Friday Ratings: ABC and Fox Share Modest Dominance; Quiet Return for ‘Greatest #AtHome Videos’ on CBS

Friday 8/19/21 Quick Affiliate Scores  

Whole Viewers:
ABC: 2.72 million, CBS: 2.31, Fox: 2.24, NBC: 1.91, CW: 400,000

Adults 18-49:
Fox: 0.6 score/5 share, ABC: 0.4/ 3, NBC: 0.3/ 2, CBS: 0.2/ 2, CW:0.1/ 1

In season premiere news was CBS comical actuality sequence “Biggest AtHome Movies”, which returned with a modest 2.09 million viewers (#3) and a 0.3 score/2 share in adults 18-49 (#2t) at 9 p.m. ET. Lead-in “Secret Celeb Renovation” scored an identical 2.45 million viewers (#2) and a 0.3/ 2 within the demo (#2t) at 8 p.m.

Tops for the night in adults 18-49, as typical, was “WWE Friday Night time Smackdown” on Fox (see community averages above). Additionally authentic was The CW’s pairing of dramas “Burden of Reality” (Viewers: 471,000; A18-49: 0.1/ 1 at 8 p.m.) and “Dynasty” (Viewers: 328,000; A18-49: 0.0/ 0 at 9 p.m.), which each, in fact, completed a distant fifth of their respective time intervals. The rest of the night have been repeats (together with ABC’s “20/20” and NBC’s “Dateline”).

Supply: Nielsen Media Analysis