CBS will ring in the new year and the second half of the 2016-2017 season with the most watched show on television, THE BIG BANG THEORY, and more Top 25 shows than any other network. CBS has six of the Top 10 programs and 12 of the Top 25, through 12/25/16.
Top 25 Most Watched Prime Time Series for 2016-2017 Season (9/19/16-12/25/16):
| Rank | Program | Network | (000) | # of TC |
| 1 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | CBS | 19,475 | 11 |
| 2 | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | NBC | 19,439 | 14 |
| 3 | NCIS | CBS | 18,341 | 10 |
| 4 | NBC+NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL | NBC | 17,071 | 5 |
| 5 | BULL | CBS | 16,269 | 9 |
| 6 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 14,776 | 14 |
| 7 | THIS IS US | NBC | 14,627 | 10 |
| 8 | CBS+NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL | CBS | 14,594 | 4 |
| 9 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 14,213 | 10 |
| 10 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 14,178 | 13 |
| 11 | THE OT | FOX | 13,954 | 6 |
| 12 | NCIS: NEW ORLEANS | CBS | 13,118 | 9 |
| 13 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 13,019 | 10 |
| 14 | DESIGNATED SURVIVOR | ABC | 12,840 | 10 |
| 15 | VOICE | NBC | 12,566 | 13 |
| 16 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 12,491 | 10 |
| 17 | VOICE-TUE | NBC | 12,197 | 12 |
| 18 | HAWAII FIVE-0 | CBS | 12,186 | 11 |
| 19 | EMPIRE | FOX | 12,110 | 9 |
| 20 | GREY’S ANATOMY | ABC | 11,566 | 9 |
| 21 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 11,363 | 8 |
| 22 | MADAM SECRETARY | CBS | 11,331 | 10 |
| 23 | CHICAGO FIRE | NBC | 10,995 | 8 |
| 24 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | NBC | 10,774 | 14 |
| 25 | NCIS-ENC (R) | CBS | 10,754 | 2 |
Source: Nielsen Most Current (9/19/16 -12/25/16)