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Week 16 (Jan. 7-13) Analysis: The first full week of new airings for nearly every series after the holiday break was this week, but the big story was series highs for The Big Bang Theory for the second straight week. We don't have final network average for Thursday, so we we can't bring you the network first four night averages above. But we can project through the first four nights, CBS has the lead in HH/total viewers and adults 18-49 thanks to the huge Bang episode. ABC is probably a few tenths behind for second place in 18-49, and is a distant second in HH/viewers. NBC is likely in third  behind ABC in both HH/viewers  & 18-49, but Fox looks way back in fourth again. When the week is done, Fox will likely come back and take the week in 18-49 since they had the NFL playoffs in primetime last night (Saturday). Will it be enough though since Mon-Fri was so low? And CBS had an unexpected 50 minute overrun last night for NFL as well. It'll be close. More on that later. As for last week, week 15, NBC took home first in adults 18-49 after coming back big with a huge Saturday Night NFL Playoff game (that did 30.28 million and a 10.53 18-49 rating), just getting by second place Fox, which got a great overrun on Sunday (38.09 million and a 13.40 18-49 rating) for the late afternoon playoff game. Then CBS and ABC were well back. Among total viewers, NBC took that crown as well thanks to the game, while CBS was a very close second. Fox was a distant third and ABC was behind in fourth.

Monday saw NBC and ABC battle with reality, and both were close. Starting with ABC, the two-hour season premiere of The Bachelor from 8-10pm did 6.92 million and a 2.29 18-49 rating, which is decent and almost on par with last season's premiere. It should start building as the season goes along in a few weeks. At 10pm, Castle was all-new and did a first place 8.66 million and a solid 1.94 18-49 rating, nearly tying an NBC series premiere.  For NBC, they had part two of The Biggest Loser season premiere from 8-10pm and did 6.39 million and a 2.40 18-49 rating, which is down a bit from the previous night's first part but neck-and-neck with ABC's competing reality series. At 10pm, the series premiere of new drama Deception didn't do much for a series premiere with 5.66 million and a 2.03 18-49 rating. If it can stay in this area, it will be fine, but likely it will drop 15-20% tomorrow night, which is not good news. CBS was in repeats with its comedies, as a repeat of How I Met Your Mother did 5.15 million and a 1.54 18-49 rating, up nearly seven tenths from previous week in 18-49. A repeat of 2 Broke Girls at 8:30pm did 5.07 million and a 1.50 18-49 rating, losing some of its lead-in's numbers, which is not good.  A regular 9pm repeat of 2 Broke Girls followed with 6.07 million and a 1.82 18-49 rating, up about nine tenths in 18-49 from previous week. Next, a repeat of Mike & Molly did 5.86 million and a 1.61 18-49 rating, which is up nearly eight tenths or so in 18-49 from previous week. A repeat of drama Hawaii Five-0 at 10pm did 5.03 million and a 1.05 18-49 rating, up three tenths in 18-49 from previous week. Fox aired a repeat of Bones at 8 and did 4.26 million and a 0.93 18-49 rating, which was three tenths better in 18-49 than previous week, while the finale episode of dud The Mob Doctor did 3.27 million and a 0.86 18-49 rating, losing numbers from its lead-in, but up over four tenths in 18-49 from previous week's episode. The CW preempted 90210 as a repeat of Hart of Dixie aired at 8 and did 0.79 million and a 0.34 18-49 rating.  At 9, a repeat of Beauty and the Beast on a special night did 0.68 million and a 0.22 18-49 rating, which is poor.

On Tuesday, it was CBS with an easy win as the other networks aired comedies against each other. First for CBS, a new episode of NCIS aired at 8 did 21.11 million and a 3.52 18-49 rating, for a season high in total viewers. Next a new NCIS: Los Angeles at 9 did 17.9 million and a 3.02 18-49 rating, which is also huge in total viewers, but could be better in 18-49 given the large total viewers. And finally at 10pm, a new airing of freshman Vegas did 10.92 million and only a 1.57 18-49 rating. Onto ABC, at 8pm a special repeat of Modern Family did a solid 5.76 million and a 1.69 18-49 rating, beating the competing new Fox comedy in total viewers and tying it in 18-49. A repeat of The Middle at 8:30pm beat the new Fox comedy outright with 4.86 million and a 1.51 18-49 rating. A new Happy Endings got a bit of a bump thanks to the lead-in of comedies and did 3.66 million and a 1.43 18-49 rating, which still could be better but nearly beat the NBC comedy. At 9:30pm, a new Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 didn't do well with just 3.11 million and a 1.11 18-49 rating. Private Practice was new and the first of its final three episodes doing only 4.01 million and a 1.13 18-49 rating. It should go up this week and for sure for the finale. NBC aired new episodes of Betty White's Off Their Rockers from 8-9pm. At 8pm it did 5.64 million and a 1.55 18-49 rating, losing to an ABC comedy repeat. At 8:30pm it did better with 6.15 million and a 1.85 18-49 rating. At 9pm, a new Go On did only 4.26 million and a 1.46 18-49 rating, which is a series low. At 9:30pm, The New Normal was back and did 3.23 million and a 1.29 18-49 rating, for a series low. Without The Voice as a lead-in, they tanked. At 10pm, a new episode of Parenthood did 5.3 million and a 1.94 18-49 rating, which is up nearly two tenths in 18-49 from previous week. Fox aired comedies as well as a new Raising Hope at 8pm did 3.74 million and a 1.71 18-49 rating. A new Ben and Kate did horrible with 2.36 million and a 1.15 18-49 rating at 8:30pm. A new episode of New Girl followed at 9 with 3.78 million and a 2.05 18-49 rating, which is the best of the block but clearly lower than last season. At 9:30pm, a new The Mindy Project did 2.85 million and a 1.50 18-49 rating, as this is still a disappointment. The CW aired a repeat of Hart of Dixie at 8 and did 0.79 million and a 0.26 18-49 rating, down nearly a tenth in 18-49 from previous week, while a new episode of new series Emily Owens MD at 9 did 1.09 million and only a 0.26 18-49 rating, which is down a tenth in 18-49 from previous week.

Wednesday had ABC take the night in 18-49 with its comedies, while CBS took the total viewer crown. CBS started the night off with a new episode of the series of specials I Get That A Lot at 8pm doing 7.46 million and a 1.89 18-49 rating, which is no where near the numbers of earlier specials. From 9-11,  Criminal Minds and CSI were preempted for the annual People's Choice Awards and did 9.72 million and a 2.67 18-49 rating, which is up a bit from last season. Honestly, that awards show is now a joke and no longer what it used to be. ABC kicked off the night with a new episode of The Middle doing 8.39 million and a 2.42 18-49 rating, which is solid and won its timeslot easily. At 8:30pm a hilarious new episode of The Neighbors did 6.65 million and a 2.06 18-49 rating, also winning its timeslot. At 9pm, a new episode of Modern Family did the best of the block with 12.04 million and a 4.73 18-49 rating, which is great and likely could do better this week with a big episode on the way.  Suburgatory followed at 9:30pm with 6.84 million and a 2.63 18-49 rating, which is very solid and the retention is better than you think because the lead-in is heavily DVRed and watched later on in the night. At 10pm, Nashville was all-new and did 5.92 million and a 2.06 18-49 rating, which is the best it has done since the second episode. Great episode and with a Golden Globe win tonight from either Britton or Hayden, it could spike this week. On Fox, the two-hour special Stars in Danger didn't do much doing 3.33 million and a 1.31 18-49 rating, slightly better than Mobbed. Onto NBC a new Whitney started it off at 8pm with 4.11 million and a 1.42 18-49 rating, down about four tenths in 18-49 from previous week's season high. At 8:30pm, a new Guys with Kids did 3.97 million and a 1.32 18-49 rating, which was down over four tenths in 18-49 from previous week.  Law & Order: SVU followed at 9pm with a new episode as well that did 8.42 million and a 2.09 18-49 rating, which is down around a tenth in 18-49 from previous week. At 10pm, a new Chicago Fire did 8.04 million and a 2.18 18-49 rating, which is down about two and a half tenths in 18-49 from previous week. Solid, but it didn't face its main competition of CSI. The CW aired a repeat of its new hit Arrow and did 1.62 million and a 0.45 18-49 rating, which is on par in 18-49 with previous week. At 9pm, a repeat of Supernatural did 0.92 million and a 0.34 18-49 rating, down a tenth in 18-49 from previous week.

We don't have final ratings in two decimal points yet for this night. On Thursday, CBS easily took the night in both 18-49 and total viewers. Starting with ABC, a new episode of Last Resort did 5.81 million and a 1.2 18-49 rating. At 9pm, Grey's Anatomy was new and did a solid 9.34 million and a 3.2 18-49 rating. The surging Scandal at 10pm did a series best 8.37 million and a 2.8 18-49 rating,  the best 10pm ratings of the week on any network! CBS had a night of new episodes and opened with a new The Big Bang Theory doing 20.00 million and a 6.4 18-49 rating, which is amazing and another series high, up about three tenths in 18-49 week-to-week. Now it is in repeats the next two weeks. A new Two and a Half Men was up next and benefited with 14.41 million and a 4.2 18-49 rating, but oddly down three tenths or so from previous week's season high. At 9pm, a new Person of Interest followed with 15.67 million and a 3.3 18-49 rating, which is down a tenth or so from previous week's season high. At 10pm, a new airing of freshman Elementary closed the night with 11.48 million and a 2.4 18-49 rating, down about two tenths in 18-49 from previous week's best number in weeks. Fox had another burn-off episode of Mobbed at 8pm airing doing 3.23 million and a 1.2 18-49 rating, which was about a tenth better in 18-49 than previous week. At 9pm, a repeat of Glee did 2.02 million and a 0.7 18-49 rating. NBC aired new episodes of its comedies, as a new 30 Rock did just 3.79 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating. At 8:30pm, a special repeat of the 1600 Penn premiere did 3.96 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating. At 9, The Office was new and did 4.54 million and a 2.2 18-49 rating, which is not good but better than recently. A new episode of 1600 Penn followed with only 3.86 million and a 1.6 18-49 rating, as Parks & Recreation will move to 8:30pm this week. And it got worse at 10pm with a new Rock Center with Brian Williams doing just 3.77 million and a 1.1 18-49 rating. The CW's big gun Vampire Diaries and new series Beauty and the Beast were preempted for the Critics Choice Awards that did 1.88 million and a 0.6 18-49 rating.

Now, final numbers for Friday and Saturday are not available, but CBS and ABC were tied for first in 18-49. New episodes of Last Man Standing and Malibu Country did solid for ABC, but CBS took the hour with Undercover Boss. ABC was back to first at 9pm with a new Shark Tank and it was #1 for the night as well. From 9-11pm Dateline did solid on NBC, growing at 10pm.  CBS had season highs for CSI: NY and Blue Bloods and ABC 20/20 did decent.  Fringe was a distant fourth for Fox at 9pm.
Saturday obviously had Fox take the night in 18-49 thanks to the NFL Playoffs, but CBS had a 50 minute overrun until 8:50pm ET that helped them a lot. CBS then did OK at 10 with 48 Hours. ABC did solid for Saturday with 2013 Miss America Pageant from 9-11pm. NBC didn't do much with repeats of Biggest Loser and Deception..