This table shows the early overnight ratings. These ratings are normally adjusted later in the day when all the ratings have been consolidated to take into account any local preemptions and/or overruns. You can find all the final adjusted numbers in our Ratings Database. (See the About section below for details about ratings)
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The analysis below is based on the early household numbers and are NOT the same as the numbers that will be posted in the above table later. (See the About section below)
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Metered Market Monday Ratings
“New Girl” and “The Mindy Project” Season-Openers on Fox Slip Considerably
Monday 9/15/14
Household
Rating/Share
NBC 5.8/10
ABC 4.4/ 7
CBS 3.6/ 6
Fox 2.0/ 3
CW 0.7/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 9/16/13:
ABC: +69, NBC: – 2, CBS: -35, CW: -36, Fox: -49
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Note: The following labels are based on the household overnights and are subject to change given the availability of other pending data streams. As always, these overnights are your first look at the ratings and a precursor to what could lie ahead. And we take into account other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence.
-Winners:
“Dancing With the Stars” Results Show (ABC), “Big Brother” (CBS), “America’s Got Talent” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Utopia” (Fox), “New Girl” (Fox), “The Mindy Project” (Fox), “20/20” (ABC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
Two more hours of “America’s Got Talent,” which concludes for the season tonight, led NBC to an easy Tuesday night overnight household victory. “AGT” rose to its best overnight performance since July 1, with a 7.1 rating/12 share from 9-11 p.m. And it built from one week earlier (6.2/10 on Sept. 9) by 15 percent.
Earlier in the evening on NBC was an encore of “AGT” at a third-place 3.3/ 6 from 8-9 p.m.
In season-premiere news, Fox comedies “New Girl” (season four) and “The Mindy Project” (season three) did not benefit out of anemic “Utopia.” This second Tuesday 8 p.m. telecast of “Utopia” finished fourth in the hour with a mere 1.9/ 3, which was one-tenth of a rating point (or five percent) below its already DOA 2.0/ 3 one week earlier. And that abysmal 2.0 overnight household rating translated into 2.48 million viewers and a 0.9 rating/3 share among adults 18-49 (based on the Live + Plus Same Day data). Comparably, “Utopia” slipped by a hefty 57 percent from the average 4.4/ 7 for the debuts of sitcoms “Dads” (4.2/ 7 on 9/17/13) and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (4.6/ 7) on the year-ago evening.
With competing “NCIS” returning on CBS next week, that 0.9 could end up a 0.6 or a 0.7. And Fox will need to address “Utopia” in the very near future. Tick, tock…that cancellation clock is ticking.
With minimal lead-in support, Fox’s “New Girl” opened with a distant third-place 2.3/ 4 in the overnights in the 9 p.m. half-hour, which was a considerable 41 percent below the 3.9/ 6 for the season-opener on the year-ago evening. And a 2.0/ 3 for the return of “The Mindy Project” at 9:30 p.m. (#3) was 33 percent below the 3.0/ 5 season-premiere one year earlier. Obviously, lead-in still does matter and “Utopia” is just not delivering.
Tops in the 8 p.m. hour was the live “Dancing With the Stars” Results Show on ABC at an 8.6/14, which was double the overnight household rating of summer favorite “Big Brother” on CBS (4.3/ 7). But “Big Brother,” which was on par from one week earlier (translating into a 2.3 rating/8 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data), should have no trouble winning the time period in all key young adult demos. Keep in mind that this “Dancing With the Stars” Tuesday results show was one time only (unless, of course, upcoming sitcoms “Selfie” and “Manhattan Love Story” tank).
Next on ABC was an encore telecast of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (#4: 2.1/ 3 at 9 p.m.), which is unlikely to pick up steam in the Tuesday 9 p.m. hour (out of unproven “Manhattan Love Story”) in the upcoming season, and a Tuesday 10 p.m. edition of “20/20” (#3: 2.6/ 4), themed “Relationships From Hell: A Downhill Slope”).
Elsewhere, repeats of CBS dramas “NCIS: Los Angeles” (#2: 3.7/ 6 at 9 p.m.) and “Person of Interest” (#2: 2.9/ 5 at 10 p.m.) aired out of aforementioned “Big Brother.” And The CW populated the evening with encores of “Arrow” (#5: 0.8/ 1) and “Supernatural” (#%; 0.6/ 1).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
“New Girl” and “The Mindy Project” Season-Openers on Fox Slip Considerably
Monday 9/15/14
Household
Rating/Share
NBC 5.8/10
ABC 4.4/ 7
CBS 3.6/ 6
Fox 2.0/ 3
CW 0.7/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 9/16/13:
ABC: +69, NBC: – 2, CBS: -35, CW: -36, Fox: -49
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Note: The following labels are based on the household overnights and are subject to change given the availability of other pending data streams. As always, these overnights are your first look at the ratings and a precursor to what could lie ahead. And we take into account other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence.
-Winners:
“Dancing With the Stars” Results Show (ABC), “Big Brother” (CBS), “America’s Got Talent” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Utopia” (Fox), “New Girl” (Fox), “The Mindy Project” (Fox), “20/20” (ABC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
Two more hours of “America’s Got Talent,” which concludes for the season tonight, led NBC to an easy Tuesday night overnight household victory. “AGT” rose to its best overnight performance since July 1, with a 7.1 rating/12 share from 9-11 p.m. And it built from one week earlier (6.2/10 on Sept. 9) by 15 percent.
Earlier in the evening on NBC was an encore of “AGT” at a third-place 3.3/ 6 from 8-9 p.m.
In season-premiere news, Fox comedies “New Girl” (season four) and “The Mindy Project” (season three) did not benefit out of anemic “Utopia.” This second Tuesday 8 p.m. telecast of “Utopia” finished fourth in the hour with a mere 1.9/ 3, which was one-tenth of a rating point (or five percent) below its already DOA 2.0/ 3 one week earlier. And that abysmal 2.0 overnight household rating translated into 2.48 million viewers and a 0.9 rating/3 share among adults 18-49 (based on the Live + Plus Same Day data). Comparably, “Utopia” slipped by a hefty 57 percent from the average 4.4/ 7 for the debuts of sitcoms “Dads” (4.2/ 7 on 9/17/13) and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (4.6/ 7) on the year-ago evening.
With competing “NCIS” returning on CBS next week, that 0.9 could end up a 0.6 or a 0.7. And Fox will need to address “Utopia” in the very near future. Tick, tock…that cancellation clock is ticking.
With minimal lead-in support, Fox’s “New Girl” opened with a distant third-place 2.3/ 4 in the overnights in the 9 p.m. half-hour, which was a considerable 41 percent below the 3.9/ 6 for the season-opener on the year-ago evening. And a 2.0/ 3 for the return of “The Mindy Project” at 9:30 p.m. (#3) was 33 percent below the 3.0/ 5 season-premiere one year earlier. Obviously, lead-in still does matter and “Utopia” is just not delivering.
Tops in the 8 p.m. hour was the live “Dancing With the Stars” Results Show on ABC at an 8.6/14, which was double the overnight household rating of summer favorite “Big Brother” on CBS (4.3/ 7). But “Big Brother,” which was on par from one week earlier (translating into a 2.3 rating/8 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data), should have no trouble winning the time period in all key young adult demos. Keep in mind that this “Dancing With the Stars” Tuesday results show was one time only (unless, of course, upcoming sitcoms “Selfie” and “Manhattan Love Story” tank).
Next on ABC was an encore telecast of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (#4: 2.1/ 3 at 9 p.m.), which is unlikely to pick up steam in the Tuesday 9 p.m. hour (out of unproven “Manhattan Love Story”) in the upcoming season, and a Tuesday 10 p.m. edition of “20/20” (#3: 2.6/ 4), themed “Relationships From Hell: A Downhill Slope”).
Elsewhere, repeats of CBS dramas “NCIS: Los Angeles” (#2: 3.7/ 6 at 9 p.m.) and “Person of Interest” (#2: 2.9/ 5 at 10 p.m.) aired out of aforementioned “Big Brother.” And The CW populated the evening with encores of “Arrow” (#5: 0.8/ 1) and “Supernatural” (#%; 0.6/ 1).
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.
Finally, later in the evening (10pm-11pm GMT) or the following day, the final adjusted ratings numbers are released, these are then posted in the Ratings Database. The Final Adjusted numbers are what we use for all our Renew/Cancellation Tables, Full Season Tables, Ratings Scorecards etc (see below). Friday's Final Adjusted Ratings are normally available on the following Monday.
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