Thursday’s TV Ratings: ‘To Tell The Truth’ Helps ABC Win Night in Key Demo

Jim Halterman August 7, 2020

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.

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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