Tuesday TV Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ & ‘AGT’ Overrule ’20/20′ Town Hall
Reality television was the big winner on Tuesday, September 15, when a special night for CBS’s Big Brother (moved up a day to accommodate Wednesday’s ACM Award broadcast) and NBC’s America’s Got Talent grabbed the top spots in the 18-49 demo and total viewers. BB came out on top in with 18-49 viewers with a 1.0 rating while AGT was tops with total viewers (5.7 million).
Coming in third in both the demo and total viewers for the night was a special edition of 20/20 with George Stephanopoulos holding a town hall meeting with President Donald Trump and undecided voters. NBC’s medical drama Transplant may have dropped a notch in total viewers to 3.7 million (last week it grabbed 3.9 million) but is having a fairly consistent run after three airings and delivered its highest ratings (0.5) after three episodes in the 18-49 demo.
Here’s the breakdown for Tuesday, September 15, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 rating | Total Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Big Brother (CBS) | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| America’s Got Talent (NBC) | 0.7 | 5.7 | |
| Modern Family – R (ABC) | 0.3 | 2.3 | |
| Hell’s Kitchen – R (Fox) | 0.3 | 1.3 | |
| Dead Pixels (CW) | 0.1 | 419,000 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Modern Family – R (ABC) | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| Dead Pixels – R (CW) | 0.1 | 262,000 | |
| 9 p.m. | 20/20: The President and the People (ABC) | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| Love Island (CBS) | 0.5 | 1.9 | |
| Prodigal Son – R (Fox) | 0.2 | 767,000 | |
| Tell Me A Story (CW) | 0.1 | 303,000 | |
| 10 p.m. | Transplant (NBC) | 0.5 | 3.6 |
| FBI: Most Wanted – R (CBS) | 0.2 | 1.6 | |
| 10:30 p.m. | The Conners – R (ABC) | 0.3 | 1.9 |
