Preliminary Ratings: Monday 12/29/14

It was another night filled with repeat programming, but CBS managed to pull out a sweep in the Monday night ratings, edging ABC in the A18-49 ratings. The lone new episode of a regular series, MIKE & MOLLY, was both the most watched show of the night and the highest rated in the A18-49 demographic. That, with an encore of 2 BROKE GIRLS, beat ABC's HAPPY NEW YEAR, CHARLIE BROWN holiday special, in the demo. The Peanuts special was the #2 program in the demo.

ABC also aired RUDOLPH'S SHINY NEW YEAR, to less than enthused ratings. The special dropped 35% of the audience that CHARLIE BROWN brought to it. But, The NEw Year's special is a far cry from being the classic that the Christmas special is.

NBC may have produced low ratings with the mini-marathon of STATE OF AFFAIRS, but it is good to see the networks to re-embrace the programming format, during encore seasons. Now, if we could just get them to do more of this in the summer.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

ABC - 4.4 million viewers, 1.1 rating in A18-49

CBS - 6.8 million viewers, 1.2 rating in A18-49

CW - 1.1 million viewers, 0.4 rating in A18-49

FOX - 1.7 million viewers, 0.5 rating in A18-49

NBC - 3.1 million viewers, 0.5 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Happy New Year Charlie Brown	5.40	1.5
9:00	ABC	Rudolph's Shiny New Year	3.50	1.0	-35%
10:00	ABC	Castle [R]	4.10	0.8	17%
8:00	CBS	2 Broke Girls [R]	6.60	1.3
8:30	CBS	Mike & Molly	8.40	1.8	27%
9:00	CBS	Scorpion [R]	6.70	1.2	-20%
10:00	CBS	NCIS: LA [R]	6.10	1.0	-9%
8:00	CW	The Originals [R]	1.20	0.5
9:30	CW	Jane The Virgin [R]	1.00	0.3	-17%
8:00	FOX	Gotham [R]	1.90	0.5
9:00	FOX	Sleepy Hollow [R]	1.50	0.4	-21%
8:00	NBC	State Of Affairs [R]	3.80	0.6
9:00	NBC	State Of Affairs [R]	3.00	0.5	-21%
10:00	NBC	State Of Affairs [R]	2.60	0.5	-13%

* - in millions