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Tuesday 5/06/14 Metered Markets
Clean Sweep for CBS; Lackluster Season-Ending Sitcoms on Fox
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 8.9/14
NBC 5.0/ 8
ABC 2.7/ 4
Fox 1.9/ 3
CW 1.3/ 2
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 5/07/13:
CW: +86, CBS: +10, NBC: -19, Fox: -34, ABC: -52
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-Winners:
“NCIS” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS), “Person of Interest” (CBS)
-Honorable Mention:
“Chicago Fire” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Glee” (Fox), “New Girl” (Fox), “Trophy Wife” (ABC), “The Mindy Project” (Fox), “Celebrity Wife Swap” (ABC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was another clean household overnight sweep for CBS with its line-up of “NCIS” (#1 for the night: 10.5 rating/17 share), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (9.2/14) and “Person of Interest” (7.0/12). While CBS, comparably, bested No. 2 NBC by an average of 78 percent in the overnights, its advantage in the key demos will be considerably smaller.
NBC’s top draw, of course, was “The Voice,” which scored a second-place 7.0/11 from 8-9 p.m. And that provided the necessary lead-in support for 9-10 p.m. sitcoms “About a Boy” (#2: 4.1/ 6) and “Growing Up Fisher” (#3: 3.3/ 5) to warrant their probable second season renewals. At 10 p.m., sophomore “Chicago Fire” finished second with a 4.4/ 7, which was 19 percent above a year-ago telecast of “Grimm” (3.7/ 6 on 5/07/13).
Elsewhere, ABC finished a distant third with its combination of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (#3: 3.6/ 6), “The Goldbergs” (#3: 2.7/ 4), “Trophy Wife” (#3: 1.9/ 3) and “Celebrity Wife Swap” (#3: 2.0/ 3), which from a ratings standpoint did not need to recently return. With “The Goldbergs” a lock for a second season renewal, ABC may be thinking of moving it to Wednesday to benefit out of either “The Middle” and “Modern Family.”
In season-finale news, Fox comedies “New Girl” (#4: 1.9/ 3 at 9 p.m.) and “The Mindy Project” (#4: 1.8/ 3 at 9:30 p.m.) did not earn their renewals. And their lead-in, “Glee” (#4: 1.9/ 3), should have “graduated this season. The CW’s combination of dramas “The Originals” (#5: 1.2/ 2) and “Supernatural” (#5: 1.3/ 2), meanwhile, were at typical overnight levels.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Clean Sweep for CBS; Lackluster Season-Ending Sitcoms on Fox
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 8.9/14
NBC 5.0/ 8
ABC 2.7/ 4
Fox 1.9/ 3
CW 1.3/ 2
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 5/07/13:
CW: +86, CBS: +10, NBC: -19, Fox: -34, ABC: -52
———-
-Winners:
“NCIS” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS), “Person of Interest” (CBS)
-Honorable Mention:
“Chicago Fire” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Glee” (Fox), “New Girl” (Fox), “Trophy Wife” (ABC), “The Mindy Project” (Fox), “Celebrity Wife Swap” (ABC)
———-
-Ratings Breakdown:
It was another clean household overnight sweep for CBS with its line-up of “NCIS” (#1 for the night: 10.5 rating/17 share), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (9.2/14) and “Person of Interest” (7.0/12). While CBS, comparably, bested No. 2 NBC by an average of 78 percent in the overnights, its advantage in the key demos will be considerably smaller.
NBC’s top draw, of course, was “The Voice,” which scored a second-place 7.0/11 from 8-9 p.m. And that provided the necessary lead-in support for 9-10 p.m. sitcoms “About a Boy” (#2: 4.1/ 6) and “Growing Up Fisher” (#3: 3.3/ 5) to warrant their probable second season renewals. At 10 p.m., sophomore “Chicago Fire” finished second with a 4.4/ 7, which was 19 percent above a year-ago telecast of “Grimm” (3.7/ 6 on 5/07/13).
Elsewhere, ABC finished a distant third with its combination of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (#3: 3.6/ 6), “The Goldbergs” (#3: 2.7/ 4), “Trophy Wife” (#3: 1.9/ 3) and “Celebrity Wife Swap” (#3: 2.0/ 3), which from a ratings standpoint did not need to recently return. With “The Goldbergs” a lock for a second season renewal, ABC may be thinking of moving it to Wednesday to benefit out of either “The Middle” and “Modern Family.”
In season-finale news, Fox comedies “New Girl” (#4: 1.9/ 3 at 9 p.m.) and “The Mindy Project” (#4: 1.8/ 3 at 9:30 p.m.) did not earn their renewals. And their lead-in, “Glee” (#4: 1.9/ 3), should have “graduated this season. The CW’s combination of dramas “The Originals” (#5: 1.2/ 2) and “Supernatural” (#5: 1.3/ 2), meanwhile, were at typical overnight levels.
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.
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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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