Preliminary Ratings: Monday 02/08/2016

CASTLE returned to the ABC lineup, on Monday night, to less than stellar numbers. The winter premiere drew just 5.7 million viewers and a 1.1 rating in Adults 18-49. It was last in its 10 PM time slot and the second worst numbers of the night, from the Big 4 networks. Only TELENOVELA did worse numbers. Compared to its fall finale, in November, CASTLE is down one million viewers, but flat in the key demographics. THE BACHELOR was up week-to-week, except in the A18-34 demo.

FOX edged out ABC for the nightly win, despite THE X-FILES dropping numbers from last week. THE X-FILES and THE BACHELOR were in a virtual tie at 8 PM, with only 200,00 difference in total viewers and posting the same A18-49 rating (2.5). LUCIFER continues to do relatively decent retention numbers, keeping FOX competitive at 9 PM.

CBS was a competitive third place, winning the night in viewership and second in the A25-54 demographic. NCIS: LA win its 10 PM time slot, easily topping both CASTLE and THE BIGGEST LOSER.

NBC was a distant fourth place, with only SUPERSTORE posting decent, but still fourth place, ratings.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	7.60 million	1.8	2.0	2.4
CBS	9.60 million	1.0	1.8	2.5
CW	1.00 million	0.3	0.3	0.4
FOX	6.90 million	1.3	2.1	2.8
NBC	4.00 million	0.7	1.2	1.5

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Bachelor	8.50	2.3	2.5	2.9
10:00	ABC	Castle	5.70	0.7	1.1	1.5
8:00	CBS	Supergirl	8.00	1.0	1.8	2.4
9:00	CBS	Scorpion	11.20	1.1	2.0	3.0
10:00	CBS	NCIS: LA	9.70	0.9	1.6	2.2
8:00	CW	Crazy Ex-Girfriend	1.10	0.3	0.4	0.4
9:30	CW	Jane The Virgin	0.90	0.3	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	The X-Files	8.30	1.6	2.5	3.3
9:00	FOX	Lucifer	5.50	1.0	1.7	2.2
8:00	NBC	Superstore	5.20	0.9	1.4	1.8
8:30	NBC	Telenovela	3.30	0.5	0.9	1.2
9:00	NBC	The Biggest Loser	3.80	0.7	1.2	1.5

* - in millions