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December 30, 2020
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.29.2020

 

Viewers wanted a recap of this unique year.

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:  After a rerun of TO TELL THE TRUTH at 0.5, THE YEAR: 2020 was at 0.5, up 0.1 from the 2019 edition of the special.

CBS:  Reruns at 0.4/0.4/0.4.

NBC:  Reruns at 0.4/0.3/0.2.  (The NURSES telecast consisted of repacked reruns of the 1st 2 episodes.)

FOX:  Reruns at 0.2/0.2.

CW:  POPSTAR’S BEST OF 2020 was at 0.1, and the finale of TELL ME A STORY was steady at 0.1.

Tonight, CW airs the special HEROES ON THE FRONTLINE. 

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.

CABLE RATINGS: Come back THURSDAY morning for detailed demographic ratings for top Tuesday cable programs and broadcast finals, delayed by the Christmas holiday.

PREVIOUS TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS)

PREVIOUS TUESDAY 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.