Thursday TV Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ Latest Eviction Outpaces Competition
Not only did CBS’ Big Brother once again win the Thursday, September 3 primetime broadcast television schedule, it did so by a wide margin to win in both the 18-49 demo and total viewers.
In the demo, its 1.0 rating was well above the second-place holder in both categories, ABC’s Holey Moley, which had a 0.5 rating. In total viewers, over a million people separated the 4.1 million for Big Brother and 3.0 for Holey Moley.
Double-pumping original episodes of Love Island and To Tell the Truth didn’t bring spectacular results for either program. That said, Love Island slipped in the 18-49 demo from 0.4 to 0.3 in its back-to-back airings, while To Tell the Truth maintained a 0.4 in both hours and slipped just a hair in the 10 o’clock hour in total viewers. The victor for that head-to-head is clearly To Tell the Truth.
Here’s the breakdown for Thursday, September 3, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating | Total Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Big Brother (CBS) | 1.0 | 4.1 |
| Holey Moley (ABC) | 0.5 | 3.0 | |
| The Wall – R (NBC) | 0.3 | 2.5 | |
| Beat Shazam – R (Fox) | 0.3 | 1.4 | |
| Mysteries Decoded (CW) | 0.1 | 811,000 | |
| 9:00 p.m. | To Tell the Truth (ABC) | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| Love Island (CBS) | 0.4 | 1.7 | |
| Beat Shazam – R (Fox) | 0.4 | 1.3 | |
| Transplant – R (NBC) | 0.3 | 2.0 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us – R (CW) | 0.1 | 582,000 | |
| 10 p.m. | To Tell The Truth (ABC) | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Love Island (CBS) | 0.3 | 1.4 | |
| Law & Order: SVU (NBC) | 0.2 | 2.0 |
