Several series returned from their holiday recess.
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.
NBC: The networks were generally helped by comparison with last Monday, when the College Football Championship game was dominating eyeballs at ESPN. CELEBRITY APPRENTICE rose 0.1 to 1.2. But that was still a far lower lead-in than THE VOICE had been giving TIMELESS, and that show returned at a series-low 0.9, down 0.3 from its last airing.
FOX: GOTHAM returned up 0.2 to 1.2, and LUCIFER was steady at 1.1.
CBS: The network opted out of competing with football last week, so comparisons are to January 2. KEVIN CAN WAIT rose 0.3 to 1.7, MAN WITH A PLAN was up 0.3 to 1.5, 2 BROKE GIRLS gained 0.2 to 1.5, and THE GOOD COUPLE climbed 0.1 to 1.1. At 10PM, SCORPION was steady at 1.2.
ABC: THE BACHELOR was up 0.2 to 2.3, but 2 more episodes of BIG FAN remained at last week’s 1.0/0.7.
CW: A HOWIE MANDEL ALL STAR COMEDY GALA special was at 0.4.
There are finales tonight for CW’s NO TOMORROW and USA’s SHOOTER. The latter is for the season, while the first is probably eternal.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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