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Sunday 1/26/14 Metered Markets
Easy Victory for Grammy Populated CBS
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 16.3/25
NBC 6.2/10
ABC 3.9/ 6
Fox 2.0/ 3
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 1/27/13:
CBS: +133, ABC: +18, NBC: -14, Fox: -26
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-Winners:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “The Grammy Awards” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Simpsons” (Fox), “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox), “Family Guy” (Fox), “American Dad” (Fox)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy overnight victory for CBS with the “56th Annual Grammy Awards” at a hefty (and approximate) 17.7 rating/28 share from 8 p.m.-12 a.m., peaking at a 19.1/27 in the 9 p.m. half-hour. Comparably, this was seven percent below the 19.1/27 for the year-ago telecast (on Feb. 10, 2013), which translated into 28.37 million viewers and a 15.9 rating/25 share among adults 18-49 (based on the live plus same day data). For a complete listing of the winners, click on the following: http://tinyurl.com/l5dx3x2
Earlier in the evening on CBS was granddaddy “60 Minutes” at a dominant 9.6/13 from 7-8 p.m.
Finishing in the respectable No. 2 spot overall was NBC, with the 2014 Pro Bowl at an estimated 6.6/10 in the overnights from 7:30-11 p.m. Football coverage scored a 3.7/ 6 in the 7 p.m. half-hour, and results for any live sporting event, as always, are approximate.
Elsewhere, ABC populated the night with “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (#2: 4.3/ 7 at 7 p.m.), 8-10 p.m. special “The Bachelor: Sean and Catherine’s Wedding” (#3: 4.5/ 6) and a encore of “Castle” (#3: 2.3/ 4 at 10 p.m.). And Fox finished fourth in each of its six half-hours as a result of repeats of “Bob’s Burgers” (#4: 1.3/ 2) and “American Dad” (#4: 1.4/ 2) from 7-8 p.m., followed by original episodes of “The Simpsons” (#4: 2.5/ 4), “Bob’s Burgers” (#4: 2.0/ 3), “Family Guy” (#4: 2.7/ 4) and “American Dad” (#4: 2.2/ 7) from 8-10 p.m., which were all wasted opposite “The Grammy Awards.”
Easy Victory for Grammy Populated CBS
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 16.3/25
NBC 6.2/10
ABC 3.9/ 6
Fox 2.0/ 3
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 1/27/13:
CBS: +133, ABC: +18, NBC: -14, Fox: -26
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-Winners:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “The Grammy Awards” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Simpsons” (Fox), “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox), “Family Guy” (Fox), “American Dad” (Fox)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy overnight victory for CBS with the “56th Annual Grammy Awards” at a hefty (and approximate) 17.7 rating/28 share from 8 p.m.-12 a.m., peaking at a 19.1/27 in the 9 p.m. half-hour. Comparably, this was seven percent below the 19.1/27 for the year-ago telecast (on Feb. 10, 2013), which translated into 28.37 million viewers and a 15.9 rating/25 share among adults 18-49 (based on the live plus same day data). For a complete listing of the winners, click on the following: http://tinyurl.com/l5dx3x2
Earlier in the evening on CBS was granddaddy “60 Minutes” at a dominant 9.6/13 from 7-8 p.m.
Finishing in the respectable No. 2 spot overall was NBC, with the 2014 Pro Bowl at an estimated 6.6/10 in the overnights from 7:30-11 p.m. Football coverage scored a 3.7/ 6 in the 7 p.m. half-hour, and results for any live sporting event, as always, are approximate.
Elsewhere, ABC populated the night with “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (#2: 4.3/ 7 at 7 p.m.), 8-10 p.m. special “The Bachelor: Sean and Catherine’s Wedding” (#3: 4.5/ 6) and a encore of “Castle” (#3: 2.3/ 4 at 10 p.m.). And Fox finished fourth in each of its six half-hours as a result of repeats of “Bob’s Burgers” (#4: 1.3/ 2) and “American Dad” (#4: 1.4/ 2) from 7-8 p.m., followed by original episodes of “The Simpsons” (#4: 2.5/ 4), “Bob’s Burgers” (#4: 2.0/ 3), “Family Guy” (#4: 2.7/ 4) and “American Dad” (#4: 2.2/ 7) from 8-10 p.m., which were all wasted opposite “The Grammy Awards.”
Source:
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.
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