Monday TV Ratings: 2020 Democratic National Convention Night 1 Dominates

Jim Halterman
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Michelle Obama DNC 2020
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As expected, the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention (DNC) took some of the wind out of regular programming during Monday, August 17’s primetime broadcast television schedule.

While final numbers later today will probably shift given the live virtual DNC event, the overnight numbers showed ABC and NBC tied with a 0.3 rating in the 18-49 demo and ABC a few notches ahead with 2.1 million viewers.

As for regular programming, a rerun of NBC’s American Ninja Warrior won the night in the key demo while CBS’s The Neighborhood came out ahead in total viewers with 3.6 million viewers.

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Here’s the breakdown for Monday, August 17, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time Show Adults 18-49 rating Viewers (millions)
8 p.m. American Ninja Warrior – R  (NBC) 0.5 2.5
The Neighborhood – R (CBS) 0.4 3.6
9-1-1 – R  (Fox) 0.4 2.2
Holey Moley – R  (ABC) 0.4 2.2
Whose Line Is It Anyway –  R (CW) 0.2 1.0
8:30 p.m. Bob Hearts Abishola – R (CBS) 0.4 3.4
Whose Line Is It Anyway – R CW) 0.2 974,000
9:00 p.m. 9-1-1: Lone Star – R (Fox) 0.4 2.0
All Rise – R  (CBS) 0.3 2.2
To Tell The Truth – R (ABC) 0.3 2.0
Penn & Teller: Try This (CW) 0.2 905,000
10 p.m. Democratic National Convention – (ABC) 0.3 2.1
Democratic National Convention – (NBC) 0.3 1.9
Democratic National Convention (CBS) 0.2 1.7
American Ninja WarriorThe Neighborhood



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    wolverine1070

    DNC dominates?!? 10 million plus viewers in early prime time down to 5.7M when the DNC came on. Hardly something worth characterizing as domination........

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    OliveTooth

    Huh? Game shows with the same numbers...

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      wolverine1070

      Not to mention the HUGE drop off in total viewers from earlier in the night.

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    CyanFries

    Would love to see the numbers when digital viewership is added. Traditional viewing is a thing of the past.

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      CyanLamp

      So those millions of viewers, from earlier in the night, for gameshows and CBS repeats just turned off their televisions to watch the convention online?

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    Antonio Montealegre

    Loved Michelle Obama's speech!

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