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[06/24/20 - 08:13 AM]
Tuesday's Broadcast Ratings: "America's Got Talent" Stays on Top for NBC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

Primetime Preliminary Fast National Nielsen Data
(includes all DVR playback through 3:00 am)

Here are the highlights of the 14 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (6/23/20):

NBC (7.200 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.1, #1) stayed on top last night with fresh installments of "America's Got Talent" (8.624 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.3, #1) and "World of Dance" (4.353 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #2).

The silver went to CBS (4.822 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T2) with repeats of "NCIS" (5.643 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.5, #3), "FBI" (4.714 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T4) and "FBI: Most Wanted" (4.108 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T4).

Next up was ABC (2.056 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.3, #4) with second runs of "The Conners" (2.769 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T4), another "The Conners" (2.309 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T9), "Black-ish" (1.462 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T9), "Mixed-ish" (1.320 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T9) and a new "The Genetic Detective" (2.237 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T9).

Meanwhile, FOX (1.363 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T2) served up repeats of "Hell's Kitchen" (1.358 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T4) and "Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back" (1.367 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T4).

And finally, The CW (0.723 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.1, #5) closed out the night with "DC's Stargirl" (0.958 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.2, #13) and "Louie Anderson: Big Underwear" (0.488 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.1, #14).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+50.00% - The Genetic Detective
+33.33% - World of Dance
+30.00% - America's Got Talent
0.00% - DC's Stargirl

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - DC's Stargirl (vs. The Flash (Repeat))
-11.11% - World of Dance (vs. Songland)
-14.29% - The Genetic Detective (vs. Modern Family/Black-ish (Repeats))
-18.75% - America's Got Talent


Here are the highlights of the 15 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (6/25/19):

NBC (8.156 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.4, #1) remained the top draw on Tuesday thanks to fresh installments of "America's Got Talent" (9.970 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.6, #1) and "Songland" (4.528 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.9, #3).

CBS (3.709 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.7, #2) then was a distant second with the return of "Big Brother 21" (4.892 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.2, #2), a repeat "FBI" (3.018 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6) and a new "Blood & Treasure" (3.217 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6).

Next up was ABC (1.922 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T3) and its repeat lineup of "The Conners" (2.812 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T4), "American Housewife" (2.247 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6), "Modern Family" (1.915 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6), "The Goldbergs" (1.555 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T11), another "Modern Family" (1.580 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6) and "Black-ish" (1.420 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T11).

Meanwhile, FOX (1.688 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T3) served up encores of "Spin the Wheel" (1.780 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T4) and "9-1-1" (1.596 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T11).

And finally, a repeat "The Flash" (0.553 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T14) and a new "The 100" (0.632 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T14) on The CW (0.592 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5) rounded out the evening.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+6.67% - America's Got Talent
0.00% - Blood & Treasure
0.00% - The 100
-10.00% - Songland

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+140.00% - Big Brother 21 (vs. NCIS (Repeat))
0.00% - Blood & Treasure (vs. 48 Hours: NCIS)
0.00% - The 100
-20.00% - America's Got Talent
-35.71% - Songland (vs. World of Dance)

In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):

· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.7/5; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 2.2/6; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.2/4 with an encore.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 0.5/3; "Late Show," 0.3/2 and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.3/2 with an encore.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 0.9/3 in metered-market households and a 0.2/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, ratings were: "Late Night with Seth Meyers," 1.0/4 in metered-market households; CBS's "Late Late Show," 0.9/3 with an encore. In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, averages were: "Late Night," 0.3/2 in 18-49; "Late Late Show," 0.1/1 with an encore.

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.6/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.2/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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