Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Thursday, August 29, 2019
Note: There were multiple NFL preseason broadcasts that aired in local markets on all of the broadcast networks last night, resulting in inflated ratings across the board this morning. Expect to see a greater number of adjustments than usual in the finals later today.
The numbers for Thursday:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 rating/share | Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | MasterChef (FOX) – R | 1.1/6 | 4.60 |
| The Big Bang Theory (CBS) – R | 1.0/6 | 5.68 | |
| Holey Moley (ABC) – R | 0.9/5 | 4.26 | |
| The Wall (NBC) – R | 0.8/5 | 4.68 | |
| The Outpost (The CW) | 0.3/2 | 1.24 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Young Sheldon (CBS) – R | 1.1/6 | 5.72 |
| 9 p.m. | Big Brother (CBS) | 1.4/8 | 6.14 |
| Spin the Wheel (FOX) – R | 1.1/6 | 4.60 | |
| Reef Break (ABC) | 0.9/5 | 4.28 | |
| Hollywood Game Night (NBC) – R | 0.8/4 | 3.78 | |
| Two Sentence Horror Stories (The CW) | 0.3/2 | 1.21 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Two Sentence Horror Stories (The CW) – R | 0.3/2 | 1.08 |
| 10 p.m. | FBI (CBS) – R | 0.8/5 | 3.91 |
| Reef Break (ABC) | 0.6/4 | 3.42 | |
| Law & Order: SVU (NBC) – R | 0.6/4 | 3.30 |
Thursday night’s preliminary primetime ratings were, once again, inflated by NFL pre-emptions this week, with most (if not all) of the night’s shows expected to adjust down in the finals later today.
So, with that being said, it looks like “Big Brother” has managed to stay on top of a relatively quiet Thursday night. Pending updates, the CBS reality-competition series is leading the night with a 1.4 rating in adults 18-49, up two-tenths from its 1.2 a week ago. “Big Brother” also currently has the night’s largest audience under its belt, with 6.14 million viewers tuning in.
Those season-high numbers for “Big Brother” are expected to adjust down in the finals, but it’s likely that the CBS series will remain the night’s no. 1 show, even after adjustments.
Elsewhere, after airing a pair of back-to-back episodes, ABC’s “Reef Break” scored an inflated 0.9 at 9 p.m. and a 0.6 at 10 p.m., both of which are not only up quite a bit from the 0.3 it scored last Thursday, but from the show’s overall season average this year as well.
The CW’s “The Outpost” (0.3) and “Two Sentence Horror Stories” (0.3) were the night’s only two other original broadcasts, and both were up two-tenths from their episodes last week.
Network averages:
| CBS | FOX | ABC | NBC | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 1.1/6 | 1.1/6 | 0.8/4 | 0.8/4 | 0.3/2 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 5.25 | 4.60 | 3.99 | 3.92 | 1.19 |
Late-night metered market ratings (adults 18-49, households):
11:35 p.m.
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” – R: 0.4/3, 1.5/4
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” – R: 0.3/2, 1.7/5
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” – R: 0.3/2, 1.3/4
12:35 a.m.
“Nightline”: 0.3/2, 1.0/4
“Late Night with Seth Meyers” – R: 0.2/2, 0.8/3
“The Late Late Show with James Corden” – R: 0.1/1, 0.8/3
Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
Source: The Nielsen Company.
FOX News Channel Wins Thursday On Cable.
#1 FNC 2.740 million viewers #2 MSNBC 1.856 million viewers #3 ESPN 1.638 million viewers #4 HGTV 1.471 million viewers #5 History 0.945 thousand viewers
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