Wednesday TV Ratings 1/28/26: Chicago PD and Chicago Fire Drop to Series Lows, Abbott Elementary Rises as Shifting Gears Slips, The Price is Right at Night and Hollywood Squares Rise After Time Slot Swap
NBC Renew/Cancel Week 14: NBC Are Losing Their Brilliant Minds
Monday TV Ratings 1/26/26: American Idol Returns Up from Season 23 Premiere, The Rookie Down on New Night, Memory of a Killer Decent for Time Slot Premiere
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Sunday TV Ratings 1/25/26: Memory of a Killer Receives Solid Sampling, NFC Championship Heavily Down from Previous Year’s Primetime NFL Conference Championship, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Strong
Saturday TV Ratings 1/24/26: NBA on ABC Gets Off to a Strong 2026 Start, Saturday Night Live Slips Further, Caught by Love Solid on Hallmark
Friday TV Ratings 1/23/26: RuPaul’s Drag Race Rises Again, Happy’s Place and Stumble Jump to Season Highs, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Also Hits Season High for Repeat
ABC Renew/Cancel Week 14: Will Trent Will Likely Remain on the Case
Thursday TV Ratings 1/22/26: Hell’s Kitchen Surges for Finale, Animal Control and Going Dutch Also Rise, 9-1-1 and The Hunting Party Drop
Wednesday TV Ratings 1/21/26: Mediocre Debut for The Beauty on FX, Fear Factor: House of Fear Solid in Time Slot Debut, Shifting Gears and Chicago PD Down, The Masked Singer and Shark Tank Rise
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Tuesday TV Ratings 1/20/26: Doc Ties Series Low as Best Medicine Holds Steady, The Rookie Rises to Season High for Final Tuesday Airing, NBA Leads [+ Analysis]
Fox drama Doc (0.15, -0.05) dropped down to its previously set series low, even as its Best Medicine lead-in (0.23, 0.00) held steady. On ABC, Will Trent (0.36, -0.04) declined, High Potential (0.41, 0.00) matched last week's rating, and The Rookie (0.30, +0.01) ticked up. On CBS, Harlan Coben's Final Twist (0.16, -0.02) slipped. NBA on NBC (0.44) was the top-rated broadcast of the night, while the CW's WWE NXT (0.08, -0.01) shed another hundredth. Key: (R) = repeat.
NBC Renew/Cancel Week 13: The Hunting Party Gives NBC a Prime Hunting Ground
Monday TV Ratings 1/19/26: College Football Championship Up Massively from 2025, NBA Leads Quiet Night on Broadcast [+ Analysis]
On a repeat-filled night, NBA on NBC (0.26) was the top-rated network television offering, even as it remained at a modest level. ABC aired repeats of Will Trent (0.19/0.12) and Dirty Talk (0.09). CBS went with encores of The Neighborhood (0.16), DMV (0.12), FBI (0.11), and NCIS: Origins (0.09). Fox was a notch below that with encores of Hell's Kitchen (0.08) and Doc (0.08). The CW aired I Am MLK Jr. (0.02). Key: (R) = repeat.
NCIS: Origins, Tracker, Elsbeth & Matlock Among Ten CBS Renewals
CBS has issued another early mass renewal, with ten fall series now confirmed to join Sheriff Country and Boston Blue on next year's schedule, leaving just three series from their fall schedule in limbo. Tuesday night's NCIS lineup of NCIS, NCIS: Origins, and NCIS: Sydney will all be back next season, potentially keeping that block together for another year. Wednesday reality hits Survivor and The Amazing Race have also been renewed. The Thursday lineup is also returning in full, with sitcom Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage and legal drama Matlock earning third seasons and Elsbeth being granted a fourth season pickup, with Ghosts having already been renewed back in February 2025. Fire Country has also been renewed for a fifth season, now confirmed to join its spinoff on the schedule next year. And, in perhaps the least-surprising decision of the year, CBS has picked up a fourth season of breakout hit drama Tracker, the only Sunday night series currently confirmed to be returning. DMV, Watson, and reality series The Road are all still in limbo. All but NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney are correct prediction for The TV Ratings Guide.
Sunday TV Ratings 1/18/26: The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins Draws Solid Sampling for Post-NFL Preview, 60 Minutes Sinks, Going Dutch Repeat Draws Rounded 0.0 [+ Analysis]
New sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (1.38) began on solid footing with the help of an enormous NFL lead-in on NBC. On CBS, 60 Minutes (0.22, -0.73) was only a tick or two above ABC's showing of Mrs. Doubtfire (0.20). Fox aired repeats of Best Medicine (0.07), Doc (0.07), Animal Control (0.06), and Going Dutch (0.04). Key: (R) = repeat.
Saturday TV Ratings 1/17/26: Saturday Night Live Tumbles for First Episode of 2026, 49ers/Seahawks NFL Playoff Game Dominates Primetime [+ Analysis]
NBC's Saturday Night Live (0.63, -0.28) was down by nearly three-tenths for its first episode of 2026, despite the presence of Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard and musical guest A$AP Rocky. On CBS, a massive NFL lead-in boosted a Final Twist rerun (0.66) to lofty heights, and some of that help trickled down to the original episode of 48 Hours (0.21, +0.07). ABC aired repeats of 9-1-1: Nashville (0.08/0.07/0.06), while the CW went with encores of TV We Love (0.01/0.01). Key: (R) = repeat.
Friday TV Ratings 1/16/26: Happy’s Place and Stumble Rise After Break, RuPaul’s Drag Race Also Rises, WWE SmackDown Drops [+ Analysis]
Happy's Place (0.21, +0.03) and Stumble (0.16, +0.05) both rose on NBC, while Dateline (0.20, 0.00) matched its last original. ABC's Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (0.26, -0.01) dipped, but 20/20 (0.19, 0.00) was steady once more. CBS went with repeats of Hollywood Squares (0.20), Sheriff Country (0.12), and Boston Blue (0.12). Masters of Illusion (0.04, 0.00) tied its week-ago installment on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat.
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Thursday TV Ratings 1/15/26: Going Dutch Hits New Series Low in Return, 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Nashville Rebound, The Hunting Party Rises in Week Two [+ Analysis]
Fox sitcom Going Dutch (0.10) returned for season two in poor shape, setting a new series low out the gate. Earlier in the night, Animal Control (0.15, -1.05) was, unsurprisingly, way down from its football boosted premiere, while Hell's Kitchen (0.24, +0.03) grew slightly at eight. Over on ABC, dramas 9-1-1 (0.37, +0.06), 9-1-1: Nashville (0.25, +0.07), and Grey's Anatomy (0.17, +0.02) all rose from their week-ago returns. Law & Order (0.29, 0.00) and Law & Order: SVU (0.30, 0.00) matched last week's ratings on NBC, but The Hunting Party (0.17, +0.07) surged after a disappointing premiere. CBS aired repeats of Georgie & Mandy (0.22), Ghosts (0.17), and Matlock (0.14/0.13). The CW aired more Trivial Pursuit encores (0.06/0.04). Key: (P) = premiere. (R) = repeat.





























