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

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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 MoleyDon’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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