NBC wrapped Magnum PI last week with okay numbers. The rebooted series ended, up about half a million viewers from its December numbers. Night Court returned for its second season, picking up more than a million viewers from its season one finale. New comedy series, Extended Family, held most of the Night Court audience and, so far, is performing much better than the Peacock's half-hour comedies from last season. The latest entry in the America's Got Talent franchise, America's Got Talent: Fantasy League, opened with okay numbers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Sunday Night Football | 4.49 | 18.14 | |
| Football Night In America (Sunday) | 1.81 | 7.65 | |
| Night Court | 0.37 | 3.77 | |
| Extended Family | 0.33 | 3.33 | |
| Law & Order (rerun) | 0.33 | 2.57 | |
| Magnum PI | 0.30 | 3.88 | Cancelled |
| Dateline NBC Thursday (rerun) | 0.29 | 2.45 | |
| Transplant | 0.27 | 2.28 | Import |
| Magnum PI (finale) | 0.26 | 3.48 | Cancelled |
| America's Got Talent: Fantasy League (premiere) | 0.26 | 3.07 | |
| Dateline NBC: Friday | 0.26 | 2.03 | |
| Chicago Med (rerun) | 0.25 | 2.80 | |
| America's Got Talent: Fantasy League (rerun) Tuesday | 0.24 | 2.01 | |
| Dr Death | 0.22 | 1.84 | Import |
| Dr Death | 0.19 | 1.37 | Import |
| The Irrational (rerun) | 0.14 | 1.48 | Renewed |
| America's Got Talent: Fantasy League (rerun) Saturday | 0.14 | 1.26 |
ABC filled its schedule last week with sports and specials. The Golden Wedding was down almost a million viewers from the series finale of The Golden Bachelor in November. The network also ported Only Murders in the Building over from Hulu to fill some schedule holes. The popular streaming series opened with okay numbers. Most of the potentially interested viewers have already watched the series.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NFL Countdown | 1.83 | 10.94 | |
| Dick Clark's: Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest | 1.83 | 6.15 | |
| NFL Saturday Night Football | 1.74 | 9.80 | |
| The Year: Countdown to 2024 | 0.65 | 3.89 | |
| The Golden Wedding | 0.55 | 4.97 | |
| Celebrity Jeopardy! | 0.49 | 4.54 | |
| Wednesday Night NBA Basketball | 0.39 | 1.64 | |
| 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | 0.36 | 3.09 | |
| Only Murders in the Building | 0.32 | 3.73 | Import |
| NBA Countdown | 0.30 | 1.70 | |
| Only Murders in the Building | 0.25 | 3.10 | Import |
| 20/20 | 0.22 | 2.65 | |
| General Hospital: 60 Years of Stars and Storytelling | 0.20 | 2.55 | |
| Impact X Nightline | 0.15 | 1.86 | Import |
CBS filled its schedule with repeats last week. Raid the Cage picked up about half a million viewers from its December episodes. The Price is Right at Night was up more than a million viewers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NFL Overrun | 5.91 | 26.17 | |
| New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash | 1.77 | 8.31 | |
| The Price Is Right At Night | 0.46 | 4.75 | |
| Raid The Cage | 0.30 | 2.69 | |
| NCIS: Sydney (rerun) | 0.29 | 3.28 | Import |
| Young Sheldon (rerun) | 0.24 | 3.47 | Cancelled |
| NCIS: Sydney (rerun) | 0.23 | 2.74 | Import |
| Ghosts (UK) | 0.22 | 2.44 | Import |
| The Greatest @Home Videos: The Cedy Awards | 0.21 | 2.74 | |
| Ghosts (rerun) | 0.20 | 2.46 | |
| 48 Hours | 0.20 | 2.24 | |
| NCIS (rerun) | 0.20 | 2.14 | |
| FBI True | 0.20 | 1.54 | Import |
| Ghosts (UK) | 0.19 | 2.17 | Import |
| NCIS (rerun) | 0.18 | 2.33 | |
| NCIS (rerun) | 0.18 | 1.90 | |
| NCIS: Sydney (rerun) | 0.17 | 2.22 | |
| 48 Hours (rerun) | 0.13 | 1.66 | |
| SEAL Team | 0.12 | 1.57 | Import (Cancelled) |
| Blue Bloods (rerun) | 0.11 | 2.30 | Cancelled |
| Fire Country (rerun) | 0.11 | 1.84 | |
| CSI Las Vegas (rerun) | 0.08 | 1.36 |
FOX premiered two new competition shows last week, The Floor and We Are Family. The Floor, a quiz show hosted by Rob Lowe opened well. We Are Family, another guess-the-celebrity-type game show hosted by Anthony Anderson and Doris Day Bowman, also opened with good numbers. I Can See Your Voice returned for a third season almost two years after its last episode. Hell's Kitchen was up three hundred thousand viewers. Celebrity Name That Tune was up half a million viewers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| WWE Smackdown | 0.60 | 2.33 | |
| The Floor (premiere) | 0.41 | 2.56 | |
| We Are Family (premiere) | 0.35 | 2.48 | |
| Hell's Kitchen | 0.34 | 2.35 | |
| I Can See Your Voice (premiere) | 0.31 | 2.11 | |
| Hell's Kitchen (rerun) | 0.31 | 1.24 | |
| Celebrity Name That Tune | 0.29 | 1.75 | |
| The Simpsons (rerun) | 0.22 | 0.79 | Renewed |
| MASH The Comedy That Changed Television | 0.19 | 2.17 | |
| We Are Family (rerun) | 0.19 | 1.11 | |
| Krapopolis (rerun) | 0.16 | 0.60 | Renewed |
| Family Guy (rerun) | 0.16 | 0.55 | Renewed |
| Bob's Burgers (rerun) | 0.15 | 0.51 | Renewed |
| College Basketball | 0.10 | 0.71 |
The CW ran repeats last week.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us (rerun) | 0.08 | 0.64 | |
| Saturday Movie: I Am Chris Farley | 0.08 | 0.51 | |
| Whose Line Is It, Anyway (rerun) | 0.07 | 0.66 | |
| Whose Line Is It, Anyway (rerun) | 0.06 | 0.66 | |
| Scooby Doo: Where Are You Now! | 0.06 | 0.22 | |
| Masters Of Illusion (rerun) | 0.05 | 0.46 | |
| World's Funniest Animals (rerun) | 0.05 | 0.42 | |
| Inside the NFL | 0.05 | 0.32 | |
| Whose Line Is It, Anyway (rerun) | 0.05 | 0.29 | |
| World's Funniest Animals (rerun) | 0.05 | 0.23 | |
| Son of a Critch (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.36 | Import |
| Family Law (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.34 | Import |
| The Conners (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.28 | Import |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.24 | |
| Masters Of Illusion (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.21 | |
| The Conners (rerun) | 0.03 | 0.29 | Import |
| Whose Line Is It, Anyway (rerun) | 0.03 | 0.27 | |
| Children Ruin Everything | 0.02 | 0.20 | Import |
Networks are still in schedule plugging mode as scripted productions ramp up filming. More scripted shows should be premiering across the networks in the coming weeks.
On another note, there will not be a Ratings Roundup next week as your intrepid reporter will be out of town.
Written by LadyShelley on Jan 8, 2024
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