U.S. Primetime Broadcast TV Ratings: 12/11 - 12/17/2017

Below are the broadcast TV ratings for the week ending December 17, 2017. The first chart includes ratings based on households (HH), adults 18-34, adults 18-49 (most to two-decimal places), adults 25-54, and total viewers (presented in millions). A second chart is also provided which includes persons-using-television (PUT) 18-49 data for each day of the week (except Saturdays). Note: most reruns are excluded from the chart below.

NBC led the week in the 18-49 demographic (1.9/8 rating/share) and took second in total viewers (7.81 million viewers), while CBS took second in the demo (1.2/5) and first in viewership (7.93 million). On the sports side, 'Sunday Night Football' (5.9/22, 19.19 million), and 'Thursday Night Football' (2.9/12, 10.64 million), led the way for NBC, and the only scripted series, 'Blindspot' (0.7/3, 3.33 million) did about as well as could be expected. ABC saw success with both 'The Goldbergs' (1.6/7, 6.08 million) and 'Modern Family' (1.7/7, 5.89 million), but a 'Bachelor Countdown' (0.6/2, 2.53 million) special was rather low.

In the 18-49 demo, 'The Big Bang Theory' (2.6/11) and 'Young Sheldon' (2.0/8) led the week for CBS. 'Theory' (13.74 million), 'NCIS' (12.58 million) and 'Sheldon' (11.64 million) topped in total viewers, while 'Madam Secretary' (0.7/3, 5.53 million) and '9JKL' (0.7/3, 4.3 million) provided the week's low-points. FOX's 'Christmas Story Live' (1.5/5, 4.52 million) performed modestly, but 'Empire' (1.9/8, 5.91 million) still topped in the demo and in total viewers. CW's 'Riverdale' (1.43 million viewers) was the top most-viewed scripted series, while 'Dynasty' (685,000) was the lowest.

Broadcast finals:

SHOW	Day	HH	A 18-34	A 18-49	A 25-54	Viewers (millions)
20/20	Fri	1.6/3	0.3	0.47/2	0.6	2.293
48 Hours	Sat	2.3/5	0.2	0.50/2	0.7	3.578
60 Minutes	Sun	8.7/15	1.7	2.43/9	3.3	14.421
9JKL	Mon	2.8/5	0.3	0.74/3	1.1	4.304
American Housewife	Wed	3.0/5	0.7	1.28/5	1.7	4.789
Bachelor Countdown	Mon	1.7/3	0.4	0.55/2	0.7	2.533
Better Late than Never	Mon	3.3/6	0.6	1.05/4	1.5	5.468
Black-ish	Tue	2.7/5	0.7	N˚ÔÔ	1.5	4.292
Blindspot	Fri	2.1/4	0.3	0.67/3	0.9	3.326
Brooklyn Nine-Nine-9:00pm	Tue	1.2/2	0.5	0.72/3	0.9	1.933
Brooklyn Nine-Nine-9:30pm	Tue	1.1/2	0.5	0.66/2	0.8	1.681
Bull	Tue	6.8/12	0.7	1.27/5	2.0	10.863
Chicago Med	Tue	4.0/8	0.6	1.06/4	1.5	6.196
Christmas Story Live	Sun	2.3/4	1.1	1.53/5	1.8	4.524
Dateline	Fri	3.1/6	0.4	0.90/4	1.3	4.701
Dateline	Sat	1.8/4	0.3	0.49/2	0.7	2.714
Designated Survivor	Wed	2.8/6	0.5	0.80/3	1.1	4.384
Dynasty	Wed	0.5/1	0.1	0.18/1	0.2	0.685
Empire	Wed	3.7/7	1.3	1.88/8	2.3	5.914
Fresh Off the Boat	Tue	2.4/4	0.6	1.01/4	1.3	3.912
Golden Globes Special	Wed	2.9/5	0.5	0.84/3	1.2	4.407
Great Christmas Light Fight	Mon	2.5/4	0.5	0.94/3	1.2	4.305
Great Christmas Light Fight-10pm	Thu	1.7/3	0.4	0.63/3	0.8	2.674
Great Christmas Light Fight-9pm	Thu	1.9/3	0.5	0.80/3	1.1	3.252
Greatest Holiday	Tue	0.7/1	0.2	0.25/1	0.3	1.043
Gwen Stefani Christmas	Tue	4.4/8	0.8	1.23/5	1.8	7.191
Hawaii Five-0	Fri	5.2/10	0.6	0.95/4	1.5	8.476
Hawaii Five-0 Special	Fri	4.8/10	0.5	0.88/4	1.3	7.714
Hell's Kitchen	Fri	1.9/4	0.4	0.78/4	1.1	3.042
Hollywood Xmas Party	Fri	0.9/2	0.2	0.29/1	0.4	1.506
iHeartRadio Jingleball	Thu	0.7/1	0.3	0.36/1	0.4	1.177
Kevin Can Wait	Mon	4.0/7	0.5	1.08/4	1.7	6.306
Kevin Saves the World	Tue	1.6/3	0.4	0.65/3	0.9	2.491
Lethal Weapon	Tue	2.5/4	0.6	0.99/4	1.3	4.080
Life in Pieces	Thu	4.2/8	0.5	1.11/4	1.7	6.648
Lucifer	Mon	2.2/4	0.5	0.83/3	1.2	3.363
MacGyver	Fri	4.3/8	0.5	0.82/4	1.3	6.867
Madam Secretary	Sun	3.6/8	0.3	0.66/3	1.0	5.528
Man with a Plan	Mon	3.6/6	0.4	0.98/4	1.5	5.699
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD	Fri	1.2/2	0.3	0.49/2	0.7	1.836
Modern Family	Wed	3.5/6	1.1	1.69/7	2.2	5.886
Mom	Thu	5.4/10	0.6	1.36/5	2.2	8.647
NCIS	Tue	7.7/13	0.7	1.42/6	2.2	12.576
NCIS: Los Angeles	Sun	4.6/8	0.4	0.91/3	1.3	7.212
NCIS: New Orleans	Tue	5.2/10	0.5	0.93/4	1.5	8.212
Olaf's Frozen	Thu	3.3/6	0.9	1.40/6	1.8	5.644
Once Upon a Time	Fri	1.5/3	0.4	0.52/2	0.7	2.287
Prep and Landing	Thu	2.3/4	0.7	1.07/4	1.4	4.109
Riverdale	Wed	0.9/2	0.5	0.51/2	0.5	1.432
S.W.A.T.	Thu	4.2/8	0.4	0.98/4	1.5	6.453
Scorpion	Mon	3.8/7	0.5	0.88/3	1.3	5.921
Showtime at the Apollo	Thu	2.0/4	0.4	0.72/3	1.0	3.144
Speechless	Wed	2.7/5	0.6	1.16/5	1.6	4.560
Star	Wed	2.6/5	0.9	1.31/5	1.6	4.111
Sunday Night Football	Sun	11.1/20	4.5	5.93/22	7.2	19.191
Superior Donuts	Mon	3.3/5	0.4	0.86/3	1.3	5.183
Survivor	Wed	5.2/9	1.1	1.76/7	2.4	8.743
Taraji's White Hot Holidays	Thu	1.9/3	0.4	0.67/3	0.9	2.773
Ten Days in the Valley-8pm	Sat	1.0/2	0.2	0.28/1	0.4	1.535
Ten Days in the Valley-9pm	Sat	1.0/2	0.1	0.22/1	0.3	1.363
The Big Bang Theory	Thu	8.3/15	1.3	2.61/11	4.0	13.735
The Exorcist	Fri	0.8/2	0.3	0.38/2	0.5	1.278
The Gifted	Mon	1.8/3	0.4	0.82/3	1.1	2.780
The Goldbergs	Wed	3.6/6	0.8	1.58/7	2.1	6.076
The Mayor	Tue	1.7/3	0.5	0.80/3	1.0	2.808
The Middle	Tue	3.4/6	0.7	1.32/5	1.8	5.681
The Voice	Mon	6.3/11	1.2	1.91/7	2.7	10.445
The Voice	Tue	5.9/10	1.1	1.73/7	2.3	9.769
Thursday Night Football	Thu	6.5/12	2.0	2.91/12	3.7	10.638
UFC Fight Night	Sat	1.3/3	0.5	0.70/3	0.8	2.107
Valor	Mon	0.5/1	0.1	0.16/1	0.2	0.759
Victoria's Secret	Tue	0.5/1	0.2	0.23/1	0.3	0.768
Wisdom of the Crowd	Sun	4.2/7	0.6	0.97/3	1.3	6.654
Young Sheldon	Thu	7.0/12	1.0	1.96/8	3.1	11.642

Subdemos:

not available this week

PUT:

Time/Day	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sun
8:00	25.8	24.6	24.1	23.8	21.2	28.6
8:30	27.8	26.1	25.7	25.2	22.2	29.4
9:00	28.5	26.9	26.0	25.7	22.8	29.1
9:30	28.7	26.9	26.4	26.0	23.3	29.0
10:00	27.0	25.5	25.0	24.7	23.1	27.4
10:30	24.8	23.8	23.1	22.9	22.3	25.5

Outside of primetime:

Show	Channel	Day	Viewers (millions)
Good Morning America	ABC	MTWRF	4.509
Today Show	NBC	MTWRF	4.568
CBS This Morning	CBS	MTWRF	3.695
The Tonight Show	NBC	MTWRF	2.56
Late Show	CBS	MTWRF	3.38
Jimmy Kimmel Live	ABC	MTWRF	2.12
Late Night	NBC	MTWRF	1.45
Late Late Show	CBS	MTWRF	1.48
Nightline	ABC	MTWRF	1.35
Last Call	NBC	MTWRF	0.85
NFL 1 p.m. Football	CBS	Sun	9.913
NFL 1 p.m. Football	FOX	Sun	18.053
NFL 4 p.m. Football	CBS	Sun	26.883

Source: Nielsen Media Research