Thursday Overnights: NFL Hall of Fame Game Leads NBC to Viictory

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 4.1/ 8, Fox: 2.3/ 4, CBS: 2.0/ 4, ABC: 1.6/ 3, CW: 0.5/ 1

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
CW: no change, Fox: – 8, NBC: -15, ABC: -16, CBS: -35

Ratings Breakdown:
NFL Football on NBC, the Denver Broncos at the Atlanta Falcons in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, led the evening with an estimated 4.1 rating/8 share from 8-11 p.m. ET. In series-finale news was CW drama ‘iZombie” at a typically quiet (and last place) 0.7/ 1 in the 8 p.m. hour. That led into a 0.5/ 1 for “The Outpost” at 9 p.m.

Elsewhere, “Love Island” on CBS did not earn its renewal stripes at a fourth-place 1.6/ 3 at 8 p.m. Lead-out “Big Brother” perked up to a 2.6/ 5 (#2) at 9 p.m., which was a 62 percent increase. But one year earlier, “Big Brother” was stronger with a 3.7/ 7 (on 8/03/18).

Soon-to-conclude “Elementary” capped off the night for CBS with a 1.9/ 4 (#2) at 10 p.m., which was 27 percent above competing “Reef Break” on ABC (#3: 1.5/ 3).

The remainder of the evening featuring the following:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Holy Moley”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Love Island”: 1.7/ 3 (#4)
NBC – NFL Football: 4.2/ 8 (#1)
Fox – “Masterchef”: 2.7/ 5 (#2)
CW – “iZombie” (series finale): 0.7/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Holy Moley”: 1.9/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Love Island”: 1.5/ 3 (#4)
NBC – NFL Football: 4.3/ 8 (#1)
Fox – “Masterchef”: 2.8/ 5 (#2)
CW – “iZombie” (series finale): 0.6/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Family Food Fight”: 1.4/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 2.6/ 5 (#2)
NBC – NFL Football: 4.5/ 9 (#1)
Fox – “Spin the Wheel”: 1.7/ 3 (#3)
CW – “The Outpost”: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Family Food Fight”: 1.3/ 2 (#4)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 2.6/ 5 (#2)
NBC – NFL Football: 4.2/ 8 (#1)
Fox – “Spin the Wheel”: 1.9/ 4 (#3)
CW – “The Outpost”: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Reef Break”: 1.4/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Elementary”: 1.8/ 4 (#2)
NBC – NFL Football: 4.0/ 8 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Reef Break”: 1.5/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Elementary”: 1.9/ 4 (#2)
NBC – NFL Football: 3.7/ 7 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research