>The broadcast week just concluded (August 8-14) was won by FOX, thanks to the finale of So You Think You Can Dance and NFL Preseason football on Friday (Tampa Bay at Kansas City). The 1.6 rating for football does not sound like a great number but it is a great time period improvement on a tough night.
CBS benefited from a good week for Big Brother and an hour-plus runover Sunday of PGA golf, the last major golf tournament of the year. The 1.7 (approximate rating) for PGA playoff tie-breaking action improved the time period and lifted 60 Minutes and Big Brother, which benefited from an improved lead-in and moving into higher-viewed time periods.
ABC and NBC continued to have ho-hum weeks.
Estimated Non-Official Weekly Network Averages
Adult 18-49 rating
Week of ABC CBS NBC FOX CW
June 13 1.2 1.1 2.0 1.6 0.3
June 20 1.3 1.1 1.8 1.4 0.3
June 27 1.3 1.0 1.6 1.2 0.3
July 4 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.3 0.3
July 11 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.7 0.3
July 18 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.5 0.3
July 25 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.6 0.3
Aug 1 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 0.3
Aug 8 1.35 1.45 1.22 1.80 0.3
The second chart below lists the hit network shows by night (those programs at a 2.0 Adult 18-49 rating or higher).
Top Network Shows (Adult 18-49 rating 2.0+)
Week of August 8-14
Mon: FOX Hell’s Kitchen 2.7, MasterChef 2.3
ABC Bachelor Pad 9-10 pm 2.4, 10-11 pm 2.3
Tue: NBC America’s Got Talent 3.0
FOX Hell’s Kitchen 2.8, MasterChef 2.5
ABC Wipeout 2.0
Wed: NBC America’s Got Talent 2.5
CBS Big Brother 2.8
FOX So You Think You Can Dance 9-10 pm 2.0
Thu: CBS Big Brother 2.7
ABC So You Think You Can Dance 8-10 pm 2.0 (finale)
Sun: CBS Big Brother 2.5 (special time 9-10 pm due to PGA golf)
CBS 60 Minutes 2.0 (special time 8-9 pm due to PGA golf)
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