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May 8, 2020
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.7.2020

 

The newcomers arrived low.

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:  WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE gained 0.1 to 0.9, but both STATION 19 (0.8) and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER (0.5) lost the same.

CBS:  On what turned out to be a line-up of the canceled, after a 0.7 YOUNG SHELDON rerun, MAN WITH A PLAN was steady at 0.7.  Similarly, after a MOM rerun at 0.6, BROKE (0.6) and TOMMY (0.5) were steady.

NBC:  The timeslot premiere of COUNCIL OF DADS gained 0.1 to 0.4 compared to last week’s 10PM premiere.  The final season of BLINDSPOT premiered at 0.3, down from last year’s 0.5 (on a Friday in October).  An SVU rerun was at 0.3.

FOX:  CELEBRITY WATCH PARTY premiered at 0.4, followed by a MENTAL SAMURAI rerun at 0.3.

CW:  KATY KEENE (0.1) and IN THE DARK (0.1) were steady.

Tonight, CW’s DYNASTY airs its last available episode.

COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day 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 THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS)

PREVIOUS THURSDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS

NEWS & LATE NIGHT BROADCAST RATINGS

SPORTS RATINGS

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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.