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With NBC’s #OneChicago in rerun mode one final time this season, CBS’s Survivor dominated Wednesday both in total audience and in the demo (with 4.9 million total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating). ABC’s Not Dead Yet (2.2 million/0.2) was steady with its season (series?) finale.

CBS’s NCIS was Monday’s most-watched show 6.3 million/0.3), while NBC’s The Voice tied ABC’s American Idol for the nightly demo win (0.4).

CBS’s Tracker this week was Sunday’s most-watched TV program (7.6 million viewers/0.4), while ABC’s AFV and American Idol tied for the nightly demo win )0.5). The yet-to-be-renewed The Equalizer returned from a multi-week break to 6M/0.4, hitting and matching season lows.

With NBC’s #OneChicago still in rerun mode, CBS’s Survivor was Wednesday’s most-watched and top-rated program with 4.8 million total viewers and a 0.8 rating. ABC’s Not Dead Yet (2.1M/0.2) hit and matched season lows.

CBS’s FBI was Tuesday’s most-watched and highest-rated program (with 7.1 million total viewers and a 0.5 rating). In addition, FBI: International (5.7M/0.4) and FBI: Most Wanted (5M/0.4) all added viewers and were steady in the demo. In fact, International and Most Wanted delivered best-since-season premiere audiences, while FBI came very close to doing the same.

CBS’s NCIS was Monday’s most-watched program and landed in a four-way tie for the nightly demo win with 6.7 million viewers/0.4.

CBS’s FBI was Tuesday’s most-watched show and it led the night in the coveted 18-49 demo (6.4 million total viewers and a 0.5 rating).

Thee women’s NCAA Semifinals on ESPN shattered viewership records Friday, as all-time NCAA basketball scoring leader Caitlin Clark led her Iowa Hawkeyes to a thrilling win over the UConn Huskies, 71-69, in a game that wasn’t decided until the final seconds. UConn-Iowa delivered 14.2 million viewers, making it the most-watched women’s college basketball game ever, according to Nielsen’s Fast Nationals. Viewership peaked at 17 million viewers for Iowa-UConn, while South Carolina and North Carolina State peaked at 9 million viewers. Pictured: Iowa guard Caitlin Clark with head coach Lisa Bluder during the second half. (Morry Gash/AP)

NBC’s Chicago Med was the most-watched show on Wednesday (6.4 million/0.5) , while CBS’s Survivor dominated the night in the coveted 18-49 demographic with a 0.8.

CBS’s NCIS was Monday’s most-watched show (5.9 million/0.4), while ABC’s American Idol landed in a four-way tie for the nightly demo win (3.9 million/0.4). The CW’s All American opened Season 6 with 367,000 total viewers and a 0.1 demo rating, hitting and matching series lows.

Women’s basketball is heating up on ESPN. The network just scored its most-watched NCAA Women’s Sweet 16 on record with 2.4 million viewers across all games. That’s up 96% year-over-year, per Nielsen. The Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the Colorado Buffaloes in the most-viewed Sweet 16 game, tallying a huge audience of 6.9 million, making it the best Sweet 16 audience ever recorded and the second most-watched women’s college basketball game since 1995.

NBC’s Chicago Fire was Wednesday’s most-watched show (6.3 million/0.5), while CBS’s Survivor dominated the night in the 18-49 demo (4.7 million/0.7).

CBS’s NCIS was Monday’s most-watched show, while ABC’s The Bachelor finale dominated the night in the coveted-and-delicious 18-49 demo.

CBS’s FBI was Tuesday’s most-watched show with 6.9 million viewers and it led the night in the coveted and 18-49 demo with a 0.5 rating.

NBC’s The Voice was Monday’s most-watched show and tied ABC’s The Bachelor for the nightly demo win.

CBS’s Blue Bloods was Friday’s most-watched show with 5.2 million viewers, while Fox’s Friday Night SmackDown coverage led the night in the coveted 18-49 demo.

9-1-1 christened its new network with a hair over 5 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating, improving on its average Season 6 audience while rock-steady in the demo. It gave the ABC time slot its largest audience in at least two-and-a-half years.

CBS’s Survivor was Wednesday’s most-watched and highest-rated show, with NBC’s #OneChicago still in rerun mode.

With ABC’s Tuesday dramas in rerun mode, CBS’s FBI (with 7 million viewers and a 0.4 rating) was up 11% in audience though down a tick in the demo.

NBC’s The Voice was Monday’s most-watched program (with CBS’s NCIS in rerun mode), while ABC’s The Bachelor led the night in the demo.

CBS’s freshman hit Tracker was for a second straight week the most-watched show on Sunday night with 7.4 million total viewers. The venerable newsmagazine 60 Minutes this week opened CBS’s Sunday slate with 7.1 million.

NBC’s Chicago Med was Wednesday’s most-watched show, while ABC’s Abbott Elementary tied Chicago Med and Fire for the nightly demo win.

An FBI rerun on CBS was Tuesday’s most-watched program with 3.8 million viewers, while Fox’s The Floor led the night in the demo (2.5M/0.4).

The 66th annual awards show brought in 16.9 million viewers across CBS and Paramount+’s livestream, according to Nielsen fast national figures. That’s up 34% from the 12.4 million viewers brought in by last year’s ceremony, which at the time marked the Grammys’ biggest audience since 2020. Viewership for the 2024 Grammys substantially exceeded the 2021 show, which received 9.39 million total viewers, as well as the 2022 ceremony, which saw a slight uptick with 9.59 million total viewers.

NBC’s Chicago Fire was Wednesday’s most-watched program with 6.5 million and also tied Chicago Med and CBS’s The Price Is Right at Night for the demo win (0.5).

NBC’s Law & Order: SVU was Thursday’s most-watched show (4.5 million), and it also led the night in the coveted and delicious 18-49 age demographic (0.4).

NBC’s Chicago Fire and Chicago Med were Wednesday’s most-watched shows, while the full #OneChicago trio tied CBS’s The Price Is Right at Night for the nightly demo win (0.5).

CBS’s NCIS: Sydney finale was Tuesday’s most-watched show (4.6 million/0.3), while ABC’s Celebrity Jeopardy (4.2M/0.4) tied Fox’s The Floor (2.5M/0.4) for the night’s highest demo rating.

The return of ABC’s The Bachelor (3.1 million/0.5) led Monday in the demo, while NBC’s AGT: Fantasy League was the night’s most-watched program (4.2M/0.4). The broadcast premiere of Hallmark’s one-and-done Ride drew 442,000 total viewers — the CW time slot’s largest audience since a Dec. 18 airing of a Freddy Mercury documentary — and a 0.1 demo rating.

Taylor Swift, Jerrod Carmichael, Cara Delevingne and a shirtless Jason Kelce were in good company on Sunday. CBS’s broadcast of the NFL Divisional Playoff game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills averaged 39.3 million total viewers from 7 to 10 p.m. ET on Sunday evening.

The Season 25 premiere of NBC’s Law & Order: SVU was Thursday’s most-watched program while also topping the night in the coveted 18-49 age demographic (5.2 million/0.5).

NBC’s Chicago Fire was Wednesday’s most-watched program, and tied Chicago Med and Chicago P.D. for the night’s highest demo rating.

CBS’s NCIS: Sydney was Tuesday’s most-watched program (4.7 million/0.3), while ABC’s Celebrity Jeopardy! (4.4M/0.4)  and Fox’s The Floor tied for the nightly demo win (2.5M/0.4).

ABC’s Celebrity Jeopardy! semifinal was Tuesday’s most-watched show (by a wide margin) and also came out on top in the coveted-and-delicious 18-49 demo. Celeb Jeop! returned from the holiday break to 4.4 million viewers and a 0.5 demo rating, hitting and matching Season 2 highs. ABC’s broadcast of Only Murders in the Building‘s first three episodes averaged 3 mil and a 0.24. On NBC, Night Court’s Season 2 premiere (3.7 million/0.4) was down a tick from the revival’s freshman averages.

ABC’s share of the Monday Night Football match-up between the Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks averaged 8.3 million total viewers, down 10% week-to-week in audience. On NBC, Password‘s holiday special drew 3 million and a 0.2, down sharply from any of the revival’s solid summer 2022 numbers.

NBC’s The Voice and ABC’s Dancing With the Stars finale tied for the Tuesday demo win, while the former delivered the night’s largest audience (5.6 million). DWTS drew just shy of 5 million total viewers along with a 0.4 demo rating with its Season 32 finale, on track for one of its largest audiences of the season.

ABC’s slice of the Monday Night Football pie served 7.6 million total viewers while scoring a 1.3 demo rating — down just 12% and a tenth from last week’s early numbers. Over on Fox, Kitchen Nightmares‘ double-episode season finale did 1.5M/0.2 and then 1.1M/0.1, with the second hour matching and hitting season lows.

NBC Sunday Night Football‘s broadcast of the Packers’ 27-19 win over the Chiefs averaged 19.6 million total viewers, up 50% from last week’s Ravens-Chargers game to mark the largest overnight tally for the franchise since Chiefs-Jets on Oct. 1. In the demo, SNF scored a 4.6 rating, rising 28% to its best tally since Cowboys-49ers on Oct. 8.

ABC‘s The Golden Bachelor drew 5.8 million total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating with its finale, hitting and matching season highs. On CBS, Ghosts UK (2.2M/0.2 and 2M/0.2) was steady in the demo but down sharply in viewers from its first Stateside double-pump.

NBC’s broadcast of Christmas in Rockefeller Center lit up the night with 6.5 million total viewers — up 7% from last year, and easily marking Wednesday’s largest audience — while steady in the demo with a 0.8 rating.