Thursday TV Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ Latest Eviction Outpaces Competition

Jim Halterman September 4, 2020, 12:00 pm

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.

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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