It was political wrestling over the physical kind.
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 follows the chart.
ABC: The DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE took the night at 1.1.
FOX: WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.1 to 0.8.
CBS: The season premiere of MACGYVER was at 0.7, steady with its September 2018 premiere. HAWAII 5-0 held at 0.7. The night ended with a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.4.
NBC: LINCOLN RHYME stayed at 0.4, and DATELINE was up 0.1 to 0.6.
CW: CHARMED rose 0.1 to 0.2, and DYNASTY was steady at 0.1.
Tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is hosted by RuPaul with musical guest Justin Bieber. On Sunday, ABC hosts THE OSCARS, but there’s a surprising amount of competing activity on pay-TV, with the series finale of POWER on Starz, and season premieres of HOMELAND and KIDDING on Showtime.
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