Ratings News - 22nd September 2014

Today's Early Overnight Ratings

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)

NOTE: CBS Numbers will be adjusted later due to overruns.

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Early Ratings Analysis

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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Sunday 9/21/14 Metered Markets
Positive Sampling for the Debut of “Madam Secretary” on CBS

Household
Rating/Share
CBS 12.7/21
NBC 9.2/15
Fox 1.9/ 3
ABC 1.8/ 3

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 9/22/13:
Fox: + 6, CBS: + 1, NBC: -11, ABC: -18

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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. The overnights, of course, are your first look at what to potentially expect when the other results come in. And we always 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:
“Sunday Night Football” (NBC), “60 Minutes” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS)

-Honorable Mention:
“The Good Wife” (CBS)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
Nothing – ABC and Fox aired all repeats.

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Ratings Breakdown:
Ignited by an approximate 64-minute primetime football overrun on the East Coast, CBS closed the 2013-14 TV season on a winning overnight note, besting the home of “Sunday Night Football” – NBC – by an estimated 38 percent in households. Football on CBS in the 7 p.m. hour scored a hefty 19.4 rating/34 share, and it led into the late start for the season-premiere of granddaddy “60 Minutes” at an approximate (and dominant) 12.6/20 from 8-9 p.m. We stress approximate because the first four minutes of the 8 p.m. hour was populated with football.

In series-premiere news, CBS drama “Madam Secretary,” starring Tea Leoni, was adequately sampled at an estimated second-place 10.3/16 in the 9 p.m. hour (which included the final four minutes of “60 Minutes”). While the initial audience base for “Madam Secretary” will be very respectable (hence the label of “winner”), the audience skew for the show is expected to be older. Next on the Eye net was the sixth season-premiere of critically acclaimed “The Good Wife” at an also estimated (and also second-place) 8.2/14 from 10-11 p.m. (which included the final four minutes of “Madam Secreatary”).

On NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” the match-up was the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Carolina Panthers, and the overnight performance was an approximate 12.3/20 from 8:30-11:30 p.m. Results for all live sporting events are, of course, estimated. Earlier in the evening on NBC was pre-game “Football Night in America” at a 1.5/ 3 (#4) at 7 p.m., a 1.6/ 3 at 7:30 p.m., and a 7.5/12 (#2) in the 8 p.m. half-hour.

Elsewhere, Fox’s distant No. 3 finish was a result of repeats of animated “Bob’s Burgers” (#3t, 1.5/ 3), two episodes of “The Simpsons” (#3, avg. 2.0/ 3) and two episodes of “Family Guy” (#3: 2.0/ 3) from 7-9:30 p.m., and the final original episode of “American Dad” (#3: 2.0/ 3 at 9:30 p.m.) on the network. “American Dad” will continue on TBS, with 15 new episodes ordered for 2015.

Last was ABC’s repeat rotation of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (#3: 2.6/ 4) and dramas “Once Upon a Time” (#4: 1.6/ 2), “Resurrection” (#4: 1.5/ 2) and “Revenge” (#3: 1.6/ 3).

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source:

Marc Berman@tvmediainsights

About the Daily Ratings

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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