Tuesday TV Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ & ‘AGT’ Overrule ’20/20′ Town Hall

Jim Halterman September 16, 2020, 11:50 am

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.

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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