RATINGS RECAP: 12/8/15

ABC
8:00 The Muppets
Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
8:30 Fresh Off the Boat
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
10:00 Shark Tank (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

CBS
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
9:00 NCIS: New Orleans (Repeat)
Viewers: 9.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
10:00 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Viewers: 6.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 13.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8
9:00 Chicago Med
Viewers: 9.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
10:00 Chicago Fire
Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0

FOX
8:00 Scream Queens
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

It was another stellar Tuesday for NBC which is going strong with its new lineup. The Voice is continuing to have one of its best runs up to the finale ever as it was up a million viewers and two tenths in the demo. It is up over 20% from the same week last fall. At 9pm, Chicago Med continued its hot streak as it was down three tenths in viewers but up a tenth in the demo. For its next airing in January, it will not get to follow The Voice, but it will be part of a crossover event with the other two Chicago shows. It will obviously dip in the weeks before The Voice comes back but I think NBC has a hit on its hands. At 10pm, Chicago Fire was up half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo for another great performance. It came close to a series high in total viewers.

On ABC, The Muppets was even with last week while Fresh Off the Boat was up two tenths in viewers but down a tenth in the demo to a new series low. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo for its fall finale. On CBS, the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was down big from the last several years. It used to air on the same night as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and oddly enough, that seemed to help it? Finally on FOX, the two hour season finale of Scream Queens was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo from last week's one hour episode. If this comes back, it will be for reasons other than its same day ratings, which have been abysmal.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: The Voice (NBC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Scream Queens (FOX)

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