The NFL PLAYOFFS, naturally, were dominant.
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.
FOX: The NFL PLAYOFFS towered over everything around it with a preliminary 8.6. That was a huge lead-in for an out-of-timeslot BOB’S BURGERS at 2.7, and the season finale of BLESS THE HARTS at 1.3.
ABC: AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS (0.7) and KIDS SAY THE DARNEDEST THINGS (0.5) were steady. A new SHARK TANK dropped 0.1 to 0.5, followed by a rerun at 0.5.
CBS: 60 MINUTES was helped by its own football lead-in to 1.5. GOD FRIENDED ME similarly had a 0.4 jump to 0.8, and NCIS: LA was up 0.3 to 0.8.. A rerun of the FBI: MOST WANTED pilot was at 0.5.
CW: The CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS were at 0.2, down 0.1 from last year’s edition.
NBC: Reruns at 0.4-0.5.
Tonight is another football night, with the focus switching to ESPN and the CFP CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. In addition, HBO premieres THE NEW POPE.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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