Sunday Overnights: ‘What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage’ Left at the Starting Gate on Fox

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Household Ratings/Share
CBS: 3.4/ 7, ABC: 2.9/ 6, NBC: 1.9/ 4, Fox: 0.7/ 1, CW: 0.4/ 1

Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
ABC: +16, CBS: + 3, Fox: -22, NBC: -24

Ratings Breakdown:
In sophomore season premiere news, CBS crime solver “Instinct,” starring Alan Cumming, returned with a second-place 2.7 rating/5 share in the overnight households in the 9 p.m. ET hour. Comparably, that trailed competing “The $100,000 Pyramid” on ABC (#1: 3.1/ 6) by 13 percent.

In series premiere news, “Just What Happened??! with Fred Savage,” a half-hour hybrid comedy/talk show hosted by Fred Savage dedicated to exploring the fandom surrounding fictional sci-fi thriller “The Flare,” was left at the starting gate on Fox with a mere 0.6/ 1 in households at 9:30 p.m. (#4).

And, in time period return news, CBS summer mainstay “Big Brother” finished second in the Sunday 8 p.m. hour with a 3.1/ 6. Comparably, that was six percent below the 3.3/ 6 for competing “Celebrity Family Feud” on ABC.

Elsewhere, ABC topped the Sunday 10 p.m. hour care of game show “To Tell the Truth,” hosted by Anthony Anderson, at a 2.7/ 5. Next in the time period was another episode of CBS All Access drama “The Good Fight” at a 2.5/ 5 on CBS. And The CW featured another original episode of legal drama “Burden of Truth” (#5: 0.4/ 1 at 8 p.m.).

The remainder of the evening were all repeats as follows:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.5/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes” (R): 5.2/11 (#1)
NBC – “Hollywood Game Night” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#3)
Fox – Post Game Golf: 0.7/ 1 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.6/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes” (R): 5.6/11 (#1)
NBC – “Hollywood Game Night” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#3)
Fox – “Last Man Standing” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud”: 3.2/ 6 (#1t)
CBS – “Big Brother” (time period return): 3.2/ 6 (#1t)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 2.0/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#4)
CW – “Burden of Truth”: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud”: 3.4/ 6 (#1)
CBS – “Big Brother” (time period return): 2.9/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 2.3/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#4)
CW – “Burden of Truth”: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid”: 3.1/ 6 (#1)
CBS – “Instinct” (season premiere): 2.7/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 2.6/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “Family Guy” (R): 0.8/ 1 (#4)
CW – “Whose Line is it Anyway?” (R): 0.3/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid”: 3.1/ 6 (#1)
CBS – “Instinct” (season premiere): 2.7/ 5 (#3)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 2.8/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Just What Happened??! with Fred Savage”: 0.6/ 1 (#4)
CW – “Whose Line is it Anyway?” (R): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “To Tell the Truth”: 2.8/ 5 (#1)
CBS – “The Good Fight”: 2.5/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “New Amsterdam” (R): 1.6/ 3 (#3)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “To Tell the Truth”: 2.5/ 5 (#1t)
CBS – “The Good Fight”: 2.5/ 5 (#1t)
NBC – “New Amsterdam” (R): 1.5/ 3 (#3)