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August 31, 2018
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.30.2018

 

We’ll be holding analysis of Thursday night ratings until finals are available this afternoon, given the below:

NFL PRESEASON. The fast nationals for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and CW below are inflated by a several tenths of a rating point by numerous NFL Preseason pre-emptions in the following major markets:

ABC (Los Angeles Chargers, Houston, Cleveland, Nashville, Buffalo)
CBS (New York Jets, Boston, Dallas, San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Miami, Cincinnati)
NBC (New York Giants, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore, Phoenix, Tampa)
FOX (Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, San Francisco-Oakland Raiders, New Orleans, Jacksonville)
CW (Atlanta, Charlotte)

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).

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

This feature will return next 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 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.