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February 20, 2017
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.19.2017

 

A terrible night for everyone.

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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.

Fast Demo 2017 Feb 19.SUN

CBS:  After a 1.0 60 MINUTES, THE GOOD FIGHT aired its one and only broadcast episode at a 0.7 that suggests the network was smart to develop the show for online exhibition.  NCIS: LA aired for the first time since January 29 and fell 0.3 to 1.1, and ELEMENTARY held at 0.7.

NBC:  Only NBC itself cared about THE PALEY CENTER SALUTES NBC’S 90TH ANNIVERSARY, which managed just 0.7 over its 3 hours.  The night started with 0.6 for DATELINE.

FOX:  Things weren’t much better than last week’s airings against the GRAMMY AWARDS, as (after a 0.3/0.5 hour of animated reruns), THE SIMPSONS (1.1), the SON OF ZORN season finale (0.7), FAMILY GUY (1.0), and BOB’S BURGERS (0.9) each rose 0.1.

ABC:  A 0.9 AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and a 1.0 run of the movie TANGLED were followed by TO TELL THE TRUTH, down 0.3 from its last 10PM airing to 0.7.

NBC airs the season finale of bubble series TIMELESS tonight.

COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.

Fast Track 2017 Feb 19.SUN

CABLE RATINGS: Come back Wednesday morning for detailed demographic ratings for top Sunday cable and broadcast programs, a day later than normal due to the Presidents Day holiday.

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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.