FINALS UPDATE: The Big Bang Theory (2.5) adjusted up while
Dancing with the Stars (1.0) and
The Good Doctor (1.3) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- For the second straight year, a new 10/9c drama popped on Premiere Monday. This time, it was NBC's turn, as Manifest (2.2) went big enough to grow on its The Voice lead-in (2.0). It's one of the biggest post-Voice premieres ever in A18-49+, perhaps even beating where This Is Us started two years ago (229), and it didn't get a ton of help from The Voice which was down 20%ish from last fall's premiere.
- Despite bringing The Big Bang Theory (2.4) and Young Sheldon (1.7) over to Monday for a week, CBS was unable to create anything like the spark it got on Sheldon's premiere night a year ago; Big Bang was down close to 40% from the 4.1 on that night, while Sheldon dropped by over half and appears headed for a new series low. The network was then left with a mediocre at best 1.2 for Magnum P.I.'s premiere at 9/8c, as that show faces the prospect of two unproven newbies as its lead-in next week, followed by a 0.9 for the timeslot premiere of Bull at 10/9c.
- Fox debuted its sophomore duo of The Resident (1.1) and 9-1-1 (1.6). The former tied its highest Monday rating from last season, while the latter had basically a typical raw number from season one. There's definitely an opportunity for this to be a big growth night vs. last year's Lucifer and The Gifted (which premiered at 1.1/1.5 last year).
- And the new 10/9c drama that popped a year ago, The Good Doctor (1.4), was taken down a peg by the increased competition in its hour. Even if it doesn't adjust down (and it's pending a Monday Night Football preemption) it would be down over a third from its year-ago premiere, and three tenths below its season finale in March. Dancing with the Stars (1.1) will be down at least three tenths from last fall's 1.4 on premiere Monday (it opened with a 1.6 the previous week).
FINALS UPDATE: Big Brother (1.4),
Sunday Night Football (6.4, +0.7),
The OT (3.7, +0.2) and
9-1-1 (2.6, +0.4) adjusted up while
60 Minutes (R)
(1.0),
NCIS: Los Angeles (R)
(0.4),
Football Night in America p2 (1.5, -0.6),
Football Night in America p3 (2.9, -1.4),
NFL Overrun (4.9, -0.3),
Family Guy (R)
(0.8) and
Rel (R)
(0.5) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- Fox used its second late afternoon NFL lead-in of the season for a Sunday preview of sophomore drama 9-1-1 (2.5/2.0), which moves to its new Monday 9/8c timeslot starting tonight. Like Rel from two weeks ago, this show aired live in all time zones and thus should adjust up in finals. It's abundantly clear that this show moved the needle much, much more than Rel; its 2.5 in the 8:00 half-hour was 47% above last week's Rel prelim, even though the NFL 7:30 prelim was down about 20% (3.5 vs. a 4.4 two weeks ago).
- Elsewhere on the eve of the new season, ABC finished up its summer of game shows with new season lows for Celebrity Family Feud (0.6) and a double dose of The $100,000 Pyramid (0.6/0.5). NBC had a slightly down Sunday Night Football (5.5/6.0/5.2) and CBS' Big Brother (1.3) had its last Sunday airing of the summer.
FINALS UPDATE: 20/20 (0.5) adjusted up while
Masters of Illusion (R)
(0.1) adjusted down.
FINALS UPDATE: Young Sheldon (R)
(1.1),
Big Brother (1.5),
S.W.A.T. (R)
(0.5, -0.2),
The Good Place (R)
(0.4, -0.2),
The Good Place (R)
(0.4, -0.2) and
Law and Order: SVU (R)
(0.5, -0.3) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- Numbers to come. CBS and NBC preliminaries are pending local Thursday Night Football preemptions.
FINALS UPDATE: Big Brother (1.5),
America's Got Talent (2.1) and
MasterChef (1.0) adjusted up while
SEAL Team (R)
(0.4) and
I Feel Bad (1.1) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- NBC used its two-hour America's Got Talent finale (2.0) for a double-episode preview of Thursday-bound sitcom I Feel Bad (1.2/0.8). Talent was down a steep 33% from last season's 3.0 finale, while I Feel Bad was at least preliminarily down 23% vs. last year's 1.3 hour of The Good Place. But if Talent adjusts up and/or IFB adjusts down (and Talent ran two minutes into the 10:00 hour), the year-to-year declines will end up similar.
- Fox's MasterChef (0.9/1.1) also finished its season, down two tenths/one tenth from last year's final two hours (though the half-hours (0.9/1.0/1.1/1.2) suggest one or both hours could be close to adjusting up). CBS' Big Brother (1.4) will continue into Premiere Wednesday next week.
FINALS UPDATE: Castaways (0.4) and
America's Got Talent (2.3) adjusted up while
NCIS: New Orleans (R)
(0.5),
The Paley Center Salutes This Is Us (0.8),
The Flash (R)
(0.2) and
Legends of Tomorrow (R)
(0.2) adjusted down.
FINALS UPDATE: Primetime Emmy Awards (2.4, +0.3) adjusted up while
Castaways (0.5),
Castaways (0.4, -0.2) and
The Good Doctor (R)
(0.3, -0.3) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:
- It was NBC's turn with the Primetime Emmy Awards, which meant the show couldn't air in its usual Sunday slot thanks to the NFL, though it did air much closer to the start of the season compared with the last several late-August ceremonies on NBC. The preliminary hours (2.2/2.3/1.9) were virtually identical to last year's 2.2/2.3/2.0 on CBS, which later adjusted up to a 2.5.
- With the Monday reality staples wrapped for the summer, there was not much audience elsewhere on broadcast. Two hours of Castaways on ABC (0.6) were preliminarily close to a special on the Manson cult on Fox (0.6/0.7). CBS dramas Salvation (0.4) and Elementary (0.5) wrapped for the season.
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