Ratings: Fox’s ‘Teen Choice Awards’ Sink to All-Time Low

Fox’s “Teen Choice Awards” dropped to an all-time low in both the key adults 18-49 demographic and total viewers on Sunday, pulling the broadcaster behind the Spanish-language networks in the primetime rankings for the evening, according to preliminary numbers.

From 8-10 p.m., the Lucy Hale and David Dobrik-hosted “2019 Teen Choice Awards” averaged a 0.2 rating and 721,000 viewers. That’s down 50% in the demo and 28% in viewers from the 2018 show, which put up the younger-skewing award ceremony’s previous low: a 0.4 rating and 1 million viewers.

These numbers put Fox ahead of only The CW in last night’s Nielsen race among the broadcast nets, including Telemundo and Univision.

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Readers can find the complete winners list from Sunday’s Teen Choice Awards — which includes Taylor Swift grabbing the inaugural Icon Award — here.

CBS and ABC tied for first in ratings in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic, with a 0.6 rating/3 share for CBS and a 0.6/4 for ABC, according to preliminary numbers. CBS was first in total viewers with an average of 4.5 million and ABC was second with 4.4 million.

For CBS, “60 Minutes” at 7 p.m. had a 0.5/3 and 6.6 million viewers. “Big Brother” at  8 p.m. scored a 1.2 rating/6 share and 4.7 million viewers. At 9, “Instinct” managed a 0.4/2 and 3.5 million viewers. At 10, a second episode settled for a 0.3 and 3.4 million viewers.

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For ABC, following back-to-back encores, “$100,000 Pyramid” at 9 earned a 0.7/3 and 4.7 million viewers. At 10, “To Tell the Truth” got a 0.6/3 and 3.9 million viewers.

NBC was third in ratings with a 0.4/2 and in viewers with 2.1 million. Sandwiched between reruns, from 8-10, the “U.S. Gymnastics Championships 2019” had a 0.6/3 and 2.8 million viewers.

Univision and Telemundo tied for fourth in ratings, Univision with a 0.3/1 and Telemundo with a 0.3/2. Telemundo was fourth in viewers with 834,000 and Univision was fifth with 816,000.

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Fox was sixth in ratings with a 0.2/1 and in viewers with 730,000. Following a pair of sitcom reruns, the “2019 Teen Choice Awards” put up the above-mentioned rating and total viewers, plus a 1 share.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.1/1 and in viewers with 694,000, airing only repeats.