Wednesday TV Ratings 9/11/24: VMAs Decline from 2023, Big Brother Tops the Night, Aces/Fever Game Sets All-Time Viewership Record for WNBA on NBA TV [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: CBS's Big Brother (0.61, -0.03) was down slightly from last Wednesday but still topped the night. MasterChef (0.30, -0.03) also slipped on Fox. America's Got Talent (0.43, +0.09) surged on NBC and led into a Seth Meyers election special (0.24). ABC aired more encores of Abbott Elementary (0.23/0.17/0.17/0.16) and Shark Tank (0.14). Repeats of Sullivan's Crossing (0.03) and Police 24/7 (0.03) made up the CW's lineup. Key: (R) = repeat.

Thursday TV Ratings 10/8/20: Connecting... Starts Very Low, Supernatural Returns Strong, Thursday Night Football Drops from 2019 Fox Debut (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: An incredibly rough year for new scripted programming didn't get any better last night as the series debut of new comedy 'Connecting...' (0.3) began in anemic territory. This goes a tenth below last year's 'Sunnyside' (0.4) and spring's 'Indebted' (0.4). This may be a sign that viewers are growing increasingly tired of Zoom-based and Covid-themed programming but NBC has also had very little luck in the comedy department in recent years. After the premiere came an even weaker 'Closer Look Thursday' (0.2) and a steady 'Dateline' (0.4). On ABC, 'Celebrity Family Feud' (0.7), 'Press Your Luck' (0.5), and 'Match Game' (0.3) all shed a tenth from last week. This marks a new low for the latter. 

Fox finally had some relief from low ratings as they swapped out repeats for 'Thursday Night Football' (3.0). The Buccaneers v Bears game trailed the preliminary 3.9 rating that football posted for its 2019 Thursday debut but was still in the same vicinity. At the very least, the decline was far from the levels that the NBA has fallen this year. CBS's 'Big Brother' (0.9) and 'Star Trek: Discovery' (0.2) were both on the decline when compared to last week. Sandwiched in-between were repeats of 'Young Sheldon' (0.3) and 'Mom' (0.2). The CW finally managed to garner a competitive number for once as they hosted the final season premiere of 'Supernatural' (0.4). It was on-par with its October 2019 premiere and led into a much weaker 'The Outpost' (0.1).

TV Ratings 12/31/16: Rockin' Eve Continues to Dominate on New Year's Eve

ABC continued their dominance on New Year's Eve, with Rockin' Eve hitting higher ratings than basically all of ABC's usual Sunday-Friday programming. NBC came in second with a KLG and Hoda hosted "Toast to 2016" and a Seth Meyers special. The other networks were basically Mariah Carey last night, and didn't even try.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	Primetime Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2017 Part 1	1.9/7	6.52	ABC
	A Toast to 2016	0.8/3	3.64	NBC
	Hawaii Five-0 (R)	0.4/2	2.83	CBS
	Bones (R)	0.3/1	1.31	Fox
9 PM	48 Hours (R)	0.4/2	2.91	CBS
	Lethal Weapon (R)	0.3/1	1.47	Fox
10 PM	Primetime Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2017 Part 2	3.5/12	11.43	ABC
	Late Night With Seth Meyers	0.8/3	3.20	NBC
	48 Hours (R)	0.5/2	3.66	CBS

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