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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 Thursday Ratings
Clean Sweep for CBS; “The Assets” Flounders on ABC
Thursday 1/09/13
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 7.7/12
ABC 2.9/ 5
NBC 2.4/ 4
Fox 1.6/ 3
CW 0.7/ 1
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 1/10/13:
Fox: -11, CBS: -18, NBC: -20, ABC: -49, CW: -59
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-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Community” (NBC), “Parks and Recreation” (NBC), “Sean Saves the World” (NBC), “The Michael J. Fox Show” (NBC), “The Assets” (ABC), “Parenthood” (NBC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was a clean Thursday overnight sweep for CBS with its line-up of blockbuster “The Big Bang Theory” (12.3 rating/19 share), which topped the night as always, “The Millers” (8.0/12), “The Crazy Ones” (6.0/ 9), “Two and a Half Men” (6.5/10) and sophomore “Elementary” (6.6/11). Dominance is certainly a positive thing, of course. But the Eye net expanding to a two-hour Thursday sitcom block has resulted in noticeable erosion with the combination of “The Crazy Ones” and “Two and a Half Men,” in particular, down by 36 percent from year-ago occupant “Person of Interest” (9.7/15 on 1/10/13).
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In the distant No. 2 spot was ABC as a result of cooking competition “The Taste,” which scored a modest 3.3/ 5 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m., followed by week two of new drama “The Assets” at a last-place 2.2/ 4 at 10 p.m. Week to week, “The Assets” slipped by 15 percent from its already DOA opening 2.6/ 4 on Jan. 2. And that translated into a mere 3.77 million viewers and a 0.7 rating/2 share among adults 18-49 (based on the live plus same day data). The 49 percent erosion for ABC was a result of dramas “Last Resort,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” airing on the year-ago evening.
Next was NBC with its low-rated combination of sitcoms “Community” (#3: 2.2/ 4), “Parks and Recreation” (#3: 2.2/ 3), “Sean Saves the World” (#3: 2.3/ 3) and “The Michael J. Fox Show” (#3: 2.1/ 3) from 8-10 p.m., followed by “Parenthood” at a second-place 2.9/ 5 in the 10 p.m. hour. Despite the obvious lack of interest, NBC was up by nine percent week to week. Regardless, the network will need to revamp the entire evening next season.
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Elsewhere, Fox populated this second Thursday in January with back-to-back repeats of freshman drama “Sleepy Hollow,” which scored an average 1.6/ 3 from 8-10 p.m. And The CW aired encores of “The Vampire Diaries” and “Reign,” which each averaged a 0.7/ 1.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Clean Sweep for CBS; “The Assets” Flounders on ABC
Thursday 1/09/13
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 7.7/12
ABC 2.9/ 5
NBC 2.4/ 4
Fox 1.6/ 3
CW 0.7/ 1
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 1/10/13:
Fox: -11, CBS: -18, NBC: -20, ABC: -49, CW: -59
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-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Community” (NBC), “Parks and Recreation” (NBC), “Sean Saves the World” (NBC), “The Michael J. Fox Show” (NBC), “The Assets” (ABC), “Parenthood” (NBC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was a clean Thursday overnight sweep for CBS with its line-up of blockbuster “The Big Bang Theory” (12.3 rating/19 share), which topped the night as always, “The Millers” (8.0/12), “The Crazy Ones” (6.0/ 9), “Two and a Half Men” (6.5/10) and sophomore “Elementary” (6.6/11). Dominance is certainly a positive thing, of course. But the Eye net expanding to a two-hour Thursday sitcom block has resulted in noticeable erosion with the combination of “The Crazy Ones” and “Two and a Half Men,” in particular, down by 36 percent from year-ago occupant “Person of Interest” (9.7/15 on 1/10/13).
Jim Persons was at the Winter Tour yesterday on a session for his upcoming original HBO movie, “The Normal Heart.”
In the distant No. 2 spot was ABC as a result of cooking competition “The Taste,” which scored a modest 3.3/ 5 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m., followed by week two of new drama “The Assets” at a last-place 2.2/ 4 at 10 p.m. Week to week, “The Assets” slipped by 15 percent from its already DOA opening 2.6/ 4 on Jan. 2. And that translated into a mere 3.77 million viewers and a 0.7 rating/2 share among adults 18-49 (based on the live plus same day data). The 49 percent erosion for ABC was a result of dramas “Last Resort,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” airing on the year-ago evening.
Next was NBC with its low-rated combination of sitcoms “Community” (#3: 2.2/ 4), “Parks and Recreation” (#3: 2.2/ 3), “Sean Saves the World” (#3: 2.3/ 3) and “The Michael J. Fox Show” (#3: 2.1/ 3) from 8-10 p.m., followed by “Parenthood” at a second-place 2.9/ 5 in the 10 p.m. hour. Despite the obvious lack of interest, NBC was up by nine percent week to week. Regardless, the network will need to revamp the entire evening next season.
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Elsewhere, Fox populated this second Thursday in January with back-to-back repeats of freshman drama “Sleepy Hollow,” which scored an average 1.6/ 3 from 8-10 p.m. And The CW aired encores of “The Vampire Diaries” and “Reign,” which each averaged a 0.7/ 1.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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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.
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I don't get why and how TBBT is doing so well...it's seriously mind bending. It never gets a single laugh out of me and gets me more startled and offended than amused
ReplyDeleteSame. I have so many friends who adore that show, and it's just not for me. At least it's not 2.5 Men, which is a 30 minute long bad sex joke.
ReplyDeleteSo stop looking. No more problems
ReplyDeleteabc is really missing grey and scandal right now
ReplyDeleteI don't think they were released. You may find them somewhere else, try googling.
ReplyDeleteI find it amusing and funny, you don't. Guess it's not for everybody.
ReplyDeleteYeah, tried that, lol. But thanks!
ReplyDeleteI feel that way about a lot of so-called comedies, however TBBT is one that clicks with me. Each to their own I guess.
ReplyDeletelets not write community off just yet. we still need to see how it fares with no new big bang the next two weeks. maybe they could just swap it with parks and rec to the 8:30 slot against the millers. I personally watch both big bang and community but I watch community live because I know the big bang theory will be in syndication for the next 100 years and that community may not be syndicated long enough to add this new batch of episodes to it's rotation.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Modern Family for one is a comedy that I never found funny. In fact, I can't stand the show.
ReplyDeleteParks & Rec up for it's 100th episode.
ReplyDeleteI dont think a move to 8.30 will help it
ReplyDeleteHopefully both Parks and Community can stick at a 1.4, super happy to see them both go up
ReplyDeleteYay for Community being up a bit. I would already be happy with not down anyway!
ReplyDeleteWow, The Assets should be below 0.5 when it reaches it's final episodes.
ReplyDeleteSeason high for Parks and good for Community (considering the circunstances, this is the first time since october that a NBC comedy hit a 1.4).
ReplyDeleteSean got a 1.4 in November, actually.
ReplyDeletewe'll find out next week when it doesn't have the big bang theory in it's way. you can't put a show with the same target audience against a juggernaut like big bang and expect a runaway success. I was hoping for better numbers considering community is now syndicated and can be discovered by more people.
ReplyDeleteWow Big Bang. Looks like I am not the only one who felt last week's was the best episode of the season
ReplyDeleteHuge for TBBT, highest rating since it's double episode premiere. I guess the cliffhanger at the end of last week helped.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I forgot the day it aired after The Voice.
ReplyDeleteThe cliffhanger helped the ratings as well, I guess.
ReplyDeleteGood for Community and Parks! That 1.4 looks like it will save them both :D
ReplyDeleteConsidering that repeats of Grey's, Scandal or Shark Tank could pull the same ratings as The Assets and Killer Women, will ABC pull those shows off the schedule or stay with them untl the end of the Olympics?
ReplyDeleteit's ironic that people complain that abc hasn't given them a gritty spy drama ascetic for agents of s.h.i.e.l.d. but when they create a miniseries with the ascetic they where clamoring for absolutely no one watches it.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've read, it isn't really well done (quality wise). And ABC gave it zero promotion.
ReplyDeleteYeah I agree.
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing is that CBS, which doesn't actually really need to put its shows in hiatus against Idol, will let them rest next week, even though TBBT would absolutely murder AI. This really contrasts with what the dumb network does by airing its shows against award season et all AND deciding to premiere Suburgatory next week against the premiere of Idol instead of yesterday when the competition was non existent.
I don't see the point of pulling them. The repeat ratings would be on par (maybe slighly higher, but nothing too major) and most likely all the episodes have already been paid for since it's 8 episodes only for each (probably they are even all produced already).
ReplyDeleteFor Community, it's a very significant difference from what it used to do which was to always fall big after premiere, so this is great news indeed. The good news is that next week it doesn't face AI. I know it will face Idol instead but not only will Idol be a bit lower rated but it will also (hopefully) have less crossed competition. Here's to hoping.
ReplyDeleteOne 1.4 is not gonna save them. They are still bubble shows. And that will stay till the end of the season. The only real competition they had was BBT. I think when the CW shows and American Idol return it could suffer more.
ReplyDeleteRemember that next week, even though Big Bang won't be there in its full force (it will still be there in repeat mode, effectively scoring probably the double of what Community can do), there will be the second part of the Idol premiere, which will still be very big I think, despite what everyone thinks of the show now. It will be an even more competitive night than last night when all is said and done or at least the same, even though I expect Community to gain a bit from the less compatible competition (i.e. there is probably more crossed audience with TBBT than with AI)
ReplyDeleteThey are going to air the same number of episodes of those shows they would be airing otherwise, so if anything you can only say that ABC is missing Grey's and Scandal repeats, which I don't think it's even very accurate in the case of Grey's (we have yet to see how the taste did last week, but last week it surely outperformed a Grey's repeat)
ReplyDeleteHere are the 1/2 hr Ratings breakdown
ReplyDelete8:00 PM
ABC – The Taste
Viewers: 4.596 million, A18-49: 1.2/4
CBS – The Big Bang Theory
Viewers: 20.079 million, A18-49: 5.6/17
NBC – Community
Viewers: 3.570 million, A18-49: 1.4/4
Fox – Sleepy Hollow (repeat)
Viewers: 2.390 million, A18-49: 0.7/2
CW – The Vampire Diaries (repeat)
Viewers: 0.971 million, A18-49: 0.3/1
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8:30 PM
ABC – The Taste
Viewers: 4.280 million, A18-49: 1.3/4
CBS – The Millers
Viewers: 13.612 million, A18-49: 3.3/10
NBC – Parks & Recreation (100th episode)
Viewers: 3.367 million, A18-49: 1.4/4
Fox – Sleepy Hollow (repeat)
Viewers: 2.387 million, A18-49: 0.7/2
CW – The Vampire Diaries (repeat)
Viewers: 0.933 million, A18-49: 0.3/1
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9:00 PM
ABC – The Taste
Viewers: 4.566 million, A18-49: 1.3/4
CBS – The Crazy Ones
Viewers: 9.616 million, A18-49: 2.4/7
NBC – Sean Saves the World
Viewers: 3.159 million, A18-49: 1.0/3
Fox – Sleepy Hollow (repeat)
Viewers: 2.401 million, A18-49: 0.6/2
CW – Reign (repeat)
Viewers: 0.953 million, A18-49: 0.3/1
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9:30 PM
ABC – The Taste
Viewers: 4.417 million, A18-49: 1.3/4
CBS – Two and a Half Men
Viewers: 9.477 million, A18-49: 2.4/7
NBC – The Michael J. Fox Show
Viewers: 3.140 million, A18-49: 1.0/3
Fox – Sleepy Hollow (repeat)
Viewers: 2.444 million, A18-49: 0.6/3
CW – Reign (repeat)
Viewers: 0.925 million, A18-49: 0.3/1
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10:00 PM
ABC – The Assets
Viewers: 3.202 million, A18-49: 0.7/2
CBS – Elementary
Viewers: 10.361 million, A18-49: 2.2/6
NBC – Parenthood
Viewers: 4.154 million, A18-49: 1.3/4
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10:30 PM
ABC – The Assets
Viewers: 2.665 million, A18-49: 0.5/2
CBS – Elementary
Viewers: 9.345 million, A18-49: 1.9/6
NBC – Parenthood
Viewers: 4.267 million, A18-49: 1.3/4
It takes just one look at how SSTW and MJFS do and compare it to Community and Parks; it's a no brainer. CW has never really affected the other networks, even when TVD rates high, it doesn't share an audience with the other networks, American Idol will probably premiere lower than last year, and thus it wont be as much competition as it was last year. As long as they hold on near to that 1.4 (it could be even a 1.2 or a 1.1) they will make it through next year, because NBC can't cancel everything
ReplyDeleteElementareeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Broke the 1.8 ceiling!
ReplyDeleteThe Crazy Ones is also up to tie best number since week 2!! This is a very good night for me. But the entire CBS lineup looks very high to me, were there preemptions? If not, they are clearly collecting the gains from the absence of the ABC duo.
ReplyDeletegreat for The Crazy Ones, so happy!
ReplyDeletelets hope your right about community.
ReplyDeletesix seasons and a movie!
Yay, The Crazy Ones picked up so much. Great night for CBS overall.
ReplyDeletethat's what I thought as well, The Millers up 5 tenths, TCO up 4 tenths is slightly unusual. But I hope it wasn't pre-empted
ReplyDeleteThe whole CBS line up looks pretty good as of right now; first time this season Elementary hits 2? Good for them :)
ReplyDeleteThird time. First since 2x02, though!
ReplyDeleteAlso Two and a Half Men and even Elementary. They literally had no competition last night so it does make some sense, but I dunno, seems a lot.
ReplyDeleteOk, still it has been quite some time, that's very good for the show!
ReplyDeleteI'll take it. I'm going to go bask in the glow of a 2+ for a little while.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree with you more. Individually I find some of those actors funny but as a show its just annoying. Then a comedy like TBBT comes along and I very rarely am not laughing out loud or at the very least grinning like an idiot. Its what I call intelligent humour rather than toilet trash humour that so many others are all about.
ReplyDeleteFor what it's worth, the same thing happened in season 3, where the second episode grew a tenth from a 1.7 for the season premiere. Strangely, it always drops huge amounts after good premieres but rises after bad ones.
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking, oh no American Idol premieres next week and it could affect TCO then I realised that thank god AI is on from 8-9pm on Thursdays.
ReplyDeleteI think lack of competition+the fact last week people may not have watched because they didn't know they were on so early in the year might have caused the more than regular increases
ReplyDeleteIts 2 hours during auditions.
ReplyDeleteVery glad for that too, I still watch idol out of interest, but I would hate for a great show like TCO to be affected negatively.
ReplyDeleteYeah, ABC does make stupid decisons.
ReplyDeleteoh no! well hopefully it wont have too much of an impact.
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly how I feel about TBBT.
ReplyDeleteTCO is taking a break for two weeks.
ReplyDeleteoh right, that's good :)
ReplyDeleteTVBTN isn't reporting any preemptions for CBS, that's good.
ReplyDeleteEven if AI is premiering last week, with TBBT out of the picture I can see Community holding its ratings or even going higher; every week it has aired with no TBBT original it has gone up
ReplyDeleteI just remembered, AI's result shows have been cut to 30 minutes.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with the part that it's obvious that they need to keep a comedy or two. If they cut the comedy hours down to 1 in the fall, which is a serious option, they wouldn't need a backup veteran comedy (they can just have premiere a new one in midseason if the fall ones fail). They could decide to keep them as replacements, yes, but they don't "need to". Another thing I disagree is that I think you (and this is a general thing, not just you IMO) are undervaluing Idol. Even at low 3s, the show is very serious competition, little thing in broadcast rate that high. Especially in opening weeks it will still be very impressive and be on the levels of the voice most likely, which is very serious for the other nets.
ReplyDeleteI'm just saying American Idol is not the fierce competition it used to be; I will not be surprised if it premieres to 4s and then fall to low 2s. The show has seen severe declines year to year, so if Community withstood it last season, I can't see why it won't this year with AI having less ratings.
ReplyDeleteFor episode 2 last season Community got a 1.2, now it got a 1.4 so I think it's on a better spot than it was last season. AI premiere will be big, but I don't see it doing anything better than a 5, which is what TBBT usually does and it won't air next week
But Community wasn't really tested this year yet. It aired against BBT and the Taste, i wouldn't say big competition. The whole CBS line is also up against limited competition. That doesn't change the fact that the sitcoms, not counting BBT, still will continue to be bubble shows. When all the show from the 8 PM slot come back then we can really discuss the fate for Community. Parks already hit a 1.0 this season and it isn't even Spring yet. It will all come down if the ratings overweigh the cost of these 2 shows. They both already sold in syndication so they don't need more episodes.
ReplyDeleteThe other 2 comedies on Thursday on NBC are dead already.
Elementary goes up over 2 since episode2
ReplyDeleteBBT isn't big competition?! The show scores over 5s in a weekly basis!
ReplyDeleteAI did about 2s at the end of last season; it will do 4s at best in the premiere and then go down.
TBBT won't be on next week, so Community will face a 4 instead of a 5, which is a huge difference
But it was the only competition. And scoring a 1.4 against BBT is ok. But do you really think that against AI, BBT and VD it will still be scoring a 1.4. I personally don't believe its possible. Community is a more male skewing show and that has always been their saving grace. But it can also be hurt by Thursday sport events.
ReplyDeleteFor me its all comes down to what kind of competition a show faces. The 1.2 Community scored on its 2nd airing was on valentines day. And it was airing against all their regular competition.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, yes, I kind of misread your original post as if you were dismissing Idol lower yet still huge numbers, my bad. However, note that TBBT being in repeats is far from being the same as not airing (I am assuming it will air a repeat next week and not be actually preempted for another program) considering that its repeats always do high 2s when repeated on its first-run slot.
ReplyDeleteYes, you're right. And I had forgotten that last week there was the big football game on.
ReplyDeleteI liked the premiere last week, so it's all subjective I guess. Hopefully it will be able to withstand Idol well enough.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy it, I know how much you suffer every week with your show ;)
ReplyDeleteYeah I just checked out the same.
ReplyDeleteYes, that's true, but we still have no information on when will Surviving Jack premiere. I think that show looks good, we'll see if FOX stands behind it. It should as it needs comedy blood badly. At least it has a better chance than poor Enlisted, which I also think looks good.
ReplyDeleteThey cut the episode order to 8 for scheduling reason) so I think it will premiere with the first results show.
ReplyDeleteAnd next week it will air against only American Idol, so that's not as much competition as it had last year, ergo it should be ok. I could be wrong, of course, but I seriously doubt AI's premire this year will do any better than TBBT. If Community aired against AI's premiere and an original TBBT, then I would get worried
ReplyDeleteAh maybe. I don't watch AI so I don't actually know when is it that the Thursday shows turn into results show. When is that?
ReplyDelete2nd week of March, recently.
ReplyDeleteWell AI is very big in the female demo and since most show wont be airing next week, it could pickup a very big audience. I don't think people will flee to watch The Taste or the Critics Choice Awards on CW. I also think that AI will have a big drop when the regular competition returns. Thats why i think its hard to say anything now with half shows on a break.
ReplyDeleteCW has beaten NBC last season a few times and a time or two already this season.this season at 8/7 and this season beat abc at8/ 7 pm (OUATIW) with VD.Heck ,even Reign at 0.6 i/0.7 is s close to MJF /SStW who are at 0.8 and if they fall any more,and Reign stays stable or grows again will tie or beat them.
ReplyDeleteReign and TVD getting the same in repeats is good right¿?
ReplyDeleteWOAO TBBT is the monster of the night!
Community's main audience is not female, but male, so I'm a bit skeptical in how much AI will impact it
ReplyDeleteCW skews a different audience than NBC; even if it rates higher as a whole, TVD will mostly skew female viewers, while Community skews male. It's apple and oranges, the fact that NBC doesn't do that well has little to do with The CW, which appeals to a whole different audience. They got the audience that NBC comedies aren't targeting anyway
ReplyDeleteThanks
ReplyDeleteI agree that Community excels in the male young demo. On the other hand AI is a more female skewing show, but it can also on occasions match Community in the M18-34 demo. And Community is more vulnerable when airing against sport events. I am not saying AI alone will make an impact to NBC comedies. But when all shows will be airing original program, it will hurt Community and Parks. And even though BBT will be a repeat next week you can bet it will score between a 2.4 - 3.0 rating.
ReplyDeleteJust picked a thread at random but, OK, you have officially killed me with Community. This show has overtaken TBBT as the best comedy I've seen in the last decade. Just finishing season 3 tonight and goddamn, even though a little weaker than 1 and 2, (that 2 part finale for season 2 absolutely blew my damn mind) I'm still just busting at every episode. What a 3 day ride I've had so far. You genius for recommending this to me.
ReplyDeleteAhah thanks, I am glad you are liking it so much. This week's episode was my favorite in a looong time, I am so happy with it.
ReplyDeleteYeah I'm with you there. I never found it funny either. I love TBBT though. And for 2.5 Men, I know Charlie Sheen left, etc. It's still a really funny show.
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