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Wednesday 4/16/14 Metered Market Ratings
Fading “American Idol” Leads Fox to Victory
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 5.8/ 9
CBS 4.9/ 8
NBC 3.2/ 5
ABC 2.6/ 4
CW 1.7/ 3
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 4/17/13:
CW: +70, NBC: + 3, CBS: – 6, ABC: -26, Fox: -33
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-Winners:
“Arrow” (CW)
-Down But Still Solid:
“Survivor” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats – 58 percent of last night’s line-up was non-original):
“Mixology” (ABC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
With CBS in repeats from 9-11 p.m., Wednesday overnight dominance fell in Fox’s corner. But a 5.8 rating/9 share in households for fading “American Idol” from 8-10 p.m. was 33 percent below the 8.6/14 on the year-ago evening. “Survivor” on CBS topped the 8 p.m. hour again, with a 5.9/10 (versus a 5.6/ 9 for the first hour of “American Idol”). And its advantage in the key demos is expected to be higher than the five percent overnight lead. One year earlier, “Survivor: Caramoan” scored a 6.5/11. As for last night’s installment: How do you like that…another blindside!
Airing out of “Survivor” were encores of veteran crime solvers “Criminal Minds” (#2: 4.3/ 7) and “CSI” (#1: 4.4/ 7) from 9-11 p.m.
Elsewhere, NBC finished in the distant No. 3 spot with its repeat line-up of two telecasts of “Law & Order: SVU” (8 p.m.: #4: 3.1/ 5; 9 p.m.: #3t, 3.6/ 6) and “Chicago PD” (#2: 3.0/ 5). Only sitcom “Mixology” on ABC was an original telecast, and it scored a fourth-place 2.4/ 4 at 9:30 p.m. (out of a 3.6/ 6 for a repeat of “Modern Family” at 9 p.m.). Earlier in the evening on the alphabet net were encores of “The Middle” (#3: 3.4/ 6) and “Suburgatory” (#4: 2.5/ 4) from 8-9 p.m. And sophomore “Nashville” closed the night with a third-place 1.8/ 3 at 10 p.m.
To the readers wondering why there were so many encores, April encores bring May originals. The networks are saving the remaining original telecasts of the season for the May sweeps.
Over at The CW, “Arrow” was a standout at an above average 2.0/ 3 at 8 p.m., and it led into a 1.4/ 2 (#5) for episode five of drama “The 100” at 9 p.m., which was equal to one week earlier. Chances of a second season of “The 100” look very positive.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Fading “American Idol” Leads Fox to Victory
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 5.8/ 9
CBS 4.9/ 8
NBC 3.2/ 5
ABC 2.6/ 4
CW 1.7/ 3
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 4/17/13:
CW: +70, NBC: + 3, CBS: – 6, ABC: -26, Fox: -33
———-
-Winners:
“Arrow” (CW)
-Down But Still Solid:
“Survivor” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats – 58 percent of last night’s line-up was non-original):
“Mixology” (ABC)
———-
Ratings Breakdown:
With CBS in repeats from 9-11 p.m., Wednesday overnight dominance fell in Fox’s corner. But a 5.8 rating/9 share in households for fading “American Idol” from 8-10 p.m. was 33 percent below the 8.6/14 on the year-ago evening. “Survivor” on CBS topped the 8 p.m. hour again, with a 5.9/10 (versus a 5.6/ 9 for the first hour of “American Idol”). And its advantage in the key demos is expected to be higher than the five percent overnight lead. One year earlier, “Survivor: Caramoan” scored a 6.5/11. As for last night’s installment: How do you like that…another blindside!
Airing out of “Survivor” were encores of veteran crime solvers “Criminal Minds” (#2: 4.3/ 7) and “CSI” (#1: 4.4/ 7) from 9-11 p.m.
Elsewhere, NBC finished in the distant No. 3 spot with its repeat line-up of two telecasts of “Law & Order: SVU” (8 p.m.: #4: 3.1/ 5; 9 p.m.: #3t, 3.6/ 6) and “Chicago PD” (#2: 3.0/ 5). Only sitcom “Mixology” on ABC was an original telecast, and it scored a fourth-place 2.4/ 4 at 9:30 p.m. (out of a 3.6/ 6 for a repeat of “Modern Family” at 9 p.m.). Earlier in the evening on the alphabet net were encores of “The Middle” (#3: 3.4/ 6) and “Suburgatory” (#4: 2.5/ 4) from 8-9 p.m. And sophomore “Nashville” closed the night with a third-place 1.8/ 3 at 10 p.m.
To the readers wondering why there were so many encores, April encores bring May originals. The networks are saving the remaining original telecasts of the season for the May sweeps.
Over at The CW, “Arrow” was a standout at an above average 2.0/ 3 at 8 p.m., and it led into a 1.4/ 2 (#5) for episode five of drama “The 100” at 9 p.m., which was equal to one week earlier. Chances of a second season of “The 100” look very positive.
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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