Today's Early Overnight Ratings
This table shows the early overnight ratings. These ratings are normally adjusted later in the day when all the ratings have been consolidated to take into account any local preemptions and/or overruns. You can find all the final adjusted numbers in our
Ratings Database. (See the About section below for details about ratings)
Early Ratings Analysis
The analysis below is based on the early household numbers and are NOT the same as the numbers that will be posted in the above table later. (See the About section below)
For more information on the Nielsen Ratings see this
Wikipedia Entry.
NOTE: The opinions expressed here are NOT those of SpoilerTV but of the Author of this Article,
Marc Berman.
SUNDAY 5/12/13 Metered Markets
Easy Victory for CBS
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 6.3/11
ABC 4.2/ 7
NBC 3.1/ 5
Fox 2.2/ 4
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 5/14/12:
CBS: + 5, Fox: – 4, NBC: -26, ABC: -35
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-Winners:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “Survivor: Caramoan” (CBS)
-Losers (Excluding Repeats):
“The Cleveland Show” (Fox)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS topped this second Sunday in May, which featured granddaddy “60 Minutes” and the season-finale of “Survivor: Caramoan.” “Survivor: Caramoan,” which was a clean sweep for suddenly cool Cochran, scored a 6.0 rating/10 share in the overnights from 8-10 p.m., which was right on par with one year earlier. The live reunion show at 10 p.m., which only featured the jury members on stage, followed with a dominant 4.9/ 9 at 10 p.m. Earlier in the evening, aforementioned “60 Minutes” led the night in the overnights, with a 7.6/15 at 7 p.m. But it certainly won’t finish No. 1 for the evening among adults 18-49 (or any other young adult demos).
As for “Survivor,” never in the history of this must-see reality competition (in this fan’s opinion) has a contestant, Dawn, gone from hero to villain so quickly. Maybe Kleenix could use a new spokesperson.
In other season-finale news, sophomore “Once Upon a Time” on ABC dipped by 30 percent year-to-year, with a second-place 4.5/ 8 in the overnights at 8 p.m. That led into two-hours of the also sophomore “Revenge” season-ender, with a diluted 4.3/ 7 from 9-11 p.m. Moving to Sunday did not benefit “Revenge” this season, and both “Once Upon a Time” and “Revenge” has been officially renewed.
Earlier in the evening on ABC was veteran “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at a second-place 3.6/ 7 at 7 p.m.
Elsewhere, individual program results for NBC are estimated due to golf bleeding into primetime by 15 minutes. That said, two repeat hours of “The Voice” averaged an approximate 2.3/ 4 from 7:15-9:15 p.m., followed by two-hours of “Celebrity Apprentice” at a 3.3/ 5. According to a tweet by Donald Trump, “Celebrity Apprentice” has been renewed for next season.
Fox populated the night with a one-hour installment of “The Cleveland Show” (#4: 1.2/ 2 from 7-8 p.m.), which is not returning next season, “The Simpsons” (#4: 2.5/ 4), the season-finale of “Bob’s Burgers” (#4: 2.1/ 4), “Family Guy” (#4: 3.1/ 5) and the season-finale of “American Dad” (#4: 2.6/ 4).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Source: Marc Berman@tvmediainsights
About the Daily Ratings
Each day (except Sunday) we post the TV Ratings for the previous night.
The first item that gets posted (normally around 2pm GMT) is the early overnight analysis based on the early household numbers (these are not the same as the Total Viewers and 18-49 Demo numbers that are posted later).
Later on (normally between 4pm-5pm GMT) we post the official early overnight Total Viewers and 18-49 Demo numbers in the table above.
Finally, later in the evening (10pm-11pm GMT) or the following day, the final adjusted ratings numbers are released, these are then posted in the
Ratings Database. The Final Adjusted numbers are what we use for all our Renew/Cancellation Tables, Full Season Tables, Ratings Scorecards etc (see below)
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Ratings Database
Historical Ratings Database for nearly all major US shows going back to their first episodes.
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Ratings Scorecard
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