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

Here are the highlights of the 12 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (7/19/19):

NBC (3.004 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.6, #1) claimed top honors on Friday with its weekly encore of "American Ninja Warrior" (3.007 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #1) and a new "Dateline NBC" (2.997 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T2).

ABC (2.700 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #2) then was the silver draw with a new "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD" (2.361 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.4, #5) and a repeat "20/20" (2.870 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T2).

Next up was CBS (2.838 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.4, #3) with a new "Love Island" (2.218 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T2) plus repeats of "Hawaii Five-0" (2.808 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T6) and "Blue Bloods" (3.487 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T6).

Meanwhile, FOX (1.371 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.3, #4) served up encores of "First Responders Live" (1.608 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T6) and "MasterChef" (1.133 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T6).

And finally, The CW (1.103 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5) closed out the night with new episodes of "Masters of Illusion" (1.338 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T10) and "The Big Stage" (1.212 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T10) alongside a repeat "The Outpost" (0.931 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T10).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+100.00% - The Big Stage (vs. 6/28/19)
+25.00% - Love Island
0.00% - Marvel's Agents of SHIELD
0.00% - Masters of Illusion (vs. 6/28/19)
-16.67% - Dateline NBC

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+25.00% - Love Island
0.00% - Marvel's Agents of SHIELD
-28.57% - Dateline NBC
-33.33% - The Big Stage (vs. 6/28/19)
-33.33% - Masters of Illusion (vs. 6/28/19)

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

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Here are the highlights of the 13 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (7/20/18):

NBC (3.106 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.7, #1) was the demo champ on Friday with an encore of "American Ninja Warrior" (2.971 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #3) and a new "Dateline NBC" (3.379 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T1).

ABC (2.893 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #2) then was the silver draw with its trio of "Quantico" (2.670 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5), "What Would You Do?" (2.667 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #4) and "20/20" (3.344 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T1).

Next up was CBS (3.873 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.4, #3) with a new "Whistleblower" (3.347 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5) followed by repeats of "Hawaii Five-0" (3.834 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5) and "Blue Bloods" (4.439 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5).

Meanwhile, The CW (1.412 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.3, #4) offered up a new "Masters of Illusion" (1.428 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T9) alongside repeats of "Masters of Illusion" (1.432 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T9) and "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" (1.395 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T9).

And finally, repeats of "The Resident" (1.316 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T9) and "The Orville" (1.048 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.2, #13) on FOX (1.182 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5) rounded out the night.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+50.00% - Masters of Illusion
+16.67% - Dateline NBC
+16.67% - 20/20
0.00% - What Would You Do?
0.00% - Whistleblower
0.00% - Quantico

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+100.00% - 20/20 (vs. Descendants 2/Descendants 2: ABC After-Party)
+50.00% - Masters of Illusion
+25.00% - What Would You Do? (vs. Descendants 2)
0.00% - Quantico (vs. Descendants 2)
-22.22% - Dateline NBC
-71.43% - Whistleblower (vs. Big Brother 19)

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," 1.6/4; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 2.3/6; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.5/4 (encore).

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 0.4/2; "Late Show," 0.3/3; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/2 (encore).

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline," averaged a 1.0/3 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," 1.0/3 (encore) in metered-market households; CBS's "Late Late Show," 1.0/4 (encore). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, averages were: "Late Night," 0.3/2 (encore) in 18-49; "Late Late Show," 0.2/1 (encore).

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.6/3 (encore) 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