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Wednesday 2/19/14 Metered Market Ratings
NBC Rules; “Super Fun Night” Exits ABC with a Series Low
Household
Rating/Share
NBC 13.3/21
Fox 6.7/10
CBS 5.6/ 9
ABC 2.2/ 3
CW 0.8/ 1
Note: The year-to-year comparisons are excluded during the XXII Winter Olympics
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-Winners:
The Winter Olympics (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Super Fun Night” (ABC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was another clean sweep for The Winter Olympics on NBC (so what else is new?), with a 13.3 rating/21 share in the household overnights (peaking in the 9:30 p.m. half-hour at a 14.6/22). Next was “American Idol” on Fox, featuring the top 15 male performers, at a 6.7/10 from 8-10 p.m. Comparably (and without the Winter Olympics in the mix), that was 28 percent below the 9.3/15 one year earlier.
In season (or series) finale news, ABC sitcom “Super Fun Night” closed with a series-low 2.1/ 3 (#4) in the overnights at 9:30 p.m., which was 30 percent below an encore of lead-in “Modern Family” (#4: 3.0/ 5 at 9 p.m.). Considering ABC buried “Super Fun Night” opposite The Winter Olympics, it is curtains.
Earlier in the evening on the alphabet net were encores of “The Middle” (#4: 3.1/ 5) and “Suburgatory” (#4: 2.1/ 3) from 8-9 p.m. Note to the Emmy voters: It is time for you to notice underrated Eden Sher as lovable Sue. And a repeat of sophomore drama “Nashville” capped off the night with a distant third-place 1.4/ 2 at 10 p.m. Given ABC current woes in the freshman drama department, “Nashville” stands a good chance for renewal.
Elsewhere, CBS populated the evening with encores of dramas “Hawaii Five-O” (#3: 3.7/ 6), “Criminal Minds” (#3: 6.7/10) and “CSI” (#2: 6.3/10), which could be parent to another spin-off series next season (click on http://tinyurl.com/lvpwope). And The CW aired repeats of “Arrow” (#5: 1.0/ 2) and on-the-fence “The Tomorrow People” (#5: 0.7/ 1), which faces an uphill battle for renewal.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
NBC Rules; “Super Fun Night” Exits ABC with a Series Low
Household
Rating/Share
NBC 13.3/21
Fox 6.7/10
CBS 5.6/ 9
ABC 2.2/ 3
CW 0.8/ 1
Note: The year-to-year comparisons are excluded during the XXII Winter Olympics
———-
-Winners:
The Winter Olympics (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Super Fun Night” (ABC)
———-
-Ratings Breakdown:
It was another clean sweep for The Winter Olympics on NBC (so what else is new?), with a 13.3 rating/21 share in the household overnights (peaking in the 9:30 p.m. half-hour at a 14.6/22). Next was “American Idol” on Fox, featuring the top 15 male performers, at a 6.7/10 from 8-10 p.m. Comparably (and without the Winter Olympics in the mix), that was 28 percent below the 9.3/15 one year earlier.
In season (or series) finale news, ABC sitcom “Super Fun Night” closed with a series-low 2.1/ 3 (#4) in the overnights at 9:30 p.m., which was 30 percent below an encore of lead-in “Modern Family” (#4: 3.0/ 5 at 9 p.m.). Considering ABC buried “Super Fun Night” opposite The Winter Olympics, it is curtains.
Earlier in the evening on the alphabet net were encores of “The Middle” (#4: 3.1/ 5) and “Suburgatory” (#4: 2.1/ 3) from 8-9 p.m. Note to the Emmy voters: It is time for you to notice underrated Eden Sher as lovable Sue. And a repeat of sophomore drama “Nashville” capped off the night with a distant third-place 1.4/ 2 at 10 p.m. Given ABC current woes in the freshman drama department, “Nashville” stands a good chance for renewal.
Elsewhere, CBS populated the evening with encores of dramas “Hawaii Five-O” (#3: 3.7/ 6), “Criminal Minds” (#3: 6.7/10) and “CSI” (#2: 6.3/10), which could be parent to another spin-off series next season (click on http://tinyurl.com/lvpwope). And The CW aired repeats of “Arrow” (#5: 1.0/ 2) and on-the-fence “The Tomorrow People” (#5: 0.7/ 1), which faces an uphill battle for renewal.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
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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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