Lackluster premieres.
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 BACHELORETTE fell 0.4 to 1.3. It was followed by the premiere of BIG SKY at 0.6. By way of comparison, last season’s canceled EMERGENCE premiered in that timeslot at 0.8 and with a lower lead-in.
CBS: The season premiere of NCIS was at 0.9, down 0.4 from last fall. The season premiere of FBI was at 0.8, down 0.1 from last season’s premiere. The season premiere of FBI: MOST WANTED was at 0.6, down 0.2 from January’s series premiere.
NBC: THE VOICE was steady at 1.1, and THIS IS US slipped 0.1 to 1.2. TRANSPLANT was down 0.1 to 0.4.
FOX: After an episode of COSMOS at 0.3, NEXT was down 0.1 to 0.2.
CW: SWAMP THING (0.1) and TELL ME A STORY (0.1) were steady.
ABC’s FOR LIFE has its season premiere tonight.
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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