One of the CBS reality competition shows actually added 100,000 viewers against NBC’s pigskin play
The NFL returned on Thursday, but NBC’s traditional competitors CBS and ABC didn’t run scared from the Houston Texans-Kansas City Chiefs game. Should they have, though?
Between CBS and ABC, only one of six hours (CBS at 10 p.m.) was a rerun.
CBS aired an original “Big Brother” at 8 p.m. and a new episode of the reality show “Love Island” at 9. A rerun ran at 10.
ABC aired the “Holey Moley” Season 2 finale at 8 and then a special about the putt-putt competition at 9. At 10, the Disney-owned broadcast network ran a shark-attack special.
Fox wisely aired all repeats last night.
Impressively, “Big Brother” and “Love Island” both stayed steady with last week’s preliminary Nielsen numbers, respectively posting a 1.0 rating and a 0.4 rating in the key demo. While “Big Brother” shed about 200,000 total viewers week-to-week, “Love Island” actually added about 100,000 viewers.
For ABC, the “Holey Moley” finale and special suffered as sports fans migrated to NBC for the big game. The Season 2 finale at 8 lost one-tenth of a Nielsen ratings point (from a 0.5 to a 0.4) and 100,000 total viewers.
At 9, the “Holey Moley” special dropped an additional one-tenth of a Nielsen ratings point (to a 0.3) in the key demo and lost a whopping 1.2 million total viewers from its lead-in.
ABC’s “Shark Attack” special did not perform well either, but it’s harder to compare such a one-off to regular programming.
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The first NFL game of the regular season declined 16% from last year’s comparable game. Still, it was a big win for NBC, and quite an improvement in the time slot since the network aired all reruns last Thursday.
Find all of last night’s primetime ratings here.
The NFL Kickoff Game kicked off at 8:20 p.m. ET. The above Nielsen numbers are not adjusted for timezones, so we can expect NBC’s raw numbers to rise, but the general year-to-year percentage decline should stay more or less the same when comparing apples to apples.
ESPN Talent That Jumped to Fox Sports, From Erin Andrews to Skip Bayless (Photos)
ESPN may be synonymous with sports, but plenty of stars have added Fox Sports to their resume. Have a look at some the big names.
Fox SportsSkip Bayless
The outspoken sports columnist and "First Take" analyst still ranks as ESPN's highest-profile defection when he bailed in 2016. He co-hosts "Skip and Shannon" with Shannon Sharpe on Fox Sports 1.
ESPNChris Broussard
The longtime NBA analyst joined Fox Sports in 2016. He's a regular panelist on "Skip and Shannon: Undisputed" and co-hosts "The Odd Couple" with Rob Parker for Fox Sports radio.
ESPNColin Cowherd
The sports anchor fled ESPN in 2015 and now hosts "The Herd" on FS1. He also co-hosted "Speak for Yourself" alongside Jason Whitlock for a short period.
Getty ImagesChris Spielman
A former NFL All-Pro, Spielman worked at ESPN for years but now has a gig as a game analyst for Fox NFL.
Shannon Spake
An experienced sidelines reporter, Spake hustled for ESPN for 10 years but switched to Fox in 2016 where she covers NASCAR, college football and basketball.
Rob Parker
The former member of ESPN's "First Take" followed Bayless to his new show, "Undisputed," where he appears as a regular panelist, along with co-hosting "The Odd Couple" with Broussard.
Emmanuel Acho
After serving as a college football analyst for ESPN's Longhorn Network and ESPN2 for a couple of years, Acho joined FS1 in 2020 to co-host "Speak for Yourself."
Adam Amin
Amin, who moonlights as the Chicago Bulls' play-by-play announcer, left ESPN for Fox Sports in May 2020. Amin will call NFL games with fellow former ESPN-er Mark Schlereth this season.
Erin Andrews
Andrews has been with Fox Sports since 2012, following eight years with ESPN. She often gets the most high-profile sideline reporting gigs, including the Super Bowl and World Series.
Lindsay Czarniak
Czarniak left ESPN in 2017 and resurfaced at Fox two years later, where she hosts studio coverage for NASCAR and does sideline reporting duty for NFL games as part of the Amin-Schlereth broadcast team.
JP Dellacamera
Dellacamera followed soccer when World Cup rights moved from ESPN to Fox starting in 2018.
Mike Hill
Hill left ESPN for Fox in 2013 during the early days of FS1, where he guest-hosted "Fox Sports Live" and "Fox Football Daily." He currently hosts "The Mike and Donny Show" for Fox Soul.
Alexi Lalas
As with Dellacamera, Lalas followed the World Cup from ESPN to Fox.
Rob Stone
Another soccer defector, Stone also hosts college football and Professional Bowlers' Association coverage.
Charissa Thompson
Thompson was among FS1's debut hosts in 2013 with the short-lived "Fox Sports Live." She currently hosts' Fox pre pre-game NFL show "Fox NFL Kickoff."
Sara Walsh
Walsh left ESPN in 2017 and joined Fox a year later, where she serves as an NFL reporter and a studio host for NASCAR coverage.
Kevin Wildes
A longtime producer for ESPN, Wildes stepped in front of the camera when he moved to Fox in early 2020. He appears on FS1's morning show, "First Things First."
Marcellus Wiley
Wiley joined “Speak for Yourself” in September 2018 following years as part of ESPN's NFL coverage.
Joe Davis
Known as "the guy who had to replace Vin Scully" calling Los Angeles Dodgers games, Davis had a brief two-year run with ESPN and now does play-by-play work for MLB and NFL games on Fox.
Mark Schlereth
Schlereth was a mainstay on ESPN's "NFL Live" but will now get to show his broadcasting chops on Fox this season.
Brock Huard
Huard had a variety of TV and radio gigs with ESPN, and joined Fox's College Football team in 2019.
Jonathan Vilma
The former New Orleans Saints linebacker joined Fox in June 2020 to work on its NFL games after a few years as part of ESPN's college football crew.
CBS SportsCris Carter
Carter first joined Fox Sports in 2016 and had hosted "First Things First," alongside Nick Wright since 2017, but it was a short tenure. He left Fox Sports in late 2019, reportedly after he had an outburst with higher-ups over not being part of the network's "Thursday Night Football" coverage.
Jamie Horowitz
Initially a splashy hire that might have been responsible for many of these talent defections, his Fox tenure came to an unglamorous end when he was fired in 2017 over claims of sexual harassment. He has since landed at DAZN, which is led by former ESPN boss John Skipper.
YouTubeJason Whitlock
Speaking of Whitlock, the ex-ESPN sportswriter's tenure with FS1 came to end in 2020 when the two couldn't agree on a new contract. He has since resurfaced at Clay Travis' Outkick The Coverage.
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