The fireworks were a bit dimmer this Independence Day.
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).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
NBC: The only new broadcast of the night was the MACY’S 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR, and it fell 0.2 from last year to 1.3. A rebroadcast at 10PM was at 1.1.
ABC: Everyone else was in rerun mode. ABC’s sextet of sitcoms were uniformly at 0.4.
CBS: Procedurals at 0.4-0.5.
FOX: LETHAL WEAPON at 0.3, then sitcoms at 0.2-0.3.
CW: THE FLASH at 0.1, then WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY at 0.2/0.2.
The holiday break is over, and the regular summer schedule returns tonight. In addition, FX’s SNOWFALL, one of the summer’s highest-profile new dramas, has its premiere.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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