Thursday Overnights: ‘Big Brother’ Leads CBS to Victory

THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 3.1/ 6, NBC: 2.8/ 5, Fox: 1.9/ 4, ABC: 1.7/ 3, CW: 1.0/ 2

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
CW: +67, NBC: +17, Fox: no change, CBS: – 3, ABC: -23

-Ratings Breakdown:
“Big Brother” on CBS topped the night of original summer programming entries, with a 3.9 rating/7 share in the household overnights at 9 p.m. Comparably, this was a rise of eight percent over the 3.6/ 6 on the year-ago evening, and it will likely translate into another Top 5 finish for the week in adults 18-49. Tonight is a special “battle back” edition of “Big Brother” featuring one of the four ousted contestants – Cameron, Jillian, Cody and Dominque – competing to get back into the house. Go Dominque!

Elsewhere, the results were slim among the newbies on ABC and Fox. ABC’s Thursday combination of “Boy Band” (#4: 1.6/ 3), “Battle of the Network Stars” (#3: 1.8/ 3) and “The Gong Show” (#3: 1.7/ 3) is just not resonating. Note to Mike Myers: find a new agent. And Fox’s pairing of already renewed “Beat Shazam” (#3: 2.1/ 4) and the revival of “Love Connection” (#4: 1.7/ 3) trailed in the distant the No. 3 in the household overnights for the evening.

The standout on NBC was game show “The Wall” at a second-place 3.0/ 6 at 9 p.m., which increased from lead-in “Hollywood Game Night” (#2: 2.5/ 5 at 8 p.m.) by 20 percent. Also on CBS was “Zoo” at a deteriorating 1.8/ 3 at 10 p.m. (#2).

In week two news was CW docuseries “Hooten & the Lady” at a flat 0.7/ 1 (#5) at 9 p.m.

What follows is the breakdown by half-hour for Thursday, July 20:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Boy Band”: 1.8/ 4 (#4)
CBS – “The Big Bang Theory” (R): 4.2/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Hollywood Game Night”: 2.5/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Beat Shazam”: 2.0/ 4 (#3)
CW – “Penn & Teller: Fool Us”: 1.2/ 2 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Boy Band”: 1.5/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “Life in Pieces” (R): 2.9/ 5 (#1)
NBC – “Hollywood Game Night”: 2.5/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Beat Shazam”: 2.2/ 4 (#3)
CW – “Penn & Teller: Fool Us”: 1.3/ 2 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Battle of the Network Stars”: 1.9/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 4.0/ 7 (#1)
NBC – “The Wall”: 2.8/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Love Connection”: 1.8/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Hooten & the Lady”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Battle of the Network Stars”: 1.7/ 3 (#3t)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 3.8/ 7 (#1)
NBC – “The Wall”: 3.3/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “Love Connection”: 1.7/ 3 (#3t)
CW – “Hooten & the Lady”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Gong Show”: 1.8/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Zoo”: 1.9/ 3 (#2)
NBC – “The Night Shift”: 2.8/ 5 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Gong Show”: 1.7/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Zoo”: 1.8/ 3 (#3)
NBC – “The Night Shift”: 2.7/ 5 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research