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December 21, 2020
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.20.2020

 

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dropped but still owned the 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 and comparisons follow the chart.

ABC:  THE SOUND OF MUSIC remains one of the last theatrical movies to get an annual broadcast airing, and it slipped 0.1 from last year’s run to 0.5.

CBS:  The network had the late afternoon national NFL game, so 60 MINUTES jumped 0.6 to 1.4 in early numbers.  Then GARTH & TRISHA LIVE was at 0.5, and A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS was at 0.2. 

NBC:  The preliminary 3.4 for SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was down half a point from last week’s early rating.

FOX:  A night of reruns, and after the 1.0/0.5 in the 7PM hour (probably boosted by local NFL coverage), they were at 0.2-0.3.

CW:  Following a run of the MASTERS OF ILLUSION Christmas special at 0.1, THE OUTPOST gained 0.1 to 0.1.

Tonight, HBO airs the 2 season finale episodes of its buzzy but low-rated (in linear terms) INDUSTRY.

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). Also live events such as sporting events and major specials are usually undercounted because the fast nationals measure what was on in primetime in the Pacific Time Zone (mostly what aired after the live event ended on the West Coast). Accurate program ratings will be available Tuesday morning with the broadcast finals.

CABLE RATINGS: Come back this afternoon for detailed demographic ratings for top Friday cable programs. Saturday & Sunday cable ratings and broadcast finals will be posted Tuesday morning.

PREVIOUS SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS)

PREVIOUS SUNDAY 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.