CBS’s Young Sheldon (with 7.4 million total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating) and Ghosts (6.3M/0.6) are both on track for new season highs in audience.
On The CW, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow resumed Season 7 on Wednesday with 582,000 total viewers (veritably matching its season high) and a 0.1 demo rating (steady versus its fall finale). On NBC, Chicago Med (7.1M/0.8) ticked up, Fire (7.2M/0.8) dipped and P.D. (5.7M/0.7 was steady. Med and Fire tied for the nightly demo win, and Fire delivered Wednesday’s biggest crowd.
Naomi debuted on Tuesday night to 800,000 total viewers and a 0.15 demo rating, marking The CW’s third-most watched season premiere this TV season. The CW freshman also delivered its time slot’s largest audience since July. On CBS, FBI International (6.1M/0.5) led in total audience.
ABC’s The Bachelor this Monday drew 3.1 million viewers and a 0.7 rating, ticking down from its season opener but still leading the night in the demo. Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star (4.9M/0.6) also was down, but easily delivered Monday’s largest audience. And Fox’s The Cleaning Lady (3.2M/0.4) was down 13% and 20% from its debut.
Fox’s Call Me Kat opened Season 2 on Sunday night with 3.7 million total viewers and a 0.9 demo rating — its best numbers since its series opener, which also was specially scheduled to lead out of season-ending NFL games.
CBS’s entire Thursday slate — with ABC’s dramas still on hiatus, until late February — hit or matched season highs in total audience. On Fox, Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer averaged 3 million and a 0.4 over its two-hour debut.
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CBS’s The Amazing Race kicked off its 33rd running with 4.2 million total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating, up 18% in audience and steady in the demo vs. its previous premiere, in October 2020. On NBC, Chicago Fire (7M/0.8) ticked up and led Wednesday on both counts.
The beginning of This Is Us‘ end easily led Tuesday in the demo, while FBI dominated the night in total viewers. NBC’s crown jewel opened its farewell run with 5.3 million total viewers and a 1.0 demo rating, on par with its previous averages (5.6M/1.0). Over on CBS, FBI (8.3M/0.7) returned steady in the demo and is looking at a potential season high in audience.
ABC’s The Bachelor opened its 26th season with 3.8 million total viewers and a 0.9 rating — down sharply from its year-ago premiere (5.2 million/1.3) but still leading Monday in the demo. CBS’s NCIS meanwhile delivered Monday’s largest audience (dipping to 6.7 million), while down two tenths to a 0.4 demo rating.
CBS’s S.W.A.T. christened its new Sunday home with 3.7 million viewers and a 0.4 demo rating — a slight improvement on what SEAL Team‘s final CBS episodes had averaged in the time slot (3.5 mil/0.4), but marking season lows for the cop drama. Also on CBS, NCIS: LA (5M/0.4) dipped to match at least a season low in audience and match its all-time demo low.
Retrospective special The Price Is Right Celebrates 50 Years on CBS was the big winner of the final Wednesday primetime of 2021. Earning a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demo and 4.95 million viewers, the repeat airing of the CBS special led the pack as the night’s highest-rated and most-watched program. Not too shabby for a rerun, considering that previous repeat broadcasts haven’t earned beyond a 0.5 demo rating since the primetime holiday break started.
Heading into Tuesday primetime, Fox’s live coverage of the UCLA-NC State Holiday Bowl was set to be the primetime winner. Instead CBS and its repeat showings of the FBI franchise took that title. While repeats don’t typically get a lot of love especially when live sports are on, it’s worth noting that holiday showdown between the UCLA Bruins and NC State’s Wolfpack fell through after the former pulled out of the San Diego game because of COVID-related issues.
Sunday Night Football on NBC earned a 3.4 rating in the 18-49 demo and approximately 13 million viewers, per fast affiliates. The top-rated and most-watched program of the evening saw the Cowboys dominate their opponents 56-14. The game was slightly down from the previous week (3.6/14.13M) in both counts. CBS earned the highest demo rating and viewership among non-sports programming with 60 Minutes (1.2/8.31M).
ABC’s two-hour The Bachelorette finale averaged 3.5 million total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating on Tuesday night, down sharply from the previous cycle’s closer in August (4.6M/1.3) — and easily marking a franchise low. Fox’s broadcast of postponed NFL matches averaged 14.9 million viewers and a 3.8 demo rating, of course leading the night in both measures.
The CW’s Dynasty opened Season 5 on Monday night with 380,000 total viewers — its most-watched episode in over a year — and a 0.1 demo rating, while a second episode drew 310K/0.1. ABC’s slice of Monday Night Football coverage (7.5M/1.4) drew a bigger but slightly older audience than last week’s match-up, and dominated the super-quiet night in both measures
NBC’s coverage of Sunday Night Football was an obvious winner for primetime, the same way the New Orleans Saints were the clear conquerers of the latest NFL game. Earning a 3.6 rating in the 18-49 demo and 14.13 million viewers in fast affiliates, SNF was the highest-rated and most-watched program of the evening. SNF, which saw the Saints dominate the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9-0. Following SNF, other sports-related content lead the pack. Fox’s The OT (2.6/10.26M) came in second, followed by Football Night In America (2.4/9.86M).
ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy entered the holiday break with 4.1 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating Thursday night, rebounding a bit from last week’s series lows. Over on Fox, Thursday Night Football (11.6M/2.7) was up sharply from last week’s early numbers.
Survivor‘s three-hour finale event on Wednesday averaged 5.1 million total viewers and a 0.9 demo rating, down a tick from its previous December finale but delivering the night’s largest audience and tying Masked Singer in the demo.
FBI: Most Wanted and The Voice‘s season finale landed in a four-way tie for the nightly demo win, while FBI proper copped the largest audience.
ABC’s slice of the Monday Night Football pie this week drew 6.7 million total viewers and a 1.5 rating, dominating the night in the demo. NBC’s The Voice, meanwhile, delivered Monday’s largest audience (7.1M) while steady in the demo (with a 0.7)
In fast affiliates, the Packers’ 45-30 victory scored a 4.0 rating in the 18-49 demo and 15.06 million viewers for NBC, leaving the rest of Sunday’s titles, including premieres and special coverage behind by a large margin. Sunday Night Football was up against Fox’s coverage of the 70th Miss Universe (0.5, 2.68M), which saw Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu walk away with the highly-coveted crown. Numbers are set to change pending adjustment, as is the cast with most live events.
CBS’s Young Sheldon (6.8 million viewers and a 0.6 demo rating) and NBC’s Law & Order: Organized Crime tied for Thursday’s non-NFL demo win. Fox’s Thursday Night Football (9.6M/2.2) is down sharply from last week’s early numbers.
CBS’s CSI: Vegas closed out its 10-episode season with 3.5 million total viewers and a 0.4 rating — holding steady in the demo while dropping just a handful of eyeballs. Opening CBS’s night, Survivor (5.5M/0.9) was steady and led Wednesday in the demo.
ABC’s Live in Front of a Studio Audience averaged 4.6 million total viewers and a 0.9 rating, down 20% and 18% from its December 2019 edition but still topping Tuesday in the demo. Over on CBS, FBI (6.8M/0.6) dipped from its last fresh episode but still copped Tuesday’s largest audience.
NBC’s production of Annie Live! averaged 5.2 million total viewers and a 0.9 demo rating (per fast nationals), easily leading Thursday’s non-NFL fare in the demo. Thursday Night Football on Fox (13M/3.0) was up sharply from the preliminary numbers for its pre-Thanksgiving outing.
Fox’s The Masked Singer this Wednesday drew its second-smallest audience ever (4 million) and slipped to an all-time demo low (with a 0.8) opposite family-friendly fare on NBC. That said, it still landed in a three-way tie for the nightly demo win.
NBC’s already-renewed La Brea wrapped Season 1 on Tuesday night with a five-week audience high (4.8 million total viewers) while steady in the demo (with a 0.5). Opening NBC’s night, The Voice (6.6M/0.7) dipped in the demo week-to-week yet led Tuesday in both measures (with CBS in rerun mode).
Fox’s 9-1-1 beat out NBC’s The Voice for the Monday demo win, while CBS’s NCIS delivered the night’s largest audience.
The Waltons’ Homecoming — a remake of the 1971 TV-movie that wound up spawning CBS’s The Waltons series — averaged nearly 960,000 total viewers on Sunday, marking The CW’s most watched night of the fall (and since April 14).
On NBC, The Voice (6 million total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating, dipped week-to-week but led Tuesday in both measures. ABC’s The Bachelorette drew 2.6M/0.6, ticking down on both counts to tie season lows. Leading out of that, Queens (1.07M/0.2) slipped to series lows.
ABC’s Dancing With the Stars drew 5.4 million total viewers and a Monday-leading 0.8 demo rating, ticking up week-to-week but down from last year’s championship dance-off (6.4M/1.0) to mark new finale lows. Over on NBC, The Voice (6.1M/0.7) dipped week-to-week yet still delivered Monday’s largest audience.
ABC’s broadcast of the American Music Awards on Sunday night averaged 3.8 million total viewers and a 1.0 rating, steady in audience and up a tick in the demo vs. last year’s early numbers — though still a far cry from what the kudoscast last did pre-pandemic (6.7M/1.8). Over on NBC, meanwhile, Sunday Night Football (11.9M/3.0) was down about 15% from last week’s preliminary numbers.
CBS’s Young Sheldon this week drew 6.7 million total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating, holding steady in the demo to lead Thursday’s non-NFL fare in that measure. Fox’s Thursday Night Football coverage (8.1M/2.1) matched last week’s early numbers.
The demo rating standoff between Survivor and The Masked Singer carried over to a second week as the two competition series tied to top Wednesday. Survivor and The Masked Singer remained steady from last week’s episodes to earn a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demo. The former attracted more viewers, 5.63 million to be exact, marking the night’s most-viewed program. The Masked Singer drew in 4.39 million viewers. Both rose from the previous week.
NBC’s The Voice (6.6M/0.8) topped Tuesday in the demo, while CBS’s FBI (7.4M/0.6) hit a season high in audience and led Tuesday in that measure but dipped in the demo. The CW’s The Flash kicked off its season-opening “Armageddon” arc with 764,000 total viewers and a 0.2 demo rating, on par with both its Season 7 averages (820K/0.2) and its July finale (700K/0.2).
NBC’s The Voice drew 6.4 million total viewers and a 0.8 demo rating, holding steady week-to-week to lead Monday in both measures (with CBS in rerun mode).
CBS is singing a happy tune given the turnout for Adele: One Night Only. Per preliminary numbers, the concert/interview special averaged 9.6 million total viewers and a 1.5 demo rating — tallies that are likely to swell further once updated numbers trickle in this afternoon.
CBS’s Young Sheldon and ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy led Thursday’s non-NFL fare in the demo, while NBC’s SVU dipped to season lows. Fox’s Thursday Night Football coverage, with 8.1 million total viewers and a 2.1 demo rating, was up from last week’s fast nationals.
ABC’s broadcast of the 55th Country Music Association Awards veritably matched last year’s audience low (with 6.6 million total viewers, per prelim numbers) and its demo rating (with a 1.1). The kudoscast thus led Wednesday in both measures.
NBC’s The Voice this Tuesday drew 6.7 million total viewers and a 0.8 demo rating, up sharply from last week’s clip show and leading the night in the demo. Over on CBS, FBI (7M/0.7) drew the night’s largest audience and was up in the demo.
