Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Friday, July 8, 2016
The numbers for Friday, which include more high-scoring olympic trials on NBC, and a vast array of reruns throughout the rest of the night:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Olympic Trials: Track and Field (NBC) | 0.9/4 | 3.95 |
| Shark Tank (ABC) – R | 0.8/4 | 4.17 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) – R | 0.7/3 | 4.67 | |
| Rosewood (FOX) – R | 0.4/1 | 1.5 | |
| Masters of Illusion (The CW) | 0.3/1 | 1.13 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Masters of Illusion (The CW) – R | 0.2/1 | 0.99 |
| 9 p.m. | Olympic Trials: Women’s Gymnastics (NBC) (9-11 p.m.) | 1.4/6 | 5.35 |
| What Would You Do? (ABC) | 0.9/4 | 4.24 | |
| Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) – R | 0.7/3 | 4.98 | |
| Masterchef (FOX) – R | 0.4/1 | 1.38 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us (The CW) – R | 0.2/1 | 1.05 | |
| 10 p.m. | 20/20 (ABC) | 1.0/4 | 5.85 |
| Blue Bloods (CBS) – R | 0.7/3 | 5.26 |
Similar to last week, NBC’s continued coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials put the network on top of the ratings this Friday with the Track & Field trials scoring a 0.9 rating in adults 18-49. The Women’s Gymnastics trials meanwhile, raked in an average 1.4 rating throughout the two hour broadcast, the highest of the night.
ABC grabbed nice numbers as well with “20/20” landing a 1.0, a one tenth increase from its previous 0.9, while “What Would You Do?” also grabbed a 0.9.
Network averages:
| NBC | ABC | CBS | FOX | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 1.3/6 | 0.9/4 | 0.7/3 | 0.4/1 | 0.2/1 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 4.89 | 4.75 | 4.97 | 1.44 | 1.05 |
Late night metered market ratings (adults 18-49, households):
11:35 p.m.
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” – R: 0.9/5, 2.6/7
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” – R: 0.6/3, 1.9/5
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” -R: 0.3/2, 1.7/4
12:35 a.m.
“Late Night with Seth Meyers” – R: 0.4/3, 1.1/4
“Nightline”: 0.4/2, 1.3/4
“The Late Late Show with James Corden” – R: 0.2/1, 0.9/3
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.
