Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Monday, Jan. 2, 2017
The numbers for Monday include a pair of competition-show premieres and a celebrity-driven cooking special:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | The Bachelor (ABC) (8-10 p.m.) – P | 2.1/6 | 6.56 |
| Kevin Can Wait (CBS) | 1.4/5 | 7.33 | |
| The New Celebrity Apprentice (NBC) (8-10 p.m.) – P | 1.3/4 | 4.93 | |
| Masterchef Celebrity Showdown (FOX) (8-10 p.m.) – S | 0.9/3 | 2.91 | |
| iHeartRadio Music Festival (The CW) (8-10 p.m.) – R | 0.3/1 | 0.92 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Man with a Plan (CBS) | 1.2/4 | 6.53 |
| 9 p.m. | 2 Broke Girls (CBS) | 1.3/4 | 5.84 |
| 9:30 p.m. | The Odd Couple (CBS) | 1.0/3 | 5.30 |
| 10 p.m. | Scorpion (CBS) | 1.2/4 | 7.21 |
| The Wall (NBC) | 1.2/4 | 4.54 | |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live: Here for the Right Reasons (ABC) – S | 1.1/4 | 3.60 |
“The Bachelor” won the battle of the two-hour reality shows Monday night, scoring the evening’s best 18-49 rating on the broadcast networks. The season premiere delivered a 2.1 in the 18-49 demographic, off 0.1 from last year’s premiere. It was also down about a million viewers vs. the 2016 debut (6.56 million vs. 7.55 million).
“The New Celebrity Apprentice” premiered to a 1.3 on NBC, well below “The Voice’s” fall average (as expected) and about a point below the premiere of the previous “Celeb Apprentice” in 2015. “The Wall” earned a 1.2, in line with “Timeless'” average in the time period.
CBS’ shows were all in line with their recent performances, with “Kevin Can Wait” (1.4) earning top marks for the network. “Masterchef Celebrity Showdown” on FOX cooked up a 0.9.
Network averages:
| ABC | NBC | CBS | FOX | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 1.8/6 | 1.3/4 | 1.2/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 5.57 | 4.80 | 6.57 | 2.91 | 0.92 |
Late-night metered market ratings (adults 18-49, households):
11:35 p.m.
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” – R: 0.5/3, 1.7/4
“Jimmy Kimmel Live”: 0.5/3, 1.5/4
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” – R: 0.3/2, 1.6/4
12:35 a.m.
“Nightline”: 0.3/2, 1.1/4
“Late Night with Seth Meyers”: 0.3/2, 0.8/3
“The Late Late Show with James Corden” – R: 0.2/1, 0.8/3
Note: An earlier version of this post misstated the premiere rating for “The Bachelor” as 2.2, rather than 2.1.
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.
