Final Broadcast Ratings: August 3, 2014

With the NFL kicking off its 'exhibition' season, NBC swept the ratings on Sunday night. The annual HALL OF FAME GAME drew 8.5 million viewers and a 2.8 rating in Adults 18-49, in the preliminary reports. That is dramatically down from last year's 10.4 million viewers and a 3.8 demo rating.Fans are hyped for NFL football by early august, but when it comes down to watching the first preseason game, they realize it is the worst game of the year.

Taking a possible hit from the NFL game was BIG BROTHER. the 6.6 million viewers and a 2.0 demo rating is down three tenths of a ratings point, from last week's A18-49 ratings. Near normal despit a ten minute delay of the start of the episode, because of the PGA runnover, earlier in the night.

A18-49 ratings for UNFORGETTABLE took a hit in the finals Viewership dropped 760,000, and 20% in the A18-49 ratings. Having football on the night did not help the fragile CBS drama.

The FOX comedies did relatively well on the night, despite them all being repeat episodes. They beat ABC's WIPEOUT and RISING STAR and CBS' UNFORGETTABLE, in the A18-49 numbers.

Final Network Averages:

ABC - 3.9 million viewers, 1.0 rating in A18-49

CBS - 6.1 million viewers, 1.1 rating in A18-49

CW - 0.0 million viewers, 0.0 rating in A18-49

FOX - 2.0 million viewers, 0.9 rating in A18-49

NBC - 7.0 million viewers, 2.3 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
7:00	ABC	AFV [R]	5.08	1.0
8:00	ABC	Wipeout	3.76	1.0	-26%
9:00	ABC	Rising Star	3.73	0.9	-1%
7:10	CBS	60 Minutes [R]	8.05	1.0
8:10	CBS	Big Brother	6.58	2.0	-18%
9:10	CBS	Unforgettable	5.67	0.8	-14%
10:10	CBS	Reckless	4.29	0.6	-24%
7:00	FOX	American Dad [R]	1.27	0.5
7:30	FOX	Bob's Burger [R]	1.42	0.6	12%
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.30	1.1	62%
8:30	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.43	1.2	6%
9:00	FOX	Family Guy [R]	2.46	1.2	1%
9:30	FOX	American Dad [R]	2.10	1.0	-15%
7:00	NBC	WrestleMania 30	2.54	0.8
8:00	NBC	NFL: HOF Game	8.53	2.8	236%

* - in millions