Final broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Friday, Jan. 1, 2016
All the adults 18-49 numbers from Friday’s early ratings carried through to the finals. Updated viewer totals are below.
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Last Man Standing (ABC) – R | 0.9/3 | 4.39 |
| NCIS (CBS) – R | 0.8/3 | 6.95 | |
| Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon (NBC) – R | 0.8/3 | 3.85 | |
| Masterchef Junior (FOX) – R | 0.7/2 | 2.27 | |
| iHeartRadio Music Festival (The CW) (8-10 p.m.) – R | 0.3/1 | 0.88 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Dr. Ken (ABC) – R | 0.8/3 | 3.44 |
| 9 p.m. | Dateline (NBC) (9-11 p.m.) | 1.0/3 | 4.79 |
| Shark Tank (ABC) – R | 0.9/3 | 3.86 | |
| Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) – R | 0.8/3 | 5.88 | |
| Masterchef Junior (FOX) – R | 0.7/2 | 2.30 | |
| 10 p.m. | 20/20 (ABC) | 1.1/4 | 5.37 |
| Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) – R | 0.8/3 | 5.60 |
Network averages:
| ABC | NBC | CBS | FOX | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 1.0/3 | 0.9/3 | 0.8/3 | 0.7/2 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 4.38 | 4.47 | 6.15 | 2.28 | 0.88 |
Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
Source: The Nielsen Company.
