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Monday 2/24/14 Metered Markets
The Return of NBC’s “The Voice” Tops the Evening
Household
Rating/Share
NBC 8.4/13
ABC 5.7/ 9
CBS 5.0/ 8
Fox 3.9/ 6
CW 0.7/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 2/25/13:
NBC: +147, CBS: -11, CW: -12, ABC: -19, Fox: -29
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-Winners:
“The Voice” (NBC), “The Blacklist” (NBC)
-Honorable Mention:
“The Bachelor” (ABC), “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS), “2 Broke Girls” (CBS), “Mike & Molly” (CBS), “Castle” (ABC)
-Notable Erosion:
“The Following” (Fox)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Star-Crossed” (CW), “Intelligence” (CBS)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
NBC singing competition “The Voice” returned on a dominant note, with the two-hour spring season-opener at a hefty 9.2 rating/14 share in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m. Comparably, this is up by six percent from the year-ago season-premiere (8.7/13 on Monday 3/25/13) and is the top-rated Monday installment of “The Voice” since 9/23/13 (also a 9.2/14). That 9.2 last September translated into 14.98 million viewers and a 5.1 rating/13 share among adults 18-49 (based on the live plus same day data). Welcome back, Shakira and Usher (and congrats to Mark Burnett, who knows a thing – or two or three – about producing smash hits!).
“The Blacklist,” which has proved it can stand on its own on NBC in the Monday 10 p.m. hour, followed with a dominant 6.7/11, which was its best overnight rating since the fall finale on 12/02/13. Comparably, “The Blacklist” bested the competition — “Castle” on ABC (5.8/10) and “Intelligence” on CBS (3.9/ 6) – by 16 percent and 72 percent, respectively.
Although “The Voice” topped the night, ABC and CBS both had accolades of their own. Two hours of “The Bachelor” on ABC (which also airs tonight) scored a 5.7/ 9 from 8-10 p.m., which was 15 percent below the 6.7/10 on the year-ago evening. And it led into aforementioned “Castle” at a second-place 5.8/10 at 10 p.m.
On CBS, soon-to-conclude “How I Met Your Mother” also scored a 5.7/ 9 in the overnights at 8 p.m., and it led into “2 Broke Girls” at a compatible 5.5/ 8 (#3) at 8:30 p.m. Next was “Mike & Molly” at a second-place 5.8/ 9 at 9 p.m., which was 17 percent below year-ago occupant “2 Broke Girls” (7.0/11 on 2/25/13). And it led into compatible “Mom” at a third-place 5.1/ 8 at 9:30 p.m. (which dipped by 23 percent from year-ago occupant “Mike & Molly”). The 10 p.m. hour on CBS Monday remains a weak spot care of aforementioned “Intelligence” at a last-place 3.9/ 6 in the overnights. If CBS does move forward on another spin-off from “CSI,” the long-running success of “CSI: Miami” capping off Monday should not be forgotten.
As a reminder, upcoming CBS sitcom “Friends With Better Lives” premieres after the “How I Met Your Mother” series finale on Monday, March 31.
Elsewhere, sophomore drama “The Following” on Fox has lost considerable steam, with a fourth-place 3.6/ 5 at 9 p.m. last night down by 35 percent from the 5.5/ 8 on the year-ago evening. On-the-fence lead-in “Almost Human” scored a fourth-place 4.2/ 6 at 8 p.m., which was 25 percent below year-ago occupant “Bones” (5.6/ 8 on 2/25/13).
In week two news, CW drama “Star-Cross” took a tumble, with a distant (and very last-place) 0.8/ 1 at 8 p.m. Comparably, that was 27 percent below the 1.1/ 2 for its debut one week earlier. Next was a repeat of failing sophomore “Beauty and the Beast” at a 0.5/ 1 at 9 p.m.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
The Return of NBC’s “The Voice” Tops the Evening
Household
Rating/Share
NBC 8.4/13
ABC 5.7/ 9
CBS 5.0/ 8
Fox 3.9/ 6
CW 0.7/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 2/25/13:
NBC: +147, CBS: -11, CW: -12, ABC: -19, Fox: -29
———-
-Winners:
“The Voice” (NBC), “The Blacklist” (NBC)
-Honorable Mention:
“The Bachelor” (ABC), “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS), “2 Broke Girls” (CBS), “Mike & Molly” (CBS), “Castle” (ABC)
-Notable Erosion:
“The Following” (Fox)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Star-Crossed” (CW), “Intelligence” (CBS)
———-
-Ratings Breakdown:
NBC singing competition “The Voice” returned on a dominant note, with the two-hour spring season-opener at a hefty 9.2 rating/14 share in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m. Comparably, this is up by six percent from the year-ago season-premiere (8.7/13 on Monday 3/25/13) and is the top-rated Monday installment of “The Voice” since 9/23/13 (also a 9.2/14). That 9.2 last September translated into 14.98 million viewers and a 5.1 rating/13 share among adults 18-49 (based on the live plus same day data). Welcome back, Shakira and Usher (and congrats to Mark Burnett, who knows a thing – or two or three – about producing smash hits!).
“The Blacklist,” which has proved it can stand on its own on NBC in the Monday 10 p.m. hour, followed with a dominant 6.7/11, which was its best overnight rating since the fall finale on 12/02/13. Comparably, “The Blacklist” bested the competition — “Castle” on ABC (5.8/10) and “Intelligence” on CBS (3.9/ 6) – by 16 percent and 72 percent, respectively.
Although “The Voice” topped the night, ABC and CBS both had accolades of their own. Two hours of “The Bachelor” on ABC (which also airs tonight) scored a 5.7/ 9 from 8-10 p.m., which was 15 percent below the 6.7/10 on the year-ago evening. And it led into aforementioned “Castle” at a second-place 5.8/10 at 10 p.m.
On CBS, soon-to-conclude “How I Met Your Mother” also scored a 5.7/ 9 in the overnights at 8 p.m., and it led into “2 Broke Girls” at a compatible 5.5/ 8 (#3) at 8:30 p.m. Next was “Mike & Molly” at a second-place 5.8/ 9 at 9 p.m., which was 17 percent below year-ago occupant “2 Broke Girls” (7.0/11 on 2/25/13). And it led into compatible “Mom” at a third-place 5.1/ 8 at 9:30 p.m. (which dipped by 23 percent from year-ago occupant “Mike & Molly”). The 10 p.m. hour on CBS Monday remains a weak spot care of aforementioned “Intelligence” at a last-place 3.9/ 6 in the overnights. If CBS does move forward on another spin-off from “CSI,” the long-running success of “CSI: Miami” capping off Monday should not be forgotten.
As a reminder, upcoming CBS sitcom “Friends With Better Lives” premieres after the “How I Met Your Mother” series finale on Monday, March 31.
Elsewhere, sophomore drama “The Following” on Fox has lost considerable steam, with a fourth-place 3.6/ 5 at 9 p.m. last night down by 35 percent from the 5.5/ 8 on the year-ago evening. On-the-fence lead-in “Almost Human” scored a fourth-place 4.2/ 6 at 8 p.m., which was 25 percent below year-ago occupant “Bones” (5.6/ 8 on 2/25/13).
In week two news, CW drama “Star-Cross” took a tumble, with a distant (and very last-place) 0.8/ 1 at 8 p.m. Comparably, that was 27 percent below the 1.1/ 2 for its debut one week earlier. Next was a repeat of failing sophomore “Beauty and the Beast” at a 0.5/ 1 at 9 p.m.
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.
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