Summer 2016 Week 12 Sitcom Ratings

Sunday, August 21, 2016

We're in Summer mode. We will be back with our normal weekly ratings report with the first four nights numbers and analysis in the fall, but we still will have our regular how the sitcoms did all summer long! Here are our summer ratings:

Summer Week 12 (August 15-21) How the Sitcoms Did
(Sun comedies are previous week and Fri/Sat are prelim ratings)
Sorted by 18-49 Rtg
Title	Network	Time	Day	Total Viewers	18-49 Rtg	Notes

Superstore	NBC	10:30PM	Fri	10,900,000	3.3	PREMIERE
The Big Bang Theory	CBS	8:00PM	Thu	5,655,000	1.11	REPEAT
Life In Pieces	CBS	8:30PM	Thu	3,944,000	0.90	REPEAT
Mom	CBS	9:00PM	Mon	3,651,000	0.81	REPEAT
2 Broke Girls	CBS	8:30PM	Mon	3,566,000	0.80	REPEAT
Mom	CBS	8:00PM	Mon	3,999,000	0.78	REPEAT
The Odd Couple	CBS	9:30PM	Mon	2,924,000	0.70	REPEAT
Modern Family	ABC	10:00PM	Wed	2,024,000	0.60	REPEAT
Family Guy	Fox	9:00PM	Sun	1,254,000	0.59	REPEAT
black-ish	ABC	10:30PM	Wed	1,921,000	0.55	REPEAT
The Real O'Neals	ABC	8:00PM	Wed	2,374,000	0.52	REPEAT
The Simpsons	Fox	8:00PM	Sun	1,298,000	0.52	REPEAT
Last Man Standing	ABC	8:00PM	Sat	2,560,000	0.5	REPEAT
Dr. Ken	ABC	8:30PM	Sat	2,200,000	0.5	REPEAT
The Real O'Neals	ABC	9:00PM	Wed	1,872,000	0.49	REPEAT
The Real O'Neals	ABC	9:30PM	Wed	1,757,000	0.49	REPEAT
The Real O'Neals	ABC	8:30PM	Wed	1,887,000	0.46	REPEAT
Bob's Burgers	Fox	7:30PM	Sun	1,043,000	0.46	REPEAT
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Fox	8:00PM	Tue	1,225,000	0.43	REPEAT
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Fox	8:30PM	Sun	1,001,000	0.42	REPEAT
The Last Man on Earth	Fox	9:30PM	Sun	989,000	0.41	REPEAT
The Middle	ABC	10:00PM	Tue	1,480,000	0.39	REPEAT
The Simpsons	Fox	7:00PM	Sun	1,058,000	0.37	REPEAT
Fresh off the Boat	ABC	10:30PM	Tue	1,306,000	0.34	REPEAT
New Girl	Fox	8:30PM	Tue	850,000	0.32	REPEAT
The Goldbergs	ABC	8:00PM	Wed			preempted
The Real O'Neals	ABC	9:30PM	Tue			preempted
Angel from Hell	CBS	8:00PM	Sat			canceled
Uncle Buck	ABC	9:00PM	Tue			canceled
The Guide to Surviving Life	Fox	7:00PM	Sun			canceled
Bordertown	Fox	7:00PM	Sun			canceled
Crowded	NBC	9:30PM	Sun			canceled
Grandfathered	Fox	8:30PM	Tue			canceled
The Grinder	Fox	9:30PM	Tue			canceled
The Muppets	ABC	8:00PM	Tue			canceled
Telenovela	NBC	8:30PM	Mon			canceled
Undatelable	NBC	8:00PM	Fri			canceled
Galavant	ABC	8:00PM	Sun			canceled
Truth Be Told	NBC	8:30PM	Fri			canceled
Significant Mother	CW	9:30PM	Mon			canceled
Mike & Molly	CBS	8:00PM	Mon			canceled
The Carmichael Show	NBC	8:00PM	Sun			completed

SOURCE: Nielsen Media Research

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Wednesday, August 17

Abbott Elementary - "Pilot" (ABC, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible educators may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.

Abbott Elementary - "Work Family" (ABC, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
After Jacob reveals a detail about his personal life, Janine realizes she doesn’t know the other teachers as well as she thought. Meanwhile, as Gregory’s stern teaching approach is causing his whole class to underperform, Barbara and Melissa teach him how to relax and make his lessons more fun.

Abbott Elementary - "Step Class" (ABC, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Janine is thrilled when Ava asks to help her teach the after-school step class, but the two don’t see eye to eye on how to run the program. Later, when Barbara, Melissa and Jacob plan an “eat-off” to decide who makes the best pizza in Philadelphia, Gregory is forced to reveal a secret.

Abbott Elementary - "Desking" (ABC, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
When the students start participating in a new online trend that causes disruption to the school, the teachers band together to put an end to it. Meanwhile, Mr. Johnson provides comforting life advice to Gregory; and later, the teachers finally meet Jacob’s boyfriend, Zach, who joins in to help stop the students “desking”.

Wellington Paranormal - "Mobots" (The CW, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Officer Minogue meets Officer O'Leary's mom when they use her house for a stakeout to investigate why a mass quantity of obsolete electronics goes missing.

Wellington Paranormal - "The Invisible Fiend" (The CW, 9:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Minogue and O'Leary investigate a mysterious home invasion with no visible signs of entry, managing to arrest an invisible creature and bring it back to the station for questioning.

grown-ish - "You Don't Know Me" (Freeform, 10:00PM ET/PT)
The girls enlist Junior's help to find their shady roommate, Lauryn, who has a habit of mysteriously disappearing; Junior wonders if Annika is starting to catch feelings for him; Aaron suspects that Doug isn't being honest with him.

Everything's Trash - "Rom-Coms Are Mostly Trash" (Freeform, 10:30PM ET/PT)
After Phoebe suddenly sees Michael in a new light, she attempts to set him up with Malika, who already has her eye on an old flame; Jayden worries that he and Jessie have lost their spark, so they decide to spice things up.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of August 15)

Wednesday, August 17

Alison Brie (GLOW/Community) - Watch Alison Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Sasheer Zamata (Home Economics/Woke) - Sasheer appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Nicole Byer (Grand Crew/Loosely Exactly Nicole) - Nicole guest hosts Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Demi Lovato (Sonny with a Chance) - Demi co-hosts The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Kenan Thompson (Kenan/Kenan & Kel) - Kenan will be on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) - Zazie appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Simu Liu (Kim's Convenience) - Simu chats with the ladies of The View on a repeat on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Susan Walters (Dear John/The War Next Door) - Susan is a guest on a repeat of The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
Blair Underwood (The New Adventures of Old Christine) - Blair will be on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
Kel Mitchell (Game Shakers/Kenan & Kel) - Kel appears on a repeat of The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
Sherri Shepherd (Mr. Iglesias/Trial & Error/Sherri/Less Than Perfect/Suddenly Susan) - Sherri guest hosts a repeat of The Wendy Williams Show, so check your local listings.
Josh Peck (Grandfathered/Drake & Josh) and Rhea Perlman (Cheers/Pearl/Kirstie) - Josh and Rhea talk about Netflix's 13: The Musical on Access Daily, so check your local listings.
Murray Bartlett (Physical/Looking) - Murry talks about White Lotus on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.