ABC Weekly Ratings Release: August 6 - Sept. 1, 2019

During the week of Aug. 26, 2019, ABC snapped NBC’s 10-week winning streak with a first-place finish in Total Viewers (+9% – 3.7 million vs. 3.4 million). In addition, ABC was No. 1 during the week among Adults 18-49 (0.9/5), dominating runner-up NBC by 50% (0.6/3), CBS by 80% (0.5/3) and Fox by 125% (0.4/2). In fact, ABC ranked No. 1 in 6 of the last 7 weeks and in 10 of the 14 weeks so far this summer among Adults 18-49, posting the most No. 1 finishes of any broadcast network.

ABC soared over the prior week (2.8 million and 0.6/3 on w/o 8/19/19) by 32% in Total Viewers and by 50% among Adults 18-49 to 11-week highs—since the week of 6/10/19.

Rankings: ABC delivered a network-leading 4 of the Top 5 shows in Adults 18-49, including the week’s Top 2 programs with college football coverage: “Saturday Night Football”—No. 1 (1.9/11), “Sunday Night Kickoff”—No. 2 (1.5/9), “Bachelor in Paradise-MON”—No. 4 (1.2/6) and “Bachelor in Paradise-TUE”—No. 5 (1.1/6). In addition, ABC’s Saturday (No. 3) and Sunday (No. 5) college football games placed among the week’s Top 5 most-watched TV programs.

Total Viewership:
ABC - 3.68 million CBS - 3.35 million NBC - 3.43 million
FOX - 1.45 million CW - 580,000

Adults 18-49:
ABC - 0.9 rating NBC - 0.6 rating CBS - 0.5 rating
FOX - 0.4 rating CW - 0.1 rating