The returnees were somewhat soft.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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.
ABC: TO TELL THE TRUTH (0.5), BLACK-ISH (0.4) and MIXED-ISH (0.3) were all down 0.1. SOUL OF A NATION premiered at 0.3.
CBS: Returning from several weeks of reruns, NCIS lost 0.1 to 0.8, FBI dropped 0.2 to 0.6, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down 0.1 to 0.5.
NBC: YOUNG ROCK fell 0.2 to 0.6, and KENAN was steady at 0.5. The Tuesday midseason premiere of THE VOICE was at 0.9, down 0.1 from the Fall 2020 Tuesday premiere. The NEW AMSTERDAM season premiere was at 0.6, down 0.2 from last season’s start.
FOX: Returning from a rerun week, THE RESIDENT held at 0.6, and PRODIGAL SON was down 0.1 to 0.3.
CW: The season premiere of THE FLASH was at 0.3, down a disconcerting 0.3 from the Fall 2019 premiere. SUPERMAN & LOIS, already renewed for next season, dipped 0.1 to 0.3.
Tonight, FOX airs the season finale of NAME THAT TUNE.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on network affiliates in 210 U.S. markets from 8-11 pm Eastern & Pacific or 7-10 pm Central & Mountain. The numbers are some combination of the network schedule and any pre-emptions (such as local news or weather coverage). Accurate program ratings will be available with the broadcast finals.
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