Ratings News - 28th September 2012 *Full Tables Added*
Sep 28, 2012
Cancelled Shows Elementary Glee Grey's Anatomy Parks and Recreation Person of Interest Ratings Scandal The Big Bang Theory Two and a Half MenMetered Market Thursday Ratings
Solid Victory for CBS; Positive Sampling for The Last Resort and Elementary
Thursday 9/27/12
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 9.3/15
ABC 6.7/11
Fox 5.4/ 8
NBC 2.8/ 4
CW 0.6/ 1
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-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Opening Season Thursday (on 9/22/11):
CBS: + 4, ABC: – 7, NBC: -33, Fox: -35, CW: -70
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-Winners:
The Big Bang Theory (CBS), Two and a Half Men (CBS), Person of Interest (CBS), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), Elementary (CBS)
-Down But Not Out:
The X Factor (Fox)
-Respectable Sampling:
The Last Resort (ABC)
-Wise to Call it Quits:
The Office (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
Saturday Night Election Special (NBC), Up All Night (NBC), Parks and Recreation (NBC), Glee (Fox), The Next (CW), Rock Center With Brian Williams (NBC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy overnight Thursday victory for CBS, which finished first in each of the six half-hours. Season six of The Big Bang Theory took top-rated honors for the evening with a 10.5 rating/17 share in the 8 p.m. half-hour, which was nine percent above its one-hour year-ago season-opener (9.6/16 on 9/22/11). The 10th season premiere of relocated Two and a Half Men fit in well at an 8.6/14 at 8:30 p.m., which is a considerable improvement, no doubt, from short-lived fall 2011 time period occupant How To Be a Gentleman. And season two of Person of Interest followed with a rock-solid 9.4/14 at 9 p.m., which was up by nine percent from its year-ago series-premiere (8.6/13 on 9/22/11). Competing Grey’s Anatomy should have no trouble dominating among adults 18-49, but there is something to be said about a solid crime solver like Person of Interest that appeals to the masses.
At 10 p.m. on CBS was the series-premiere of Elementary, which resonated at a 9.0/16 at 10 p.m. Comparably, Elementary bested the year-ago season-premiere of former time period occupant The Mentalist (8.6/15 on 9/22/11) by five percent. And the overnight retention out of Person of Interest was 96 percent. Consider this a stellar start for Elementary.
In the second series-premiere of the evening, drama The Last Resort on ABC was respectfully sampled at a third-place 6.5/11 in the overnights form 8-9 p.m. Comparably, that outdelivered the year-ago series debut of short-lived Charlie’s Angels (6.1/ 9 on 9/22/11) by seven percent. And The Last Resort increased by six percent in the second half-hour (6.3/10 to 6.7/11) versus a loss of three percent for Charlie’s Angels. Let’s see what happens next week.
Next on ABC was the ninth season-premiere of Grey’s Anatomy at a second-place 8.6/13 at 9 p.m., which was 12 percent above the year-ago opener (7.7/12 on 9/22/11). Season two of drama Scandal, also from Shonda Rhimes, followed with a second-place 5.1/ 9 at 10 p.m. While that, comparably, held only 60 percent of the 9:30 p.m. portion of Grey’s Anatomy (8.5/13), the gap opposite competing Elementary demographically will be considerably narrower than the overnights.
Third overall for the evening was Fox’s combination of The X Factor (#2: 6.7/11) and relocated Glee (#4: 4.1/ 7), which together dipped by a noticeable 33 percent from two-hours of The X Factor on the year-ago evening (8.1/13 on 9/29/11). One year earlier, Glee was considerably stronger at a 6.3/10 in its former Tuesday 8 p.m. time period (on 9/27/11), and retention out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of The X Factor (7.1/11) was only 58 percent.
Elsewhere, NBC could not compete with its low-rated combination of another Saturday Night Live Election Special (#4: 3.7/ 6), Up All Night (#4: 2.5/ 4), The Office (#4: 3.2/ 5), Parks and Recreation (#4: 2.5/ 4) and Rock Center With Brian Williams (#3: 2.4/ 4). Compared to opening Thursday in 2011 (4.2/ 7 on 9/11/11), this was an average loss of 33 percent. And The CW populated the evening with a repeat of The Vampire Diaries (#5: 0.7/ 1) and flop singing competition The Next (#5: 0.6/ 1). Next week on NBC will feature the return of sitcom 30 Rock at 8 p.m.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights
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Damn it, why the hell are Nielsen families watching Parks and Rec? It's so good!
ReplyDeleteStill don't care about The Office's ratings since it's ending this season.
Happy about everything else!
The comedies are really back big this year. Big Bang and Modern Family are doing even better than ever. Nice Job. Happy for Elementary and Last Resort, both are such amazing shows, here's to stable ratings
ReplyDeleteForgot about Grey's Anatomy too, amazing numbers but the episode missed some things for me
ReplyDeleteOh Glee...
ReplyDeleteWhat About SCANDAL what wasit's ratings
ReplyDeleteIt's in the article? If you can't see it just text search for Scandal
ReplyDeleteHappy about Grey's and The Big Bang Theory.
ReplyDeleteI really dislike TBBT's Season Premier, it's like the characters were stucked, except for Howard; they don't seem to have a direction at all.
ReplyDeleteGood for Elementary! I'm a big Holmes fan, and i really liked this new take... Even with the lady Watson, the dynamic doesn't semm to have change so much. Also i loved that they explained every little deduction he makes; oposite The Mentalist, that sometimes things seems magical.
Fox is having a hard time... CBS and ABC are leading by far the whole week... Let's see how well Fox does today with Fringe...
Wow. Glee got smoked. Serves them right. This season looks to be a real crap fest. I think Persons of Interest will now fill my Thursday time slot.
ReplyDeleteIt's sucks to say I saw it coming but Glee against Grey's had no reall chance! not with the way they're going...the only way ratings might go up it's if they go back to what has work for 3 seasons: Finchel
ReplyDeleteall comedies are down, even Modern Family and TBBT
ReplyDeleteNice for POI! And Elementary did well too. But will it hold? Most CBS crime procedurals seem to premiere fairly well. Can they hold up? That is the question.
ReplyDeleteUnless i miss read this article and the one yesterday, i don;t think they are
ReplyDeleteMF down from last season prem, all NBC comedies down from last season premiers, all CBS Monday comeies down from last season, New Girl down from last season premier.
ReplyDeleteTAAHM obviously down, BBT dont know yet
so far I think Criminal Minds and H5O have been down significantly
ReplyDeleteVery nice numbers for POI. Solid start for Elementary. The next few episodes will tell if this will be a hit or not.
ReplyDeleteScandal is really lukewarm. Last Resort's start was predictably moderate. Don't see it lasting long.
2.9 for POI better than a 2.6, so good.
ReplyDeleteI love Parks and Recreation, but it's at such a weird time that I always forget it's on and end up having to watch it online (No DVR, unfortunately).
ReplyDeleteI try to watch it live but I had no luck for the past 2 weeks, hopefully next week I can because I want this show to do well
ReplyDeleteby the comedies i really meant just BBT and MF. BBT is up from last season premiere, last year was 14.50 now its 15.31. MF premiered last yeat at 14.53 and now at 14.43 barely down really
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure they are breaking up in next week's episode...
ReplyDeleteAs much as I love Glee, I don't think its going to make it. Ratings will take a nose dive since it goes on break for a MONTH after next week's episode. RIP Glee
ReplyDeleteGrey's numbers are awsome! Scandal did well and it sucks fro Glee .... :/
ReplyDeleteWasn't surprised for TBBT and two and a half men
Was hoping Last Resort would premiere stronger but knew that was unlikely.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first read about Last Resort, I wasn't that interested. In fact, I only watched it because the pilot was free on itunes, and now I'm completely sold. Hopefully the response will be so positive that others will tune in. I'd be unhappy if it got canceled, because I think it's the best new pilot.
ReplyDeleteGrey's returns stronger than its previous season in its 9th year? That is badass.
ReplyDeleteNever been the hugest fan, but this show is one solid cookie.
thanx
ReplyDelete100% agree with you.
ReplyDeleteABC already sold it to several international networks so I doubt it will be canceled before completing at least a 13 episode season.
Criminal Minds have a change of character, Prentiss out and Blake in, I guess it's quite normal then add the fact that it is they're 8th season... so I think it's not that bad... let's see the next episodes. H50 ratings weren't that high neighter the previous season, but I agree with you it has been down significantly!
ReplyDeleteYay for POI and fingers crossed for Scandal.
ReplyDeleteWhy can't grey suck :(
ReplyDeleteBitterGleeFan here don't mind me. (and I watched Grey at 9 this week OUPS ahaha. Damn plancrash. They fooled me into watching the premier and now I have to watch episode 2 to see what I wanted! shhhhh)
I just love Glee, don't know why. And next week looks awesome but I don't think the ratings will be good at all. it's gonna hurt the show *Sigh*
*creys* Who the hell decided to move it to Thursday 9pm WHO.
Hot tip Glee will be the first chopped with rating's like that, got absolutely NO hope against Grey's stupid stupid move by fox. RIP Glee
ReplyDeleteLove POI, it is ROCKING.
ReplyDeleteand thanks DarkUFO, great article.
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