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[06/08/20 - 08:16 AM]
Sunday's Broadcast Ratings: ABC Rides Originals to Adults 18-49 Victory
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 18 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (6/7/20):

ABC (4.354 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #1) took home the demo honors on Sunday thanks to its all-original lineup of "America's Funniest Home Videos" (4.516 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T2), "Celebrity Family Feud" (5.743 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #1), "Press Your Luck" (3.899 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T2) and "Match Game" (3.255 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5).

CBS (5.019 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.5, #2) was a close second with its mix of "60 Minutes" (7.636 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T2), "60 Minutes Presents" (5.352 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T8) and "Grease Sing-A-Long" (3.905 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5).

Next up was NBC (1.997 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.4, #3) with the return of "Hollywood Game Night" (1.874 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T10) alongside encores of "The Titan Games" (1.445 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T10) and "America's Got Talent" (2.335 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T8).

Meanwhile, FOX (1.197 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.3, #4) offered up repeats of "Last Man Standing" (2.714 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5), "Duncanville" (0.994 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T10), "The Simpsons" (0.988 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T10), "Bless the Harts" (0.734 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.2, #16), "Bob's Burgers" (0.820 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T10) and "Family Guy" (0.931 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T10).

And finally, second runs of "DC's Stargirl" (0.398 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T17) and "Supergirl" (0.324 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T17) closed out the night on The CW (0.361 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.1, #5).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
-10.00% - Celebrity Family Feud
-33.33% - America's Funniest Home Videos
-40.00% - Press Your Luck
-44.44% - Match Game

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - America's Funniest Home Videos (vs. America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat))
-10.00% - Celebrity Family Feud
-33.33% - Press Your Luck (vs. The $100,000 Pyramid)
-37.50% - Match Game (vs. To Tell the Truth)
-57.14% - Hollywood Game Night (vs. Deal or No Deal: Looking for Luck in All the Right Cases)


Here are the highlights of the 16 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (6/9/19):

NBC (5.446 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.6, #1) was the demo champ on Sunday thanks to a special "Deal or No Deal: Looking for Luck in All the Right Cases" (3.427 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #6) and coverage of the "Stanley Cup Finals, Game 6" (6.119 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.9, #1).

ABC (4.990 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.8, #2) then was the silver draw with a repeat "America's Funniest Home Videos" (3.950 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7) followed by the season premieres of "Celebrity Family Feud" (6.036 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.0, #2), "The $100,000 Pyramid" (5.484 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.9, #3) and "To Tell the Truth" (4.491 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4).

Next up was CBS (5.944 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.7, #3) and its duo of "60 Minutes" (7.384 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7) and "The 73rd Annual Tony Awards" (5.465 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4).

Meanwhile, FOX (1.059 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #4) served up its all-repeat lineup of "Last Man Standing" (1.016 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.2, #14), "Bob's Burgers" (0.787 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #13), "The Simpsons" (1.104 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10), another "Bob's Burgers" (1.017 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10), "Family Guy" (1.232 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.5, #9) and another "Last Man Standing" (1.198 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10).

And finally, a new "Burder of Truth" (0.492 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T15) and a repeat "Supernatural" (0.447 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T15) rounded out the night on The CW (0.470 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.1, #5).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - Burder of Truth

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
-11.11% - To Tell the Truth
-20.00% - The 73rd Annual Tony Awards
-25.00% - The $100,000 Pyramid
-41.18% - Celebrity Family Feud

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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