RATINGS RECAP: 1/31/16

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
8:00 Galavant
Viewers: 2.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
9:00 Marvel's Agent Carter (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.3
10:00 Shark Tank (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 9.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
8:00 Madam Secretary
Viewers: 10.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 The Good Wife
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
10:00 CSI: Cyber
Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

NBC
7:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
8:00 American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. the World
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

FOX
7:00 Grease: Live
Viewers: 12.2 million, 18-49 demo: 4.3

Grease was the word on Sunday night for FOX as its first foray into the live musical field was an extremely successful one. The heavily hyped Grease delivered a strong 12.2 million viewers and a 4.3 demo. It topped the numbers by NBC's The Wiz Live! and Peter Pan Live! It even came close in the demo to The Sound of Music Live! from 2013. This was a huge success story for FOX. Coupled with positive reviews, we can be sure that this will be a new tradition for FOX and this was a great time to air it, between the NFL Championship Games and the Super Bowl. Let the guessing games begin for the 2017 FOX musical!

On ABC, the season finale of Galavant was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. I can't imagine it'll be back for a third January run after how low it went this season. On CBS, it was an old skewing night as expected. 60 Minutes was down big from last week's football lead-in edition. Madam Secretary and The Good Wife were both down big from their last airings two weeks ago, which were boosted by a late NFL game. Still, it was impressive that Madam Secretary was able to stay over 10 million viewers. CSI: Cyber was up three tenths in viewers and even in the demo from its last airing three weeks ago. Finally on NBC, Dateline NBC was up 1.9 million viewers and four tenths in the demo while an American Ninja Warrior special did OK but nothing special.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Grease: Live (FOX)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Galavant (ABC)