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Ratings: Ted Danson’s ‘Mr Mayor’ Loses One-Quarter of Last Week’s Premiere Audience

by Tony Maglio and Jennifer Maas | January 15, 2021 @ 8:31 AM

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We won’t go so far as to say that Ted Danson’s “Mr. Mayor” was voted out of office on Thursday, but the new NBC sitcom did shed a significant number of viewers, about 1.3 million, from last week’s debut.

It’s worth pointing out here that two “Mayor” episodes aired last week, with Episode 2 declining from the series premiere. So the losses are less dramatic from Episodes 2 to 3. That said, a rerun of “Mr. Mayor” got a really nice boost as a lead-in to playoff football on Sunday. That could only have helped.

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ABC topped another Thursday primetime thanks to better performances in Week 2 of its new game shows “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” and “The Chase.” CBS effectively aired all reruns last night.

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ABC was first in ratings with a 0.8 rating/5 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 5.3 million, according to preliminary numbers. At 8 p.m., “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” scored a 1.1/7 and 7.6 million viewers. “The Chase” at 9 posted a 0.8/5 and 5.3 million viewers. At 10, “The Hustler” closed the night with a 0.6/4 and 3.2 million viewers.

Fox was second in ratings with a 0.6/4 and third in viewers with 2.7 million. At 8, “Hell’s Kitchen” had a 0.7/4 and 2.6 million viewers. “Call Me Kat” at 9 settled for a 0.5/3 and 2.8 million viewers. At 9:30, “Last Man Standing” also received a 0.5/3 and 2.8 million viewers.

NBC was third in ratings with a 0.5/3 and second in viewers with 3.4 million. “Mr. Mayor” at 8 had a 0.5/3 and 3.6 million viewers. At 8:30, “Superstore” got a 0.5/3 and 2.5 million viewers. “Law & Order: SVU” at 9 put up a 0.6/4 and 3.8 million viewers. At 10, “Dateline: NBC” ended the night with a 0.4/3 and 3.3 million viewers.

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Univision, CBS and Telemundo tied for fourth in ratings, each with a 0.3/2. CBS, which aired comedy reruns and a Season 1 episode of the CBS All Access drama “Star Trek: Discovery,” was fourth in viewers with 2.6 million. Univision was fifth with 1.2 million and Telemundo was sixth with 1.1 million.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.1/0 and in viewers with 507,000. At 8, “World’s Funniest Animals” settled for a 0.1/1 and 761,000 viewers. The finale episode at 8:30 had a 0.1/1 and 673,000 viewers. A repeat followed.