You’re third-place material, Charlie Brown. NBC’s “Thursday Night Football” and the CBS sitcom combo of “The Big Bang Theory” and “Young Sheldon” crushed ABC’s annual broadcast of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” last night.
To be fair to the Peanuts characters, however, Snoopy and the gang were actually up year over year in both the key demo and among total viewers.
All told, NBC was first in ratings with a 3.1 rating/12 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 10.9 million, according to preliminary numbers. A pregame show and the Dallas Cowboys home victory over the Washington Redskins combined for those Nielsen numbers. Due to the nature of live sports and time zones, however, NBC’s fast-national ratings are subject to adjustment.
CBS was second in ratings with a 1.5/6 and in viewers with 9 million. “The Big Bang Theory” at 8 p.m. scored a 2.4/10 and 13.6 million viewers. At 8:30, “Young Sheldon” posted a 2.1/8 and 12.1 million viewers. “Mom” at 9 put up a 1.4/5 and 8.7 million viewers. At 9:30, “Life in Pieces” had a 1.1/4 and 6.6 million viewers. “S.W.A.T.” at 10 got a 1.0/4 and 6.6 million viewers.
ABC was third in ratings with a 1.3/5 and in viewers with 5.5 million. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at 8 landed a 1.6/6 and 6.5 million viewers. At 9, “The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration” received a 1.2/4 and 5 million viewers.
Fox was fourth in ratings with a 0.9/3 and in viewers with 3.1 million. “Gotham” at 8 had a 0.8/3 and 2.6 million viewers. At 9, “The Orville” got a 0.9/3 and 3.6 million viewers.
Univision was fifth in ratings with a 0.6/2 and in viewers with 1.6 million.
Telemundo was sixth in ratings with a 0.5/2 and seventh in viewers with 1.2 million.
The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.4/2 and sixth in viewers with 1.4 million. “Supernatural” at 8 had a 0.5/2 and 1.7 million viewers. The season finale of “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” got a 0.3/1 and 1.2 million viewers.
13 TV Shows With the Worst Audience Declines From Last Year (Photos)
We've already learned that just six entertainment (so, no sports or news programming) TV shows across the Big 4 broadcast channels were able to grow their audiences from Fall 2016 to this season -- but which ones are actually falling the hardest? TheWrap's got that answer for you today, and we've ranked them in order from bad-to-awful.
Unfortunately for Fox, the newest of the networks (again, we're leaving The CW alone here) owns each of the three worst year over year total-viewer drop-offs. All numbers in this story comes from Nielsen's "most current" metric, which includes a week's worth of delayed viewing where available.
Rank: 13 Show: "NCIS: Los Angeles" Net: CBS Total-Viewer Average: 10.216 million Year-Over-Year Decline: -20%
"NCIS: LA" moved from Sundays at 8 after "60 Minutes" to Sundays at 9 after the recently scraped "Wisdom of the Crowd." You do the math -- or rather, don't bother, as we just did for you.
Rank: 11 (tie) Show: "The Blacklist" Net: NBC Total-Viewer Average: 8.322 million Year-Over-Year Decline: -21%
"The Blacklist" moved from Thursdays at 10 to Wednesdays at 8. It's now up against Fox's "Empire" and in the dead spot previously occupied by "Blindspot."
Rank: 10 Show: "Madam Secretary" Net: CBS Total-Viewer Average: 8.564 million Year-Over-Year Decline: -22%
"Madam Secretary" was sent to Sundays at 10 this season -- though with NFL football overruns, it rarely even finishes within the confines of East Coast primetime.
Rank: 9 Show: "Scorpion" Net: CBS Total-Viewer Average: 7.599 million Year-Over-Year Decline: -25%
"Scorpion" is mostly getting beaten-up by ABC's freshman drama"The Good Doctor." Bring back the good-old days when this batch of geniuses battled "Conviction." Plus, no one wants "Me, Myself & I" as a lead-in -- or in CBS' case, really, at all.
Rank: 1 (tie) Show: "Lethal Weapon" Net: Fox Total-Viewer Average: 5.902 million Year-Over-Year Decline: -37%
As a freshman, "Lethal Weapon" benefitted in its final 15 minutes as viewers flocked to Fox early for "Empire." Now the action-drama is on its own for Season 2, and Murtaugh and Riggs are maybe already getting too old for this s---.
Fox actually claims all three of the biggest drops from Fall 2016
We've already learned that just six entertainment (so, no sports or news programming) TV shows across the Big 4 broadcast channels were able to grow their audiences from Fall 2016 to this season -- but which ones are actually falling the hardest? TheWrap's got that answer for you today, and we've ranked them in order from bad-to-awful.
Unfortunately for Fox, the newest of the networks (again, we're leaving The CW alone here) owns each of the three worst year over year total-viewer drop-offs. All numbers in this story comes from Nielsen's "most current" metric, which includes a week's worth of delayed viewing where available.