Wednesday TV Ratings: ‘Tough As Nails’ & ‘United We Fall’ Split the Lead

Tough As Nails - Luis Yuli
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Tough as Nails

As reruns flooded the Wednesday, July 29 primetime broadcast television schedule, two originals — CBS’s competition series Tough As Nails (featuring contestant Luis Yuli, above) and ABC’s new sitcom United We Fall — tied in both the 18-49 demo and total viewers to lead the night.

Both series grabbed a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demo and in total viewers, United We Fall edged out the Phil Keoghan-hosted series by a hair (3.53 vs. 3.49).

Here’s the breakdown for Wednesday, July 29, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time Show Adults 18-49 rating Total Viewers (millions)
8 p.m. United We Fall   (ABC) 0.5 3.5
Tough As Nails (CBS) 0.5 3.5
Chicago Med – R (NBC) 0.4 3.4
MasterChef – R (Fox) 0.4 1.4
The 100 – R  (CW) 0.1 403,000
8:30 p.m. The Goldbergs – R  (ABC) 0.4 2.2
9:00 p.m. Chicago Fire – R (NBC) 0.4 3.4
The Price Is Right: Big Brother Edition! – R (CBS) 0.4 3.0
The Conners – R (ABC) 0.3 2.0
Ultimate Tag – F (FOX) 0.3 1.1
Bulletproof  (CW) 0.1 352,000
9:30 p.m. American Housewife – R (ABC) 0.3 1.6
10 p.m. Chicago P.D. – R  (NBC) 0.4 3.3
SEAL Team – R (CBS) 0.3 2.2
 Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  (ABC) 0.2 1.3
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