NBC was Tuesday night’s top network by all accounts: total viewers 8.96 million) and all key demos.
It was also good news for NBC’s sister network USA for “WWE SmackDown” in its Tuesday night live debut. With 1.499 million adults 18-49, it was the best demo performance for ‘SmackDown’ since December 2010 on Syfy. Compared to its pre-taped Thursday night edition on July 14, ‘SmackDown’ increased by 53 percent in total viewers, +112 percent in adults 18-49 and +164 percent in adults 18-34.
‘SmackDown’ even topped the three-hour “WWE Raw” from the previous night (July 18) by 1 percent in total viewers, by 5 percent in adults 18-49. and by 15 percent in adults 18-34.
The second night of the four-day “2016 Republican National Convention” featuring speeches from New York Jersey governor Chris Christie and Donald Trump Jr. drew a combined 19.426 million viewers in the 10 p.m. hour on ABC (2.348 million), CBS (2.537 million), NBC (4.682 million), Fox News Channel (5.262 million), CNN (3.064 million) and MSNBC (1.533 million). This marks declines of -14 percent from its first night on the prior evening, -5 percent from the second night of the 2012 GOP Convention (20.552 million on Aug. 28, 2012) and -10 percent from the second night of the 2008 GOP Convention (21.562 million on Sep. 2, 2008).
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* AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program | ||||||||
* CVG = percent of coverage in U.S. | ||||||||
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 | ||||||||
PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8-11 | Network Average | 1.5/3 | 2253 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.7/2 | ||
8:00 | The Middle (r) | 245 | 94 | 2.0/4 | 2915 | 0.4/2 | 0.6/3 | 0.9/3 |
8:30 | Fresh Off The Boat (r) | 245 | 94 | 1.4/3 | 2141 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.7/2 |
9:00 | Fresh Off The Boat (r) | 248 | 95 | 1.3/2 | 2005 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.6/2 |
9:30 | The Real O’Neals (r) | 248 | 95 | 1.2/2 | 1764 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 |
10:00 | 2016 Republican National Convention (s) | 245 | 95 | 1.6/3 | 2348 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.6/2 |
PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
|
8-11 | Network Average | 2.9/5 | 4339 | 0.3/2 | 0.6/2 | 1.0/3 | ||
8:00 | NCIS (r) | 254 | 95 | 4.3/8 | 6374 | 0.4/2 | 0.7/3 | 1.2/4 |
9:00 | Zoo | 254 | 95 | 2.8/5 | 4110 | 0.3/2 | 0.7/3 | 1.0/3 |
10:00 | 2016 Republican National Convention (s) | 255 | 95 | 1.7/3 | 2537 | 0.3/1 | 0.5/2 | 0.7/2 |
PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
|
8-11 | Network Average | 5.4/10 | 8962 | 1.2/6 | 1.9/7 | 2.5/8 | ||
8:00 | America’s Got Talent | 245 | 95 | 6.6/12 | 11102 | 1.5/8 | 2.3/9 | 3.2/10 |
10:00 | 2016 Republican National Convention (s) | 245 | 95 | 2.9/5 | 4682 | 0.6/3 | 1.0/4 | 1.3/4 |
PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
|
8-11 | Network Average | 1.2/2 | 1843 | 0.5/2 | 0.7/3 | 0.8/3 | ||
8:00 | Hotel Hell | 254 | 95 | 1.6/3 | 2412 | 0.6/3 | 0.9/4 | 1.0/4 |
9:00 | Coupled | 254 | 95 | 0.9/2 | 1277 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.6/2 |
PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
|
8-11 | Network Average | 0.5/1 | 813 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | 0.3/1 | ||
8:00 | The Flash (r) | 246 | 92 | 0.5/1 | 774 | 0.1/1 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 |
9:00 | Containment (f) | 246 | 92 | 0.5/1 | 852 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | 0.3/1 |
PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
|||
8-11 | Network Average | 1.0/2 | 1790 | 0.7/3 | ||||
7:00 | Sueño de Amor | 0.7/1 | 1230 | 0.4/2 | ||||
8:00 | Un Camino Hacia El Destino | 1.0/2 | 1671 | 0.5/2 | ||||
9:00 | Tres Veces Ana | 1.0/2 | 1728 | 0.7/2 | ||||
10:03 | Por Siempre Joan Sebastian | 1.1/2 | 1985 | 0.8/3 | ||||
PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
|||
8-11 | Network Average | 0.3/0 | 481 | 0.2/1 | ||||
7:00 | La Rosa de Guadalupe | 0.2/0 | 381 | 0.1/1 | ||||
8:00 | Moisés y Los Diez Mandamientos | 0.3/1 | 589 | 0.2/1 | ||||
9:00 | La Ronca de Oro | 0.3/0 | 492 | 0.2/1 | ||||
10:00 | El Príncipe (p) | 0.2/0 | 362 | 0.1/0 |
Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Tuesday 7/19/16
“2016 Republican National Convention” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 0.4/2
Men 18-34: 0.3/2
Women 18-49: 0.5/2
Men 18-49: 0.4/2
“Zoo” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 0.5/2
Men 18-34: 0.2/1
Women 18-49: 0.9/3
Men 18-49: 0.5/2
“2016 Republican National Convention” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 0.3/1
Men 18-34: 0.2/1
Women 18-49: 0.5/2
Men 18-49: 0.4/2
“America’s Got Talent” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 1.8/8
Men 18-34: 1.2/7
Women 18-49: 2.6/10
Men 18-49: 2.0/8
“2016 Republican National Convention” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.6/3
Men 18-34: 0.5/3
Women 18-49: 1.1/4
Men 18-49: 0.8/3
“Hotel Hell” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.7/3
Men 18-34: 0.6/3
Women 18-49: 0.9/4
Men 18-49: 0.8/3
“Coupled” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.5/2
Men 18-34: 0.3/1
Women 18-49: 0.6/2
Men 18-49: 0.4/2
“Containment” (CW)
Women 18-34: 0.2/1
Men 18-34: 0.2/1
Women 18-49: 0.3/1
Men 18-49: 0.3/1
“The Haves and the Have Nots” (OWN)
Women 18-34: 0.81
Men 18-34: 0.28
Women 18-49: 1.12
Men 18-49: 0.48
“Deadliest Catch” (Discovery)
Women 18-34: 0.34
Men 18-34: 0.31
Women 18-49: 0.49
Men 18-49: 0.72
“Pretty Little Liars” (Freeform)
Women 18-34: 1.08
Men 18-34: 0.33
Women 18-49: 0.88
Men 18-49: 0.26
“Wrecked” (TBS)
Women 18-34: 0.31
Men 18-34: 0.31
Women 18-49: 0.41
Men 18-49: 0.46
“Animal Kingdom” (TNT)
Women 18-34: 0.21
Men 18-34: 0.26
Women 18-49: 0.45
Men 18-49: 0.38
“2016 Republican National Convention” (Fox News, 10pm)
Women 18-34: 0.40
Men 18-34: 0.29
Women 18-49: 0.69
Men 18-49: 0.75
“2016 Republican National Convention” (CNN, 10pm)
Women 18-34: 0.32
Men 18-34: 0.49
Women 18-49: 0.50
Men 18-49: 0.71
“2016 Republican National Convention” (MSNBC, 10pm)
Women 18-34: 0.21
Men 18-34: 0.18
Women 18-49: 0.27
Men 18-49: 0.29
Cable Rankings – Tuesday 7/19/16
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Tuesday, July 19:
* Vwrs = Viewers in thousands; V-No. = Prime time rank in viewers; D-No. = Prime time rank in demo (adults 18-49) | |||||||
V-No.* | D-No.* | Program | Net | Start | Dur | Vwrs* | A1849 |
65 | 49 | KING OF THE HILL | ADSM | 8:00 PM | 30 | 724 | 0.26 |
58 | 38 | BOB’S BURGERS | ADSM | 8:30 PM | 30 | 775 | 0.31 |
43 | 23 | BOB’S BURGERS | ADSM | 9:00 PM | 30 | 982 | 0.42 |
36 | 17 | CLEVELAND SHOW | ADSM | 9:30 PM | 30 | 1092 | 0.46 |
18 | 7 | AMERICAN DAD | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1546 | 0.64 |
15 | 3 | AMERICAN DAD | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 30 | 1731 | 0.76 |
75 | 73 | AMC MOVIE | AMC | 7:00 PM | 180 | 562 | 0.19 |
80 | 93 | RIVER MONSTERS UNHOOKED | APL | 8:00 PM | 61 | 469 | 0.15 |
69 | 85 | YELLOWSTONE: BATTLE | APL | 9:01 PM | 122 | 667 | 0.16 |
99 | 73 | MUSIC MOGULS | BET | 9:00 PM | 60 | 337 | 0.19 |
95 | 85 | BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN | BRAVO | 8:00 PM | 60 | 379 | 0.16 |
22 | 12 | BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN | BRAVO | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1405 | 0.58 |
72 | 63 | BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN | BRAVO | 10:00 PM | 60 | 605 | 0.21 |
91 | 67 | TOSH.O | CMDY | 8:00 PM | 30 | 411 | 0.20 |
93 | 67 | TOSH.O | CMDY | 8:30 PM | 30 | 408 | 0.20 |
96 | 67 | TOSH.O | CMDY | 9:00 PM | 30 | 366 | 0.20 |
90 | 57 | TOSH.O | CMDY | 9:30 PM | 30 | 413 | 0.22 |
60 | 27 | TOSH.O | CMDY | 10:00 PM | 30 | 757 | 0.40 |
79 | 53 | NOT SAFE W/ NIKKI GLASER | CMDY | 10:30 PM | 30 | 509 | 0.25 |
8 | 20 | ANDERSON COOPER 360 | CNN | 8:00 PM | 60 | 2280 | 0.45 |
6 | 14 | AMERICA’S CHOICE 2016 (1.93 HH) | CNN | 9:00 PM | 60 | 3035 | 0.56 |
5 | 10 | AMERICA’S CHOICE 2016 (1.99 HH) | CNN | 10:00 PM | 60 | 3064 | 0.61 |
45 | 45 | DEADLIEST CATCH: THE BAIT | DISC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 966 | 0.27 |
12 | 11 | DEADLIEST CATCH | DISC | 9:00 PM | 61 | 1866 | 0.60 |
51 | 43 | HOMESTEAD RESCUE | DISC | 10:01 PM | 61 | 891 | 0.28 |
59 | 80 | LION GUARD | DISJR | 7:50 PM | 25 | 769 | 0.17 |
66 | 93 | PJ MASKS SHORTS | DISJR | 8:15 PM | 15 | 716 | 0.15 |
70 | 80 | MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DISJR | 10:00 PM | 25 | 640 | 0.17 |
24 | 63 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 30 | 1381 | 0.21 |
26 | 63 | JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER | DSNY | 8:30 PM | 100 | 1323 | 0.21 |
39 | 80 | GIRL MEETS WORLD | DSNY | 10:10 PM | 25 | 1068 | 0.17 |
84 | 93 | BOTCHED | E! | 8:00 PM | 60 | 425 | 0.15 |
47 | 29 | BOTCHED | E! | 9:00 PM | 60 | 946 | 0.38 |
74 | 41 | FAMOUSLY SINGLE | ENT | 10:00 PM | 60 | 592 | 0.29 |
78 | 67 | BASEBALL TONIGHT (0.38 HH) | ESPN | 10:16 PM | 44 | 527 | 0.20 |
40 | 38 | CHOPPED JUNIOR | FOOD | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1019 | 0.31 |
48 | 38 | CHOPPED | FOOD | 9:00 PM | 60 | 930 | 0.31 |
27 | 16 | CHOPPED GRILL MASTERS | FOOD | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1314 | 0.47 |
3 | 17 | THE O’REILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 4248 | 0.46 |
2 | 8 | THE KELLY FILE | FOXNC | 9:00 PM | 60 | 5003 | 0.62 |
1 | 4 | AMERICA’S ELECTION HQ: RNC (3.29 HH) | FOXNC | 10:00 PM | 60 | 5262 | 0.72 |
33 | 13 | PRETTY LITTLE LIARS | FRFM | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1174 | 0.57 |
81 | 57 | DEAD OF SUMMER | FRFM | 9:00 PM | 60 | 457 | 0.22 |
49 | 41 | FX MOVIE PRIME | FX | 8:00 PM | 150 | 923 | 0.29 |
57 | 45 | FX MOVIE PRIME | FX | 10:30 PM | 150 | 794 | 0.27 |
89 | 76 | THE SIMPSONS | FXX | 10:00 PM | 30 | 418 | 0.18 |
97 | 85 | THE SIMPSONS | FXX | 10:30 PM | 30 | 363 | 0.16 |
76 | 80 | THE MIDDLE | HALL | 10:30 PM | 30 | 557 | 0.17 |
25 | 32 | FIXER UPPER | HGTV | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1354 | 0.33 |
16 | 28 | FIXER UPPER | HGTV | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1648 | 0.39 |
11 | 17 | HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1975 | 0.46 |
13 | 21 | HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL | HGTV | 10:30 PM | 30 | 1783 | 0.43 |
50 | 45 | COUNTING CARS | HIST | 8:00 PM | 30 | 912 | 0.27 |
46 | 49 | COUNTING CARS | HIST | 8:30 PM | 30 | 947 | 0.26 |
29 | 30 | COUNTING CARS | HIST | 9:00 PM | 31 | 1259 | 0.37 |
28 | 25 | COUNTING CARS | HIST | 9:31 PM | 32 | 1270 | 0.41 |
34 | 31 | BIG EASY MOTORS | HIST | 10:03 PM | 30 | 1124 | 0.36 |
38 | 37 | BIG EASY MOTORS | HIST | 10:33 PM | 30 | 1071 | 0.32 |
67 | 76 | KILLER WOMEN W/ P. MORGAN | ID | 8:00 PM | 60 | 701 | 0.18 |
62 | 63 | WOMEN IN PRISON | ID | 9:00 PM | 60 | 740 | 0.21 |
44 | 56 | I AM HOMICIDE | ID | 10:00 PM | 60 | 980 | 0.23 |
82 | 73 | MOVIE- THEATRICAL RPT | LIF | 8:00 PM | 120 | 456 | 0.19 |
84 | 93 | MOVIE | LMN | 10:00 PM | 120 | 425 | 0.15 |
20 | 57 | MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE (1.03 HH) | MSNBC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1526 | 0.22 |
17 | 53 | MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE (1.06 HH) | MSNBC | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1557 | 0.25 |
19 | 43 | MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE (1.02 HH) | MSNBC | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1533 | 0.28 |
98 | 85 | SCREAM: THE TV SERIES SSN2 | MTV | 10:00 PM | 62 | 362 | 0.16 |
63 | 80 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 9:00 PM | 30 | 737 | 0.17 |
53 | 57 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 9:30 PM | 30 | 871 | 0.22 |
35 | 32 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1118 | 0.33 |
37 | 32 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 10:30 PM | 30 | 1081 | 0.33 |
42 | 93 | NICKY, RICKY, DICKY & DAWN | NICK | 8:00 PM | 30 | 984 | 0.15 |
71 | 93 | SHIMMER AND SHINE | NKJR | 8:00 PM | 30 | 637 | 0.15 |
55 | 49 | HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS | OWN | 8:00 PM | 60 | 833 | 0.26 |
7 | 2 | HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS | OWN | 9:00 PM | 60 | 2704 | 0.80 |
54 | 49 | HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS | OWN | 10:00 PM | 60 | 849 | 0.26 |
91 | 85 | SPIKE TV MOVIE | SPIKE | 6:00 PM | 180 | 411 | 0.16 |
77 | 55 | PLAYBOOK | SPIKE | 9:00 PM | 150 | 538 | 0.24 |
73 | 57 | SYFY MOVIE | SYFY | 9:00 PM | 210 | 600 | 0.22 |
23 | 15 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 8:00 PM | 30 | 1401 | 0.49 |
14 | 8 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 8:30 PM | 30 | 1754 | 0.62 |
10 | 6 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 9:00 PM | 30 | 2003 | 0.65 |
9 | 5 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 9:30 PM | 30 | 2171 | 0.71 |
31 | 21 | WRECKED | TBS | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1244 | 0.43 |
30 | 25 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 10:30 PM | 30 | 1250 | 0.41 |
61 | 76 | LPBW: BACK TO THE FARM | TLC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 752 | 0.18 |
21 | 32 | LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD | TLC | 9:00 PM | 61 | 1428 | 0.33 |
40 | 45 | MY GIANT LIFE | TLC | 10:01 PM | 61 | 1019 | 0.27 |
52 | 32 | TNT WEEKDAY MOVIES | TNT | 6:30 PM | 150 | 889 | 0.33 |
32 | 23 | ANIMAL KINGDOM | TNT | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1218 | 0.42 |
64 | 67 | ANIMAL KINGDOM | TNT | 10:00 PM | 60 | 731 | 0.20 |
86 | 85 | BIZARRE FOODS W/ANDREW Z | TRAV | 9:00 PM | 60 | 420 | 0.16 |
87 | 85 | BIZARRE FOODS W/ANDREW Z | TRAV | 10:00 PM | 60 | 419 | 0.16 |
68 | 93 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND | TVL | 10:00 PM | 30 | 687 | 0.15 |
56 | 76 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND | TVL | 10:30 PM | 30 | 796 | 0.18 |
4 | 1 | WWE SMACKDOWN (1.91 HH) | USA | 8:00 PM | 120 | 3170 | 1.18 |
83 | 93 | MR. ROBOT | USA | 10:00 PM | 120 | 444 | 0.15 |
100 | 85 | LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 5 | VH1 | 8:00 PM | 60 | 303 | 0.16 |
94 | 67 | LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 5 | VH1 | 9:00 PM | 60 | 407 | 0.20 |
87 | 57 | BASKETBALL WIVES LA 5 | VH1 | 10:00 PM | 60 | 419 | 0.22 |
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research