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.
UPDATED THURSDAY SCORECARD
It was a dominant Thursday for Fox courtesy of the two-hour “American Idol” season-ender. But 13.61 million viewers and a 3.4 rating/11 share among adults 18-49 (based on the fast affiliate data from Nielsen) was down by a hefty 7.88 million viewers and 47 percent in the demo from the year-ago season-finale (Viewers: 21.49 million; A18-49: 6.4/18 on 5/23/12, based on the live plus same day data). Remember the days when the “American Idol” season-ender housed 30-million viewers? This is, in fact, the first “Idol”-ender not to hit the 20-million mark.
Elsewhere, “The Big Bang Theory” concluded season five on CBS as the top-rated show of the night, with 14.78 million viewers and a 4.4/18 among adults 18-49 at 8 p.m. “The Office” ended its nine-season (and 200 episode run) on NBC with a season-high performance (and a very satisfying send-off in this viewers’ opinion). The season-finale of “Grey’s Anatomy” still has life on ABC, but sophomore lead-out “Scandal,” also a season-ender, was the standout. And the two-hour season-finale of “Elementary” on CBS earned its renewal stripes with an adequate 8.93 million viewers and a 2.0/ 6 in the demo from 9-11 p.m. (opposite a night of heavy competition).
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)
Additional Ratings Resources
If you’re interested in Ratings/Renewal/Cancellations then we have a number of resources here at SpoilerTV that we recommend you check out.
Renew/Cancel
Our Cancellation/Renewal predictions for the current season.
Ratings Database
Historical Ratings Database for nearly all major US shows going back to their first episodes.
Full Season Tables
The current season full ratings tables for both Total Viewers and 18-49 Demos
Ratings Scorecard
See how all the shows stack up against each other in the Ratings Scorecard Table.
