As is usual during the fall with CBS and FOX, the network that has the late afternoon national NFL game will have the benefit of a giant lead-in for their early evening programming.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
ABC: After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.4, a special $ELLEBRITY episode of 20/20 was at 0.3, followed by a rerun CARD SHARKS at 0.1.
CBS: Without the late national NFL game as lead-in, 60 MINUTES fell 0.9 to 0.7, BIG BROTHER lost 0.2 to 0.9, and LOVE ISLAND was down 0.1 to 0.4. A rerun NCIS: NEW ORLEANS ended the night at 0.2.
NBC: The preliminary 4.3 for SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was up 0.1 from last week’s early number.
FOX: Riding the NFL afternoon wave, the season premiere of THE SIMPSONS was at a preliminary 2.0, up a whopping 1.1 from the 2019 premiere (on a night when CBS had the NFL lead-in–the following Sunday, with a national NFL game, the show had a preliminary 2.6). The rest of the season premieres put BLESS THE HARTS at 0.8 (up 0.1 from that same night in 2019), BOB’S BURGERS at 0.7 (steady), and FAMILY GUY at 0.7 (steady).
CW: The IHEARTRADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL was at 0.1.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on network affiliates in 210 U.S. markets from 8-11 pm Eastern & Pacific or 7-10 pm Central & Mountain. The numbers are some combination of the network schedule and any pre-emptions (such as local news or weather coverage). Also live events such as sporting events and major specials are usually undercounted because the fast nationals measure what was on in primetime in the Pacific Time Zone (mostly what aired after the live event ended on the West Coast). Accurate program ratings will be available Tuesday morning with the broadcast finals.
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