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Thursday 2/20/14 Metered Markets
More Solid Victory for NBC; Consistent Jimmy Fallon in Late Night
Household
Rating/Share
NBC 13.0/20
Fox 4.6/ 7
CBS 4.4/ 7
ABC 2.3/ 4
CW 0.7/ 1
Note: The year-to-year comparisons will be excluded during the XXII Winter Olympics
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-Winners:
XXII Winter Olympics (NBC), “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC)
-Honorable Mention:
“The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Taste” (ABC), “Rake” (Fox)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
NBC, once again, reigned supreme care of The Winter Olympics, which scored a 13.0 rating/20 share in the household overnights from 8-11 p.m. ET. The peak half-hour was 10 p.m. with a 14.0/23, and the events featured last night included figure skating and freestyle skiing. Night four of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” meanwhile, bested the competition combined again with a 5.3/15 from 12-1 a.m., which was on par with the 5.2/15 on Wednesday. Fallon’s debut on Monday was a 7.1/20 in the overnights.
In the distant No. 2 spot for the evening was Fox with its pairing of “American Idol” (#2: 6.4/10) and episode five of failing legal drama “Rake,” which dipped to a series-low 2.8/ 4 in the 9 p.m. hour. One year earlier, a two-hour edition of “American Idol” was notably stronger at a 8.7/13 from 8-10 p.m.
Elsewhere, a night of all repeats on CBS opened with “The Big Bang Theory” second in the 8 p.m. half-hour, with a 6.5/10, followed by a Thursday 8:30 p.m. airing of “Mom” (#3: 4.6/ 7), “Two and a Half Men” (#2: 4.5/ 7), a 9:30 p.m. installment of “The Millers” (#2: 3.8/ 6) and sophomore “Elementary” (#2: 3.6/ 6). “Two and a Half Men,” as a reminder, is now airing Thursdays at 9 p.m. (into relocated “The Crazy Ones” effective next week). And, in a note to Allison Janey: Make sure you submit last night’s episode in for Emmy consideration. It is trophy worthy!
In season (or series) finale news, two-hours of cooking competition “The Taste” on ABC could not compete with a fourth-place 2.5/ 4 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. Next was a repeat of “Scandal” at a 2.0/ 3 at 10 p.m.
The CW capped off the evening with encores of already renewed dramas “The Originals” (#5: 0.7/ 1) and “Reign” (#5: 0.6/ 1).
Source: Nielsen Media Research
More Solid Victory for NBC; Consistent Jimmy Fallon in Late Night
Household
Rating/Share
NBC 13.0/20
Fox 4.6/ 7
CBS 4.4/ 7
ABC 2.3/ 4
CW 0.7/ 1
Note: The year-to-year comparisons will be excluded during the XXII Winter Olympics
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-Winners:
XXII Winter Olympics (NBC), “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC)
-Honorable Mention:
“The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Taste” (ABC), “Rake” (Fox)
—–
-Ratings Breakdown:
NBC, once again, reigned supreme care of The Winter Olympics, which scored a 13.0 rating/20 share in the household overnights from 8-11 p.m. ET. The peak half-hour was 10 p.m. with a 14.0/23, and the events featured last night included figure skating and freestyle skiing. Night four of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” meanwhile, bested the competition combined again with a 5.3/15 from 12-1 a.m., which was on par with the 5.2/15 on Wednesday. Fallon’s debut on Monday was a 7.1/20 in the overnights.
In the distant No. 2 spot for the evening was Fox with its pairing of “American Idol” (#2: 6.4/10) and episode five of failing legal drama “Rake,” which dipped to a series-low 2.8/ 4 in the 9 p.m. hour. One year earlier, a two-hour edition of “American Idol” was notably stronger at a 8.7/13 from 8-10 p.m.
Elsewhere, a night of all repeats on CBS opened with “The Big Bang Theory” second in the 8 p.m. half-hour, with a 6.5/10, followed by a Thursday 8:30 p.m. airing of “Mom” (#3: 4.6/ 7), “Two and a Half Men” (#2: 4.5/ 7), a 9:30 p.m. installment of “The Millers” (#2: 3.8/ 6) and sophomore “Elementary” (#2: 3.6/ 6). “Two and a Half Men,” as a reminder, is now airing Thursdays at 9 p.m. (into relocated “The Crazy Ones” effective next week). And, in a note to Allison Janey: Make sure you submit last night’s episode in for Emmy consideration. It is trophy worthy!
In season (or series) finale news, two-hours of cooking competition “The Taste” on ABC could not compete with a fourth-place 2.5/ 4 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. Next was a repeat of “Scandal” at a 2.0/ 3 at 10 p.m.
The CW capped off the evening with encores of already renewed dramas “The Originals” (#5: 0.7/ 1) and “Reign” (#5: 0.6/ 1).
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.
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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