Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Friday, August 2, 2019
The numbers for Friday:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 rating/share | Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | American Ninja Warrior (NBC) (8-10 p.m.) – R | 0.5/3 | 2.57 |
| Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) | 0.5/3 | 2.15 | |
| Love Island (CBS) | 0.3/3 | 1.98 | |
| First Responders Live (FOX) – R | 0.3/2 | 1.66 | |
| Masters of Illusion (The CW) | 0.2/1 | 0.82 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | The Big Stage (The CW) | 0.1/1 | 0.65 |
| 9 p.m. | Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) – F | 0.4/2 | 1.69 |
| Hawaii Five-O (CBS) – R | 0.3/2 | 2.56 | |
| MasterChef (FOX) – R | 0.3/2 | 1.37 | |
| The Outpost (The CW) – R | 0.1/1 | 0.40 | |
| 10 p.m. | Dateline (NBC) | 0.5/3 | 3.36 |
| 20/20 (ABC) | 0.4/2 | 1.88 | |
| Blue Bloods (CBS) – R | 0.3/2 | 3.34 |
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” rounded out its season in steady fashion Friday night.
With its 2-part finale, the ABC series scored a 0.5 rating in adults 18-49 at 8 p.m. and a 0.4 at 9 p.m. The 0.5 was up one-tenth from what it scored last Friday, while the 0.4 was steady with the show’s overall average for the season. “20/20” rounded out the night for ABC with a 0.4 and 1.88 million viewers.
On CBS, “Love Island” grabbed another low 0.3, matching its rating from a week ago, with 1.98 million viewers. Elsewhere, NBC’s “Dateline” won the night’s 10 p.m. hour – raking in a 0.5 and 3.36 million viewers.
Meanwhile, the CW’s “Masters of Illusion” stayed even with its 0.2 from last week, but the same could not be said for “The Big Stage,” which slipped from its previous 0.2 to a 0.1.
Network averages:
| NBC | ABC | CBS | FOX | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 0.5/3 | 0.4/2 | 0.3/2 | 0.3/2 | 0.1/1 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 2.84 | 1.91 | 2.63 | 1.51 | 0.57 |
Late-night metered market ratings (adults 18-49, households):
11:35 p.m.
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” – R: 0.4/3, 1.5/4
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” – R: 0.3/2, 1.3/4
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” – R: 0.2/1, 1.7/5
12:35 a.m.
“Late Night with Seth Meyers” – R: 0.2/2, 0.9/3
“Nightline”: 0.2/2, 0.9/3
“The Late Late Show with James Corden” – R: 0.1/1, 0.8/3
Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
Source: The Nielsen Company.
