RATINGS RECAP: 1/24/16

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
8:00 Galavant
Viewers: 2.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5
9:00 Marvel's Agent Carter (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 9.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
8:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 Madam Secretary (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
10:00 NCIS (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

NBC
7:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
8:00 Movie: Bridesmaids
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

FOX
7:00 NFC Championship Game
Viewers: 45.7 million, 18-49 demo: 15.7
9:58 NFL Postgame
Viewers: 26.9 million, 18-49 demo: 10.0
10:24 The X-Files
Viewers: 16.2 million, 18-49 demo: 6.1

On the Championship Game Sunday, FOX dealt with a blowout game but it still delivered a huge 45.7 million viewers and 15.7 demo. This was above the 42.1 million/13.9 demo that last year's primetime game garnered. While the game was predictably huge, FOX had a great night from the return of The X-Files. The anticipation and scheduling lived up to the hype with a big 6.1 demo and 16.2 million viewers. The demo nearly doubled what Scorpion got last year for CBS in the lead-out slot. There was clearly a lot of interest and excitement for the return of one of the most popular shows of the 90s. CBS had a mammoth audience for its afternoon game - the best ratings for an AFC Championship Game since 1986 - but it didn't have any positive impact in their primetime except 60 Minutes got a slight bump perhaps. But most people switched over to Panthers-Cardinals. Finally on ABC, Galavant was their only new programming and it fell two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo to a pretty pitiful series low.