Friday January 4, 2019 Nielsen Finals

The second two episodes of Lifetime's exposé 'Surviving R. Kelly' easily topped the night in adults 18-49 (0.93/0.92) as well as in a number of different subdemos including women 18-49 (1.24/1.28 ratings), people 18-34 (0.71/0.71), females 12-34 (0.78/0.84), and people 25-54 (1.02/1.02). The two episodes were at 2.09 million and 2.16 million viewers at 9pm and 10pm respectively. Coverage of 'NBA Basketball' between the Thunder and Blazers, on ESPN, topped the night both men 18-49 (0.85) and males 12-34 (0.68) with 1.39 million viewers, while the Mavericks/Celtics game was at 0.78/0.65 in those demos with 1.34 million viewers. Over at MTV, two episodes of 'Ridiculousness' were at 0.23/0.23 among W18-49, 0.19/0.19 in F12-34, and 589,000/597,000 in total viewers. Other programs of note include the 2 premiere episodes of VH1's 'Grown & Sexy' (169,000/119,000), GSN's 'America Says' (526,000), and Reelz's 'World's Most Evil Killers' (144,000). 

Broadcast finals:

SHOW	Viewers (millions)	HH	A 18-49	A 18-34	A 25-54	Med. Age
Fresh Off The Boat (ABC)	3.250	2.1/4	0.68/3	0.4/3	0.9/4	58.6
Speechless (ABC)	2.516	1.7/3	0.52/2	0.3/2	0.7/3	57.7
20/20-Friday (ABC)	4.621	3.1/6	0.83/4	0.4/3	1.2/4	60.0
MacGyver (CBS)	6.416	3.9/8	0.71/3	0.4/2	1.1/4	63.5
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)	7.190	4.5/9	0.76/3	0.4/3	1.2/4	64.3
Blue Bloods (CBS)	8.599	5.4/11	0.79/4	0.4/2	1.3/5	67.5
The Blacklist (NBC)	3.908	2.4/5	0.57/3	0.3/2	0.9/3	61.8
Dateline (NBC)	3.106	2.2/5	0.52/2	0.2/2	0.7/3	60.8
Last Man Standing (Fox)	5.659	3.3/7	1.03/5	0.5/4	1.6/6	58.5
The Cool Kids (Fox)	4.279	2.6/5	0.77/4	0.4/3	1.2/5	58.4
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox)	2.501	1.5/3	0.69/3	0.5/3	0.9/3	53.8
Hollywood Walk of Fame Honors (CW)	0.529	0.3/1	0.10/0	0.1/0	0.1/0	59.1

Subdemos:

SHOW	F 18-49	M 18-49	F 18-34	M 18-34	F 25-54	M 25-54
Fresh Off The Boat (ABC)	0.8/4	0.6/3	0.4/2	0.4/3	1.1/4	0.7/3
Speechless (ABC)	0.7/3	0.4/2	0.3/2	0.2/2	0.9/3	0.5/2
20/20-Friday (ABC)	1.0/5	0.6/3	0.5/3	0.3/2	1.6/5	0.8/3
MacGyver (CBS)	0.8/4	0.6/3	0.5/3	0.3/2	1.2/4	1.0/4
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)	0.9/4	0.6/3	0.5/3	0.3/2	1.4/5	1.0/4
Blue Bloods (CBS)	0.9/4	0.6/3	0.4/3	0.3/2	1.5/5	1.1/4
The Blacklist (NBC)	0.6/3	0.5/2	0.3/2	0.2/2	0.9/3	0.8/3
Dateline (NBC)	0.6/3	0.4/2	0.3/2	0.2/1	0.9/3	0.6/2
Last Man Standing (Fox)	1.1/5	1.0/5	0.5/3	0.6/4	1.7/6	1.6/7
The Cool Kids (Fox)	0.9/4	0.7/3	0.4/3	0.4/3	1.4/5	1.1/4
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox)	0.7/3	0.7/3	0.4/3	0.5/3	0.9/3	0.9/3
Hollywood Walk of Fame Honors (CW)	0.1/0	0.1/0	0.1/0	0.1/0	0.1/0	0.1/0

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
SURVIVING R. KELLY (9PM)	LIFETIME	0.93	2.092
SURVIVING R. KELLY (10PM)	LIFETIME	0.92	2.160
GOLD RUSH	DISCOVERY	0.58	2.441
NBA: OKLAHOMA CITY/PORTLAND	ESPN	0.56	1.390
LIVE PD: 174	A&E NETWORK	0.56	1.869
NBA: DALLAS/BOSTON	ESPN	0.52	1.335
GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER	DISCOVERY	0.46	1.696
MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME	HGTV	0.38	1.800
ANCIENT ALIENS (9PM)	HISTORY	0.34	1.363
DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES	FOOD NETWORK	0.28	1.029
RIDICULOUSNESS SSN12 (8PM)	MTV	0.27	0.589
RIDICULOUSNESS SSN12 (8:30PM)	MTV	0.27	0.597
GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT	DISCOVERY	0.24	1.215
RUPAUL ALL STARS 4	VH1	0.24	0.488
SECRETS OF THE MORGUE	ID	0.24	0.952
ANCIENT ALIENS (8PM)	HISTORY	0.23	0.970
LOVE AFTER LOCKUP	WETV	0.22	0.617
LIP SYNC BATTLE SHORTIES	NICKELODEON	0.12	0.720
COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.11	0.284
EXTREME LOVE	WETV	0.11	0.272
DOUBLE DARE NEW	NICKELODEON	0.10	0.560
GROWN & SEXY (9:30PM)	VH1	0.08	0.169
AMERICA SAYS	GSN	0.08	0.526
GRAVEYARD CARZ	MOTOR TREND	0.07	0.303
GROWN & SEXY (10PM)	VH1	0.06	0.118
HOME & FAMILY	HALLMARK	0.05	0.203
WORLDS MOST EVIL KILLERS	REELZCHANNEL	0.04	0.144
COLL BKBL: SMU/TULANE	ESPN2	0.04	0.172

Source: Nielsen Media Research