Univision Tops Wednesday Ratings; ‘Tough As Nails’ Ticks Up

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorChina was the big breakout this past weekend, leading the international box office for the fourth frame in a row and powered by the reissue of Warner Bros’ Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone in a 4K 3D restoration that conjured $13.6M on 16,000 screens over the three-day frame.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe Latin Recording Academy has set Thursday, November 19 for the 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards. With the theme “Music Makes Us Human”, the academy says the “reimagined telecast” will air at 8 pm ET/PT/ 7 PM CT on Univision.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterThe Latin Recording Academy has announced that the 21st annual Latin Grammy Awards will air on Univision on Nov. 19.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorCBS’ Big Brother topped primetime Thursday, scoring a 1.0 ratings in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.06 million viewers on a night that also saw the season finales of CBS’ game show Don’t and the CW competition series Killer Camp.Big Brother, which offered up the season’s first eviction last night, saw its rating dip a tenth from its Wednesday airing, but it was steady with its Season 22 premiere result last week.ABC’s fresh episodes of its game show

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe summer has been without the Marvel Cinematic Universe in theaters, but on TV, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been holding it down when it comes to the comic book world. On Wednesday, however, the drama said goodbye after seven seasons delivering its two-part series finale.

LOS ANGELES -- “America's Got Talent” topped the ratings last week, but it faces the absence of Simon Cowell, seriously injured in an electric bicycle accident. Cowell, the NBC talent contest's creator and linchpin of its judging panel, underwent surgery for a broken back last Saturday, just before the show kicked off its live episodes this week.

Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications, which earlier this year agreed to sell a majority stake to an investor group led by former Viacom CFO Wade Davis, reported lower second-quarter financials amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe Sunday night TV ratings race wasn’t exactly as close as the PGA Championship finale, which easily out-drove the competition.CBS’ coverage of the golf major’s final day averaged a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49. Around 5.6 million total viewers tuned in to watch 23-year-old Collin Morikawa emerge victorious, two strokes ahead of former world number one Dustin Johnson and Englishman Paul Casey.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorUnivision swung to a loss of $27.3 million in the second quarter compared with income of $92 million in the same period a year ago.The main source of red ink was a 40% plunge in advertising, which reflected the extent of COVID-19’s onslaught, especially on sports broadcasts.The privately held Hispanic media company’s total revenue fell 24% to $531.

Will Thorne Staff WriterAnthony Anderson’s game show “To Tell the Truth” hit a three-week high and led ABC to a Thursday night ratings win.The show scored a 0.6 rating among adults 18-49, up from a 0.5 last week, and just under 3 million total viewers. The Disney-owned network’s two other game shows, “Holey Mole” and “Don’t,” both scored a 0.5.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe live season 22 all-star premiere of Big Brother ruled Wednesday night with a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.66 million viewers. Even though it dipped two-tenths in the demo and was down in viewership from the season 21 premiere, it still ruled the evening.

Also Read: Laura Ingraham Edges Out Rachel Maddow as Top Female Cable Host for Eighth MonthMore than 4 million people tuned into ESPN on July 23 to watch the MLB season opener, but “Hannity” was still the most-watched program in television that night, averaging 4.3 million total viewers.During the week of July 27 to Aug. 2, Fox News had its 30th straight week of being the most-watched cable network.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterNBC celebrated the 15th anniversary of America’s Got Talent with a retrospective Tuesday that topped all of broadcast primetime, delivering a 0.8 in the adults 18-49 demographic and netting 6.08 million viewers.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe premiere of Univision’s ¿Quién Es la Máscara? (The Masked Singer) raked in an average of 1.4 million viewers in its 2 1/2-hour debut Sunday. The premiere tied for second overall for the night among the Big 4 networks and the CW in the adults 18-49 demographic, which peaked in the 9 p.m.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIt was another quiet Sunday of repeats in primetime with the exception of ABC’s coverage of the Houston Rockets and Milwaukee Bucks from the NBA’s Orlando bubble, along with the CW’s debut of two new series.ABC top the night with the Rockets-Bucks game, which followed an encore of America’s Funniest Home Videos and delivered a 0.7 in the adults 18-49 demographic and slam-dunked 2.13 million viewers.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorABC’s return to originals of its game-show block and Univision’s lineup split ratings honors in primetime Thursday, with both scoring a 0.5 in the adults 18-49 demographic.Holey Moley (0.5 18-49 demo rating, 2.92 million viewers), Don’t (0.4, 2.31M) and To Tell the Truth (0.5, 2.91M) returned from a week off for ABC, with the former two even and the latter bumping up a tenth.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Tough As Nails” proved on Wednesday night that its title is well earned, at least in ratings terms.After dipping to a 0.4 rating among adults 18-49 for the previous couple episodes, the CBS competition show bounced back up to a 0.5 rating and 3.5 million viewers this time around. Replays of “The Price is Right: Big Brother” and “SEAL Team” followed it up with a 0.4 and a 0.3 respectively.

Billboard's Hard Rock Songwriters chart (dated Aug. 1), leading for the first time thanks to two Seether tracks on the Hot Hard Rock Songs chart that he solely wrote.Seether's "Dangerous," which Morgan also solely produced, rises 12-10 on Hot Hard Rock Songs, with 1.9 million airplay audience impressions, 340,000 U.S.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAmerica’s Got Talent returned after last week’s “Best of Auditions” to top Tuesday night in primetime. The NBC reality competition ticked down a tenth from its last fresh episode but delivered a 1.0 in the adults 18-49 demographic and netted 6.09 million viewers.