Preliminary Ratings: Tuesday 01/17/2017

NBC dominates in the younger demographic ratings to win the night, while CBS hauls in the most viewers, more than the combined total from ABC and NBC. Once again, ABC and FOX duke it out for scraps and the CW is still benching its heavy hitters.

THIS IS US, down one million viewers and 13% in the A18-49 demo from last week, is still the top dog of the night, in the demos, with nothing else really even coming close. The 2.6 rating in Adults 18-49 is almost 40% better than #2, NCIS. THE WALL, which proceeded it, is a solid contender and beat time period champ,  NCIS, in the A18-34 demo. NBC is building a solid night, without either THE VOICE or NFL Football in the mix.

CBS did have three of the four most watched shows of the night, with NCIS leading the way with 15.4 million. The demographic ratings are solid, finishing either first or second in their respective time slots.

ABC started the night off well, with THE MIDDLE tying THE WALL for second pace in the A18-49 and A25-54 demos and in total viewership, but the rest of the night just got worse and worse. By the time AGENTS OF SHIELD began, at 10 PM, viewership was less than a third of where it started.

FOX still places fourth on the night, averaging less than three million viewers.

The CW said good-bye to NO TOMORROW as the season/series finale drew just 600,000 viewers.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.80 million	0.6	1.1	1.4
CBS	11.90 million	0.8	1.5	2.3
CW	0.80 million	0.2	0.3	0.4
FOX	2.70 million	0.7	0.9	1.1
NBC	7.70 million	1.2	2.0	2.5

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Middle	6.60	1.0	1.7	2.2
8:30	ABC	American Housewife	5.40	0.8	1.5	2.0
9:00	ABC	Fresh Off the Boat	3.80	0.7	1.1	1.4
9:30	ABC	The Real O'Neals	2.80	0.5	0.8	1.1
10:00	ABC	Agents of SHIELD	2.00	0.4	0.6	0.8
8:00	CBS	NCIS	15.40	1.0	1.9	2.9
9:00	CBS	BULL	11.00	0.8	1.5	2.2
10:00	CBS	NCIS: New Orleans	9.20	0.6	1.2	1.8
8:00	CW	The Flash [R]	1.00	0.2	0.3	0.4
9:00	CW	No Tomorrow (SF)	0.60	0.2	0.2	0.3
8:00	FOX	New Girl	2.40	0.8	1.0	1.2
8:30	FOX	The Mick	2.70	0.9	1.1	1.3
9:00	FOX	Bones	2.90	0.6	0.8	1.0
8:00	NBC	The Wall	6.60	1.1	1.7	2.2
9:00	NBC	This Is Us	9.50	1.7	2.6	3.2
10:00	NBC	Chicago Fire	7.00	0.9	1.6	2.1

* - viewers in millions