Ratings Watch: ‘Big Brother,’ ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta,’ Macy’s Fireworks Dominate Slow July 4 Week
The Independence Day holiday fell on a Tuesday this year, putting a bit of a crimp in the mid-week ratings for broadcast and cable networks – but ultimately not impacting summer darling “Big Brother.”
The reality vet’s Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday episodes were the top-rated programs among adults 18-49 for the week ending July 9, 2017, while the Sunday episode was the most-watched show overall with total viewers.
Among premieres, FX touted the July 5 launch of “Snowfall,” which averaged a 1.0 rating with adults 18-49 and 2.24 million total viewers, when three days of DVR and VOD usage is included. Per FX, of the 30 cable drama series premieres year-to-date, the premiere telecast of “Snowfall” ranked in the Top 5 with adults 18-49, adults 18-34 and adults 25-54.
Shows just bubbling under on this chart include TNT’s recently renewed “Claws,” which averaged 2.1 million viewers in its July 9 airing (bumping up 77% when timeshifted viewing is included) and a 0.8 rating in the demo; while the canceled “The Carmichael Show” averaged 3.8 million viewers and a 0.9 rating for its 9 p.m. episode on July 5. The most time-shifted show of the week in the top 100 was AMC’s “Preacher,” which grew its audience by 92% between live/same day (1.1 million) and live+3 (2.1 million).
Total viewers ranker, week ending July 9, 2017:
|
RANK |
SHOW & NETWORK |
LIVE+3 |
WATCHED |
|
1 |
Big Brother (Sunday) CBS |
7.73 |
6.40 |
|
2 |
60 Minutes CBS |
7.63 |
7.43 |
|
3 |
Big Brother (Thursday) CBS |
7.52 |
6.09 |
|
4 |
Celebrity Family Feud ABC |
7.45 |
6.84 |
|
5 |
Big Brother (Wednesday) CBS |
7.40 |
6.15 |
|
6 |
The Big Bang Theory CBS |
7.38 |
7.14 |
|
7 |
Little Big Shots: Forever Young NBC |
7.17 |
6.72 |
|
8 |
Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks NBC |
6.53 |
6.36 |
|
9 |
Dateline Friday NBC |
6.20 |
5.04 |
|
10 |
Blue Bloods CBS American Ninja Warrior (Monday) NBC |
5.85 5.85 |
5.50 5.09 |
|
12 |
Night Shift NBC |
5.74 |
4.24 |
|
13 |
NCIS CBS |
5.32 |
5.06 |
|
14 |
$100,000 Pyramid ABC |
5.19 |
4.61 |
| 15 |
Time Machine History The Wall NBC |
5.11 5.11 |
4.32 4.60 |
|
17 |
NCIS: New Orleans CBS |
5.03 |
4.75 |
|
18 |
America’s Got Talent (Friday) NBC |
5.00 |
4.78 |
|
19 |
Life in Pieces (8:30 pm) CBS |
4.98 |
4.90 |
|
20 |
Steve Harvey’s Funderdome ABC |
4.91 |
4.68 |
|
21 |
Hawaii Five-0 CBS |
4.86 |
4.62 |
|
22 |
Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks (10 p.m.) NBC |
4.79 |
4.73 |
|
23 |
Candy Crush CBS |
4.60 |
4.05 |
|
24 |
America’s Funniest Home Videos ABC |
4.57 |
4.50 |
|
25 |
Hollywood Game Night NBC |
4.52 |
4.13 |
| Total viewers; in millions |
Adults 18-49 ranker, week ending July 9, 2017:
|
RANK |
SHOW & NETWORK |
LIVE+3 RATING |
WATCHED RATING |
|
1 |
Big Brother (Thursday) CBS |
2.5 |
1.9 |
|
2 |
Big Brother (Sunday) CBS |
2.4 |
1.8 |
|
3 |
Big Brother (Wednesday) CBS |
2.3 |
1.8 |
|
4 |
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta 6 VH1 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
|
5 |
Celebrity Family Feud ABC Fear the Walking Dead (9 p.m.) AMC Fear the Walking Dead (10 p.m.) AMC |
1.5 1.5 1.5 |
1.3 0.9 0.8 |
|
8 |
Copa Oro 2017 06 Univision |
1.4 |
1.4 |
|
9 |
The Big Bang Theory CBS American Ninja Warrior (Monday) NBC Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks NBC |
1.3 1.3 1.3 |
1.3 1.1 1.2 |
|
12 |
Candy Crush CBS Teen Mom Season 6B Reunion Part 1 MTV Dateline Friday NBC |
1.2 1.2 1.2 |
1.1 0.6 0.9 |
|
15 |
The Wall NBC Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks (10 p.m.) NBC WWE Raw (9 p.m.) USA WWE Raw (10 p.m.) USA |
1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 |
1.0 1.1 0.9 0.9 |
|
19 |
$100,000 Pyramid ABC The Real Housewives of NYC Bravo Life in Pieces (8:30 p.m.) CBS Snowfall FX Time Machine History Little Big Shots: Forever Young NBC Spartan (10 p.m.) NBC Night Shift NBC Hollywood Game Night NBC Power Starz Senor De Los Cielo V (Monday) Telemundo Premios Juventud 17 (Thursday) Univision WWE Raw (8 p.m.) USA |
1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 |
0.9 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 |
| Adults 18-49; ratings points |
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