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Ratings: ‘Te Doy La Vida’ Series Finale Puts Univision in a First-Place Tie With NBC

by Tony Maglio | August 4, 2020 @ 8:34 AM

Dwayne Johnson’s “Titan Games” can only do so much

Univision crept up on NBC last night, when the Spanish-language network’s “Te Doy La Vida” series finale forced a ratings tie between the two broadcasters.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s “Titan Games” on NBC was still Monday’s highest-rated individual program, however.

NBC and Univision tied for first in ratings, both with a 0.5 rating/3 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic. NBC was second in total viewers with an average of 3 million, according to preliminary numbers. Univision was fifth with 1.5 million total viewers.

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For NBC, “The Titan Games” at 8 p.m. had a 0.7/4 and 3.7 million viewers. A rerun followed.

“Te Doy La Vida” at 8 p.m. received a a 0.5/3 and 1.9 million viewers. That demo number was just enough to cause a tie in overall primetime averages among adults 18-49.

CBS was third in ratings with a 0.4/2 and first in viewers with 3.2 million, airing all repeats.

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Fox, ABC and Telemundo tied for fourth in ratings, each with a 0.3/2. Fox was third in total viewers with 2 million, ABC was fourth with 1.7 million and Telemundo was sixth with 979,000.

Fox aired all reruns last night. ABC aired an episode of “The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons – Ever!” throughout the entirety of primetime.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.2/1 and in viewers with 917,000. Following repeats, “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” at 9 p.m. received a 0.2/1 and 900,000 viewers.

14 Lowest-Rated Renewed Broadcast TV Shows of the 2019-2020 Season (Photos)

Why would a low-rated show ever be renewed for another season? Well, the series could be a critical darling or might do well in demos other than the regularly reported adults 18-49 one. Such a program may be particularly cheap to produce or exist at a studio that shares an umbrella with its network.

Maybe there's a global pandemic, and shows with a cast, writing staff, production crew and existing sets are suddenly a better bet than rolling the dice on new development. Or, perhaps the show is simply on Fox.

Scroll through the TheWrap's gallery to see the 14 lowest-rated scripted TV shows of the 2019-20 season that were renewed by Fox, ABC, CBS, and NBC. All ratings in this story come from Nielsen's "most current" data, which includes a week's worth of delayed viewing where available. Lowest-rated is first, highest-rated last. And, yes, there are ties. Readers can see the complete list of all the broadcast TV shows that have been renewed, canceled and ordered here
Fox/NBC/ABC/CBS
Series: "Magnum P.I." Net: CBS 18-49 rating: 1.0

Not much to investigate here.
CBS
Series: "MacGyver" Net: CBS 18-49 rating: 1.0

Another CBS reboot that puts up another OK rating.
CBS
Series: "The Unicorn" Net: CBS 18-49 rating: 1.0

Decent enough numbers + Walton Goggins' charm = a second season.
CBS
Series: "Bob Hearts Abishola" Net: CBS 18-49 rating: 1.0

The freshman comedy gave its net as much to heart in the way of Nielsen returns as Goggins' show did.
CBS
Series: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" Net: NBC 18-49 rating: 0.9

The Nine-Nine's large fanbase doesn't bring it a large Nielsen rating.
NBC
Series: "Good Girls" Net: NBC 18-49 rating: 0.9

Not bad, but not good either.
NBC
Series: "American Housewife" Net: ABC 18-49 rating: 0.9

Hey, you can't win over every American.
ABC
Series: "All Rise" Net: CBS 18-49 rating: 0.9

Well, not "all" rise, at least not all adults 18-49.
CBS
Series: "black-ish" Net: ABC 18-49 rating: 0.9

OK-ish.
ABC
Series: "mixed-ish" Net: ABC 18-49 rating: 0.9

Ties its parent series as OK-ish.
ABC
Series: "Bless the Harts" Net: Fox 18-49 rating: 0.9

Nowhere near blessed, but better than the other first-year Fox animated sitcom on this list.
Fox
Series: "Bob's Burgers" Net: Fox 18-49 rating: 0.9

Critical acclaim doesn't always cook up nice Nielsen numbers.
Fox
Series: "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" Net: NBC 18-49 rating: 0.7

Not extraordinary.
NBC
Series: "Duncanville" Net: Fox 18-49 rating: 0.5 We're not trying to dunk on the freshman animated series when we say this demo rating is pretty darn low for a show that earned a renewal.
Fox

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We’ve got good news and bad news, but not necessarily in that order…

Why would a low-rated show ever be renewed for another season? Well, the series could be a critical darling or might do well in demos other than the regularly reported adults 18-49 one. Such a program may be particularly cheap to produce or exist at a studio that shares an umbrella with its network.

Maybe there's a global pandemic, and shows with a cast, writing staff, production crew and existing sets are suddenly a better bet than rolling the dice on new development. Or, perhaps the show is simply on Fox.

Scroll through the TheWrap's gallery to see the 14 lowest-rated scripted TV shows of the 2019-20 season that were renewed by Fox, ABC, CBS, and NBC. All ratings in this story come from Nielsen's "most current" data, which includes a week's worth of delayed viewing where available. Lowest-rated is first, highest-rated last. And, yes, there are ties. Readers can see the complete list of all the broadcast TV shows that have been renewed, canceled and ordered here

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