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[07/01/20 - 08:30 AM]
Tuesday's Broadcast Ratings: "America's Got Talent" Once Again Puts NBC on Top
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 (6/30/20):

NBC (6.957 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.1, #1) coasted to another victory on Tuesday behind fresh installments of "America's Got Talent" (8.338 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.2, #1) and "World of Dance" (4.196 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #2).

CBS (4.570 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T2) was a distant second with repeats of "NCIS" (5.203 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T3), "FBI" (4.584 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T3) and "FBI: Most Wanted" (3.922 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T3).

Next up was FOX (1.339 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T2) with "Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back" (1.336 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T3) and a second hour of "Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back" (1.343 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T3).

Meanwhile, ABC (1.944 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.3, #4) served up repeats of "Modern Family" (2.397 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T3), another "Modern Family" (1.816 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T9), "Black-ish" (1.447 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T9) and "Mixed-ish" (1.316 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T12) plus the season finale of "The Genetic Detective" (2.346 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T9).

And finally, The CW (0.689 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.1, #5) wrapped the night with "DC's Stargirl" (1.011 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T12) and "Barry Brewer: Chicago I'm Home" (0.367 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.1, #14).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - World of Dance
0.00% - The Genetic Detective
0.00% - DC's Stargirl
-7.69% - America's Got Talent

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+20.00% - America's Got Talent (vs. America's Got Talent: Best of Auditions)
+14.29% - World of Dance (vs. Songland)
0.00% - DC's Stargirl (vs. The Flash (Repeat))
-25.00% - The Genetic Detective (vs. Modern Family/Black-ish (Repeats))


Here are the highlights of the 15 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (7/2/19):

NBC (5.706 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.9, #1) was still the network to beat on Tuesday with "America's Got Talent: Best of Auditions" (6.735 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T1) and the Wednesday-bound "Songland" (3.647 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.7, #3).

CBS (3.802 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #2) then took home the silver with its mix of "Big Brother 21" (4.463 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T1), a repeat "NCIS" (3.520 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5) and "Blood & Treasure" (3.423 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5).

Next up was FOX (1.823 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #3) with encores of "Spin the Wheel" (1.941 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #4) and "9-1-1" (1.704 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5).

Meanwhile, ABC (1.834 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.3, #4) offered up repeats of "The Conners" (2.813 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5), "American Housewife" (1.798 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T11), "Modern Family" (1.738 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T11), "The Goldbergs" (1.545 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T11), another "Modern Family" (1.554 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5) and "Black-ish" (1.558 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T5).

And finally, second runs of "The Flash" (0.963 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.2, #14) and "The 100" (0.683 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.1, #15) rounded out the evening on The CW (0.823 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - Blood & Treasure
-16.67% - Big Brother 21
-22.22% - Songland

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+100.00% - Big Brother 21 (vs. NCIS (Repeat))
-12.50% - Songland (vs. World of Dance (Repeat))
-20.00% - Blood & Treasure (vs. NCIS: New Orleans (Repeat))

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," 1.5/4 with an encore telecast; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 1.8/5 with an encore; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.4/4 with an encore.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 0.3/2 with an encore; "Late Show," 0.3/2 with an encore and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/2 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," 0.8/3 in metered-market households with an encore; CBS's "Late Late Show," 0.9/3 with an encore. In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, averages were: "Late Night," 0.2/2 in 18-49 with an encore; "Late Late Show," 0.2/2 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 0.1/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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