Preliminary Ratings: Tuesday 09/08/15

Three summer series ended their 2015 seasons on Tuesday night, one each on ABC, NBC and FOX. Of the three, HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT was the most watched, grabbing 4.9 million viewers, a 0.8 rating in the A18-34 demo and a 1.7 rating in the A25-54 demo. That is retention of just over 50% from its AMERICA'S GOT TALENT lead in. But, it was able to help NBC easily sweep the night in the ratings.

On FOX, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER ended its return season as the #4 show in its time slot. The game show never came close to its previous viewer excitement, drawing in low viewership all summer.

Pulling in even lower ratings was the season finale of EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS, on ABC. It was last in its 10 p.m. time slot and only beat encore shows on FOX, The CW and ABC. Year-to-year, EWL was down 1.8 million viewers and nearly 50% in the A18-49 demographic.

CBS was solid with its back-to-back episodes of ZOO, but the freshman drama is not drawing huge audiences, especially in the younger demographics. Sadly, it may be the best scripted program of the summer, from the five broadcast networks.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	2.40 million	0.4	0.6	0.8
CBS	6.60 million	0.4	1.0	1.4
CW	1.00 million	0.3	0.3	0.4
FOX	1.90 million	0.4	0.6	0.8
NBC	8.60 million	1.2	1.8	2.5

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Shark Tank [R]	3.30	0.6	0.8	1.1
9:00	ABC	Agents of SHIELD [R]	1.70	0.3	0.4	0.6
10:00	ABC	Extreme Weight Loss (SF)	2.10	0.4	0.6	0.7
8:00	CBS	NCIS [R]	8.20	0.4	1.0	1.5
9:00	CBS	ZOO	5.90	0.4	1.0	1.4
10:00	CBS	ZOO	5.60	0.4	1.0	1.4
8:00	CW	The Flash [R]	1.20	0.3	0.4	0.4
9:00	CW	iZombie [R]	0.70	0.2	0.2	0.3
8:00	FOX	Are You Smarter/5th Grader (SF)	2.50	0.5	0.7	0.9
9:00	FOX	Brooklyn Nine-Nine [R]	1.40	0.4	0.6	0.7
9:30	FOX	The Last Man On Earth [R]	1.10	0.3	0.4	0.5
8:00	NBC	America's Got Talent	9.40	1.4	2.1	2.9
10:00	NBC	Hollywood Game Night (SF)	4.90	0.8	1.3	1.7

* - in millions