For no clear reason, a strong night for CW.
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: SHARK TANK dipped 0.1 to 0.7, and 20/20 held at 0.6.
CBS: MACGYVER (0.5) and MAGNUM PI (0.5) were both down 0.1. Notwithstanding the chart, the BLUE BLOODS was a rerun at 0.4.
NBC: The US FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP was at 0.3.
FOX: WWE SMACKDOWN was steady at 0.6.
CW: We’ll see in finals whether there were local preemptions involved, but for now the new and rerun episodes of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY (0.2/0.2) as well as PENN & TELLER: FOOL US (0.2) were all up 0.1.
Saturday and Sunday TV will be dominated by the NFL PLAYOFFS, and FOX will again use football as a launching pad for its upcoming series THE GREAT NORTH. In addition, CW will finally begin its belated regular season with a new (and newly cast) BATWOMAN.
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 Tuesday afternoon with the broadcast finals.
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Blue Bloods was a rerun, Macguyver and Magnum PI were new episodes.
Don’t you mean come back Monday afternoon? Or am I missing something?
The finals will be delayed because of MLK Day.
So the usual Nielsen delay for every single holiday.
They must have CRAZY holiday parties with tons of booze at Nielsen data headquarters! 😉