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September 16, 2020
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.15.2020

 

A Presidential Town Hall didn’t change 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 20/20-branded PRESIDENTIAL TOWN HALL was at 0.6, bookended by sitcom reruns at 0.3/0.3/0.3.

CBS:  BIG BROTHER was at 1.0, and LOVE ISLAND gained 0.1 to 0.5.  The night ended with an FBI; MOST WANTED rerun at 0.2

NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dipped 0.1 to 0.7, and TRANSPLANT was up 0.1 to 0.5 (that may shift in finals, as the show began at 10:01PM).

FOX:  Reruns at 0.3/0.2.

CW:  The new DEAD PIXELS, the rerun, and TELL ME A STORY were all steady at 0.1.

Tonight, CBS airs the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, and ABC has the special NOTRE DAME: OUR LADY OF PARIS.  On cable, ARCHER returns to FXX.

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). Accurate program ratings will be available this afternoon with the broadcast finals.

CABLE RATINGS: Come back this afternoon for detailed demographic ratings for top Tuesday cable programs and broadcast finals.

PREVIOUS TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS)

PREVIOUS TUESDAY 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.