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RATINGS RECAP: 1/5/16

ABC
8:00 Fresh Off the Boat (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
8:30 The Muppets (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
9:00 Shark Tank
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
10:00 Beyond the Tank
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

CBS
8:00 NCIS
Viewers: 19.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7
9:00 NCIS: New Orleans
Viewers: 17.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5
10:00 Limitless
Viewers: 7.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

NBC
8:00 Hollywood Game Night
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 Chicago Fire
Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
10:00 Chicago Med
Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9

FOX
8:00 New Girl
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
8:30 Grandfathered
Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:30 The Grinder
Viewers: 2.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

On Tuesday night, there were crossovers on both CBS and NBC. CBS was the clear victor, but NBC did well too. CBS continued its sizzling January with a great performance by the NCIS twins. NCIS was up a huge 3.5 million viewers and six tenths in the demo for a season high. NCIS: New Orleans was up a mammoth 5.1 million viewers and eight tenths in the demo. Too bad they can't do crossovers every week! For New Orleans, the demo ties a series high. The last time it went this high was a year ago this week. It was just a spectacular night for these shows. However, they couldn't help Limitless much. The new drama was up just seven tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo despite the huge lead-in improvement. This was a golden opportunity for this show to get some more exposure plus it had the return of Bradley Cooper, and it couldn't capitalize.

NBC had the beginning of its three show Chicago crossover but it had to not only contend with the NCIS crossover, but also no lead-in from The Voice. Considering that, it was a pretty good night for NBC. At 8pm, the season premiere of Hollywood Game Night did fairly well. Chicago Fire and Chicago Med swapped timeslots. Fire was down 1.7 million viewers and two tenths in the demo while Chicago Med was down 1.2 million viewers and a tenth in the demo. These shows were sizzling hot behind The Voice in December and that hurt it slightly more than the crossover helped it. We'll have to see how these shows do from now until The Voice comes back, especially Chicago Med.

Amidst all the crossovers, FOX debuted its new comedy block. The return of New Girl went OK at 8pm, where it skewed young with an OK 1.4. Considering how low this has gotten, this was a serviceable number but I'd be surprised if it can stay at this level for long. Brooklyn Nine-Nine also returned to Tuesday and didn't do too much, but wasn't that far off from some of its Sunday performances. The worst news for FOX is this comedy lineup did next to nothing for Grandfathered and The Grinder in the half hour slot. Grandfathered was down a tenth in viewers and up a tenth in the demo while The Grinder was down three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. The other two shows clearly have a little bit of an audience that will follow them around, but the new comedies are getting rejected. ABC was lost in the shuffle as a special airing of Shark Tank at 9pm was below its usual Friday result and the season premiere of Beyond the Tank was down from last spring's short run.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Limitless (CBS)
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