Ratings News - 16th November 2011 *Full Tables Added*

TUESDAY 11/15/11
Metered Market Results

Household
Rating/Share
CBS 9.7/15
ABC 7.8/12
Fox 4.8/ 7
NBC 4.0/ 6
CW 1.4/ 2

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-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (Thursday 11/16/10):
ABC: + 3, CW: no change, NBC: - 5, CBS: - 8, Fox: -17

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-Winners:
NCIS (CBS), Dancing With the Stars (ABC), NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), New Girl (Fox)

-Honorable Mention:
Last Man Standing (ABC)

-Fading Fast:
Glee (Fox)

-Disappointing:
Raising Hope (Fox)

-Losers:
Man Up! (ABC), 90210 (CW), Ringer (CW)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was a typical Tuesday overnight victory for CBS, which aired its regularly scheduled combination of NCIS (#1: 12.2 rating/19 share), spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles (#2: 9.5/14) and the recently introduced Unforgettable (#1: 7.4/12). Year-to-year, however, Unforgettable dipped from former time period occupant The Good Wife (8.9/15 on 11/16/10) by 17 percent.

Just last year Fox had a lock on Tuesday among adults 18-49. But deteriorating Glee (#2: 5.4/ 8 at 8 p.m.), which dropped by 35 percent from the year-ago night (8.3/12 on 11/16/10), means that CBS is now the network to also beat in the demo. Glee, no doubt, is a victim of the “too much, too soon” syndrome.

Freshman Fox comedy New Girl has leveled off at 9 p.m., with a third-place 5.0 in the overnights good enough to warrant a time period win among adults 18-49. But sophomore Raising Hope slid to a fourth-place 3.5/ 5 at 9:30 p.m., with 70 percent retention out of New Girl. One year earlier, a repeat of Raising Hope scored a 2.7/ 4 in the time period on 11/16/10.

On ABC, recent sitcom entry Last Man Standing is holding up with a now typical 6.0/ 9 in the overnights (#2) at 8 p.m. Compared to the first half of year-ago occupant No Ordinary Family (4.8/ 7 on 11/16/10) that was an increase of 25 percent. But lead-out Man Up! continues to drop the ratings ball, with a third-place 4.3/ 7 at 8:30 p.m. One year earlier, the second half of aforementioned No Ordinary Family was stronger with a 4.7/ 7. Retention for Man Up! out of Last Man Standing in the higher HUT level 8:30 p.m. half-hour, meanwhile, was just 72 percent.

On ABC at 9 p.m. was the live Dancing With the Stars Results Show at a dominant 11.3/17. So long, Hope Solo. And crime solver Body of Proof capped off the night with a second-place 7.2/12 at 10 p.m., which was 29 percent greater than failed year-ago occupant Detroit 1-8-7 (5.6/ 9 on 11/16/10).

Over at NBC, The Biggest Loser decreased by 11 percent from one year earlier, with a 4.1/ 6 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. Here is the half-hour breakdown:

The Biggest Loser (NBC)
8:00 p.m.: 4.0/ 6 (#4)
8:30 p.m.: 4.1/ 6 (#4)
9:00 p.m.: 4.1/ 6 (#4)
9:30 p.m.: 4.2/ 6 (#3)

NBC’s Parenthood, of course, finished last in the overnights with a 3.8/ 7 at 10 p.m. But the adult 18-49 finish, as always, will be much more competitive. As a reminder, upcoming NBC reality/competition Fashion Star, hosted by Elle Macpherson, inherits the Tuesday 10 p.m. hour on March 20.

The CW capped off the night with its low-rated combination of 90210 (#5: 1.3/ 2) and Ringer (#5: 1.5/ 2), which was equal in the overnights, on average, to year-ago occupants One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected. And there you have it…overnight results for the ninth Tuesday of the current season.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights