'60 Minutes' leads quiet week in Nielsen ratings

Posted August 18, 2020 7:00 am

By DAVID BAUDER

NEW YORK (AP) - Led by the reliable 'œ60 Minutes'ť on CBS, news programming dominated the television rankings on a quiet week in mid-August.

Nine of the 20 most popular programs were news or commentary shows, eight of them on Fox News Channel, the Nielsen company said.

CBS was the most popular broadcast network in prime time, averaging 3.2 million viewers. NBC had 2.8 million, ABC had 2.4 million, Fox had 1.5 million, Univision had 1.3 million, ION Television had 1.2 million and Telemundo had 1 million.

Fox News Channel led the cable networks with an average of 3.29 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 2.04 million, HGTV had 1.4 million, CNN had 1.34 million and TLC had 1.3 million.

ABC's 'œWorld News Tonight'ť led the evening news ratings race, averaging 8.5 million viewers. NBC's 'œNightly News'ť had 7.3 million, and the 'œCBS Evening News'ť had 5.3 million.

For the week of Aug. 10-16, the top 20 programs, their networks and viewerships:

1. 'œ60 Minutes,'ť CBS, 7 million.

2. 'œAmerica's Got Talent'ť (Tuesday), NBC, 6.75 million.

3. 'œAmerica's Got Talent'ť (Wednesday), NBC, 6.15 million.

4. 'œNCIS,'ť CBS, 4.73 million.

5. 'œHannity'ť (Tuesday), Fox News, 4.59 million.

6. 'œTucker Carlson Tonight'ť (Monday), Fox News, 4.55 million.

7. 'œAmerica's Funniest Home Videos,'ť ABC, 4.45 million.

8. 'œHannity'ť (Monday), Fox News, 4.39 million.

9. 'œTucker Carlson Tonight'ť (Thursday), 4.28 million.

10. 'œHannity'ť (Thursday), 4.22 million.

11. 'œTucker Carlson Tonight'ť (Wednesday), 4.15 million.

12. 'œBig Brother'ť (Wednesday), CBS, 4.12 million.

13. 'œTucker Carlson Tonight'ť (Tuesday), 4.11 million.

14. 'œWorld of Dance'ť (Wednesday), NBC, 4.08 million.

15. 'œBig Brother'ť (Thursday), CBS, 4.04 million.

16. 'œHannity'ť (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.91 million.

17. 'œBig Brother'ť (Sunday), CBS, 3.91 million.

18. 'œCelebrity Family Feud,'ť ABC, 3.86 million.

19. 'œFBI,'ť CBS, 3.83 million.

20. 'œWorld of Dance'ť (Tuesday), NBC, 3.77 million.

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