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TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 7.6/12, NBC: 4.6/ 8, ABC: 2.7/ 4, Fox: 2.2/ 3, CW: 0.5/ 1

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
Fox: + 5, ABC: no change, NBC: + 2, CBS: -12, CW: -29

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-Winners:
“NCIS” (CBS), “Bull” (CBS)

-Honorable Mention:
“The Middle” (ABC), “The Wall” (NBC), “Chicago Fire” (NBC), “Chicago PD” (NBC)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
“New Girl” (Fox), “Bones” (Fox), “The Real O’Neals” (ABC), “No Tomorrow” (CW)

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Ratings Breakdown:
It was a typically easy Tuesday overnight household victory for CBS, which featured the regularly scheduled combination of “NCIS” (9.7 rating/15 share), “Bull” (7.2/11) and “NCIS: Los Angeles” (6.1/11). The three dramas finished first in households in each of the six half-hours.

NBC got some promising news care of the Tuesday 8 p.m. time period debut of game show “The Wall,” which at a second-place 4.1/ 7 jumped by 32 percent from the 3.1 household rating for the prior night’s 10 p.m. preview. Comparably, “The Wall” should be competitive in the hour in adults 18-49 (and all the key demos).

“The Wall” led into the crossover of “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago PD,” which “Chicago Fire” rising to a 4.8/ 8 at 9 p.m., building from the 8:30 p.m. portion of “The Wall” (4.3/ 7) by 12 percent. “Chicago PD” matched the overnight performance of “Chicago Fire,” also with a 4.8/ 8 (#2) at 10 p.m. Given the stability of the franchise, keep a positive eye (or two) on upcoming “Chicago Law” in midseason.

The second time period premiere last night was Fox sitcom “The Mick,” which scored a 2.3/ 4 (#2) at 8:30 p.m., building from relocated lead-in “New Girl” (#4: 1.8/ 3 at 8 p.m.) by 28 percent. Year-ago time period occupant “Grandfathered” scored a similar 2.2/ 3 at 8:30 p.m. The 12th, and final, season of “Bones” was stalled at the gate, with a 2.3/ 4 at 9 p.m. Historically, “Bones” could very well make the record books with the most number of different time periods than any other series.

ABC featured its two-hour sitcom rotation from 8-10 p.m.: “The Middle” (#2: 4.5/ 7), “American Housewife” (#3: 3.6/ 6), “Fresh Off the Boat” (#3: 2.9/ 5) and “The Real O’Neals” (#3t, 2.2/ 4). The weak link remains sophomore “The Real O’Neals.” And an encore telecast of special “David Blaine’s Magic” capped off the night with a 1.6/ 3 at 10 p.m.

The CW featured a repeat of “The Flash” (#5: 0.7/ 1) into a mere 0.4/ 1 for another burn-off installment of freshman drama “No Tomorrow,” which has clearly earned its cancellation stripes.

What follows are the household overnight results for Tuesday, January 3 by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Middle”: 4.5/ 7 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS”: 9.7/16 (#1)
NBC – “The Wall” (time period premiere): 3.9/ 6 (#3)
Fox – “New Girl”: 1.8/ 3 (#4)
CW – “The Flash” (R): 0.8/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Housewife”: 3.6/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS”: 9.7/15 (#1)
NBC – “The Wall”: 4.3/ 7 (#2)
Fox – “The Mick” (time period premiere): 2.3/ 4 (#4)
CW – “The Flash” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Fresh off the Boat”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “Bull”: 7.3/11 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Fire”: 4.8/ 8 (#2)
Fox – “Bones” (season premiere): 2.3/ 4 (#4)
CW – “No Tomorrow”: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Real O’Neals”: 2.2/ 4 (#3t)
CBS – “Bull”: 7.0/11 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Fire”: 4.7/ 8 (#2)
Fox – “Bones” (season premiere): 2.2/ 4 (#3t)
CW – “No Tomorrow”: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “David Blaine: Beyond Magic” (R): 1.7/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 6.2/10 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago PD”: 4.8/ 8 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “David Blaine: Beyond Magic” (R): 1.4/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 5.9/11 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago PD”: 4.9/ 2 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research