Primetime Preliminary Fast National Nielsen Data
(includes all DVR playback through 3:00 am)

Here are the highlights of the 16 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (2/9/16):

CBS (11.966 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.8, #1) was the top draw on Tuesday with new episodes of "NCIS" (16.837 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.4, #1), "NCIS: New Orleans" (12.665 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.9, #2) and "Limitless" (6.398 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.3, #7).

The silver then went to NBC (6.333 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.5, #2) with its trio of "Hollywood Game Night" (3.828 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.1, #9), "Chicago Med" (7.031 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.6, #T4) and "Chicago Fire" (8.141 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.8, #3).

Next up was The CW (2.733 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.1, #4) with originals from "The Flash" (3.974 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.6, #T4) and "iZombie" (1.492 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T15).

Meanwhile, FOX (2.515 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.0, #3) offered up its quartet of "New Girl" (3.212 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.4, #6), "Grandfathered" (2.559 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T11), "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (2.309 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 1.0, #10) and "The Grinder" (1.978 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T13).

And finally, fresh installments of "Fresh Off the Boat" (4.528 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.2, #8), "The Muppets" (2.925 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T11), "Marvel's Agent Carter" (2.861 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T13) and "Primetime: What Would You Do?" (2.309 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T15) on ABC (2.966 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.8, #5) closed out the night.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+33.33% - The Grinder
+14.29% - The Flash
+12.50% - The Muppets
+8.33% - Limitless (vs. 1/19/16)
+5.56% - NCIS: New Orleans (vs. 1/19/16)
0.00% - NCIS (vs. 1/19/16)
0.00% - Marvel's Agent Carter
0.00% - New Girl
0.00% - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
0.00% - Hollywood Game Night
0.00% - Chicago Med
0.00% - Chicago Fire
0.00% - iZombie
-10.00% - Grandfathered
-14.29% - Fresh Off the Boat
-14.29% - Primetime: What Would You Do?

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+100.00% - Chicago Med (vs. Marry Me/About a Boy)
+28.57% - Chicago Fire
+14.29% - The Flash
+10.00% - Hollywood Game Night (vs. Parks & Recreation)
0.00% - New Girl (vs. MasterChef Junior)
-13.33% - Limitless (vs. Person of Interest)
-13.64% - NCIS: New Orleans
-14.29% - NCIS
-20.00% - The Grinder (vs. The Mindy Project)
-23.08% - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (vs. New Girl)
-25.00% - iZombie (vs. Supernatural)
-29.41% - Fresh Off the Boat
-35.71% - Grandfathered (vs. MasterChef Junior)
-42.86% - Marvel's Agent Carter
-45.45% - Primetime: What Would You Do? (vs. Forever)
-50.00% - The Muppets (vs. Fresh Off the Boat)

In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):

· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 2.8/7; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 2.1/5; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.7/5.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.0/5; "Late Show," 0.4/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/3.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.2/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.3/5 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show" (1.1/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.4/3 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.2/2).

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Here are the highlights of the 17 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (2/10/15):

CBS (14.609 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.2, #1) was the top draw on Tuesday thanks to its trio of "NCIS" (18.559 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.8, #1), "NCIS: New Orleans" (15.861 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.2, #2) and "Person of Interest" (9.408 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.5, #5).

ABC (4.884 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.4, #2) then claimed the silver with the time period premiere of "Fresh Off the Boat" (6.000 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.7, #4), another "Fresh Off the Boat" (5.812 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.8, #3), "Marvel's Agent Carter" (4.177 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T6) and "Forever" (4.568 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.1, #11).

Next up was FOX (3.527 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.3, #3) and fresh installments of "MasterChef Junior" (4.516 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T6), "New Girl" (2.733 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 1.3, #10) and "The Mindy Project" (2.343 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T12).

Meanwhile, NBC (3.790 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T4) served up new episodes of "Parks & Recreation" (3.031 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T12), another "Parks & Recreation" (2.446 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T12), "Marry Me" (2.148 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T15), "About a Boy" (2.675 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T15) and "Chicago Fire" (6.219 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T6).

And finally, originals from "The Flash" (3.479 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T6) and "Supernatural" (2.041 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T15) closed out the evening on The CW (2.760 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T4). In the netlet's target demo (women 18-34), "The Flash" posted a 0.9 rating while "Supernatural" delivered a 0.7 rating.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+22.22% - Forever
+7.69% - NCIS
+7.69% - Marvel's Agent Carter
+7.69% - The Flash
+7.14% - Person of Interest
0.00% - NCIS: New Orleans
-7.14% - New Girl
-9.09% - The Mindy Project
-11.11% - Marry Me
-11.11% - Supernatural
-12.50% - Chicago Fire
-12.50% - MasterChef Junior
-16.67% - Parks & Recreation - 8:00
-20.00% - About a Boy
-23.08% - Parks & Recreation - 8:30 (vs. 1/27/15)
-25.00% - Fresh Off the Boat - 8:30 (vs. 2/4/15)
-32.00% - Fresh Off the Boat - 8:00 (vs. 2/4/15)

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+600.00% - The Flash (vs. Attack the Block (Repeat))
+300.00% - Supernatural (vs. Attack the Block (Repeat))
+115.38% - NCIS (vs. NCIS (Repeat))
+83.33% - NCIS: New Orleans (vs. NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat))
+80.00% - Fresh Off the Boat - 8:30 (vs. The Goldbergs (Repeat))
+75.00% - Marvel's Agent Carter (vs. The Goldbergs/Trophy Wife (Repeats))
+66.67% - Person of Interest (vs. Person of Interest (Repeat))
+57.14% - Forever (vs. Killer Women)
+54.55% - Fresh Off the Boat - 8:00 (vs. The Goldbergs (Repeat))
+27.27% - MasterChef Junior (vs. Dads/Dads)
0.00% - New Girl
-16.67% - The Mindy Project (vs. Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
-78.79% - Chicago Fire (vs. 2014 Olympic Winter Games)
-84.85% - Parks & Recreation - 8:00 (vs. 2014 Olympic Winter Games)
-84.85% - Parks & Recreation - 8:30 (vs. 2014 Olympic Winter Games)
-87.88% - Marry Me (vs. 2014 Olympic Winter Games)
-87.88% - About a Boy (vs. 2014 Olympic Winter Games)

In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):

·In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 2.9/8; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.3/6; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 2.0/5.

·In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.2/6; "Late Show," 0.5/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.7/3.

·From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.2/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

·From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.3/5 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show" (1.2/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/4 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/2).

·At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/3 in metered-market households and a 0.3/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Source: Nielsen Media Research