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‘Hollywood Squares’ Debuts as Season’s Most-Watched New Unscripted Show With Nearly 24 Million Viewers

CBS' "Hollywood Squares" has debuted as the season's most-watched new unscripted series, TheWrap can reveal exclusively.

The show, which stars Drew Barrymore and is hosted by Nate Burleson, debuted to an audience of 5.05 million viewers as it premiered on Thursday, Jan. 16 from 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT. It then grew its audience to a whopping 8.36 million viewers on Sunday, Jan. 19 when it aired at 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/7:00-8:00 p.m. PT after the AFC Divisional Playoff Game. During its daytime airing, the show averaged 1.44 million viewers, boost the time period’s viewership by 14% when compared to this season’s episodes of “The Talk.”

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