Ratings News - 5th December 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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Metered Market Wednesday Ratings
CBS Wins; NBC Above Average

Wednesday 12/04/13

Household
Rating/Share
CBS 5.5/ 9
NBC 5.3/ 9
ABC 4.5/ 7
Fox 3.9/ 6
CW 1.8/ 3

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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 12/05/12:
NBC: +29, ABC and CBS: – 8 each, CW: -10, Fox: -35

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-Winners:
“Survivor: Blood vs. Water” (CBS), “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” (NBC), “Arrow” (CW), “Modern Family” (ABC)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The X Factor” (Fox), “Back in the Game” (ABC), “Super Fun Night” (ABC), “The Tomorrow People” (CW), “Nashville” (ABC)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS scored another overnight Wednesday victory despite airing two hours of repeats, beating second-place NBC by two-tenths of a rating point (or four percent). “Survivor: Blood vs. Water” tied annual NBC special “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” for first in the household overnights at 8 p.m., each with a 6.3 rating/10 share. Comparably, “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” was on par with its year-ago performance (6.2/10 on 11/28/12), which translated into 9.14 million viewers (based on the live plus same day data). And “Survivor” dipped by 10 percent from the year-ago edition set in the Philippines (7.0/11 on 12/05/12).

“Survivor” led into encores of “Criminal Minds” (#3: 5.1/ 8) and “CSI” (#1: 5.2/ 9) from 9-11 p.m. And “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” led into a 4.8/ 8 for two-hour special, “Saturday Night Live: SNL Christmas.” Comparably, the “SNL” special slipped by only six percent from the 5.1/ 8 on 11/28/12 (which translated into a 2.7 rating/7 share among adults 18-49, based on the live plus same day data). But what started at a 5.6/ 9 for “SNL” in the 9 p.m. half-hour dropped to a 3.6/ 7 by 10:30 p.m.

ABC’s top choice last night, of course, was “Modern Family” with a dominant 6.8/11 in the overnights at 9 p.m. Comparably, that built from canceled lead-in “Back in the Game” (#4: 3.5/ 6 at 8:30 p.m.) by 94 percent. But the 4.1/ 7 (#3) for lackluster lead-out “Super Fun Night” slipped by 40 percent at 9:30 p.m., which led into a modest (and third-place) 3.9/ 7 for “Nashville” at 10 p.m. Earlier in the evening on ABC was “The Middle” at a third-place 5.2/ 9 at 8 p.m.

Over at The CW, “Arrow” opened with a healthy 2.3/ 4 (#5) at 8 p.m., but the 1.3/ 2 for “The Tomorrow People” at 9 p.m. (#5) was a slip of a too extensive 43 percent. Fox capped off the night with non-water-cooler worthy “The X Factor” at a fourth-place 3.9/ 6 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m., which was down by 35 percent year-to-year.

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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