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January 12, 2018
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.11.2018

 

The novelty of a returned WILL & GRACE seems to have faded.

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.

Fast Demo 2018 Jan 11.THU

NBC:  SUPERSTORE (1.1), THE GOOD PLACE (1.0) and GREAT NEWS (0.6) were all steady, but WILL & GRACE fell 0.3 to 1.1.  The night ended with CHICAGO FIRE down 0.2 to 0.9.

FOX:  THE FOUR dropped 0.2 to 1.0.

CBS:  All the sitcoms were down 0.1 from last week:  THE BIG BANG THEORY to 3.0, YOUNG SHELDON to 2.5, MOM to 1.6, and LIFE IN PIECES to 1.2.  SWAT was steady at 1.1.

ABC:  This week’s 2-hour TRUTH & LIES documentary about Tonya Harding scored 0.3 better than last week’s about Waco at 1.4.  The night began with a rerun of CHILD SUPPORT at 0.7.

CW:  The CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS were at 0.3.

A retooled version of TAKEN, with a largely new cast and new showrunner, arrives on NBC tonight.

COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.

Fast Track 2018 Jan 11.THU

CABLE RATINGS: Come back this afternoon for detailed demographic ratings for top cable programs from this day.

PREVIOUS THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS)

PREVIOUS THURSDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.