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December 20, 2018
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.19.2018

 

No one tried to compete with the SURVIVOR fall finale.

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.

CBS:  SURVIVOR’s fall finale was steady with last week’s 1.5, and down 0.4 from the December 2017 finale.  The REUNION show that followed was steady with last year’s 1.2.

ABC:  The night started with a pair of holiday reruns, OLAF’S FROZEN ADVENTURE and SHREK THE HALLS, at 0.7/0.7.  The sitcom reruns afterward were at 0.4-0.6.

NBC:  Holiday special reruns at 0.5/0.4, and a rerun ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES at 0.6.

FOX:  Reruns at 0.5/0.4.

CW:  Reruns of GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER at 0.3 and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US at 0.2.

Tonight features an assortment of finales:  MURPHY BROWN on CBS, TIMELESS on NBC, and THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW 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.

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

PREVIOUS WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS)

PREVIOUS WEDNESDAY 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.