Prime Time TV Ratings Week July 23-29

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Viewers in millions

1. FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 (9pm) Fox 6.4
2. 60 Minutes (Sun) CBS 5.0
3. America's Got Talent (Tue) NBC 4.8
4. America's Funniest Home Videos (Sun) ABC 3.5
5. FBI CBS 3.4

6. Generation Gap ABC 3.3
7. American Ninja Warrior (Mon) NBC 3.2
7. 60 Minutes (Wed) CBS 3.2
9. NCIS CBS 3.1
9. The Neighborhood CBS 3.1

11. Judge Steve Harvey ABC 3.0
11. FBI Most Wanted CBS 3.0
13. Celebrity Family Feud ABC 2.9
13. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune ABC 2.9
13. Ghosts CBS 2.9

16. FBI International CBS 2.8
16. The Price Is Right CBS 2.8
18. NCIS: Hawaii CBS 2.7
18. $100,000 Pyramid ABC 2.7
20. The Bachelorette ABC 2.6

20. Major League Baseball Fox 2.6
20. The Wall NBC 2.6
23. Blue Bloods CBS 2.5
23. Bob Hearts Abishola CBS 2.5
25. Chicago Fire NBC 2.3

25. L.A. Fire and Rescue NBC 2.3
25. Tough As Nails (Fri) CBS 2.3
25. Will Trent ABC 2.3
25. WWE Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.3
30. Prank Panel (Sun) ABC 2.2

30. Tough As Nails (Sun) CBS 2.2
32. Chicago PD NBC 2.1
32. 48 Hours (10pm) CBS 2.1
32. 20/20 ABC 2.1
32. Weakest Link NBC 2.1

36. Dateline NBC 2.0
36. Jeopardy Masters (9pm) ABC 2.0
36. Password NBC 2.0
36. Prank Panel (Thu) ABC 2.0
40. Crimetime CBS 1.9

40. Law & Order: SVU (9pm) NBC 1.9
42. 48 Hours (9pm) CBS 1.8
42. Jeopardy Masters (10pm) ABC 1.8
42. Law & Order: SVU (10pm) NBC 1.8
42. So Help Me Todd CBS 1.8

46. Fire Country CBS 1.7
46. Wonder Years ABC 1.7
48. America's Got Talent (Sun) NBC 1.6
48. American Ninja Warrior (Sun 8pm) NBC 1.6
48. Claim to Fame ABC 1.6

48. NCIS: Los Angeles CBS 1.6
48. One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga CBS 1.6
53. America's Got Talent (Sat) NBC 1.5
53. Big Brother 25th Anniversary CBS 1.5
55. CSI: Vegas CBS 1.4

55. FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 (8pm) Fox 1.4
55. Shark Tank ABC 1.4
58. Abbott Elementary ABC 1.3
58. American Ninja Warrior (Sun 7pm) NBC 1.3
58. Hot Wheels (Tue) NBC 1.3

61. America's Funniest Home Videos (Wed) ABC 1.2
61. Crime Scene Kitchen Fox 1.2
63. Baking It NBC 1.1
63. Hot Wheels (Fri) NBC 1.1
63. UFC 291 ABC 1.1

66. Don't Forget the Lyrics! Fox 1.0
67. Alert: Missing Persons Unit Fox 0.9
67. Beat Shazam Fox 0.9
67. Stars on Mars (Mon) Fox 0.9
70. Prank Panel (Sat) ABC 0.6

71. The Chosen CW 0.5
71. Family Guy Fox 0.5
71. Son of a Critch (Mon 8pm) CW 0.5
74. Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars Fox 0.4
74. Housebroken (9pm) Fox 0.4

74. Housebroken (9:30) Fox 0.4
74. The Simpsons Fox 0.4
74. Son of a Critch (Mon 8:30) CW 0.4
74. Stars on Mars (Thu) Fox 0.4
74. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.4

81. Children Ruin Everything (Mon 9pm) CW 0.3
81. Children Ruin Everything (Mon 9:30) CW 0.3
81. Family Law CW 0.3
81. Nancy Drew (Wed) CW 0.3
81. Son of a Critch (Thu 8pm) CW 0.3

81. Son of a Critch (Thu 8:30) CW 0.3
81. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (9pm) CW 0.3
81. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (9:30) CW 0.3
81. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.3
90. Children Ruin Everything (Thu 9pm) CW 0.2

90. Children Ruin Everything (Thu 9:30) CW 0.2
90. Down to Earth with Zac Efron CW 0.2
90. Fantastic Friends CW 0.2
90. Greatest Geek Year Ever CW 0.2
90. Moonshine CW 0.2

90. Riverdale CW 0.2

CW

1.................……71. The Chosen CW 0.5
1.................……71. Son of a Critch (Mon 8pm) CW 0.5
3.................……74. Son of a Critch (Mon 8:30) CW 0.4
3.................……74. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.4
5.................……81. Children Ruin Everything (Mon 9pm) CW 0.3

5.................……81. Children Ruin Everything (Mon 9:30) CW 0.3
5.................……81. Family Law CW 0.3
5.................……81. Nancy Drew CW 0.3
5.................……81. Son of a Critch (Thu 8pm) CW 0.3
5.................……81. Son of a Critch (Thu 8:30) CW 0.3

5.................……81. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (9pm) CW 0.3
5.................……81. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (9:30) CW 0.3
5.................……81. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.3
14................……90. Children Ruin Everything (Thu 9pm) CW 0.2
14................……90. Children Ruin Everything (Thu 9:30) CW 0.2

14...............…….90. Down to Earth with Zac Efron CW 0.2
14...............…….90. Fantastic Friends CW 0.2
14...............…….90. Greatest Geek Year Ever CW 0.2
14................……90. Moonshine CW 0.2
14...............…….90. Riverdale CW 0.2

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I'm early today. Don't know how that happened.

"Smackdown" is back after a rare week off. It is far and away the number one show with 18-49 for the night. Interestingly, when the numbers are rounded the way I do it, three of the shows in the time slot are tied.

One of the poorly performing CW shows had its finale, but things are looking worse otherwise. Except with "Whose Line", whose two episodes were tied for 18-49 and total viewers even with all three digits.

I don't know what UFC 291 is but there are some hard to spell names I didn't think anyone would care about.

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Oops. I forgot the pre-game show for the World Cup. I'm suspicious of the final numbers because the preliminary numbers match for both time slots. The final numbers are the ones that are supposed to match if the same event is shown in two different time slots.

I also have a couple of corrections to make to last week. Punctuation in two cases, and one show is out of order. Any shows that are tied when total viewer numbers are rounded are supposed to be in alphabetical order and then in order by time.

It isn't just children that ruin everything on The CW. But these are reruns so maybe things get better. Meanwhile, "Riverdale" just keeps falling. Any lower, and total viewer numbers for a new episode will be down to 100,000 rounded.

The two "Law & Order: SVU" episodes swapped places. Meanwhile, "Ghosts" has only one number listed so I guess that's just one number for a pair of episodes treated as one hour-long episode. And with a time slot change, "Todd" needs "Help". But these are all reruns except the game shows. "Prank Panel" (is that a game show?) moved out of that slot where it was dragging the rest of Sunday down.

Forgot to mention: this week's "Crimetime" is the original "NCIS".

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"Son of a Critch!" I guess The CW finally did something right. As for Tuesdays, the reality shows went "Down to Earth" and I understand they are down, period. Apparently the CW actually cancels shows.

"The Bachelorette" got a boost and "Claim to Fame" was hurt by swapping slots.

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The site I use now doesn't run out of room for long show titles. They add a second line if necessary.

"The Chosen" is close to falling off the top. I could check to see if it did, but I will wait. Monday's numbers are also available. The animal videos get more popular in the second half hour.

The ABC game shows are still not reaching their potential but maybe the time slot changes will help. I don't understand why they can't do something new at 10, but whatever.

Back next week.