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Tuesday 1/28/14 Metered Market Ratings
CBS Leads Atypical Evening
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 5.3/ 8
NBC 4.1/ 6
ABC 3.3/ 5
Fox 2.0/ 3
CW 1.6/ 2
Note: The network comparisons to the year-ago evening are excluded because of President Obama’s speech last night.
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-Ratings Breakdown:
All rating results from last night are atypical due to President Obama’s approximate one-hour State of the Union address. Results in the 9 p.m. hour on the Big 4 networks totaled a 14.8 rating/23 share in the household overnights from 9-10 p.m., faring as follows by network:
CBS: 4.8/ 7, NBC: 4.4/ 7, ABC: 3.8/ 6, Fox: 1.8/ 3
Immediately following in the 10 p.m. half-hour was the analysis/Republican response as follows:
CBS: 5.0/ 8, NBC: 4.6/ 7, ABC: 4.2/ 6, Fox: 2.2/ 3
Keep in mind, of course, that results for any live event are always approximate.
The 10:30 p.m. half-hour consisted of a repeat of “Two and a Half Men” on CBS (3.0/ 5), followed by continued analysis of President Obama’s address on NBC (2.9/ 5) and an encore of “The Goldbergs” on ABC (2.8/ 4).
Earlier in the evening, a repeat of “NCIS” on CBS topped the 8 p.m. hour with a 7.1/11. Next was a one-hour version of “The Biggest Loser” on NBC (4.2/ 6), followed by a repeat of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” on ABC (2.8/ 5), sitcoms “Dads” (2.5/ 4) and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (2.2/ 3) on Fox, and “The Originals” on The CW (1.6/ 2). “The Originals” led into an fresh installment of “Supernatural” at 9 p.m. at a 1.6/ 2, which did not benefit minus the entertainment-themed competition
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
CBS Leads Atypical Evening
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 5.3/ 8
NBC 4.1/ 6
ABC 3.3/ 5
Fox 2.0/ 3
CW 1.6/ 2
Note: The network comparisons to the year-ago evening are excluded because of President Obama’s speech last night.
———-
-Ratings Breakdown:
All rating results from last night are atypical due to President Obama’s approximate one-hour State of the Union address. Results in the 9 p.m. hour on the Big 4 networks totaled a 14.8 rating/23 share in the household overnights from 9-10 p.m., faring as follows by network:
CBS: 4.8/ 7, NBC: 4.4/ 7, ABC: 3.8/ 6, Fox: 1.8/ 3
Immediately following in the 10 p.m. half-hour was the analysis/Republican response as follows:
CBS: 5.0/ 8, NBC: 4.6/ 7, ABC: 4.2/ 6, Fox: 2.2/ 3
Keep in mind, of course, that results for any live event are always approximate.
The 10:30 p.m. half-hour consisted of a repeat of “Two and a Half Men” on CBS (3.0/ 5), followed by continued analysis of President Obama’s address on NBC (2.9/ 5) and an encore of “The Goldbergs” on ABC (2.8/ 4).
Earlier in the evening, a repeat of “NCIS” on CBS topped the 8 p.m. hour with a 7.1/11. Next was a one-hour version of “The Biggest Loser” on NBC (4.2/ 6), followed by a repeat of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” on ABC (2.8/ 5), sitcoms “Dads” (2.5/ 4) and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (2.2/ 3) on Fox, and “The Originals” on The CW (1.6/ 2). “The Originals” led into an fresh installment of “Supernatural” at 9 p.m. at a 1.6/ 2, which did not benefit minus the entertainment-themed competition
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.
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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