It was another night where preliminary ratings won’t necessarily mean very much. The entire CBS schedule was pushed 18 minutes in most of the country because the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP ran late, and there were NFL preseason preemptions affecting NBC and FOX. Final ratings tomorrow morning will be more accurate.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
ABC: The network least likely to be adjusted tomorrow had new episodes of FUNDERDOME up 0.1 to 0.8, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID steady at 0.7. The night started with reruns of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD, both at 0.9.
FOX: The TEEN CHOICE AWARDS are currently steady with last year’s 0.6, but the sitcom reruns that preceded it are suspiciously high at 0.7/0.7.
CBS: For now, 60 MINUTES is at 1.3, BIG BROTHER is at 1.6, CANDY CRUSH is at 0.5, and a rerun of NCIS: LA is at 0.4.
NBC: The current rating for DATELINE is 0.6, the same as the AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun that followed.
The year’s controversial season of BACHELOR IN PARADISE begins airing tonight on ABC. On Freeform, there are midseason finales for SHADOWHUNTERS and STITCHERS.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
PREVIOUS SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS)
PREVIOUS SUNDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS
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