WHAT MATTERS:
- FINALS UPDATE: Big Brother (2.2) adjusted up to tie its overall season high, and Friday's Masters of Illusion (0.4) went up to hit a new summer high. The Hall of Fame Game went up to a 3.6, up 29% year-to-year and just barely behind the 2013 game. The finale of True Detective (1.21) topped Sunday cable but significantly trailed last year's finale (1.57).
- The first data point for the NFL season was a promising one, as NBC's Hall of Fame Game (3.2) was significantly above the 2.5 preliminary for last year's game (which later adjusted up to 2.8). It'll probably end up a bit below the 3.8 from two years ago.
- Big Brother's early August heat continued with a new Sunday season high (2.1), while Bachelor in Paradise (1.2) inched up in its second Sunday episode but remained below Monday's rating. It was a rough weekend for ABC's medical documentaries as Saturday's Boston EMS (0.4) and Sunday's Save My Life: Boston Trauma (0.6) each took a hit.
WHAT MATTERS:
- FINALS UPDATE: Sunday's Big Brother (1.9) adjusted up and Saturday's Boston EMS (0.6) adjusted down. The Caitlyn Jenner series I Am Cait opened with a Sunday-leading 1.15 for E!, while Adult Swim's Rick and Morty was back for season two with a 1.03.
- ABC's new smash Celebrity Family Feud went out with one last 2.0, staying ahead of Big Brother (1.8) for Sunday broadcast supremacy. And the finale of BattleBots (1.4) preliminarily had a second straight uptick, which should be more than enough to get it back next summer. Meanwhile, NBC remained invisible as Welcome to Sweden (0.3/0.2) was down even more from last week's pair of 0.3's.
- On Saturday, ABC introduced Boston EMS (0.7) with pretty good numbers by Saturday standards. This seems to be a companion series to the Sunday 10/9c newbie Save My Life: Boston Trauma (0.9), which gained a tenth in its second outing.
WHAT MATTERS:
- Both of the usual Sunday leaders were down a bit in the prelims, keeping the penultimate Celebrity Family Feud (2.0) a little ahead of Big Brother (1.8). BattleBots (1.3) preliminarily got back a tenth for ABC at 9/8c, while the network's latest medical documentary series Save My Life: Boston Trauma (0.8) debuted at 10/9c. These numbers were similar to what NY Med had on Thursday last season.
- NBC had a horrible pair of 0.3's for the one-hour return of Swedish import Welcome to Sweden at 8/7c. It ended last season on a similar 0.4/0.3 but had been at 0.7ish prior to that. This was much lower than the surrounding repeats of Hollywood Game Night (0.5) and American Ninja Warrior (0.8).
- Might Sweden soon join the Thursday dramas on Saturday? Those shows made their Saturday debut this weekend, with Aquarius (0.3) taking the expected hit but Hannibal (0.4) pulling off a minor miracle by retaining its usual 0.4. (It's only a minor miracle since it's still just a 0.4...)
Save My Life: Boston Trauma
Sundays, 10/9c, ABC
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