Primetime Ratings: ABC, CBS Split Low-Rated Night
On a Monday filled with repeats, ABC and CBS shared the broadcast ratings title, both with 1.2 ratings in viewers 18-49 and 4 shares, according to Nielsen overnight numbers. NBC was just off the pace at 1.1/4, while The CW had a 0.5/2 and Fox a 0.4/1.
Going original amidst the mid-season doldrums, ABC had two hours of The Great Christmas Light Fight, averaging a 1.3, same as last week, then The Great Holiday Baking Show at a 1.1, also flat with its previous airing.
CBS' reruns rated well enough to tie ABC. A double run of The Big Bang Theory rated a 1.8, before encores of Supergirl (1.0) and Scorpion (0.8).
NBC aired reruns of new comedies Superstore and Telenovela, then A Saturday Night Live Christmas.
Fox had reruns of Gotham and Bones, while The CW had two hours of a Penn & Teller: Fool Us rebroadcast.
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Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.