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Sunday 5/04/14 Metered Markets
Clean Sweep for CBS; Respectable “Resurrection” Season-Ender on ABC
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 6.5/11
ABC 4.2/ 7
NBC 2.8/ 5
Fox 2.4/ 4
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 4/28/13:
ABC: + 8, CBS: + 2, NBC: no change, Fox: -33
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-Winners:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “The Good Wife” (CBS)
-Honorable Mention:
“Resurrection” (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“American Dream Builders” (NBC), “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox), “American Dad!” (Fox), “Believe” (NBC), “Crisis” (NBC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was a clean household overnight sweep for CBS with its line-up of granddaddy “60 Minutes” (#1 for the night: 8.0 rating/14 share), “The Amazing Race” (5.6/ 9 – go “Brenchel!”), “The Good Wife” (6.6/10) and “The Mentalist” (5.7/10), which is in search of a new home for next season. Comparably, CBS bested No. 2 ABC overall by a hefty 55 percent. But the race among adults 18-49 (and other key demos) is likely to fall in ABC’s favor.
In season finale news, ABC freshman midseason drama “Resurrection” closed with a 5.1/ 8 in the overnights at 9 p.m., which is strong enough to warrant a second season renewal. Comparably, “Resurrection” built from lead-in “Once Upon a Time” (#2: 4.4/ 7 at 8 p.m.) by 16 percent. As for that cliffhanger episode, it should be interesting to say the least in season two for this ambitious and worthy drama.
Next on ABC was three year-old “Revenge” at a diluted (and second place) 3.6/ 6 at 10 p.m. Earlier in the evening on the alphabet net was veteran “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at a second-place 3.8/ 7 at 7 p.m.
Elsewhere, NBC finished in the distant No. 3 spot with its combination of “American Dream Builders” (#3: 1.7/ 3), “Dateline” (#3: 4.1/ 7), “Believe” (#3: 2.9/ 4) and “Crisis” (#3: 2.4/ 4), which does not bode well for renewal for the two recent drama entries (no to mention “American Dream Builders”). And Fox increased by 14 percent week-to-week with its combination of animated “Bob’s Burgers:” (#4: 1.6/ 3), “American Dad!” (#3t, 1.7/ 3), “The Simpsons” (#3: 2.8/ 5) and “Family Guy” (#4: 3.0/ 5) from 7-9 p.m. and recent entry “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” (#4: 2.6/ 4 at 9 p.m.).
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Clean Sweep for CBS; Respectable “Resurrection” Season-Ender on ABC
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 6.5/11
ABC 4.2/ 7
NBC 2.8/ 5
Fox 2.4/ 4
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 4/28/13:
ABC: + 8, CBS: + 2, NBC: no change, Fox: -33
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-Winners:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “The Good Wife” (CBS)
-Honorable Mention:
“Resurrection” (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“American Dream Builders” (NBC), “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox), “American Dad!” (Fox), “Believe” (NBC), “Crisis” (NBC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was a clean household overnight sweep for CBS with its line-up of granddaddy “60 Minutes” (#1 for the night: 8.0 rating/14 share), “The Amazing Race” (5.6/ 9 – go “Brenchel!”), “The Good Wife” (6.6/10) and “The Mentalist” (5.7/10), which is in search of a new home for next season. Comparably, CBS bested No. 2 ABC overall by a hefty 55 percent. But the race among adults 18-49 (and other key demos) is likely to fall in ABC’s favor.
In season finale news, ABC freshman midseason drama “Resurrection” closed with a 5.1/ 8 in the overnights at 9 p.m., which is strong enough to warrant a second season renewal. Comparably, “Resurrection” built from lead-in “Once Upon a Time” (#2: 4.4/ 7 at 8 p.m.) by 16 percent. As for that cliffhanger episode, it should be interesting to say the least in season two for this ambitious and worthy drama.
Next on ABC was three year-old “Revenge” at a diluted (and second place) 3.6/ 6 at 10 p.m. Earlier in the evening on the alphabet net was veteran “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at a second-place 3.8/ 7 at 7 p.m.
Elsewhere, NBC finished in the distant No. 3 spot with its combination of “American Dream Builders” (#3: 1.7/ 3), “Dateline” (#3: 4.1/ 7), “Believe” (#3: 2.9/ 4) and “Crisis” (#3: 2.4/ 4), which does not bode well for renewal for the two recent drama entries (no to mention “American Dream Builders”). And Fox increased by 14 percent week-to-week with its combination of animated “Bob’s Burgers:” (#4: 1.6/ 3), “American Dad!” (#3t, 1.7/ 3), “The Simpsons” (#3: 2.8/ 5) and “Family Guy” (#4: 3.0/ 5) from 7-9 p.m. and recent entry “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” (#4: 2.6/ 4 at 9 p.m.).
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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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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