Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Preseason Match-Up Leads CBS to Friday Victory

What follows are the fast affiliate results for Friday, August 26 broken out by network and by each half-hour. Note that The CW averages are not based on the pure programming. There had to be pre-emptions for sports for these encore telecasts to be inflated.

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 5.06 million, ABC: 4.42, NBC: 4.28, Fox: 2.21, CW: 2.06

-Adults 18-49:
CBS: 1.3 rating/6 share, ABC and NBC: 0.9/ 4 each, Fox: 0.7/ 3, CW: 0.5/ 2

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8:00 p.m.
ABC – Shark Tank (R)
Viewers: 4.22 million (#2), A18-49: 0.8/ 4 (#2t)

CBS – NFL Football (Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Viewers: 5.71 million (#1), A18-49: 1.3/ 6 (#1)

NBC – America’s Got Talent (R)
Viewers: 3.78 million (#3), A18-49: 0.8/ 4 (#2t)

Fox – MasterChef (R)
Viewers: 2.07 million (#4), A18-49: 0.6/ 3 (#4)

CW – Masters of Illusion (R)
Viewers: 1.99 million (#5), A18-49: 0.5/ 3 (#5)

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8:30 p.m.

ABC – Shark Tank (R)
Viewers: 4.26 million (#2), A18-49: 0.9/ 4 (#2)

CBS – NFL Football (Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Viewers: 5.71 million (#1), A18-49: 1.4/ 6 (#1)

NBC – America’s Got Talent (R)
Viewers: 3.82 million (#3), A18-49: 0.8/ 4 (#3)

Fox – MasterChef (R)
Viewers: 2.21 million (#4), A18-49: 0.7/ 3 (#4)

CW – Masters of Illusion (R)
Viewers: 2.05 million (#5), A18-49: 0.5/ 2 (#5)

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9:00 p.m.

ABC – What Would You Do?
Viewers: 4.00 million (#2), A18-49: 0.9/ 4 (#2t)

CBS – NFL Football (Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Viewers: 5.59 million (#1), A18-49: 1.5/ 6 (#1)

NBC – America’s Got Talent (R)
Viewers: 3.88 million (#3), A18-49: 0.9/ 4 (#2t)

Fox – MasterChef (R)
Viewers: 2.28 million (#4), A18-49: 0.7/ 3 (#4)

CW – Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)
Viewers: 2.07 million (#5), A18-49: 0.5/ 2 (#5)

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9:30 p.m.

ABC – What Would You Do?
Viewers: 4.33 million (#2), A18-49: 1.0/ 4 (#2)

CBS – NFL Football (Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Viewers: 5.13 million (#1), A18-49: 1.4/ 6 (#1)

NBC – America’s Got Talent (R)
Viewers: 4.11 million (#3), A18-49: 0.9/ 4 (#3)

Fox – MasterChef (R)
Viewers: 32 million (#4), A18-49: 0.7/ 3 (#4)

CW – Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)
Viewers: 2.14 million (#5), A18-49: 0.5/ 2 (#5)

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10:00 p.m.

ABC – 20/20
Viewers: 4.71 million (#2), A18-49: 0.9/ 4 (#3)

CBS – NFL Football (Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Viewers: 4.41 million (#3), A18-49: 1.3/ 5 (#1)

NBC – Dateline
Viewers: 4.90 million (#1), A18-49: 1.0/ 4 (#2)

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10:30 p.m.

ABC – 20/20
Viewers: 5.00 million (#2), A18-49: 0.9/ 4 (#3)

CBS – NFL Football (Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Viewers: 3.98 million (#3), A18-49: 1.1/ 5 (#1t)

NBC – Dateline
Viewers: 5.17 million (#1), A18-49: 1.1/ 5 (#1t)

Source: Nielsen Media Research