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Evening news programs outpace prime time television

Posted July 14, 2020 7:00 am

By DAVID BAUDER

NEW YORK (AP) - The broadcast networks might want to consider promoting David Muir, Lester Holt and Norah O'Donnell, at least in the summer months.

ABC's Muir-hosted 'œWorld News Tonight'ť and NBC's 'œNightly News'ť with Holt both averaged more viewers than any single program in prime time television last week, the Nielsen company said.

The 'œCBS Evening News'ť with O'Donnell wasn't that far behind.

'œWorld News Tonight'ť averaged 9 million viewers for its five telecasts last week. 'œNightly News'ť had 7.6 million and the 'œCBS Evening News'ť had 5.3 million.

The first weeks of July are generally the least-watched in television all year, with reruns dominating the schedule and the outdoors beckoning.

Among youthful viewers aged 18-to-49, the Spanish-language network Univision beat all of the other broadcasters last week with popular telenovelas.

For the week, CBS averaged 3.4 million viewers in prime time. ABC had 2.71 million viewers, NBC had 2.66 million, Univision had 1.5 million, Fox had 1.3 million, ION Television had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 810,000

Fox News Channel led the cable networks with a prime time average of 3.2 million viewers. MSNBC had 2.13 million, CNN had 1.46 million, TLC had 1.34 million and HGTV had 1.26 million.

For the week of July 6-12, the top 20 prime time programs, their networks and viewerships:

1. 'œ60 Minutes,'ť CBS, 7.05 million.

2. 'œNCIS,'ť CBS, 5.53 million.

3. 'œCelebrity Family Feud,'ť ABC, 5.13 million.

4. 'œFBI,'ť CBS, 4.63 million.

5. 'œHannity'ť (Thursday), Fox News, 4.47 million.

6. 'œAmerica's Got Talent,'ť NBC, 4.39 million.

7. 'œTucker Carlson Tonight" (Monday), Fox News, 4.3 million.

8. 'œTucker Carlson Tonight'ť (Wednesday), Fox News, 4.29 million.

9. 'œAmerica's Funniest Home Videos,'ť ABC, 4.21 million.

10. 'œHannity'ť (Monday), Fox News, 4.14 million.

11. 'œYoung Sheldon,'ť CBS, 4.135 million.

12. 'œThe Neighborhood,'ť CBS, 4.12 million.

13. 'œTough as Nails,'ť CBS, 4.1 million.

14. 'œTucker Carlson Tonight'ť (Thursday), Fox News, 4.06 million.

15. 'œHannity'ť (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.97 million.

16. 'œHannity'ť (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.92 million.

17. 'œTucker Carlson Tonight'ť (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.865 million.

18. 'œTitan Games,'ť NBC, 3.85 million.

19. 'œBob Hearts Abishola,'ť CBS, 3.79 million.

20. 'œMagnum P.I.,'ť CBS, 3.78 million.

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