'Parks and Rec' Reunion Zooms to Thursday's Top Ratings Spot

But NBC ends up third in key demo, fourth in total viewers

When it comes to broadcast TV, winter is typically no fall — but a few of this year’s new midseason shows could have made the cut for an earlier start, ratings-wise. TheWrap has ranked all of 2020’s midseason series premieres — so far — by their “live” total-viewer tallies. Spinoffs of Fox’s “9-1-1” and CBS’ “FBI” had impressive starts, The CW’s “Riverdale” offshoot and ABC’s “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart” did not. Scroll through our gallery for the Nielsen returns for the 16 midseason shows that have debuted this season and check back for updates as more premiere. Least-watched is first, most-watched is last. Readers can find our Fall TV version of these rankings here here.

Fox/NBC/CBS/The CW

  • Rank:  16     Show:   “Katy Keene”   Net:  The CW   Total Viewers: 568,000

    The CW

  • Rank:  15     Show:   “Duncanville”   Net:  Fox   Total Viewers: 1.5 million

    Fox

  • Rank:  14     Show:  “Flirty Dancing”   Net:  Fox   Total Viewers: 1.8 million* (*Time period premiere. Special post-NFL doubleheader series debut, which aired live across all timezones, earned 3.2 million viewers) 

    Fox

  • Rank:   13    Show:     “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”*   Net:  NBC    Total Viewers: 2 million* (*Time period premiere. Sneak-peek preview of first episode got 2.7 million viewers)

    NBC

  • Rank:   12    Show:   “Indebted”  Net:  NBC   Total Viewers: 2.1 million

    NBC

  • Rank: 11   Show:  “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart”  Net: ABC  Total Viewers: 2.97 million

    ABC

  • Rank:  10     Show:   “For Life”   Net:  ABC   Total Viewers: 3.178 million

    ABC

  • Rank:   9    Show:   “Outmatched”   Net:  Fox   Total Viewers: 3.202 million

    Fox

  • Rank:   8   Show:   “Council of Dads”   Net:  NBC   Total Viewers: 3.9 million

    NBC

  • Rank:  7    Show:  “Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector”   Net:  NBC   Total Viewers: 4.4 million

    NBC

  • Rank:   6   Show:  “Deputy”    Net:  Fox   Total Viewers: 4.6 million

    Fox

  • Rank:   5    Show:   “Tommy”   Net:  CBS   Total Viewers: 4.787 million

    CBS

  • Rank:  4    Show:   “Lego Masters”   Net:  Fox   Total Viewers: 4.837 million

    Fox

  • Rank:   3    Show:  “9-1-1: Lone Star”   Net: Fox   Total Viewers: 5.8 million* (*Time period premiere. Special post-NFC Championship series debut earned 11.5 million viewers) 

    Fox

  • Rank:   2    Show:  “Broke”   Net:  CBS  Total Viewers: 7.05 million

    CBS

  • Rank:   1    Show:  “FBI: Most Wanted”   Net:  CBS  Total Viewers: 7.19 million

    CBS

    • Two spinoffs started off strong — two did not

    When it comes to broadcast TV, winter is typically no fall — but a few of this year’s new midseason shows could have made the cut for an earlier start, ratings-wise. TheWrap has ranked all of 2020’s midseason series premieres — so far — by their “live” total-viewer tallies. Spinoffs of Fox’s “9-1-1” and CBS’ “FBI” had impressive starts, The CW’s “Riverdale” offshoot and ABC’s “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart” did not. Scroll through our gallery for the Nielsen returns for the 16 midseason shows that have debuted this season and check back for updates as more premiere. Least-watched is first, most-watched is last. Readers can find our Fall TV version of these rankings here here.

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