Today's Early Overnight Ratings
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Early Ratings Analysis
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Monday 10/28/13 Metered Markets
Baseball Wins; Multiple Success for Diversified Slate
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 9.2/14
ABC 8.4/13
NBC 7.9/12
CBS 4.6/ 7
CW 1.0/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 10/29/12:
Fox: +441, CW: +100, NBC: +11, CBS: no change, ABC: -13
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-Winners:
“The World Series,” Game 5 (Fox), “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC), “The Voice” (NBC), “The Blacklist” (NBC), “Castle” (ABC)
-Honorable Mention:
“How I Met Your Mother” (CBS), “2 Broke Girls” (CBS), “The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Hart of Dixie” (CW), “Beauty and the Beast” (CW), “Hostages” (CBS)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
Game 5 of “The World Series” (Boston 3, St. Louis 1) led Fox to an unprecedented Monday overnight victory with an estimated 9.2 rating/14 share from 8-11 p.m. (peaking in the 10 p.m. half-hour, with an 11.8/18). But ABC and NBC were also on the map, with the three networks combined totaling a 25.5/39 in primetime. Factor in the 4.6/ 7 for CBS and the Big 4 networks scored a 30.1 overnight household rating. In other words, never underestimate the value of a diversified programming slate on the broadcast networks. There is room for multiple hit shows competing against each other.
The mammoth year-to-year growth for Fox — +441 percent — was a result of an encore of “The X Factor” airing one year earlier.
In the 8-10 p.m. battle of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC versus “The Voice” on NBC, a 9.1/14 for still healthy “Dancing With the Stars” was 10 percent above the 8.3/13 for “The Voice.” But “The Voice,” of course, will hold a double-digit demo advantage, while “Dancing With the Stars” remains more of an option for the older viewers. Note to departed Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi: not enough of the “Jersey Shore” audience was probably watching, unfortunately. Next week’s edition of “Dancing With the Stars” will feature guest judge Cher in place of Len Goodman.
A solid second behind baseball in the 10 p.m. hour was “The Blacklist” on NBC, with a 7.0/12 (and growth of 27 percent from year-ago occupant “Revolution” – 5.5/ 9 on 10/29/12). Competing “Castle” on ABC scored a comfortable 6.8/11 at 10 p.m., followed by lackluster “Hostages” at CBS at a very last-place 3.3/ 5. One year earlier (and minus baseball in the competitive mix), former occupant “Hawaii Five-O” was considerably stronger at a 5.3/ 8 (on 10/29/12).
Over at CBS, the 8-10 p.m. sitcom block — “How I Met Your Mother” (#4: 5.6/ 9), “2 Broke Girls” (#4: 5.4/ 8), an encore of “The Big Bang Theory” (#4: 5.5/ 8) and “Mom” (#4” 4.7/ 7) — were all on par with their week-ago overnight performances (despite facing “The World Series”). Next week, “Mike & Molly” returns for its fourth season-opener at 9 p.m.
Given the severity of the competition, struggling CW dramas “Hart of Dixie” (#5: 1.2/ 2) and “Beauty and the Beast” (#5: 0.8/ 1) could not gain any traction.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Source: Marc Berman@tvmediainsights
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I´m expecting a season low for Castle today (due to the baseball, not the episode).
ReplyDeleteBeauty & the beast is dead and need to move on friday.
ReplyDeleteThey could do that midseason and then replace it with The 100/Star Crossed.
ReplyDeleteSo happy about The Blacklist! I still think the husband is up to something...
ReplyDeleteNo point in doing so until midseason when they have replacements unless they are willing to make a direct swap with TCD and I doubt there would be a net positive result of that for the network
ReplyDeleteHopefully it didn't fall again
ReplyDeleteDid it fall last week?
ReplyDeleteno, it was steady last week.
ReplyDeleteOh yes Husband is up for something for sure , and other thing i am intrigued by is the third party who are keeping a watch on both husband and wifey
ReplyDeleteHappy for The Blacklist.
ReplyDeleteAlso glad that HIMYM is steady in it's last year.
Sorry, what I meant was that hopefully it would be able to not fall, once again, as in, remain steady again :P I realize it was confusing!
ReplyDeleteThat's ok! I went into the data base for last week and the final rating was 3.0 10mil so yeah, hopefully it doesn't adjust down!
ReplyDeleteIndeed! Yeah,those two guys watching the house.Can't wait to find out who they are and why they are there.I'm sure we won't be finding out anytime soon tho..
ReplyDeleteAt least Mark agrees there is a severe competition on Mondays for CW shows already struggling with ratings. For me, I will enjoy BATB as much as I can, and wont care about the ratings anymore I do know everyone from writers, producers, actors and us the fans have worked our ass.... off for this second season and Im not being biased here since I am fan of different show genres from The Walking Dead, Sleepy Hollow to Masters of Sex etc. and this season BATB is a completely different show quality wise as it was last year. Its a shame no more people tuned in but I guess this year the competition with new shows was much bigger which gives less interest for shows already in the air.
ReplyDeleteyes, I guess 1.8 or 1.7. and around 9,5 mill.
ReplyDeleteDoubt it.
ReplyDeleteGo 'The Blacklist'! Second place against Baseball of all things AND a Freshmen show! I expect that this show will be one of the first renewed by NBC come May or possibly sooner
ReplyDelete'The Blacklist' from last week - 6.8/12
ReplyDelete'The Blacklist' from this week - 7.0/12
Up from last week!!!
was the CW pre-empted somewhere? I see HoD had a slight uptick 1.2/1 vs 1.1/1.....
ReplyDeleteGood for Blacklist.
ReplyDeleteDon't really care about Hostages' ratings anymore since CBS won't pull it off the schedule.
You should disregard household measures even more for the cw than for the rest of the channels since they provide very little indication concerning the direction of the 18-49 ratings.
ReplyDeleteTrust me I know. I was trying an attempt at humor. I doubt Hod or BatB went up any in demo.
ReplyDeleteAgree 100%. At this point its basically just enjoying it while we can and not bitch about ratings, because it makes it more enjoyable when you dont worry about the haters.
ReplyDeleteHappy for The Blacklist but I was kind of disappointed with the episode though. Was hoping for some epic fighting and what not maybe even Mr and Mrs Smith style.
ReplyDeleteHow I Met Your Mother and Mom dropped a tenth and two-tenths respectively. 2 Broke Girls and Hostages rose a tenth each.
ReplyDeleteThe Blacklist rose a tenth while Castle rose two tenths. That's great against the world series for both shows.
Beauty and the Beast and Hart of Dixie were even with last week.
Half hours if anyone is interested:
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8:00 p.m.
ABC – Dancing With the Stars
Viewers: 12.16 million (#2), A18-49: 1.9/ 5 (#4)
CBS – How I Met Your Mother
Viewers: 7.63 million (#4), A18-49: 2.9/ 8 (#2)
NBC – The Voice
Viewers: 12.38 million (#1), A18-49: 3.9/11 (#1)
Fox – The World Series, Game 5 (Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals)
Viewers: 11.07 million (#3), A18-49: 2.8/ 8 (#3)
CW – Hart of Dixie
Viewers: 1.20 million (#5), A18-49: 0.5/ 1 (#5)
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8:30 p.m.
ABC – Dancing With the Stars
Viewers: 12.93 million (#1), A18-49: 2.0/ 5 (#4)
CBS – 2 Broke Girls
Viewers: 7.60 million (#4), A18-49: 2.6/ 7 (#3)
NBC – The Voice
Viewers: 12.57 million (#2), A18-49: 4.1/11 (#1)
Fox – The World Series, Game 5 (Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals)
Viewers: 11.81 million (#3), A18-49: 3.2/ 8 (#2)
CW – Hart of Dixie
Viewers: 1.06 million (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)
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9:00 p.m.
ABC – Dancing With the Stars
Viewers: 12.98 million (#3), A18-49: 2.0/ 5 (#4)
CBS – The Big Bang Theory (R)
Viewers: 7.94 million (#4), A18-49: 2.5/ 6 (#3)
NBC – The Voice
Viewers: 13.20 million (#2), A18-49: 4.3/11 (#1)
Fox – The World Series, Game 5 (Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals)
Viewers: 13.47 million (#1), A18-49: 3.9/10 (#2)
CW – Beauty and the Beast
Viewers: 880,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#5)
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9:30 p.m.
ABC – Dancing With the Stars
Viewers: 13.83 million (#2), A18-49: 2.2/ 5 (#3)
CBS – Mom
Viewers: 6.61 million (#4), A18-49: 2.1/ 5 (#4)
NBC – The Voice
Viewers: 13.73 million (#3), A18-49: 4.5/11 (#1)
Fox – The World Series, Game 5 (Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals)
Viewers: 14.02 million (#1), A18-49: 4.2/10 (#2)
CW – Beauty and the Beast
Viewers: 853,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#5)
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10:00 p.m.
ABC – Castle
Viewers: 11.36 million (#2), A18-49: 2.2/ 6 (#3)
CBS – Hostages
Viewers: 5.21 million (#4), A18-49: 1.4/ 3 (#4)
NBC – The Blacklist
Viewers: 11.17 million (#2), A18-49: 3.3/ 8 (#2)
Fox – The World Series, Game 3 (Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals)
Viewers: 15.25 million (#1), A18-49: 4.6/12 (#1)
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10:30 p.m.
ABC – Castle
Viewers: 9.93 million (#3), A18-49: 1.9/ 5 (#3)
CBS – Hostages
Viewers: 4.70 million (#4), A18-49: 1.2/ 3 (#4)
NBC – The Blacklist
Viewers: 10.14 million (#2), A18-49: 2.9/ 8 (#2)
Fox – The World Series, Game 3 (Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals)
Viewers: 13.49 million (#1), A18-49: 4.1/11 (#1)
Pretty standard night. I am very happy that the blacklist appears to have stabilized though, those are excellent news! How I Met Your Mother is still doing very good and good old Castle is more and more a good player for ABC. The Voice is still a monster.
ReplyDeleteYeah Castle rose two tenth :D
ReplyDeleteI am surprised by lack of downvotes from the "beasties".
ReplyDeleteNBC – The Blacklist
ReplyDeleteViewers: 11.17 million (#2), A18-49: 3.3/ 8 (#2)
That'd be AWESOME if it gets those numbers again!
Actually, according to tvbn, it was preempted in St.Louis (I have no idea how big of a market it is).
ReplyDeleteWith those half-numbers (2.2/1.9) I´m expecting Castle to adjust down to a 2.0, but it´s still up from last week:) Probably DWTS overruned by 1 minute?
ReplyDeleteThe adjustments, or not, for Blacklist I think depends if TV had an overrun...
never say never
ReplyDeleteisn't that good ??? the lack of downvotes...I'm a beastie myself but I've never downvoted anyone... I know the ratings are not good ...and yes I do want them to get better but that's the truth for now....ratings are not good... plus I don't think that any of us would like to '' drug the attetion '' by downvoting..- it's just my oppinion , hope you agree with me
ReplyDeleteI like Sleepy Hollow , Bones , & I would never miss Beauty & the Beast ! Bones is on at 7 Sleep Hollow on at 8 & Beauty & the Beast is on at 9 so it works out great for me !!!!
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