Today's Early Overnight Ratings
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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)
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Marc Berman.
Metered Market Thursday Ratings
CBS Down but Still Dominant; NBC an Embarrassment
Thursday 11/14/13
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 6.8/11
ABC 5.1/ 9
Fox 3.4/ 6
NBC 2.3/ 4
CW 1.6/ 3
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 11/15/12:
ABC: no change, CW: – 6, NBC: -15, CBS: -23, Fox: -28
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-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Scandal” (ABC)
-Disappointing:
“The Millers” (CBS)
-Fading Fast:
“The X Factor” (Fox)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” (ABC), “Parks and Recreation” (NBC), “Sean Saves the World” (NBC), “The Michael J. Fox Show” (NBC), “Glee” (Fox), “Parenthood” (NBC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was another Thursday overnight household victory for CBS thanks to “The Big Bang Theory,” which topped the night at 8 p.m. with an 11.5 rating/19 share. Comparably, that was three percent above the 11.2/18 on the year-ago evening. But lead-out “The Millers” slipped to a still dominant 6.8/11 at 8:30 p.m., which was 23 percent below year-ago occupant “Two and a Half Men” (8.8/14 on 11/15/12). And retention for “The Millers” out of “The Big Bang Theory” was only 59 percent (versus 79 percent for “Two and a Half Men” out of Sheldon, Leonard and company one year earlier). With weaker lead-in support, recent entry “The Crazy Ones” and relocated “Two and a Half Men” from 9-10 p.m. were down by 40 percent, on average, from year-ago occupant “Person of Interest” (9.3/15 on 11/15/12) in the overnights.
“The Crazy Ones,” featuring guest star Brad Garrett, finished second at 9 p.m. with a 5.4/ 9, which was 21 percent below lead-in “The Millers.” And “Two and a Half Men,” featuring a cameo by “Survivor” host Jeff Probst, followed with a 5.8/ 9 (#2) at 9:30 p.m., which was 34 percent below its year-ago telecast (out of “The Big Bang Theory”). While not a bust, CBS’ expanded Thursday 8-10 p.m. comedy block is still lacking.
At 10 p.m. on the Eye net was sophomore “Elementary” at a second-place 5.7/10, which was 20 percent below the 7.1/12 one year earlier.
On NBC, two episodes of sitcom “Parks and Recreation” returned after a three-week absence with an uneventful (and fourth-place) 2.3/ 4 at 8 p.m. and a 2.2/ 4 at 8:30 p.m. Minus the lead-in support from “The Voice” from 8-9 p.m. last week, “Sean Saves the World” slipped from a 3.3/ 5 to a 2.3/ 4 (#4) at 9 p.m., with “The Michael J. Fox Show” at a 2.1/ 3 at 9:30 p.m. In the very distant third-place spot at 10 p.m. was drama “Parenthood” at a 2.6/ 5. Note to NBC: this is a disaster and the upcoming return of sitcom “Community” is unlikely to help.
Over at second-place ABC, struggling “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” matched its week-ago overnight performance, with a distant third-place 2.6/ 4 at 8 p.m. But veteran “Grey’s Anatomy” perked up to a dominant 6.1/10 from 9-10 p.m., followed by “Scandal,” also from Shonda Rhimes, at a first-place 6.5/12 at 10 p.m. Year-to-year, “Scandal” increased by 38 percent.
Elsewhere, fading “The X Factor” on Fox finished a very distant second in the 8 p.m. hour with a 3.9/ 6, which was 29 percent below the year-ago evening (5.5/ 9 on 11/15/12). And that led into a third-place 3.0/ 5 for tired “Glee” at 9 p.m., which slipped by 21 percent year-to-year. Although Fox will be boasting later today about the week-to-week growth for “The X Factor,” don’t forget that it faced “The Voice” on NBC last week.
The CW, meanwhile, featured “The Vampire Diaries” at a 1.8/ 3 (#5) at 8 p.m., followed by episode five of full season-renewed “Reign” at a 1.4/ 2 (#5) at 9 p.m., which was 17 percent above year-ago occupant “Beauty and the Beast” (1.2/ 2 on 11/15/12). Retention of 78 percent for “Reign” out of “The Vampire Diaries” last night was notably better than the 57 percent for “Beauty and the Beauty” in the time period last year.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Source: Marc Berman@tvmediainsights
About the Daily Ratings
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Next, if available, we will post the Top 25 Market 18-49 Ratings to give you a rough idea of the ratings to following.
Later on (normally between 4pm-5pm GMT) we post the official early overnight Total Viewers and 18-49 Demo numbers in the table above.
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