Tuesday Overnights: ‘Love Island’ Left at the Starting Gate on CBS

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Household Rating/Share
NBC and Fox: 6.0/11 each, CBS: 1.9/ 3, ABC: 1.4/ 3, CW: 0.5/ 1

-Percent Change From the Year-Ago Week Featuring the MLB All-Star Game – 7/17/18)
NBC: – 2, ABC: – 7, Fox: – 9, CW: -17, CBS: -41

Ratings Breakdown:
There were two non-scripted series premieres last night: “Love Island” on CBS and “Bring the Funny” on NBC. The 90-minute “Love Island” opener, which will air each weeknight at 8 p.m. ET for the next month, was left at the overnight starting gate with a mere 1.9 rating/3 share in households from 8-9:30 p.m. By the 9:30 p.m. half-hour, “Love Island” sunk to a 1.6/ 3.

“Bring the Funny” fared considerably better with a dominant 4.2/ 8 in households in the 10 p.m. hour. Comparably, this was more than double the 2.1/ 4 for competing “ Blood & Treasure” on CBS, and this was 62 percent above the 2.6/ 5 for “Songland” in the time period one week earlier. Of course, “Bring the Funny” benefited from the lead-in support from “America’s Got Talent,” which led the night with a 6.9/13 in the overnight households from 8-10 p.m.

Elsewhere, the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Fox, which concluded at 11:08 p.m. ET, averaged a 6.0/10 for the 8-10 p.m. portion. Comparably, this was nine percent below the 6.6/12 for the year-ago telecast (on Tuesday, July 17, 2018).

Other than drama “The 100” on The CW (#5: 0.6/ 1 at 9 p.m.), the remainder of the evening was repeat telecasts as follows:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Conners” (R): 2.0/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Love Island” (series premiere): 2.1/ 4 (#3)
NBC – “America’s Got America”: 6.3/12 (#1)
Fox – 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: 5.1/10 (#2)
CW – “The Flash” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Housewife” (R): 1.4/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “Love Island” (series premiere): 1.9/ 3 (#3)
NBC – “America’s Got America”: 6.8/12 (#1)
Fox – 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: 6.2/12 (#2)
CW – “The Flash” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Modern Family” (R): 1.4. 3 (#4)
CBS – “Love Island” (series premiere): 1.6/ 3 (#3)
NBC – “America’s Got America”: 7.1/13 (#1)
Fox – 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: 6.4/12 (#2)
CW – “The 100”: 0.6/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Goldbergs” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#4)
CBS – “The Big Bang Theory” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#3)
NBC – “America’s Got America”: 7.3/13 (#1)
Fox – 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: 6.5/12 (#2)
CW – “The 100”: 0.6/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Modern Family” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “Blood & Treasure”: 2.0/ 4 (#2)
NBC – “Bring the Funny” (series premiere): 4.6/ 8 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “black-ish” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “Blood & Treasure”: 2.1/ 4 (#2)
NBC – “Bring the Funny” (series premiere): 3.8/ 8 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research