This table shows the early overnight ratings. These ratings are normally adjusted later in the day when all the ratings have been consolidated to take into account any local preemptions and/or overruns. You can find all the final adjusted numbers in our Ratings Database. (See the About section below for details about ratings)
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Thursday 3/13/14 Metered Markets
Respectable Return for “Hell’s Kitchen” on Fox
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 6.7/11
Fox 5.0/ 8
ABC 4.8/ 8
NBC 2.3/ 4
CW 0.9/ 2
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 3/14/13:
ABC: +14, NBC: no change, Fox: -14, CBS: -25, CW: -36
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-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Two and a Half Men” (CBS), “American Idol” (Fox), “Scandal” (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” (ABC), “Community” (NBC), “Parks and Recreation” (NBC), “The Crazy Ones” (CBS), “Hollywood Game Night” (NBC), “Parenthood” (NBC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was another Thursday overnight victory for CBS, which bested No. 2 Fox by 1.8 household rating points. Three-season renewed “The Big Bang Theory” topped night, of course, with an 11.5 rating/19 share in households at 8 p.m. And it led into a dominant 6.8/11 for “The Millers,” which dipped by a typical (and significant) 41 percent from “Big Bang.” Relocated “Two and a Half Men” followed with a compatible (and first-place) 6.5/10 at 9 p.m., but a third-place 4.3/ 7 for “The Crazy Ones” at 9:30 p.m. (down by 34 percent) does not bode well for a second season renewal. Although “Elementary” perked up to second at 10 p.m. with a 5.7/10, competing “Scandal” on ABC (#1: 6.2/11) will clearly increase its advantage in all the key demos.
In season premiere news, “Hell’s Kitchen” with Gordon Ramsay on Fox returned with a second-place 3.9/ 7 in the 8 p.m. hour, which should be enough to register respectfully in the key young adult demos. And it led into a one-hour live edition of “American Idol,” which rose to a 6.0/ 9 from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, “American Idol” outdelivered week-ago occupant “Rake” (2.4/ 4 on March 5) by 150 percent.
Over at ABC, “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” could not compete at 8 p.m., with a distant third-place 2.2/ 4 in the overnights. But veteran “Grey’s Anatomy” perked up to a second-place 5.9/ 9 at 9 p.m. (one-tenth of a rating point behind competing “American Idol”), followed by aforementioned “Scandal” at a first-place 6.2/11 at 10 p.m.
Elsewhere, it was slim picking at NBC, as usual, care of sitcoms “Community” (#4: 2.0/ 3) and “Parks and Recreation” (#3t, 2.1/ 3), “Hollywood Game Night” (#4: 2.1/ 3) and “Parenthood” (#3: 2.6/ 4), which has just not resonated on Thursday. And The CW populated the night with a repeat “The Vampire Diaries” (#5: 0.7/ 1) and an original installment of “Reign” (#5: 1.1/ 2).
In late night, NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” dipped to a 2.9/ 7 from 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., which was nine percent below Jay Leno on the year-ago evening. But it was enough to still beat competing “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC (2.6/ 7) and “The Late Show With David Letterman” on CBS (2.2/ 6).
Next was “Late Night With Seth Meyers” on NBC at a dominant 1.4/ 5 from 12:30-1:30 a.m. (which was up by eight percent from Jimmy Fallon on the year-ago evening), followed by “Nightline” on ABC in the 12:30 a.m. half-hour (1.5/ 5) and “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” on CBS (1.0/ 3). “Later With Carson Daly” on NBC closed the night with a 0.8/ 3 at 1:30 a.m.
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Correction: Thursday’s newsletter incorrectly labeled sophomore NBC drama “Revolution,” which was given the difficult task anchoring Wednesday this season. Opposite established “Survivor” on CBS, “The Middle” on ABC and “Arrow” on The CW (not to mention “American Idol” at present on Fox), “Revolution” has consistently outperformed sitcoms airing on the network one year earlier. Based on the live plus same day data this week, “Revolution” averaged 4.7 million viewers and a 1.3 rating/4 share among adults 18-49, which was on par with recent levels.
Respectable Return for “Hell’s Kitchen” on Fox
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 6.7/11
Fox 5.0/ 8
ABC 4.8/ 8
NBC 2.3/ 4
CW 0.9/ 2
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 3/14/13:
ABC: +14, NBC: no change, Fox: -14, CBS: -25, CW: -36
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-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Two and a Half Men” (CBS), “American Idol” (Fox), “Scandal” (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” (ABC), “Community” (NBC), “Parks and Recreation” (NBC), “The Crazy Ones” (CBS), “Hollywood Game Night” (NBC), “Parenthood” (NBC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was another Thursday overnight victory for CBS, which bested No. 2 Fox by 1.8 household rating points. Three-season renewed “The Big Bang Theory” topped night, of course, with an 11.5 rating/19 share in households at 8 p.m. And it led into a dominant 6.8/11 for “The Millers,” which dipped by a typical (and significant) 41 percent from “Big Bang.” Relocated “Two and a Half Men” followed with a compatible (and first-place) 6.5/10 at 9 p.m., but a third-place 4.3/ 7 for “The Crazy Ones” at 9:30 p.m. (down by 34 percent) does not bode well for a second season renewal. Although “Elementary” perked up to second at 10 p.m. with a 5.7/10, competing “Scandal” on ABC (#1: 6.2/11) will clearly increase its advantage in all the key demos.
In season premiere news, “Hell’s Kitchen” with Gordon Ramsay on Fox returned with a second-place 3.9/ 7 in the 8 p.m. hour, which should be enough to register respectfully in the key young adult demos. And it led into a one-hour live edition of “American Idol,” which rose to a 6.0/ 9 from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, “American Idol” outdelivered week-ago occupant “Rake” (2.4/ 4 on March 5) by 150 percent.
Over at ABC, “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” could not compete at 8 p.m., with a distant third-place 2.2/ 4 in the overnights. But veteran “Grey’s Anatomy” perked up to a second-place 5.9/ 9 at 9 p.m. (one-tenth of a rating point behind competing “American Idol”), followed by aforementioned “Scandal” at a first-place 6.2/11 at 10 p.m.
Elsewhere, it was slim picking at NBC, as usual, care of sitcoms “Community” (#4: 2.0/ 3) and “Parks and Recreation” (#3t, 2.1/ 3), “Hollywood Game Night” (#4: 2.1/ 3) and “Parenthood” (#3: 2.6/ 4), which has just not resonated on Thursday. And The CW populated the night with a repeat “The Vampire Diaries” (#5: 0.7/ 1) and an original installment of “Reign” (#5: 1.1/ 2).
In late night, NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” dipped to a 2.9/ 7 from 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., which was nine percent below Jay Leno on the year-ago evening. But it was enough to still beat competing “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC (2.6/ 7) and “The Late Show With David Letterman” on CBS (2.2/ 6).
Next was “Late Night With Seth Meyers” on NBC at a dominant 1.4/ 5 from 12:30-1:30 a.m. (which was up by eight percent from Jimmy Fallon on the year-ago evening), followed by “Nightline” on ABC in the 12:30 a.m. half-hour (1.5/ 5) and “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” on CBS (1.0/ 3). “Later With Carson Daly” on NBC closed the night with a 0.8/ 3 at 1:30 a.m.
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Correction: Thursday’s newsletter incorrectly labeled sophomore NBC drama “Revolution,” which was given the difficult task anchoring Wednesday this season. Opposite established “Survivor” on CBS, “The Middle” on ABC and “Arrow” on The CW (not to mention “American Idol” at present on Fox), “Revolution” has consistently outperformed sitcoms airing on the network one year earlier. Based on the live plus same day data this week, “Revolution” averaged 4.7 million viewers and a 1.3 rating/4 share among adults 18-49, which was on par with recent levels.
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.
Finally, later in the evening (10pm-11pm GMT) or the following day, the final adjusted ratings numbers are released, these are then posted in the Ratings Database. The Final Adjusted numbers are what we use for all our Renew/Cancellation Tables, Full Season Tables, Ratings Scorecards etc (see below). Friday's Final Adjusted Ratings are normally available on the following Monday.
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