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Metered Market Wednesday Ratings
Solid Sampling for NBC’s “The Mysteries of Laura” Preview; Sluggish “Red Band Society” Opener on Fox
Wednesday 9/17/14
Household
Rating/Share
NBC 7.4/13
CBS 3.7/ 6
Fox 2.9/ 5
ABC 2.4/ 4
CW 0.8/ 1
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 9/18/13:
NBC: +28, CW: no change, ABC: – 8, CBS: -31, Fox: -43
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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.
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-Winners:
“America’s Got Talent” (NBC), “Big Brother” (CBS), “The Mysteries of Laura” (NBC)
-Disappointing Initial Sampling:
“Red Band Society” (Fox)
-Summer Fizzle:
“Extant” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
Nothing…we are giving “Red Band Society” the benefit of the doubt until we see the demos, the DVR usage and the Twitter tallies.
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Ratings Breakdown:
Led by the live two-hour season-finale of summer favorite “America’s Got Talent,” it was an easy midweek overnight victory for NBC. “America’s Got Talent” concluded with a 7.9 rating/13 share in households from 8-10 p.m., which was 11 percent above the 7.1/12 for the year-ago season-ender (on 9/18/13), which translated into 11.49 million viewers and a 2.3 rating/7 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data.
Lifted, no doubt, by the hefty lead-in support, NBC drama “The Mysteries of Laura,” headlined by Emmy winner Debra Messing, previewed with a dominant 6.6/12 at 10 p.m. (by half-hour: 7.1/12 – 6.1/11). Comparably, “The Mysteries of Laura” outdelivered the season (or series) finale of competing CBS drama “Extant” (#2: 3.7/ 6) by 78 percent. And retention for “The Mysteries of Laura” out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of “America’s Got Talent” (8.6/14) was adequate at 77 percent.
While “The Mysteries of Laura” was clearly sampled (and congratulations to NBC for the wise programming maneuver), debuting as the Wednesday 8 p.m. anchor next week (opposite the season-premiere episodes of “Survivor” on CBS, and “The Middle” and “The Goldbergs” on ABC) will be no easy task. Translation: Expect considerable erosion from the protected preview (but hope for an improvement from year-ago occupant “Revolution”).
The other new series premiere last night was Fox drama “Red Band Society,” which is difficult to judge without examining the young adult demos. “Red Band Society,” headlined by Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, opened with a quiet 2.9/ 5 in the household overnights (#3) at 9 p.m. While a third-place time period finish is nothing to boast about, the immediate positive was full retention out of lead-in “Hell’s Kitchen.” But “Hell’s Kitchen” last Wednesday (with a 3.2/ 5 in the overnights) translated into only a 1.5/ 5 among adults 18-49 (based on the Live + Same Day data). The year-ago time period occupant – “The X Factor” – was much stronger at a 5.0/ 8 in the hour. And the highly promoted “Red Band Society” did face encore telecasts of “Criminal Minds” on CBS (#2: 3.3/ 8) and “Modern Family” on ABC (two episodes: avg. #3, 2.9/ 5).
Since most new series drop in the vicinity of 10 to 20 percent in week two (and the competition will be all original next week), consider the debut of “Red Band Society” a definite disappointment.
Earlier in the evening was “Big Brother” on CBS at a consistent 4.3/ 7 (#2) from 8-9 p.m., which will likely translate into about a 2.3 rating among adults 18-49, and encores of “The Middle” (#4: 2.8/ 5) and “The Goldbergs” (#4; 2.4/ 4) on ABC at typical non-original levels. ABC capped off the night with a repeat of drama “Nashville,” which did not necessarily deserve its third season renewal, at a 1.6/ 3 (#3) at 10 p.m.
Elsewhere, “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” on The CW (#5: 1.2/ 2 at 8 p.m.) led into a 0.5/ 1 (#5) for a repeat of drama “The 100” at 9 p.m. Week-to-week, “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” slipped by 14 percent (versus a 1.4/ 2 on Sept. 10).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Solid Sampling for NBC’s “The Mysteries of Laura” Preview; Sluggish “Red Band Society” Opener on Fox
Wednesday 9/17/14
Household
Rating/Share
NBC 7.4/13
CBS 3.7/ 6
Fox 2.9/ 5
ABC 2.4/ 4
CW 0.8/ 1
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 9/18/13:
NBC: +28, CW: no change, ABC: – 8, CBS: -31, Fox: -43
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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.
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-Winners:
“America’s Got Talent” (NBC), “Big Brother” (CBS), “The Mysteries of Laura” (NBC)
-Disappointing Initial Sampling:
“Red Band Society” (Fox)
-Summer Fizzle:
“Extant” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
Nothing…we are giving “Red Band Society” the benefit of the doubt until we see the demos, the DVR usage and the Twitter tallies.
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Ratings Breakdown:
Led by the live two-hour season-finale of summer favorite “America’s Got Talent,” it was an easy midweek overnight victory for NBC. “America’s Got Talent” concluded with a 7.9 rating/13 share in households from 8-10 p.m., which was 11 percent above the 7.1/12 for the year-ago season-ender (on 9/18/13), which translated into 11.49 million viewers and a 2.3 rating/7 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data.
Lifted, no doubt, by the hefty lead-in support, NBC drama “The Mysteries of Laura,” headlined by Emmy winner Debra Messing, previewed with a dominant 6.6/12 at 10 p.m. (by half-hour: 7.1/12 – 6.1/11). Comparably, “The Mysteries of Laura” outdelivered the season (or series) finale of competing CBS drama “Extant” (#2: 3.7/ 6) by 78 percent. And retention for “The Mysteries of Laura” out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of “America’s Got Talent” (8.6/14) was adequate at 77 percent.
While “The Mysteries of Laura” was clearly sampled (and congratulations to NBC for the wise programming maneuver), debuting as the Wednesday 8 p.m. anchor next week (opposite the season-premiere episodes of “Survivor” on CBS, and “The Middle” and “The Goldbergs” on ABC) will be no easy task. Translation: Expect considerable erosion from the protected preview (but hope for an improvement from year-ago occupant “Revolution”).
The other new series premiere last night was Fox drama “Red Band Society,” which is difficult to judge without examining the young adult demos. “Red Band Society,” headlined by Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, opened with a quiet 2.9/ 5 in the household overnights (#3) at 9 p.m. While a third-place time period finish is nothing to boast about, the immediate positive was full retention out of lead-in “Hell’s Kitchen.” But “Hell’s Kitchen” last Wednesday (with a 3.2/ 5 in the overnights) translated into only a 1.5/ 5 among adults 18-49 (based on the Live + Same Day data). The year-ago time period occupant – “The X Factor” – was much stronger at a 5.0/ 8 in the hour. And the highly promoted “Red Band Society” did face encore telecasts of “Criminal Minds” on CBS (#2: 3.3/ 8) and “Modern Family” on ABC (two episodes: avg. #3, 2.9/ 5).
Since most new series drop in the vicinity of 10 to 20 percent in week two (and the competition will be all original next week), consider the debut of “Red Band Society” a definite disappointment.
Earlier in the evening was “Big Brother” on CBS at a consistent 4.3/ 7 (#2) from 8-9 p.m., which will likely translate into about a 2.3 rating among adults 18-49, and encores of “The Middle” (#4: 2.8/ 5) and “The Goldbergs” (#4; 2.4/ 4) on ABC at typical non-original levels. ABC capped off the night with a repeat of drama “Nashville,” which did not necessarily deserve its third season renewal, at a 1.6/ 3 (#3) at 10 p.m.
Elsewhere, “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” on The CW (#5: 1.2/ 2 at 8 p.m.) led into a 0.5/ 1 (#5) for a repeat of drama “The 100” at 9 p.m. Week-to-week, “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” slipped by 14 percent (versus a 1.4/ 2 on Sept. 10).
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.
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