Preliminary Ratings: Tuesday 01/03/2016

NBC and CBS split leadership on an (almost) all-new Tuesday night, from the networks. NBC gave us two winter premieres, from CHICAGO FIRE and CHICAGO PD, and a new episode of THE WALL. The Network was #1 in the demos, from 9 to 11 PM, and second during the 8 PM hour. But, NBC is noticeably weaker without THE VOICE and the new hit drama, THIS IS US.

CBS was, by far, the most watched network, averaging over 12 million viewers on the night. It was right behind NBC in the demos. All three dramas were up, slightly, from their last original episodes in 2016.

ABC edged out FOX for third place, but not by very much. FOX gave us the final season premiere of BONES, which was a vast improvement over the former occupant, SCREAM QUEENS, doubling that shows viewership and ratings. THE MICK did grow out of NEW GIRL, which is a positive.

The ABC comedies started decent, but took a steep spiral down as the night progressed. THE MIDDLE tied for the second best A18-49 rating of the night,  but THE REAL O'NEALS barely keeping half of the audience that started the night with ABC.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	4.10 million	0.7	1.2	1.5
CBS	12.10 million	0.8	1.5	2.3
CW	0.70 million	0.2	0.3	0.3
FOX	3.20 million	0.7	1.1	1.2
NBC	7.40 million	1.1	1.7	2.2

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Middle	6.60	0.9	1.7	2.2
8:30	ABC	American Housewife	5.60	0.9	1.6	2.1
9:00	ABC	Fresh Off The Boat	4.40	0.8	1.4	1.7
9:30	ABC	The Real O'Neals	3.30	0.6	1.0	1.3
10:00	ABC	David Blaine/Magic [R]	2.20	0.4	0.7	0.9
8:00	CBS	NCIS	15.60	0.9	1.8	2.8
9:00	CBS	BULL	11.30	0.8	1.5	2.2
10:00	CBS	NCIS: New Orleans	9.50	0.7	1.2	1.9
8:00	CW	The Flash [R]	1.00	0.3	0.3	0.4
9:00	CW	No Tomorrow	0.50	0.1	0.2	0.2
8:00	FOX	New Girl	2.50	0.8	1.1	1.2
8:30	FOX	The Mick	3.30	0.9	1.3	1.5
9:00	FOX	Bones (SP)	3.40	0.6	0.9	1.1
8:00	NBC	The Wall	6.80	1.1	1.7	2.2
9:00	NBC	Chicago Fire (WP)	7.60	1.2	1.6	2.1
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD (WP)	7.80	1.1	1.7	2.2

* - viewers in millions