Times are tough even for THE BIG BANG THEORY.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
CBS: THE BIG BANG THEORY aired a rerun last week, but it was down 0.2 from its last new episode to 2.4, which is a new low for the series. YOUNG SHELDON fell half a point from last week to 2.1, MOM lost 0.4 to 1.4, LIFE IN PIECES dipped 0.2 to 1.1, and SWAT was down 0.1 to 1.0.
FOX: GOTHAM slipped 0.1 from 2 weeks ago to 0.8, and THE ORVILLE held at 0.9.
CW: SUPERNATURAL gained 0.2 from last week to 0.5 (but that was down 0.2 from 2 weeks ago), and a special PENN & TELLER: FOOL US was at 0.3.
ABC: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS was at 1.6, up 0.1 from 2016. a WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY MAGICAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION special was at 1.2, up 0.2 from last year (which aired on Thanksgiving night).
NBC: The preliminary rating for THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was 3.3, down 1.1 from the early Thanksgiving number (for a game NBC didn’t have to share with NFL Network) and up half a point from 2 weeks ago.
ABC’s AGENTS OF SHIELD has its 2-hour season premiere tonight.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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