Prime Time TV Ratings Week August 20-26

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Viewers in millions

1. America's Got Talent (Tue) NBC 5.8
2. 60 Minutes CBS 5.3
3. America's Got Talent (Wed) NBC 4.9
4. Celebrity Family Feud ABC 3.7
5. America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 3.5

6. NFL Preseason CBS 3.4
7. Big Brother (Wed) CBS 3.3
7. NASCAR NBC 3.3
9. Big Brother (Sun) CBS 3.2
9. American Ninja Warrior (Mon) NBC 3.0

9. The Bachelorette ABC 3.0
9. Big Brother (Thu) CBS 3.0
9. FBI Most Wanted CBS 3.0
9. $100,000 Pyramid (9pm) ABC 3.0
15. Generation Gap ABC 2.9

16. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune ABC 2.8
16. FBI International CBS 2.8
16. NCIS CBS 2.8
16. Young Sheldon CBS 2.8
20. FBI CBS 2.7

20. WWE Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.7
22. The Neighborhood CBS 2.6
23. Ghosts CBS 2.5
24. Bob Hearts Abishola CBS 2.4
24. $100,000 Pyramid (10pm) ABC 2.4

24. NCIS: Hawaii CBS 2.4
27. Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter and Love NBC 2.2
27. Jeopardy Masters ABC 2.2
29. The Chase ABC 2.1
29. Password NBC 2.1

31. 48 Hours (10pm) CBS 2.0
31. Major League Baseball Fox 2.0
31. Masterchef (Wed) Fox 2.0
31. Will Trent ABC 2.0
35. Abbott Elementary (8pm) ABC 1.9

35. Dateline NBC 1.9
35. Law & Order: SVU NBC 1.9
35. That's My Jam NBC 1.9
39. Jimmy Kimmel 20th Anniversary Special ABC 1.8
39. Law & Order NBC 1.8

39. 20/20 ABC 1.8
42. Challenge USA (Sun) CBS 1.6
42. Challenge USA (Thu) CBS 1.6
42. Weakest Link NBC 1.6
45. Abbott Elementary (8:30) ABC 1.5

45. American Ninja Warrior (Sun) NBC 1.5
45. American Ninja Warrior (Fri) NBC 1.5
45. NCIS: Los Angeles CBS 1.5
49. America's Got Talent (Sun) NBC 1.4
49. 48 Hours (9pm) CBS 1.4

51. Abbott Elementary (9pm) ABC 1.3
52. Abbott Elementary (9:30) ABC 1.2
52. Crimetime CBS 1.2
52. Endless Summer Vacation ABC 1.2
52. So Help Me Todd CBS 1.2

52. Superfan CBS 1.2
57. Beat Shazam Fox 1.1
57. Don't Forget the Lyrics! Fox 1.1
57. Name That Tune Fox 1.1
57. The Rookie ABC 1.1

57. TMZ Investigates (Thu) Fox 1.1
62. College Football ABC 0.9
62. Stars on Mars Fox 0.9
62. TMZ Investigates (Sun) Fox 0.9
65. Family Guy Fox 0.6

65. Masterchef (Mon) Fox 0.6
65. The Simpsons Fox 0.6
68. The Chosen CW 0.5
68. Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars (Sun) Fox 0.5
70. Family Law CW 0.4

70. Great Chocolate Showdown CW 0.4
70. Nancy Drew CW 0.4
70. Son of a Critch CW 0.4
74. Children Ruin Everything CW 0.3
74. Fight to Survive (Tue 8pm) CW 0.3

74. Fight to Survive (Thu) CW 0.3
74. Recipe for Disaster (9pm) CW 0.3
74. Run the Burbs CW 0.3
74. World's Funniest Animals CW 0.3
80. Bump CW 0.2

80. Fight to Survive (Tue 9pm) CW 0.2
80. Moonshine CW 0.2
80. Recipe for Disaster (9:30) CW 0.2
80. Riverdale CW 0.2
85. FBoy Island CW 0.1

CW

1.................……68. The Chosen CW 0.5
2.................……70. Family Law CW 0.4
2................…….70. Great Chocolate Showdown CW 0.4
2.................……70. Nancy Drew CW 0.4
2.................……70. Son of a Critch CW 0.4

6.................……74. Children Ruin Everything CW 0.3
6.................……74. Fight to Survive (Tue 8pm) CW 0.3
6.................……74. Fight to Survive (Thu) CW 0.3
6...............……..74. Recipe for Disaster (9pm) CW 0.3
6.................……74. Run the Burbs CW 0.3

6.................……74. World's Funniest Animals CW 0.3
12.................…80. Bump CW 0.2
12................……80. Fight to Survive (Tue 9pm) CW 0.2
12................……80. Moonshine CW 0.2
12...............…….80. Recipe for Disaster (9:30) CW 0.2

12...............…….80. Riverdale CW 0.2
17...............…….85. FBoy Island CW 0.1

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Sorry to do this, but a hurricane is headed my way and I don't know what I'll get to do. There are preliminary numbers I could post now for Friday and Saturday, but those tend to be meaningless and I'd have to update later. If you see the rank on the left, it's last week's.

I decided to use the more colorful site because last week it did not have certain errors. If I go there early in the week it's a little easier.

Far and away the number one show of the week in terms of total viewers will be the first Republican Presidential Debate on Fox News, with 11.1 million viewers. But I only post broadcast numbers.

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This site has commentary from the person who contributed the information, like the one I used before. I like what she said about The CW on Mondays. The shows "soared to new season highs". Yeah, just look how well those shows are doing. The ones that got a 0.3 actually got a 0.25 because the site I am getting these numbers from uses two digits beyond the decimal.

Also related to The CW, series finales from "Nancy Drew" and "Riverdale". The CW should be glad to be rid of that second one. Also reruns of "Fight to Survive" according to the commentary "got decent mileage".

A headline said "No Life on Mars from Stars on Mars". Another headline said "Superfan Continues to Embarrass".

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And that's it until I get final numbers. That could happen tomorrow. No guarantee I'll have time to do it then. But I'm pretty sure I'll have other priorities on Wednesday.

The FBIs aired out of order, so you'll notice the "International" spinoff did better than the original, and "Most Wanted" is truly "Most Wanted" during reruns, which I suspect is because people missed it the first time.

"The Chosen" appears to be number one for the week for The CW but we'll see how "Family Law" does.

I had a punctuation error to correct on last week's.

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Sorry it took so long. The numbers may have been ready on Tuesday but I wasn't.

Everything is returning to normal.

The site I used said "Smackdown", referring to 18-49 but certainly higher than I have seen in a long time if ever for total viewers, "vaulted itself to an insanely-high level for Friday-night standards" and even the preseason football game couldn't beat it.

On The CW things looked a little better, though for 18-49, "Family Law" was said to have "completely plummeted".

"Crimetime" for this week was "NCIS: Los Angeles".

I'll try to do better next week, but I have another week like this one coming and I will have to post what I can early, and it may be quite some time before I can finish.