Due to events in Washington DC last Wednesday, schedules for that night across ABC, CBS, and NBC were preempted for news coverage.
ABC premiered a new season of The Rookie along with a couple of freshman game shows. Season three of Nathan Fillion's cop drama opened down a couple of tenths from where it ended last season. Since it is rare for a third season show not to be renewed, fans have a bit of a free pass this season with regard to ratings. Of the two new game shows, The Chase opened strong, while The Hustler was only so-so. Like reality shows, game shows are cheaper to produce, so chances are unless the numbers completely tank, both will likely be renewed, though possibly moved off to summer schedules once filming returns to normal
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Bachelor (premiere) | 1.3 | 5.2 | |
| Celebrity Wheel Of Fortune | 1.1 | 7.8 | |
| The Chase (premiere) | 0.9 | 6.2 | |
| Shark Tank | 0.8 | 4.4 | |
| The Hustler | 0.7 | 3.8 | |
| Movie: The Lion King | 0.7 | 3.7 | |
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 0.6 | 5.1 | |
| ABC News: Storming The Capitol | 0.6 | 3.8 | |
| 20/20 | 0.6 | 3.6 | |
| The Rookie (premiere) | 0.5 | 3.4 | |
| Supermarket Sweep | 0.5 | 2.8 | |
| The Hustler (premiere) | 0.5 | 2.1 | |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire | 0.4 | 3.0 | |
| ABC News: Georgia Vote | 0.4 | 2.1 | |
| To Tell The Truth (rerun) | 0.2 | 2.0 | |
| Shark Tank (rerun) | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
| The Good Doctor (rerun) | 0.1 | 1.0 |
CBS enjoyed an NFL overrun amidst a week of mostly reruns. The Neighborhood was up a couple of tenths. NCIS New Orleans, Blue Bloods, MacGyver, and Magnum PI each gained a tenth. NCIS Los Angeles lost a tenth.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NFL Overrun | 3.4 | 13.5 | |
| 60 Minutes | 1.2 | 10.0 | |
| The Neighborhood | 0.8 | 6.2 | |
| Blue Bloods | 0.6 | 6.4 | |
| NCIS (rerun) | 0.6 | 5.7 | |
| Magnum PI | 0.6 | 5.7 | |
| Bob (Hearts) Abishola | 0.6 | 5.6 | |
| Young Sheldon (rerun) | 0.6 | 4.3 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 0.5 | 5.7 | |
| Bull | 0.5 | 5.6 | |
| MacGyver | 0.5 | 5.1 | |
| FBI (rerun) | 0.5 | 4.9 | |
| All Rise | 0.5 | 4.7 | |
| NCIS: New Orleans | 0.5 | 4.5 | |
| Young Sheldon (rerun) | 0.5 | 3.6 | |
| NCIS Classics | 0.4 | 5.0 | |
| FBI: Most Wanted (rerun) | 0.4 | 3.4 | |
| B Positive (rerun) | 0.4 | 3.0 | |
| Mom (rerun) | 0.4 | 3.0 | |
| The Neighborhood (rerun) | 0.4 | 2.9 | |
| 48 Hours | 0.4 | 2.9 | |
| CBS News: Assault on the Capitol | 0.4 | 2.8 | |
| 48 Hours | 0.3 | 2.4 | |
| The Unicorn (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.2 | |
| NCIS Los Angeles (rerun) | 0.2 | 2.2 | |
| Star Trek: Discovery | 0.2 | 1.6 | Import |
NBC premiered Mr Mayor last week to middling numbers. The Peacock hasn't had much luck with freshman comedies the last couple of years, time will tell if this one makes the cut. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist opened its second season up a tenth from where it ended last season. This Is Us ran its first new episode since November, and apparently, fans didn't get the memo, as the episode chalked up its lowest ratings numbers to date. The show is already renewed for next season, so hopefully, it's just a blip.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NFL Wildcard Game | 4.7 | 17.7 | |
| Sunday Night Football | 4.6 | 16.5 | |
| Football Night in America | 1.5 | 6.0 | |
| NBC News Special Report: Attack on the Capitol | 1.1 | 5.8 | |
| This Is Us | 1.0 | 5.2 | Renewed (through 2022) |
| Ellen's Game of Games | 0.7 | 3.4 | |
| Mr Mayor (premiere) | 0.6 | 4.9 | |
| Law & Order: SVU | 0.6 | 3.8 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Ellen's Game of Games | 0.6 | 2.9 | |
| Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (premiere) | 0.5 | 4.9 | |
| Mr Mayor | 0.5 | 4.3 | |
| The Wall | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| Mr Mayor (rerun) | 0.4 | 2.9 | |
| Dateline (Friday) | 0.4 | 2.6 | |
| Nurses | 0.3 | 2.5 | Import |
| Mr Mayor (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.2 | |
| Dateline (Thursday) | 0.3 | 1.8 |
FOX had several premieres last week. Animated comedy, Great North, and live-action comedy Call Me Kat opened well thanks to an NFL overrun. Unfortunately, for Call Me Kat, the show's number dropped significantly once it aired on its normal Thursday night. Name That Tune premiered to okay numbers. Last Man Standing opened low and stayed low when it moved to its normal night. It's going to go out with a whimper it seems as FOX announced in the fall this would be the last season for the Tim Allen comedy.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NFL Overrun | 3.3 | 12.9 | |
| The OT | 2.6 | 9.4 | |
| NFL Postgame/ The Masked Dancer (rerun) | 2.0 | 7.2 | |
| Call Me Kat (premiere) | 1.4 | 5.6 | |
| Name That Tune (premiere) | 0.7 | 3.0 | |
| The Masked Dancer | 0.7 | 2.9 | |
| Hell's Kitchen | 0.7 | 2.7 | |
| The Great North (premiere) | 0.7 | 2.3 | |
| Call Me Kat | 0.6 | 3.2 | |
| The Simpsons | 0.6 | 1.9 | |
| Last Man Standing | 0.5 | 3.2 | Final Season |
| Last Man Standing (premiere) | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| Name That Tune (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.2 | |
| WWE: Friday Night Smackdown | 0.5 | 2.0 | |
| Gordon Ramsay's American Road Trip | 0.5 | 1.8 | |
| LA's Finest | 0.3 | 1.5 | Import |
| The Masked Dancer (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.2 |
The CW ran lots of reruns of Whose Line and Penn & Teller last week before both shows had a rare winter premiere. Both opened with about 800,000 viewers. The Outpost wrapped its third season with 300,000 viewers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| World's Funniest Animals (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.9 | |
| Whose Line Is It, Anyway? (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
| World's Funniest Animals (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
| Whose Line Is It, Anyway? (premiere) | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
| Whose Line Is It, Anyway? (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
| Penn & Teller Fool Us | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
| Whose Line Is It, Anyway? (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
| Penn & Teller Fool Us (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Penn & Teller Fool Us (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Masters Of Illusion (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Masters Of Illusion (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
| iHeartRadio Music Festival (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
| The Outpost (finale) | 0.0 | 0.3 | Renewed |
| Riverdale (rerun) | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
| Nancy Drew (rerun) | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Networks are premiering more programming this month, and The CW will finally join everyone else with new shows in the coming weeks. What new or returning shows are you looking forward to watching?
Written by LadyShelley on Jan 11, 2021
i watched that too
I watched Call Me Kat on Sunday, I wasn't impressed. I'm looking forward to CW premiering everything in the upcoming weeks. :)