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August 3, 2018
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.2.2018

 

Football returned.

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.

NBC:  The NFL HALL OF FAME GAME had a preliminary 1.8, down half a point from the early number in 2017 (which adjusted to 2.5 in finals).

CBS:  BIG BROTHER dipped 0.1 to 1.4, sandwiched between sitcom reruns at 1.0/0.9 and a SWAT rerun at 0.5.

FOX:  The season finale of THE FOUR rose 0.1 to 1.0.

ABC:  THE GONG SHOW (0.5) and TAKE TWO (0.4) were steady, with a MATCH GAME rerun at 0.5 between them.

CW:  Reruns at 0.2/0.1.

ABC’s QUANTICO reaches the end of its mission tonight.

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

CABLE RATINGS: Come back this afternoon for detailed demographic ratings for top cable programs from this day.

PREVIOUS THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS)

PREVIOUS THURSDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS

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About the Author

Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."