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)
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Thursday 1/16/14 Metered Markets
“American Idol” Dominates, but Cannot Top an Encore of “The Big Bang Theory”
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 8.3/13
CBS 4.7 8
ABC 2.6/ 4
NBC 2.2/ 4
CW 1.8/ 3
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 1/17/13:
CW: +29, CBS: -19, Fox: -20, NBC: -27, ABC: -52
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-Winners:
“American Idol” (Fox), “The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Taste” (ABC), “Community” (NBC), “Parks and Recreation” (NBC), “Sean Saves the World” (NBC), “The Michael J. Fox Show” (NBC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
Opposite a night of all repeats on CBS, two-hours of “American Idol” led Fox to an easy Thursday overnight victory. “Idol” averaged an 8.3 rating/13 share from 8-10 p.m., peaking from 9-10 p.m. with an 8.6/13. But, mirroring its Wednesday season-opener, overnight slippage from the year-ago evening (10.4/16 on 1/17/13) was 20 percent. In other words, “Idol” is down, but still very much an option.
At 8 p.m., a repeat of “The Big Bang Theory” on CBS managed to beat “American Idol” with a 7.8/13 versus a 7.5/12. Next on CBS’ all encore evening was “The Millers” at a 5.1/ 8 at 8:30 p.m. (#2), followed by “The Crazy Ones” (#2: 3.5/ 5), “Two and a Half Men” (#2: 3.6/ 6) and “Elementary” (#1: 4.3/ 7) from 9-11 p.m. Since you cannot judge a show by a repeat, let’s wait and see what happens when CBS is in all originals opposite “American Idol” next week.
Over at ABC, two more hours of cooking competition “The Taste” took a hit opposite “American Idol” with a 2.5/ 4 from 8-10 p.m. Week to week, that was down by 27 percent. At 10 p.m., a repeat of “Shark Tank” in place of canceled drama “The Assets” was third with a 2.7/ 5.
Elsewhere, NBC remained out of the competitive loop with its combination of “Community” (#4: 2.0/ 3), “Parks and Recreation” (#4: 2.1/ 3), “Sean Saves the World” (#4t: 1.9/ 3), “The Michael J. Fox Show” (#5: 1.5/ 2) and “Parenthood” (#2: 2.9/ 5), which could potentially win the 10 p.m. hour among adults 18-49. And The CW populated the night with “The 19th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards,” which finished fifth with a 1.8/ 3 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. For a complete listing of the winners, click on the following: http://tinyurl.com/mmqcges
Source: Nielsen Media Research
“American Idol” Dominates, but Cannot Top an Encore of “The Big Bang Theory”
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 8.3/13
CBS 4.7 8
ABC 2.6/ 4
NBC 2.2/ 4
CW 1.8/ 3
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 1/17/13:
CW: +29, CBS: -19, Fox: -20, NBC: -27, ABC: -52
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-Winners:
“American Idol” (Fox), “The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Taste” (ABC), “Community” (NBC), “Parks and Recreation” (NBC), “Sean Saves the World” (NBC), “The Michael J. Fox Show” (NBC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
Opposite a night of all repeats on CBS, two-hours of “American Idol” led Fox to an easy Thursday overnight victory. “Idol” averaged an 8.3 rating/13 share from 8-10 p.m., peaking from 9-10 p.m. with an 8.6/13. But, mirroring its Wednesday season-opener, overnight slippage from the year-ago evening (10.4/16 on 1/17/13) was 20 percent. In other words, “Idol” is down, but still very much an option.
At 8 p.m., a repeat of “The Big Bang Theory” on CBS managed to beat “American Idol” with a 7.8/13 versus a 7.5/12. Next on CBS’ all encore evening was “The Millers” at a 5.1/ 8 at 8:30 p.m. (#2), followed by “The Crazy Ones” (#2: 3.5/ 5), “Two and a Half Men” (#2: 3.6/ 6) and “Elementary” (#1: 4.3/ 7) from 9-11 p.m. Since you cannot judge a show by a repeat, let’s wait and see what happens when CBS is in all originals opposite “American Idol” next week.
Over at ABC, two more hours of cooking competition “The Taste” took a hit opposite “American Idol” with a 2.5/ 4 from 8-10 p.m. Week to week, that was down by 27 percent. At 10 p.m., a repeat of “Shark Tank” in place of canceled drama “The Assets” was third with a 2.7/ 5.
Elsewhere, NBC remained out of the competitive loop with its combination of “Community” (#4: 2.0/ 3), “Parks and Recreation” (#4: 2.1/ 3), “Sean Saves the World” (#4t: 1.9/ 3), “The Michael J. Fox Show” (#5: 1.5/ 2) and “Parenthood” (#2: 2.9/ 5), which could potentially win the 10 p.m. hour among adults 18-49. And The CW populated the night with “The 19th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards,” which finished fifth with a 1.8/ 3 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. For a complete listing of the winners, click on the following: http://tinyurl.com/mmqcges
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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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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