Steadiness can be good news these days.
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: The season premiere of THE BACHELORETTE was at the same 1.3 as the May 2019 premiere. An episode of CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD followed at 0.6.
CBS: A postponed special NFL FOOTBALL game had a preliminary 2.5, boosting lead-out FBI DECLASSIFIED by a current 0.5 to 0.9.
NBC: Against a higher level of competition, WEAKEST LINK dropped 0.2 to 0.6, ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES fell 0.3 to 0.4, and TRANSPLANT was down 0.1 to 0.3.
FOX: COSMOS and NEXT held at 0.3/0.3.
CW: SWAMP THING stayed at 0.2, and TELL ME A STORY returned at 0.1.
Tonight, NBC airs the BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS, and CBS has the season premiere of THE AMAZING RACE.
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). Accurate program ratings will be available this afternoon with the broadcast finals.
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