The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS and THE AMAZING RACE were the latest TV staples to plunge.
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: After a run of the movie COCO at 0.5, THE CON debuted at 0.3.
CBS: BIG BROTHER held at 1.0, and the season premiere of THE AMAZING RACE was at 0.7, down half a point from the April 2019 premiere. A rerun of SWAT ended the night at 0.3.
NBC: The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS was at a preliminary 0.8, down 1.3 from the May 2019 edition.
FOX: THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 to 1.6, and I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE returned from a week off down 0.2 to 1.0.
CW: DEVILS (0.1) and CORONER (0.1) were steady.
Tonight brings the battle of the TOWN HALLS, with Trump on NBC (and MSNBC/CNBC) and Biden on ABC.
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.
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