The new Poppy Montgomery series topped 10 pm in the demos, but was second in total viewers.Įlsewhere, FOX's new game show "Spin The Wheel" had a decent start with 3.45 million, up from its "Masterchef" lead in (2.80 million). Also, new drama "Reef Break" actually kept most of the FFF audience with 2.85 mil and a 0.5 in the demo. In other words, consider this a not good start. That was down solidly from its "Moley" lead in and even trailed what "Match Game" had in that timeslot last summer. New cooking series "Family Food Fight" had a dismal start with 2.91 million and a 0.6 in the demo.
And "Moley" was the top program for ABC that night and it was up from last year's now canceled "The Gong Show" in that timeslot. It topped all other programs in the demo at 8 pm and was just a smidgen beyond CBS' "Big Bang Theory" rerun (4.84 mil) for first place in viewers for the night.
Starting with ABC, new competition series "Holey Moley" which is produced by Steph Curry scored a not too bad 4.82 million and a 1.0 in the demo. But FOX nabbed a demo victory thanks to summer veteran Masterchef and new game show Spin The Wheel. On the first official day of summer, it was CBS that actually won in total viewers despite 4 new premieres that aired across ABC and FOX. Only one window (the CBS 1 pm block) was down from last year. While there were no big gains, there were no big downfalls either. Overall, the NFL should be happy with these ratings. The "F AB" chant that Raiders fans used was kind of satisfying. It was also the most watched late game since 2015. The second game of the doubleheader (Broncos/Raiders) had 10.6 million, up from Raiders/Rams last year which had 9.6 million. Matchup wise, it was down from last December (24 million on CBS).įinally on Monday Night Football, the Texans/Saints thriller had 13 million, up big from Jets/Lions (10.1 million) and the mostime watched week 1 MNF game since 2015. Going over to Sunday night, the Patriots' beatdown of the Steelers had 22.2 million on NBC, slightly up from last year's 22.1 million (Bears/Packers). The 4:25 window (mostly Giants/Cowboys) had near 23.9 million, up from last year's 23.3 million and it was FOX's most watched week 1 window since 2016 which ironically enough, featured the Giants and the Cowboys). Moving over to FOX, the early 1 pm window (mostly Redskins/Eagles) had 12.6 million, just a smidgen up from last year (12.5 million). Also, the 4:05 slate (Colts/Chargers, Bengals/Seahawks) was more fun to watch. And the much hyped Browns got chased out of their own field by Tennessee late in the game. This year's window had mostly matchups that were blowouts outside of the Bills coming back to beat the Jets. Worth mentioning that that window featured a close Pats/Texans game and a tie between the Steelers and the Browns. First CBS' singleheader (1 or 4:05 pm) had 15.3 million, down from the 17 million it pulled last year. The NFL returned for its 100th season and the ratings were pretty even with last year.