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Monday 3/24/14 Metered Markets
“Dancing With the Stars” Remains a Healthy Option for ABC
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 8.7/14
NBC 7.5/12
CBS 4.7/ 7
Fox 3.8/ 6
CW 0.8/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 3/25/13:
CW: +60, NBC: + 3, ABC: – 4, CBS: – 8, Fox: -14
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-Winners:
“Dancing With the Stars” (ABC), “The Voice” (NBC), “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS), “The Blacklist” (NBC)
-Honorable Mention:
“Castle” (ABC)
-Fading:
“The Following” (Fox)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Star-Crossed” (CW), “The Tomorrow People” (CW), “Intelligence” (CBS)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
ABC topped the Monday overnights, beating solid No. 2 NBC in households by 16 percent. But the home of “The Voice” will, of course, win the night in all the key young adult demographics.
Two-hours of “Dancing With the Stars” dominated the 8-10 p.m. block with a 9.8 rating/15 share in the overnights, peaking in the 9 p.m. half-hour with a 10.2/15. Comparably, this was right on par with the 10.0/15 on the year-ago evening and it bested competing “The Voice” on NBC (7.8/12) by 26 percent. Year-to-year, “The Voice” dipped by 10 percent (versus an 8.7/13 on 3/25/13). With Candace Cameron Bure and equally worthy Danica McKellar both competing, who the heck do you root for?
NBC’s “The Blacklist” finished first at 10 p.m. with its best household overnights – 7.0/12 – since the December 2, 2013 telecast. Comparably, that beat competing “Castle” on ABC (#2: 6.5/11) by eight percent, and its advantage in all the key demos will be significantly higher. A distant third in the hour was waiting-to-be axed drama “Intelligence” on CBS at a 3.3/ 6. Note to CBS: Put the new “CSI” spin-off in the Monday 10 p.m. hour next season.
With only one episode to go, “How I Met Your Mother” on CBS was on the map, with a third-place 5.8/ 9 at 8 p.m. (which could run neck-and-neck with “The Voice” for first among adults 18-49). Next on the Eye net was “2 Broke Girls” (#3: 5.1/ 8 at 8:30 p.m.), followed by “Mike & Molly” (#3: 5.5/ 8) and compatible “Mom” (#3: 5.0/ 8) from 9-10 p.m. If “The Big Bang Theory” does move back to Monday as expected next season, expect solid gains for CBS on the evening.
Elsewhere, Fox finished fourth care of already renewed drama duo “Bones” (#4: 4.1/ 6) and “The Following” (#4: 3.4/ 5), which declined by 23 percent from the 4.4/ 7 on the year-ago evening. And recent CW entry “Star-Crossed” and relocated “The Tomorrow People” scored an identical 0.8/ 1 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m.
Top honors in late night remained in NBC’s favor with “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (3.4/ 9) and “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (1.6/ 6) from 11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Comparably, Jimmy Fallon increased by 26 percent from Jay Leno on the year-ago evening (2.8/ 7 on 3/25/13), while Seth Meyers versus Fallon at 12:30 a.m. (1.4/ 5) was up by 14 percent. In other words, NBC’s revamped late night line-up is working quite well.
“The Late Show With David Letterman” on CBS finished second behind Jimmy Fallon, with a 2.6/ 7 in the overnights (up 14 percent year-to-year). And it led into a 1.1/ 4 for “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson,” which was on par with the year-ago evening. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC scored a 2.2/ 6 into a 1.4/ 5 for “Nightline” in the 12:30 a.m. half-hour.
“Last Call With Carson Daly” closed the night for NBC with a 0.9/ 4 at 1:30 a.m.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
“Dancing With the Stars” Remains a Healthy Option for ABC
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 8.7/14
NBC 7.5/12
CBS 4.7/ 7
Fox 3.8/ 6
CW 0.8/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 3/25/13:
CW: +60, NBC: + 3, ABC: – 4, CBS: – 8, Fox: -14
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-Winners:
“Dancing With the Stars” (ABC), “The Voice” (NBC), “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS), “The Blacklist” (NBC)
-Honorable Mention:
“Castle” (ABC)
-Fading:
“The Following” (Fox)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Star-Crossed” (CW), “The Tomorrow People” (CW), “Intelligence” (CBS)
———-
-Ratings Breakdown:
ABC topped the Monday overnights, beating solid No. 2 NBC in households by 16 percent. But the home of “The Voice” will, of course, win the night in all the key young adult demographics.
Two-hours of “Dancing With the Stars” dominated the 8-10 p.m. block with a 9.8 rating/15 share in the overnights, peaking in the 9 p.m. half-hour with a 10.2/15. Comparably, this was right on par with the 10.0/15 on the year-ago evening and it bested competing “The Voice” on NBC (7.8/12) by 26 percent. Year-to-year, “The Voice” dipped by 10 percent (versus an 8.7/13 on 3/25/13). With Candace Cameron Bure and equally worthy Danica McKellar both competing, who the heck do you root for?
NBC’s “The Blacklist” finished first at 10 p.m. with its best household overnights – 7.0/12 – since the December 2, 2013 telecast. Comparably, that beat competing “Castle” on ABC (#2: 6.5/11) by eight percent, and its advantage in all the key demos will be significantly higher. A distant third in the hour was waiting-to-be axed drama “Intelligence” on CBS at a 3.3/ 6. Note to CBS: Put the new “CSI” spin-off in the Monday 10 p.m. hour next season.
With only one episode to go, “How I Met Your Mother” on CBS was on the map, with a third-place 5.8/ 9 at 8 p.m. (which could run neck-and-neck with “The Voice” for first among adults 18-49). Next on the Eye net was “2 Broke Girls” (#3: 5.1/ 8 at 8:30 p.m.), followed by “Mike & Molly” (#3: 5.5/ 8) and compatible “Mom” (#3: 5.0/ 8) from 9-10 p.m. If “The Big Bang Theory” does move back to Monday as expected next season, expect solid gains for CBS on the evening.
Elsewhere, Fox finished fourth care of already renewed drama duo “Bones” (#4: 4.1/ 6) and “The Following” (#4: 3.4/ 5), which declined by 23 percent from the 4.4/ 7 on the year-ago evening. And recent CW entry “Star-Crossed” and relocated “The Tomorrow People” scored an identical 0.8/ 1 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m.
Top honors in late night remained in NBC’s favor with “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (3.4/ 9) and “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (1.6/ 6) from 11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Comparably, Jimmy Fallon increased by 26 percent from Jay Leno on the year-ago evening (2.8/ 7 on 3/25/13), while Seth Meyers versus Fallon at 12:30 a.m. (1.4/ 5) was up by 14 percent. In other words, NBC’s revamped late night line-up is working quite well.
“The Late Show With David Letterman” on CBS finished second behind Jimmy Fallon, with a 2.6/ 7 in the overnights (up 14 percent year-to-year). And it led into a 1.1/ 4 for “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson,” which was on par with the year-ago evening. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC scored a 2.2/ 6 into a 1.4/ 5 for “Nightline” in the 12:30 a.m. half-hour.
“Last Call With Carson Daly” closed the night for NBC with a 0.9/ 4 at 1:30 a.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.
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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