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)
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.
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Tuesday 12/17/13 Metered Markets
CBS Wins; NBC a Lock in the Key Demos
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 10.0/17
NBC 7.6/13
ABC 1.9/ 3
Fox 1.4/ 2
CW 0.7/ 1
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 12/18/12:
CBS: + 8, NBC: – 4, Fox: – 7, CW: -36, ABC: -39
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-Winners:
“NCIS” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS), “Person of Interest” (CBS)
-Honorable Mention:
“The Biggest Loser” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“What Would You Do?” (ABC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS topped the Tuesday overnights with its stellar combination of “NCIS” (#1 for the night: 12.2 rating/20 share), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (#1: 9.9/16) and “Person of Interest” (#2: 7.9/14), which bested failed year-ago occupant “Vegas” (6.4/11 on 12/18/12) by 23 percent. But NBC will win the night, of course, in adults 18-49 (and other key young adult demos) care of the two-hour season-finale of “The Voice,” which scored a 9.0/15 from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, “The Voice” jumped 22 percent from the one-hour edition last week (7.4/12 on Dec. 10), with just a one-tenth of a rating deficit from the year-ago season-ender (9.1/15). Chalk up another successful edition of “The Voice.”
Earlier in the evening on NBC, “The Biggest Loser” tied its season-high with a 4.8/ 8 from 8-9 p.m., which built by nine percent from one week earlier (4.4/ 7 on Dec. 10).
Excluding recent ABC returnee “What Would You Do?” (#3: 1.9/ 3 at 10 p.m.), the remaining networks populated the evening with repeats. ABC finished a very distant third care of encores of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (#3: 2.2/ 4), “The Goldbergs” (#3: 2.0/ 3) and “Trophy Wife” (#3: 1.6/ 3) from 8-10 p.m., followed by aforementioned “What Would You Do?” Fox was next with repeats of sitcoms “Dads” (#4: 1.7/ 3), “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (#4: 1.4/ 2), “New Girl” (#4: 1.1/ 2) and “The Mindy Project” (#4: 1.1/ 2). And The CW aired encores of dramas “The Originals” (#5: 0.8/ 1) and “Supernatural” (#5: 0.7/ 1).
Coming up in midseason on ABC will be new scripted drama “Killer Women” at 10 p.m. effective on January 7th.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
CBS Wins; NBC a Lock in the Key Demos
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 10.0/17
NBC 7.6/13
ABC 1.9/ 3
Fox 1.4/ 2
CW 0.7/ 1
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 12/18/12:
CBS: + 8, NBC: – 4, Fox: – 7, CW: -36, ABC: -39
———-
-Winners:
“NCIS” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS), “Person of Interest” (CBS)
-Honorable Mention:
“The Biggest Loser” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“What Would You Do?” (ABC)
———-
-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS topped the Tuesday overnights with its stellar combination of “NCIS” (#1 for the night: 12.2 rating/20 share), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (#1: 9.9/16) and “Person of Interest” (#2: 7.9/14), which bested failed year-ago occupant “Vegas” (6.4/11 on 12/18/12) by 23 percent. But NBC will win the night, of course, in adults 18-49 (and other key young adult demos) care of the two-hour season-finale of “The Voice,” which scored a 9.0/15 from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, “The Voice” jumped 22 percent from the one-hour edition last week (7.4/12 on Dec. 10), with just a one-tenth of a rating deficit from the year-ago season-ender (9.1/15). Chalk up another successful edition of “The Voice.”
Earlier in the evening on NBC, “The Biggest Loser” tied its season-high with a 4.8/ 8 from 8-9 p.m., which built by nine percent from one week earlier (4.4/ 7 on Dec. 10).
Excluding recent ABC returnee “What Would You Do?” (#3: 1.9/ 3 at 10 p.m.), the remaining networks populated the evening with repeats. ABC finished a very distant third care of encores of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (#3: 2.2/ 4), “The Goldbergs” (#3: 2.0/ 3) and “Trophy Wife” (#3: 1.6/ 3) from 8-10 p.m., followed by aforementioned “What Would You Do?” Fox was next with repeats of sitcoms “Dads” (#4: 1.7/ 3), “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (#4: 1.4/ 2), “New Girl” (#4: 1.1/ 2) and “The Mindy Project” (#4: 1.1/ 2). And The CW aired encores of dramas “The Originals” (#5: 0.8/ 1) and “Supernatural” (#5: 0.7/ 1).
Coming up in midseason on ABC will be new scripted drama “Killer Women” at 10 p.m. effective on January 7th.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
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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.
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