CBS Tops Thursday; Solid Overnights for the ABC News Menendez Brothers Special

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2017

Note: Baltimore, Orlando, Greensboro, New Orleans, Birmingham, Salt Lake City and Sacramento are excluded from the following averages:

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 5.4/ 9, ABC: 4.6/ 8, NBC: 3.3/ 5, Fox: 2.5/ 4, CW: 0.6/ 1

-Perfect Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
ABC: +100, CS: +50, CBS: -11, NBC: -28, Fox: -63

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Ratings Breakdown:
CBS topped this first Thursday in 2017 with its combination of “The Big Bang Theory” (#1 for the night: 10.5 rating/17 share), time period dependent “The Great Indoors” (#1: 5/.6/ 9), “Mom” (#2: 4.9/ 8), “Life in Pieces” (#3: 4.3/ 7) and canceled drama “Pure Genius” (#2t, 3.4/ 6). I would not be too surprised if Bradley Whitford and Nicole Sullivan snag Emmy nominations for their guest spots on “Mom” last night, but “The Big Bang Theory” sunk to a create low as far as I am concerned. The bigger story, however, is Fox, which without “American Idol” is paying the price.

Two episodes of “Hell’s Kitchen” on Fox averaged a modest 2.5/ 4 in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m., which comparably was 63 percent below two hours of “American Idol” on the year-ago evening. Even a deteriorating “American Idol” was far greater than what Fox has at the moment.

On ABC, two-hour ABC News special, “Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers – American Sons, American Murders” was on the map with a 5.2/ 9 from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, that built from lead-in “The Great American Baking Show” (#2: 3.6/ 6 from 8-9 p.m.) by 53 percent.

Elsewhere, the return of NBC’s Thursday night line-up – “Superstore” (#3: 2.8/ 5), “The Good Place” (#4: 2.4/ 4), “Chicago Med” (#3: 3.9/ 6) and “The Blacklist” (#2t: 3.4/ 6) – was at typical household overnight levels. And The CW capped off the evening with encore telecasts of “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow” (#5: 0.7/ 1) and “Supernatural” (#5: 0.5/ 1).

What follows is the breakdown by half-hour for Thursday, January 5:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Great American Baking Show”: 3.4/ 6 (#2)
CBS – “The Big Bang Theory”: 10.5/17 (#1)
NBC – “Superstore”: 2.8/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “Hell’s Kitchen”: 2.6/ 4 (#4)
CW – “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Great American Baking Show”: 3.5/ 6 (#2)
CBS – “The Great Indoors”: 5.6/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “The Good Place”: 2.4/ 4 (#4)
Fox – “Hell’s Kitchen”: 2.7/ 4 (#3)
CW – “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – ABC News: “Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers – American Sons, American Murders”: 4.9/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Mom”: 5.4/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Med”: 3.9/ 6 (#3)
Fox – “Hell’s Kitchen”: 2.4/ 4 (#4)
CW – “Supernatural” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – ABC News: “Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers – American Sons, American Murders”: 5.2/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Life in Pieces”: 4.3/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “Chicago Med”: 3.9/ 6 (#3)
Fox – “Hell’s Kitchen”: 2.4/ 4 (#4)
CW – “Supernatural” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – ABC News: “Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers – American Sons, American Murders”: 5.5/ 9 (#1)
CBS – “Pure Genius”: 3.5/ 6 (#2)
NBC – “The Blacklist”: 3.4/ 6 (#3)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – ABC News: “Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers – American Sons, American Murders”: 5.3/10 (#1)
CBS – “Pure Genius”: 3.3/ 6 (#2t)
NBC – “The Blacklist”: 3.3/ 6 (#2t)

Source: Nielsen Media Research