Friday remained a sleepy night.
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: AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE changed days, and its 0.7 was down half a point from last season’s Wednesday premiere, still enough to tie for the highest rating of the night. The season premiere of FRESH OFF THE BOAT was down 0.1 from last season’s premiere (in the 8PM slot) to 0.5. 20/20 was steady with last week’s 0.5.
CBS: HAWAII 5-0 dropped 0.2 from last fall’s premiere (in the 9PM slot) to 0.7. MAGNUM PI transferred to Friday with a 0.6 premiere, down 0.6 from last year’s Monday premiere. BLUE BLOODS fell 0.3 from the 2018 premiere to 0.6.
FOX: WWE SMACKDOWN’S GREATEST HITS ushered in next week’s official premiere with a clip show special at 0.4, followed by a rerun of the PRODIGAL SON pilot at 0.3.
NBC: DATELINE gained 0.2 from last week to 0.6. It was preceded by a rerun of the BLUFF CITY LAW pilot at 0.4.
CW: The season finales of MASTERS OF ILLUSION and THE BIG STAGE were both up 0.1 to 0.2/0.2. PEAKING was at 0.2/0.1, compared to last week’s 0.1/zero.
The 45th season of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE begins tonight with host Woody Harrelson and musical guest Billie Eilish. On Sunday, Fox premieres the animated BLESS THE HARTS, while on cable, AMC ends the season of FEAR THE WALKING DEAD and the run of PREACHER.
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