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Thursday 3/27/14 Metered Markets
Basketball Leads CBS to Victory; Modest Start for “Surviving Jack” on Fox
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 5.5/ 9
ABC 5.1/ 8
Fox 4.2/ 7
NBC 2.9/ 5
CW 1.4/ 2
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 3/28/13:
NBC: +45, CBS: +20, ABC: – 4, CW: -12, Fox: -21
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-Winners:
NCAA Basketball (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Scandal” (ABC)
-Disappointing:
“Surviving Jack” (Fox)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” (ABC), “Parenthood” (NBC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS dominated this final Thursday in March care of the ongoing 2014 NCAA Basketball Tournament (Dayton vs. Stanford, and UCLA vs. Florida last night). Coverage of the match-ups (which ended at approximately 12:30 a.m.) averaged an estimated 5.5 rating/9 share in the household overnights for the primetime portion, which was 20 percent above the year-ago games (4.6/ 8 on 3/28/13). Keep in mind, of course, that results for any live sporting event are always approximate.
In series-premiere news, Fox sitcom “Surviving Jack” disappointed at a distant third-place 3.5/ 5 at 9:30 p.m., which was 39 percent below the live (and diluted) “American Idol” results show at 9 p.m. (5.7/ 9). One year-earlier, one hour of “American Idol” averaged a 7.8/13 in the 8 p.m. hour (on 3/28/13). “Surviving Jack” did, however, outdeliver a 9:30 p.m. telecast of “Raising Hope” on the year-ago evening (2.5/ 4) by 40 percent.
Earlier in the evening on Fox was always demo friendly “Hell’s Kitchen” at a second-place 3.9/ 6 at 8 p.m.
Tops for the night in the overnights was drama “Scandal” on ABC, with a 6.7/11 from 10-11 p.m. Comparably, that was 14 percent above the year-ago evening and eight percent ahead of still solid lead-in “Grey’s Anatomy” (6.2/10 at 9 p.m.). Growth for “Grey’s Anatomy” over failing lead-in “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” (#4: 2.4/ 4 at 8 p.m.) was a hefty 158 percent.
Elsewhere, two encore hours of “Hollywood Game Night” on NBC (8 p.m. – #3: 3.2/ 5; 9 p.m. – #4: 2.6/ 4) delivered the show’s best two overnight Thursday ratings this season despite not being original. And on-the-fence “Parenthood” followed with a distant third-place 2.8/ 5 at 10 p.m., which was one-tenth of a rating point behind an encore of “Law & Order: SVU” on the year-ago evening (2.9/ 5 on 1/28/13).
The CW, meanwhile, was on par with recent levels care of already renewed dramas “The Vampire Diaries” (#5: 1.6/ 3) and “Reign” (1.3/ 2).
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Basketball Leads CBS to Victory; Modest Start for “Surviving Jack” on Fox
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 5.5/ 9
ABC 5.1/ 8
Fox 4.2/ 7
NBC 2.9/ 5
CW 1.4/ 2
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 3/28/13:
NBC: +45, CBS: +20, ABC: – 4, CW: -12, Fox: -21
—–
-Winners:
NCAA Basketball (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Scandal” (ABC)
-Disappointing:
“Surviving Jack” (Fox)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” (ABC), “Parenthood” (NBC)
—–
-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS dominated this final Thursday in March care of the ongoing 2014 NCAA Basketball Tournament (Dayton vs. Stanford, and UCLA vs. Florida last night). Coverage of the match-ups (which ended at approximately 12:30 a.m.) averaged an estimated 5.5 rating/9 share in the household overnights for the primetime portion, which was 20 percent above the year-ago games (4.6/ 8 on 3/28/13). Keep in mind, of course, that results for any live sporting event are always approximate.
In series-premiere news, Fox sitcom “Surviving Jack” disappointed at a distant third-place 3.5/ 5 at 9:30 p.m., which was 39 percent below the live (and diluted) “American Idol” results show at 9 p.m. (5.7/ 9). One year-earlier, one hour of “American Idol” averaged a 7.8/13 in the 8 p.m. hour (on 3/28/13). “Surviving Jack” did, however, outdeliver a 9:30 p.m. telecast of “Raising Hope” on the year-ago evening (2.5/ 4) by 40 percent.
Earlier in the evening on Fox was always demo friendly “Hell’s Kitchen” at a second-place 3.9/ 6 at 8 p.m.
Tops for the night in the overnights was drama “Scandal” on ABC, with a 6.7/11 from 10-11 p.m. Comparably, that was 14 percent above the year-ago evening and eight percent ahead of still solid lead-in “Grey’s Anatomy” (6.2/10 at 9 p.m.). Growth for “Grey’s Anatomy” over failing lead-in “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” (#4: 2.4/ 4 at 8 p.m.) was a hefty 158 percent.
Elsewhere, two encore hours of “Hollywood Game Night” on NBC (8 p.m. – #3: 3.2/ 5; 9 p.m. – #4: 2.6/ 4) delivered the show’s best two overnight Thursday ratings this season despite not being original. And on-the-fence “Parenthood” followed with a distant third-place 2.8/ 5 at 10 p.m., which was one-tenth of a rating point behind an encore of “Law & Order: SVU” on the year-ago evening (2.9/ 5 on 1/28/13).
The CW, meanwhile, was on par with recent levels care of already renewed dramas “The Vampire Diaries” (#5: 1.6/ 3) and “Reign” (1.3/ 2).
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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