49 (0.25 rating) & ranked second among females 12-34 (0.19); two episodes of HGTV's 'House Hunters' won among total viewers (1.45 million & 1.34 million). In the W18-49 demo, top returns came from WEtv's 'Love After Lockup' (0.35) and TLC's '90 Day Fiance' special (0.27) which both also were solid among F12-34 (0.18 & 0.21).

Other programs of note on the day include Discovery's 'Bering Sea Gold' (983,000), MTV's 'Ridiculousness' (259,000), and HBO's 'Real Time with Bill Maher' (1.2 million) & 'Room 104' (292,000). 

Cable news:
ShowNet18-4925-54Viewers
TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHTFOX NEWS0.390.594,273,000
HANNITYFOX NEWS0.340.533,755,000
INGRAHAM ANGLE, THEFOX NEWS0.320.563,716,000
RACHEL MADDOW SHOWMSNBC0.220.383,017,000
ANDERSON COOPER 360 (8PM)CNN0.200.311,513,000
CNN TONIGHTCNN0.180.291,267,000
ANDERSON COOPER 360 (9PM)CNN0.180.281,308,000
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELLMSNBC0.150.241,856,000
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYESMSNBC0.130.251,846,000

Cable ratings:
ShowNetTime18-49Viewers
DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVESFOOD NETWORK9:00 PM0.251,116,000
LOVE AFTER LOCKUPWETV9:00 PM0.23720,000
90 DAY FIANCE HEA: FLTLC10:00 PM0.211,257,000
HOUSE HUNTERSHGTV10:00 PM0.211,453,000
HOUSE HUNTERSHGTV10:30 PM0.191,344,000
BERING SEA GOLDDISCOVERY8:00 PM0.18983,000
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHERHBO PRIME10:01 PM0.171,181,000
DAILY SHOWCOMEDY CENTRAL11:00 PM0.16496,000
LIVE RESCUE: 41 LIVE RESCUEA&E9:00 PM0.15625,000
90 DAY FIANCE HEA: MORE T: N/ATLC8:00 PM0.13799,000
100 DAYS WILDDISCOVERY9:00 PM0.12708,000
T.O.T.S.DISNEY CHANNEL9:00 AM0.10373,000
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALLESPN7:00 PM0.10287,000
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALLESPN10:06 PM0.10258,000
RIDICULOUSNESS SSN17MTV11:00 PM0.09259,000
PARANORMAL NIGHTSHIFTTRAVEL CHANNEL10:00 PM0.09350,000
MIRA, ROYAL DETECTIVEDISNEY CHANNEL8:30 AM0.08292,000
DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVEREDOXYGEN7:00 PM0.07368,000
SAVAGE KINGDOMNAT GEO9:00 PM0.06488,000
SAVAGE KINGDOMNAT GEO10:03 PM0.06397,000
ELEAGUETBS12:00 AM0.06136,000
ROOM 104HBO11:00 PM0.05292,000
RUPAULS: VEGAS REVUEVH18:00 PM0.05220,000
THROTTLE OUTMOTOR TREND9:00 PM0.04120,000
MARRYING MILLIONSLIFETIME10:03 PM0.03281,000
MLB: INDIANS/CARDINALSFOX SPORTS 18:00 PM0.03191,000
KIWI SURVIVALDISCOVERY11:01 PM0.03207,000

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & Programming Insider

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