CBS Has Three Most-Watched Scripted Series And Seven Of the Top Ten
By: Tori Hartshorn Jan. 23, 2018
CBS was #2 for the week in viewers (6.92m), behind Fox's NFC Championship Game-driven weekly win (10.60m), but well ahead of ABC (4.74m) and NBC (4.68m).
CBS had the top three scripted broadcasts in viewers in Week #17 and seven of the top 10: THE BIG BANG THEORY (#4 for the week), YOUNG SHELDON (#5), NCIS ENCORE (#6), BLUE BLOODS (#8), MOM (#10), HAWAII FIVE-0 (#11) and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS 9PM SPECIAL (#12).
THE BIG BANG THEORY on Thursday was the week's most-watched scripted program with 14.92 million viewers, and also won its night in adults 25-54 (4.4/14) and adults 18-49 (2.9/12).
YOUNG SHELDON was the week's most-watched new series with 13.33 million viewers. The comedy also was #2 for the night on Thursday in adults 25-54 (3.7/11) and adults 18-49 (2.4/9).
MOM continues to show strength, finishing #3 for the night in viewers while winning its time period in viewers (9.26m), adults 25-54 (2.5/8) and adults 18-49 (1.6/6).
Returning to originals for the first time since Dec. 18, 2017, CBS' Monday comedies showed significant growth:
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KEVIN CAN WAIT was first in viewers (7.20m) and added +800,000 viewers (from 6.40m, +13%) while posting its largest audience since the show's Sept. 25, 2017 season premiere.
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MAN WITH A PLAN was also first in viewers (6.68m) while adding a very significant +1.06m viewers (from 5.62m, +18%). MAN WITH A PLAN posted its largest audience since Feb. 20, 2017.
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SUPERIOR DONUTS (5.91m) added +910,000 viewers (from 5.00m, +18%) while posting its largest audience since March 13, 2017.
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9JKL (5.21m) added +920,000 viewers (from 4.29m, +21%) while posting its largest audience since Oct. 23, 2017.
On Tuesday, an encore of NCIS was first in viewers (9.88m) and was the night's #1 program in the measure - topping all first-run competition.
THE AMAZING RACE was first in viewers on Wednesday for the third straight week (6.89m) and also won its time period in adults 18-49 (1.5/5, tie).
On Friday, CBS was #1 in viewers for the 14th time this season, and #1 in adults 25-54 and adults 18-49 for the 13th time in 16 weeks. BLUE BLOODS was the #1 show for the night in viewers (9.45m), followed by HAWAII FIVE-0 (9.14 m) and MACGYVER (7.68m). All three shows won their hours in key demos as well.
Source: Nielsen Live Plus Same Day Ratings for week ending Jan. 21, 2018
NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME
Week #17 of 2017-2018 Season (ending: 1/21/18)
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VIEWERS |
|
|
(000) |
|
|
CBS |
6,921 |
|
NBC |
4,684 |
|
ABC |
4,735 |
|
FOX |
10,598 |
|
A25-54 |
||
|
Rtg |
Sh |
|
|
CBS |
1.5 |
5 |
|
NBC |
1.3 |
4 |
|
ABC |
1.5 |
5 |
|
FOX |
4.0 |
12 |
|
A18-49 |
||
|
Rtg |
Sh |
|
|
CBS |
1.0 |
4 |
|
NBC |
1.0 |
4 |
|
ABC |
1.2 |
4 |
|
FOX |
3.3 |
12 |
NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME
SEASON-TO-DATE RATINGS REPORT (9/25/17-1/21/18)
|
VIEWERS |
|
|
(000) |
|
|
CBS |
9,511 |
|
NBC |
8,471 |
|
ABC |
5,974 |
|
FOX |
6,183 |
|
A25-54 |
||
|
Rtg |
Sh |
|
|
CBS |
2.4 |
8 |
|
NBC |
2.7 |
9 |
|
ABC |
1.9 |
6 |
|
FOX |
2.3 |
7 |
|
A18-49 |
||
|
Rtg |
Sh |
|
|
CBS |
1.7 |
6 |
|
NBC |
2.2 |
8 |
|
ABC |
1.4 |
6 |
|
FOX |
1.9 |
7 |
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