Preliminary Ratings: Sunday 01/31/16

FOX win another Sunday night, its second in a row, with the three hour, live presentation of the musical GREASE. The special generated the top numbers of the night, with 12.2 million viewers and a 4.4 rating in Adults 18-49. In comparison, back in dearly December, NBC's, THE WIZ LIVE, produced 11.5 million viewers and a 3.4 rating in Adults 18-49.

NBC was a distant second place with its own three hour event, AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR. The skill competition series drew just 4.5 million viewers, but had the second best A18-49 demo rating, with a 1.4 score.

CBS was right behind NBC, in third place with its first all-original night of the sweeps period. All four programs produced consistent demographic numbers on the night, but viewership dropped about 35% from 8 to 11 p.m.

ABC's GALAVANT finally ended its low rated season, ranking 4th in its hour. In fact, the entire ABC line up was 4th place

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	2.50 million	0.5	0.6	0.8
CBS	6.30 million	0.6	1.1	1.6
CW	0.00 million	0.0	0.0	0.0
FOX	12.20 million	3.7	4.4	4.8
NBC	4.80 million	0.8	1.3	1.7

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
7:00	ABC	AFV [R]	4.70	0.7	1.0	1.3
8:00	ABC	Galavant (SF)	2.20	0.5	0.6	0.7
9:00	ABC	Agent Carter [R]	1.20	0.2	0.3	0.4
10:00	ABC	Shark Tank [R]	2.00	0.5	0.6	0.7
7:00	CBS	60 Minutes	9.40	0.6	1.1	1.6
8:00	CBS	Madam Secretary	10.10	0.6	1.1	1.8
9:00	CBS	The Good Wife	8.00	0.5	1.0	1.5
10:00	CBS	CSI: Cyber	6.80	0.6	1.0	1.5
7:00	FOX	Grease Live	12.20	3.7	4.4	4.8
7:00	NBC	Dateline	5.70	0.6	1.0	1.5
8:00	NBC	American Ninja Warrior	4.50	0.9	1.4	1.8

* - in millions