US REPORT- JANUARY 8, 2019 – AMERICA’S GOT TALENT SPIN OFF TOPS MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE THREE-HOUR BACHELOR PREMIERE COMING IN SECOND

Susan Boyle is sent straight into the finals after her performance on America's Got Talent: The Champions

BROADCAST RATINGS:

Network Average:

Monday, 1.08.19

NBC

ABC

CBS

FOX

CW

Adults 18-49 rating/share

1.6/6

1.5/6

0.7/3

0.4/2

0.2/1

Total Viewers (millions)

8.59

5.1

4.38

2.06

0.69

 

Broadcast Primetime Live + Same Day – Monday, January 7, 2019

Adults 18-49

Viewers 

Time

Show

rating/share

(millions)

8 p.m.

America’s Got Talent: The Champions (NBC) (8-10 p.m.) – P

1.8/7

9.94

The Bachelor (ABC) (8-11 p.m.) – P

1.5/6

5.1

The Big Bang Theory (CBS) – R

1.1/5

6.29

The Resident (FOX) – R

0.4/2

2.04

The Flash (The CW) – R

0.2/1

0.72

8:30 p.m.

Happy Together (CBS)

0.8/3

4.24

9 p.m.

Young Sheldon (CBS) – R

0.6/3

3.87

9-1-1 (FOX) – R

0.4/2

2.09

Arrow (The CW) – R

0.2/1

0.66

9:30 p.m.

The Neighborhood (CBS) – R

0.5/2

3.34

10 p.m.

Manifest (NBC)

1.1/5

5.88

Bull (CBS) – R

0.5/2

4.14

Ratings Report:

  • NBC’s AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: THE CHAMPIONS landed a solid 1.9 in adults 18-49 and had 9.94 million viewers making it the most-watched series premiere this year so far. The new spin-off show brings back former contestants and finalists from other AMERICA’s GOT TALENT franchises and seasons to compete again. Susan Boyle, the BRITAIN’S GOT Talent’s stand out, made an incredible return and was sent straight to the finals. AMERICA’S GOT TALENT premiered this past summer with a 2.5 but the spin off’s preliminary rating of 1.8 was still a strong start for this winter series. 
  • THE BACHELOR on ABC returned last night with a new virgin bachelor (first of its kind) and a cringey THREE-hour premiere. The very boring first hour was a live stream of ABC’s viewing party with some of its audience in a hot tub (super weird) and playing games. If you were able to make it more than an hour in, you were able to finally see Colton (the bachelor) meet his 30 contestants (including one that faked an Australian accent in an attempt to make herself stand out, HA).  The BACHELOR matched its premiere rating from last year at 1.5 in 18-49 but was down in total viewers from 5.10 million in 2018 and 5.48 million last night.
  • HAPPY TOGETHER on CBS was up a tenth from its last episode. The rest of CBS' broadcasts were reruns. 
  • FOX and the CW ran reruns. 

 

CABLE RATINGS:

Top 25 Original Programs on Cable Friday, January 4, 2019

Friday, Jan 4, 2019

 

 

Total Viewers 

18-49

Show

Net

Time

(000s)

rating

SURVIVING R. KELLY

LIFETIME

9:00 PM

2,092

0.9

SURVIVING R. KELLY

LIFETIME

10:03 PM

2,160

0.9

GOLD RUSH

DISCOVERY

9:00 PM

2,441

0.6

NBA REGULAR SEASON – OKLAHOMA CITY/PORTLAND

ESPN

10:38 PM

1,390

0.6

LIVE PD: 174 LIVE PD

A&E

9:00 PM

1,869

0.6

NBA REGULAR SEASON – DALLAS/BOSTON

ESPN

8:12 PM

1,335

0.5

GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER

DISCOVERY

9:59 PM

1,696

0.5

NBA AFTER THE BUZZER

ESPN

12:55 AM

908

0.4

NBA COURTSIDE

ESPN

8:00 PM

963

0.4

MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME

HOME

9:00 PM

1,800

0.4

ANCIENT ALIENS: ALIEN PHENOMENON, THE 145

HISTORY

9:00 PM

1,363

0.3

RACHEL MADDOW SHOW

MSNBC

9:00 PM

3,405

0.3

SPORTSCENTER 1AM

ESPN

1:10 AM

717

0.3

NBA PRE-GAME

ESPN

7:00 PM

676

0.3

DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES

FOOD

9:00 PM

1,029

0.3

RIDICULOUSNESS

MTV

8:00 PM

589

0.3

PARDON THE INTERRUPTION

ESPN

5:30 PM

821

0.3

RIDICULOUSNESS

MTV

8:31 PM

597

0.3

SPORTSCENTER EARLY

ESPN

6:00 PM

590

0.3

GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT

DISCOVERY

8:00 PM

1,215

0.2

RUPAUL ALL STARS

VH1

8:00 PM

488

0.2

SECRETS OF THE MORGUE

INVESTIGATION

10:00 PM

952

0.2

ANDERSON COOPER 360

CNN

8:00 PM

1,196

0.2

SPORTSCENTER MORNING

ESPN

2:00 AM

495

0.2

ANCIENT ALIENS

HISTORY

8:00 PM

970

0.2

Of Note:

-The docuseries that has been trending everywhere on social media, SURVIVING R KELLY, sent Lifetime to the top of the charts again on Friday night with its 9PM & 10PM showing at 0.9. Surviving R Kelly looks back at the famous R&B’s singer past through the eyes of women that he allegedly physically, sexually, emotionally and reproductively abused. Lifetime’s Friday broadcast of SURVIVING R KELLY was, however, still down 0.5 from the Cyclones VS Cougars game the previous week. GOLD RUSH rose to 0.6 from its 0.3 from last week but GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER came in at sixth place this week at 0.5.

-MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS stayed the same with a 0.3 in adults 18-49.

 

OTHER NEWS:

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS:
    • HULU revealed this morning that by the end of 2018 it reached 25 million subscribers which is up 48% from their 17 million in 2017. The 25 million includes its members on both its on-demand plans and live TV. HULU is only available in the US but is still far behind NETFLIX’s 57 million US subscribers(130 million worldwide). HULU also said that their average viewer is 32 years old and that their viewer’s household income rose to $93,000 this past year. CASTLE ROCK and HANDMAID’S TALE were the highest performing originals in 2018. 
    • DISCOVERY Communication’s CEO, David Zaslav, told investors that their “functionally compelling” 5G technology is more than just watching a show and plans to sell it to major US phone giants (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile).
    • DISCOVERY acquired 71% stake in the digital cycling platform PLAY SPORTS GROUP in an attempt to further its growth in live sports by forming a new global cycling division.
    • FOX SPORTS will stream FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP NOW live on Twitter every match day when it begins in June.  Fox Sports will also offer highlights, Twitter moments, weekly tournament Q&As with Fox Sports talent and athletes.

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Madison Noble