Ratings: ‘Hollywood Game Night’ Season Premiere Is No Winner – But It’s Not as Bad as ‘The Outpost’
Tony Maglio
NBC’s “Hollywood Game Night” and The CW’s “The Outpost” premiered their new seasons last night. Neither did well, though the latter had a particularly bad TV return.
CBS and Fox tied for first in ratings, both with a 0.7 rating/4 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic. CBS was first in total viewers with an average of 3.2 million, according to preliminary numbers. Fox was third with 2.84 million.
For CBS, “Love Island” at 8 p.m. had a 0.6/4 and 2.6 million viewers. At 9, “Big Brother” posted a 1.0/5 and 4 million viewers. “Elementary” at 10 got a 0.4 /2and 2.9 million viewers.
For Fox, “MasterChef” at 8 landed a 0.7/4 and 3 million viewers. At 9, “Spin the Wheel” received a 0.6/3 and 2.6 million viewers.
ABC was third in ratings with a 0.6 and second in viewers with 2.9 million. “Holey Moley” at 8 put up a 0.8/5 and 3.9 million viewers. At 9, “Family Food Fight” had a 0.5/3 and 2.4 million viewers. “Reef Break” at 10 got a 0.4/2 and 2.3 million.
NBC and Telemundo tied for fourth in ratings, both with a 0.5/3. NBC was fourth in total viewers with 2.82 million, Telemundo was fifth with 1.4 million.
For NBC, between repeats, “Hollywood Game Night” premiered its sixth season to a 0.5/3 and 2.6 million viewers.
Univision was sixth in ratings with a 0.3/2 and in viewers with 1.1 million.
At the very bottom of the Nielsen ratings sheets was The CW, which averaged just a 0.1 rating and 603,000 viewers on the evening. At 8, “iZombie” managed a 0.2 and 594,000 viewers. The Season 2 premiere of “The Outpost” at 9 settled for a 0.1 and 611,000 viewers.
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