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August 23, 2018
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.22.2018

 

THE STORY OF THE ROYALS didn’t wear a crown.

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.

ABC:  The first part of THE STORY OF THE ROYALS was at 0.6, barely above the reruns it replaced for the night.

CBS:  BIG BROTHER slipped 0.1 to 1.6.  It was followed by reruns at 0.5/0.5.

NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT held at 1.5, and WORLD OF DANCE gained 0.1 to 1.2.

FOX:  A 2-hour MASTERCHEF was up 0.1 to 1.0 from last week’s hour.

CW:  BURDEN OF TRUTH was steady at 0.2, followed by a SUPERGIRL rerun at 0.1.

THE STORY OF THE ROYALS concludes tonight, and season finales include NBC’s TRIAL & ERROR and Paramount’s AMERICAN WOMAN.

COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.

CABLE RATINGS: Come back this afternoon for detailed demographic ratings for top cable programs from this day.

PREVIOUS WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS)

PREVIOUS WEDNESDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.