Thursday’s TV Ratings: ‘To Tell The Truth’ Helps ABC Win Night in Key Demo
Game shows ruled on a rerun-heavy Thursday night of primetime broadcast television with ABC taking the night in the 18-49 demographic. The net’s trio of gamers — Holey Moley, Don’t, and To Tell the Truth — all won their time slots in the demo with Truth coming out on top for the night with a 0.6 rating.
Per usual, for total viewers, the winner of the night was a rerun of CBS’s Young Sheldon , which grabbed 4.0 million viewers. Tying for second with 3 million viewers were Holey Moley, Truth, and the first of two reruns of CBS’s Mom.
Here’s the breakdown for Thursday, August 6, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating | Total Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Holey Moley (ABC) | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Young Sheldon – R (CBS) | 0.4 | 4.0 | |
| Ellen’s Game of Games – R (NBC) | 0.4 | 2.5 | |
| Major League Baseball (Fox) | 0.4 | 1.6 | |
| Killer Camp (CW) | 0.1 | 465,000 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | The Unicorn – R (CBS) | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| 9:00 p.m. | Don’t (ABC) | 0.5 | 2.4 |
| Mom – R (CBS) | 0.3 | 3.0 | |
| Law & Order: SVU – R (NBC) | 0.3 | 1.9 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us – R (CW) | 0.1 | 465,000 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Mom – R (CBS) | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 10 p.m. | To Tell The Truth (ABC) | 0.6 | 3.0 |
| Bull – R (CBS) | 0.3 | 2.5 | |
| Law & Order: SVU – R (NBC) | 0.3 | 2.1 |
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