Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017
The numbers for Tuesday:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | NCIS (CBS) | 1.9/7 | 15.42 |
| The Wall (NBC) | 1.7/6 | 6.65 | |
| The Middle (ABC) | 1.7/6 | 6.60 | |
| New Girl (FOX) | 1.0/4 | 2.35 | |
| The Flash (The CW) – R | 0.3/1 | 1.01 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | American Housewife (ABC) | 1.5/5 | 5.43 |
| The Mick (FOX) | 1.1/4 | 2.73 | |
| 9 p.m. | This Is Us (NBC) | 2.6/8 | 9.53 |
| Bull (CBS) | 1.5/5 | 10.97 | |
| Fresh Off the Boat (ABC) | 1.1/4 | 3.85 | |
| Bones (FOX) | 0.8/3 | 2.92 | |
| No Tomorrow (The CW) – F | 0.2/1 | 0.60 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | The Real O’Neals (ABC) | 0.8/3 | 2.77 |
| 10 p.m. | Chicago Fire (NBC) | 1.6/6 | 7.04 |
| NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) | 1.2/5 | 9.16 | |
| Agents of SHIELD (ABC) | 0.6/2 | 2.02 |
“Agents of SHIELD” had a rough outing for ABC Tuesday night, scoring a series low 0.6 rating among adults 18-49 and just barely above 2 million viewers. It was down two tenths of a point vs. last week.
“Fresh Off the Boat” (1.1, -0.3) and “The Real O’Neals” (0.8, -0.2) were also down from their last episodes, but the news wasn’t all bad for ABC. “The Middle” (1.7) and “American Housewife” (1.5) each held steady with last week.
CBS’ “NCIS” rose a tenth to 1.9, while “Bull” and “NCIS: New Orleans” were on par with their last new episodes. “This Is Us” (2.6) was off 0.4 from last week’s season high but still led the night by a comfortable margin. “The Wall” and “Chicago Fire” were steady.
The CW’s “No Tomorrow” bowed out quietly with a 0.2. “New Girl” (1.0) and “Bones” (0.8) were each off a tenth for FOX, while “The Mick” equaled last week’s preliminary 1.1 (it adjusted up to 1.2 in the finals).
Network averages:
| NBC | CBS | ABC | FOX | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 1.9/7 | 1.5/6 | 1.1/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 7.74 | 11.85 | 3.78 | 2.73 | 0.81 |
Late-night metered market ratings (adults 18-49, households):
11:35 p.m.
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”: 0.7/4, 2.4/6
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: 0.5/3, 2.4/6
“Jimmy Kimmel Live”: 0.5/3, 1.5/4
12:35 a.m.
“Late Night with Seth Meyers”: 0.3/3, 1.2/4
“Nightline”: 0.3/2, 1.0/3
“The Late Late Show with James Corden”: 0.2/2, 1.2/4
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.
