Ratings News - 20th November 2013

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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NOTE: The opinions expressed here are NOT those of SpoilerTV but of the Author of this Article, Marc Berman.

Tuesday 11/19/13 Metered Market Ratings
Solid Showing for David Blaine Special on ABC

Household
Rating/Share
CBS 10.0/16
NBC 5.6/ 9
ABC 4.9/ 8
Fox 2.4/ 4
CW 1.0/ 2

-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 11/20/12:
NBC: +27, CBS: +16, Fox: – 4, ABC: – 8, CW: – 9

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-Winners:
“NCIS” (CBS), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “David Blaine: Real or Magic” (ABC), “Supernatural” (CW), “Person of Interest” (CBS)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Dads” (Fox), “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (Fox), “The iHeartradio Release Album Party With Lady Gaga” (CW), “New Girl” (Fox), “The Mindy Project” (Fox)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was a clean household overnight sweep for CBS care of its combination of “NCIS” (12.5 rating/20 share), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (9.6/15) and “Person of Interest” (7.9/14), which bested failed year-ago occupant “Vegas” (6.4/11 on 11/20/12) by 23 percent. And third-place ABC got a nice boost thanks to 90-minute special “David Blaine: Real or Magic,” which averaged a 5.4/ 9 from 9:30-11 p.m. Comparably, “David Blaine: Real or Magic” built from lead-in “The Goldbergs” (#3: 3.7/ 6 at 9 p.m.) by 46 percent in the overnights, with growth of 225 percent from the week-ago combination of “Trophy Wife” and “Scandal for Real: The Top 10 Political Scandals of the Century”; and 169 percent from the year-ago combination of “Don’t Trust the B____ in Apt. 23” and “Private Practice.”

Earlier in the evening on ABC was demo friendly freshman drama “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” at a third-place 4.5/ 7 in the overnights, which was seven percent above the 4.2/ 7 one week earlier.

“The Voice” on NBC, of course, was the network’s top draw with a 7.4/12 at 9 p.m. And that will certainly lead the night in adults 18-49 and other key young adult demographics. Comparably, “The Voice” increased by 61 percent from adequate lead-in “The Biggest Loser” (#2: 4.6/ 7 at 8 p.m.). At 10 p.m. relocated “Chicago Fire” finished second (behind “Person of Interest”) with a 4.9/ 9, which was 48 percent above year-ago occupant “Parenthood” (3.3/ 6 on 11/20/12).

Elsewhere, Fox finished a distant fourth in each of its four half-hours as a result of “Dads” (2.3/ 4), “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (2.5/ 4), “New Girl” (2.6/ 4) and “The Mindy Project” (2.0/ 3). Particularly concerning was the loss of 24 percent in the overnights year-to-year for “New Girl” (versus a 3.4/ 5 on 11/20/12). And The CW collapsed at 8 p.m. with a mere 0.7/ 1 for special “The iHeartradio Release Album Party With Lady Gaga.” Despite the lack of lead-in support, “Supernatural” at 9 p.m. scored a typical 1.3/ 2, which was 117 percent above the 0.6/ 1 for the 8:30 p.m. portion of the Lady Gaga special.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source: Marc Berman@tvmediainsights

About the Daily Ratings

Each day (except Sunday) during the main TV Season we post the TV Ratings for the previous nights primetime shows for the major broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, NBC). Cable Network ratings will be added to the Ratings Database.

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).

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.

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). Friday's Final Adjusted Ratings are normally available on the following Monday.

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