Prime Time TV Ratings Week September 8-14

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Viewers in millions

1. NFL Fox 23.9
2. Sunday Night Football NBC 20.0
3. Presidential Debate ABC 19.1
4. Debate analysis ABC 13.6
5. The OT Fox 11.2

6. Monday Night Football ABC 11.0
7. Presidential Debate NBC 10.1
8. Football Night in America NBC 9.2
9. News special ABC 7.6
10. Debate analysis NBC 7.2

11. College Football ABC 6.6
12. Presidential Debate CBS 6.2
13. 60 Minutes CBS 5.6
14. America's Got Talent (Wed) NBC 4.9
14. Presidential Debate Fox 4.9

16. Debate analysis CBS 4.8
17. News special NBC 4.3
18. America's Got Talent (Thu) NBC 4.2
19. Universal Basic Guys Fox 4.0
20. Tulsa King CBS 3.5

21. College Football CBS 3.3
22. Big Brother (Wed) CBS 3.2
22. Big Brother (Thu) CBS 3.2
22. NCIS CBS 3.2
22. News special CBS 3.2

26. Big Brother (Sun) CBS 3.0
27. America's Funniest Home Videos (7pm) ABC 2.9
28. America's Funniest Home Videos (8pm) ABC 2.8
29. Let's Make a Deal CBS 2.7
30. A Closer Look with Seth Meyers NBC 2.6

30. College Football (Fri) Fox 2.6
30. NCIS: Sydney (9pm) CBS 2.6
33. AI and the Future 2.5
33. American Ninja Warrior (Mon) NBC 2.5
35. NCIS: Sydney (10pm) CBS 2.3

36. 20/20 ABC 2.2
37. America's Funniest Home Videos (9pm) ABC 2.1
38. 76th Emmys: A Night of Firsts ABC 2.0
38. Tracker CBS 2.0
40. Bob's Burgers Fox 1.9

40. Lucky 13 ABC 1.9
40. Major League Baseball Fox 1.9
43. America's Got Talent (Fri) NBC 1.8
43. Dateline NBC 1.8
43. Young Sheldon CBS 1.8

46. Abbott Elementary (8pm) ABC 1.7
46. Blue Bloods CBS 1.7
46. Mr. Throwback NBC 1.7
49. Ghosts CBS 1.6
49. Lingo CBS 1.6

49. The 1% Club Fox 1.6
49. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Thu) ABC 1.6
53. The Wall NBC 1.5
54. America's Funniest Home Videos (10pm) ABC 1.4
54. Name That Tune Fox 1.4

54. The Real CSI: Miami (9pm) CBS 1.4
57. Abbott Elementary (8:30) ABC 1.3
57. Abbott Elementary (9pm) ABC 1.3
57. College Football NBC 1.3
57. News special Fox 1.3

57. The Real CSI: Miami (9pm) CBS 1.3
62. Abbott Elementary (9:30) ABC 1.1
62. Fire Country CBS 1.1
62. Law & Order: SVU NBC 1.1
65. College Football (Sat) Fox 1.0

65. Great North Fox 1.0
65. Shark Tank ABC 1.0
68. Lopez v. Lopez NBC 0.9
69. The Chosen 0.5
70. College Football CW 0.4

70. The Conners (Tue 8pm) CW 0.4
70. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.4
70. Totally Funny Animals CW 0.4
70. Totally Funny Kids CW 0.4
70. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8pm) CW 0.4

70. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:30) CW 0.4
77. All American Homecoming CW 0.3
77. The Conners (Sun 7pm) CW 0.3
77. The Conners (Sun 7:30) CW 0.3
77. The Conners (Tue 8:30) CW 0.3

77. The Conners (Tue 9pm) CW 0.3
77. The Conners (Tue 9:30) CW 0.3
77. Inside the NFL CW 0.3
77. Police 24/7 CW 0.3
77. Sullivan's Crossing CW 0.3

86. 61st Street CW 0.2

CW

1............,....……69. The Chosen 0.5
2............,....……70. College Football CW 0.4
2.................……70. The Conners (Tue 8pm) CW 0.4
2............,....……70. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.4
2.................……70. Totally Funny Animals CW 0.4

2.................……70. Totally Funny Kids CW 0.4
2.................……70. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8pm) CW 0.4
2.................……70. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:30) CW 0.4
9.................……77. All American Homecoming CW 0.3
9.................……77. The Conners (Sun 7pm) CW 0.3

9.................……77. The Conners (Sun 7:30) CW 0.3
9.................……77. The Conners (Tue 8:30) CW 0.3
9.................……77. The Conners (Tue 9pm) CW 0.3
9.................……77. The Conners (Tue 9:30) CW 0.3
9.................……77. Inside the NFL CW 0.3

9.................……77. Police 24/7 CW 0.3
9.................……77. Sullivan's Crossing CW 0.3
18................……86. 61st Street CW 0.2

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I'm early this week and Saturday isn't ready, but I'll post Saturday's numbers when I can. I'm having weather related problems.

"Smackdown" didn't fall in total viewers due to the switch to USA, which is amazing. I don't know how it compares with 18-49, but it's still a close second to Fox, which got a few more total viewers and scored very high 18-49.

The CW is doing well, if you can call these numbers doing well.

In a few minutes I'll have all the debate numbers.

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Okay, you will notice that each of the Big Four had three broadcasts on Tuesday, except Fox did not have post-debate analysis. Each of the broadcasts before the debate had a different title, but I didn't choose to use it.

Now for cable.

Fox News: 9.1 million watched the debate and 8.4 million analysis. CNN 4.4 and 4.0. Interestingly, MSNBC got more viewers for analysis, 7.0, than for the debate, 6.4. Newsmax got 1.2 million viewers, BET and Fox Business about 300,000 each, and NewsNation 200,000. I don't really understand the purpose of watching anywhere else when it's just the debate. There were breaks for commercials which gave journalists a brief moment to comment.

By the way, WWE got about 600,000 viewers on USA and 100,000 watched a WNBA game.

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There we have it, except for Saturday, which I will add when I have the numbers.

NBC is back!

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And it's done.

Nothing but football on Saturday. However, even if preliminary numbers are available, and they may still be on a site I used to use, they are unreliable for live events.

Back next week at a normal time, I hope.