Only Republicans could be pleased with last night’s network TV.
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: On a night rife with election-related preemptions and reruns, THE VOICE ran a clip show and was down 0.6 from last Tuesday’s regular hour to 2.3. MARRY ME fell by 0.2 to 1.3, and ABOUT A BOY was down 0.1 to 1.1. NBC won the 10PM battle of news specials at 1.0.
ABC: A pair of SELFIE episodes were at 1.0/0.9, and then the network preempted AGENTS OF SHIELD for a MARVEL: 75 YEARS FROM PULP TO POP special, which scored 1.2. The network’s election special tied with CBS at 0.8.
CBS: NCIS reruns started the night at 1.4/1.5, then the election special was at 0.8.
FOX: MASTERCHEF JUNIOR, facing relatively weak competition, had a solid season debut at 1.8. That boosted NEW GIRL and THE MINDY PROJECT to 1.6/1.3 (up respectively 0.4/0.2) after their World Series hiatus.
CW: A rerun THE FLASH was at a not-unimpressive 0.6, followed by 0.5 for a SUPERNATURAL clip show.
ABC has the CMA AWARDS tonight, while on cable, BBCAmerica premieres the well-reviewed spy thriller THE GAME.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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