‘Holmes Family Effect’ Premiere Has a Negative Effect on Fox’s Ratings

Mike Holmes’ “Holmes Family Effect” may have a positive effect on local communities, but it did not have the same impact on Fox’s Tuesday ratings. Airing two hours of the imported CTV (Canada) show, Fox finished fifth on broadcast in total viewers — behind Univision. It tied ABC and Telemundo for fourth place in the key ratings demo, adults 18-49. That trio ranked behind Univision in primetime demo ratings. CBS won the evening with “NCIS” and two other procedurals. Last Tuesday, Fox had a better primetime performance simply airing a “Resident” episode and a rerun. Production shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic have caused quite the scheduling headache, something TheWrap discussed recently with Fox Entertainment’s executive vice president of program planning and content strategy Dan Harrison. Read our “Holmes Family Effect”-centric interview here.

CBS was first in ratings with a 0.7 rating/5 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 7.9 million, according to preliminary numbers. “NCIS” at 8 p.m. put up a 0.8/5 and 9.5 million viewers. At 9, “FBI” drew a 0.7/5 and 7.9 million viewers. “FBI: Most Wanted” at 10 received a 0.6/4 and 6.2 million viewers.

NBC was second in ratings with a 0.6/4 and in viewers with 3.6 million. For NBC, “Young Rock” at 8 had a 0.6/4 and 2.9 million viewers. “Kenan” at 8:30 got a 0.4/3 and 2.1 million viewers. At 9, “This Is Us” picked things back up with a 0.8/5 and 4.8 million viewers. “New Amsterdam” at 10 closed out primetime to a 0.4/3 and 3.6 million viewers.

Univision was third in ratings with a 0.4/3 and fourth in viewers with 1.4 million.

ABC, Fox and Telemundo tied for fourth in ratings, each with a 0.3/2. ABC was third in total viewers with 2.2 million, Fox was fifth with 1.2 million and Telemundo was seventh with 1 million.

For ABC, “To Tell the Truth” at 8 had a 0.5/3 and 3.7 million viewers. Following reruns, “Soul of a Nation” at 10 settled for a 0.2/2 and 1.4 million viewers. For Fox, “Holmes Family Effect” aired throughout the entirety of the network’s two-hour primetime window.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.2/1 and sixth in total viewers with 1.1 million. “The Flash” at 8 had a 0.2/1 and 1 million viewers. At 9, “Superman & Lois” got a 0.2/1 and 1.2 million viewers.