Wednesday, September 9, 2020

TV Ratings: Sunday August 30, 2020

It was a busy Sunday night on the broadcast nets with a variety of different programming airing. ABC dedicated their entire programming bloc to honoring actor Chadwick Boseman after his tragic death last Friday. At 8pm an airing of his 2018 film 'Black Panther' scored the best broadcast numbers in quite a while with a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating, a 0.8 in 18-34, a 1.9 in 25-54, and 6.272 million viewers. In viewership it was beaten by only ABC World News Tonight (6.7 million) which was out of primetime. A lead-out special, 'A Tribute Fit for a King' also did very well with a 1.2 rating and 4.95 million viewers. Over at CBS, 'Big Brother' only found itself partially affected by the increased competition, down a tenth in the demo from last week (0.9 rating) and down slightly across the board in 18-34 (0.5), 25-54 (1.2), and total viewers (3.806 million) though still easily the day's third-highest rated program. Elsewhere, FOX was all in reruns, and NBC had decent numbers with game 4 of the Flyers/Islanders 'NHL Playoff' series (0.5 rating, 1.561 million).

The marquee event of the night was MTV's '2020 Video Music Awards' which aired on 14 different networks, including 13 cable nets and 1 broadcast net (the CW). Cumulatively, the awards show averaged a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating and 3.551 million viewers, down quite heavily from 2019 which cume'd 4.9 million across 12 nets. Including the pre-show, post-show, and encores, it is reported to have averaged 6.4 million viewers though that it also down from 2019's total (6.8 million). Full network-by-network breakdowns are provided below.

Elsewhere on cable, TLC's '90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?' delivered the best numbers among adults 18-49 (0.95 rating), women 18-49 (1.32), females 12-34 (0.71), adults 25-54 (1.26), and total viewers (3.4 million). MTV's airing of the VMA's was a bit behind in both W18-49 (0.69) and total viewers (1.3 million), but only about a tenth back in F12-34 (0.6). Also on TLC was 'Darcey & Stacey' (0.68 in W18-49/0.36 in F12-34, 2 million) and 'Pillow Talk' (0.46/0.28, 1.5 million). Bravo's 'Real Housewives of Potomac' logged 0.39/0.16 in those demos with 913,000 viewers. 

'NBA Playoffs' coverage on ESPN & TNT also put up strong numbers. Clippers/Mavericks led the way in men 18-49 (1.35) & males 12-34 (0.88) with Nuggets/Jazz (1.14/0.65) and Celtics/Raptors (0.92/0.62) a close second and third. ESPN also did quite well with an evening 'MLB Baseball' game between the Braves & Phillies which found a 0.37 M18-49 rating and 988,000 viewers. The top-rated 'NHL Playoff' game was Avalanche/Stars at 0.29 in M18-49 and 715,000 viewers.

On the scripted side, Adult Swim's 'Yolo Crystal Fantasy' won out in adults 18-49 (0.28/0.26) and pulled its best numbers in M12-34 (0.26/0.22). Other programs of note include HBO's 'Lovecraft Country' (747,000) & 'The Vow' (338,000), Syfy's 'Wynonna Earp' (342,000), and Starz's 'P-Valley' (384,000) which finally dropped after several weeks of impressive growth

Finally, the premiere of 'Love Fraud,' on Showtime, was a speck at just 0.01 in the demo and 135,000 viewers. 

VMAs ratings:
ShowNet18-49Viewers
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSMTV0.601,315,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSTHE CW0.2/1334,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSNICK-AT-NITE0.12323,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSVH10.11267,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSCOMEDY CENTRAL0.09210,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSBET0.07267,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSPARAMOUNT0.06213,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSTV LAND0.05224,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSMTV20.04113,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSCMT0.04123,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSMTV CLASSIC0.0245,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSPOP0.0156,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSBET HER0.0152,000
2020 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDSLOGO0.009,000

Cable ratings:
ShowNetTime18-49Viewers
90 DAY FIANCE: HAPPILY EV: N/ATLC8:00 PM0.953,388,000
NBA: LA CLIPPERS/DALLASESPN3:43 PM0.902,318,000
NBA: NUGGETS/JAZZTNT8:44 PM0.791,982,000
NBA: BOSTON/TORONTOESPN1:10 PM0.631,680,000
DARCEY & STACEYTLC10:00 PM0.492,025,000
90 DAY HEA: PILLOW TALKTLC11:00 PM0.351,530,000
YOLO: CRYSTAL FANTASYADULT SWIM12:00 AM0.28521,000
MLB: ATLANTA/PHILADELPHIAESPN7:00 PM0.28988,000
YOLO: CRYSTAL FANTASYADULT SWIM12:15 AM0.26472,000
REAL HOUSEWIVES POTOMACBRAVO9:00 PM0.26913,000
CHOPPEDFOOD NETWORK9:00 PM0.251,022,000
BEAT B.FLAYFOOD NETWORK10:00 PM0.251,023,000
RENOVATION, INC.HGTV8:00 PM0.241,862,000
CARIBBEAN LIFEHGTV10:01 PM0.241,493,000
ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLEDISCOVERY CHANNEL8:00 PM0.241,618,000
EVIL LIVES HEREID9:00 PM0.23955,000
CARIBBEAN LIFEHGTV10:31 PM0.231,396,000
MEXICO LIFEHGTV9:01 PM0.221,578,000
NHL: COLORADO/DALLASNBCSN6:00 PM0.21715,000
LAST WEEK TONIGHTHBO11:01 PM0.20833,000
SIGNS OF A PSYCHOPATHID10:30 PM0.20859,000
MEXICO LIFEHGTV9:31 PM0.201,517,000
SYMONS DINNER COOKING OUTFOOD NETWORK12:30 PM0.19922,000
LOVECRAFT COUNTRYHBO9:01 PM0.18747,000
FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIXESPN9:05 AM0.17675,000
P-VALLEYSTARZ8:02 PM0.16384,000
LONE STAR LAWANIMAL PLANET9:00 PM0.14769,000
OSBOURNES WANT TO BELIEVETRAVEL CHANNEL10:00 PM0.13591,000
PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAMTRAVEL CHANNEL9:00 PM0.13531,000
HOW IT REALLY HAPPENEDHLN10:00 PM0.11600,000
NHL: LAS VEGAS/VANCOUVERNBCSN10:30 PM0.11390,000
WICKED TUNA: OUTER BANKSNAT GEO9:00 PM0.11595,000
EXPEDITION TO THE EDGEDISCOVERY9:01 PM0.10695,000
SNAPPEDOXYGEN6:00 PM0.09386,000
HOW IT REALLY HAPPENEDHLN9:00 PM0.09452,000
WICKED TUNA OBX FLNAT GEO10:03 PM0.09508,000
WYNONNA EARPSYFY10:00 PM0.09342,000
THE VOWHBO10:01 PM0.09338,000
MLB: METS/YANKEESTBS1:00 PM0.09381,000
UNITED SHADES OF AMERICACNN9:00 PM0.08806,000
MLB: NY YANKEES/NY METSESPN24:00 PM0.08303,000
TOUR DE FRANCE: 2020 STAGE 2NBCSN8:00 AM0.08459,000
BAKUGAN: BATTLE PLANETCARTOON NET6:30 AM0.08141,000
UNITED SHADES OF AMERICACNN10:00 PM0.08757,000
NINJAGO (SERIES)CARTOON NET11:00 AM0.07241,000
NAKED AND AFRAID: FOREIGNDISCOVERY10:02 PM0.07477,000
NINJAGO (SERIES)CARTOON NET11:15 AM0.07232,000
LEGO JURASSIC WORLDNICKELODEON9:00 AM0.06227,000
WICKED TUNA: OBX OR BUSTNAT GEO8:00 PM0.06340,000
MLB: ATLANTA/PHILADELPHIAESPN28:08 PM0.05216,000
GOLDEN STATE KILLEROXYGEN1:00 AM0.05194,000
TRUCK UMOTOR TREND10:30 AM0.04181,000
MLS: SEATTLE SOUNDERS/LAFCFOX SPORTS 110:00 PM0.04117,000
THE CIRCUSSHOWTIME8:00 PM0.02204,000
LOVE FRAUDSHOWTIME9:00 PM0.01135,000
WE HUNT TOGETHERSHOWTIME10:00 PM0.01104,000

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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