Top 25 Markets - 18-49
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NBC NFL Pre-show 4.4
NBC NFL 6.7
Fox WS Pre-show 4.3
Fox World Series 4.0
60 Minutes 2.6
Madam Secretary 1.6
Good Wife 1.7
Star Wars Rebels 0.6
Once 2.6
Resurrection 1.3
Revenge 1.2
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)
For more information on the Nielsen Ratings see this Wikipedia Entry.
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Sunday 10/26/14 Metered Markets
Football Rules Over Baseball
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 9.5/15
NBC 8.5/13
Fox 7.9/12
ABC 3.1/ 5
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 10/27/13:
CBS: +42, NBC: + 8, ABC: -11, Fox: -33
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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 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. Keep in mind, as always, that results for any live sporting event are always approximate.
-Winners:
“Sunday Night Football” (NBC)
-Positive Older-Skewing Entries:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS), “The Good Wife” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Resurrection” (ABC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Led by a 13.3 rating/22 share for an NFL Football primetime overrun from approximately 7-8 p.m., CBS took top-rated household overnight honors on this final Sunday in October.
In the battle of football versus baseball, the Green Bay Packers at the New Orleans Saints on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” was the stronger option with an 11.4/18 in households from 8:30-11:30 p.m. (peaking in the 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. half-hours at an 11.8/18). One week earlier, however, the San Francisco 49ers at the Denver Broncos was considerably stronger at a 14.9/24 in the overnights (which translated into 23.79 million viewers and as 8.2 rating/23 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live Plus Same Day data).
Earlier in the evening on NBC was pre-game “Football Night in America” at a 1.5/ 3 (#4) at 7 p.m., a 2.2/ 4 at 7:30 p.m. (#4) and a 6.9/11 (#3) in the 8 p.m. half-hour.
On Fox, game five of the World Series (Giants 5, Royals 0) was certainly a stronger option than the network’s regularly scheduled Sunday night line-up. But an estimated 8.2/13 in the household overnights from 8-11 p.m. was 22 percent below the year-ago game four match-up between Boston and St. Louis (10.5/17 on 10/27/13). Earlier in the evening on Fox was the baseball pre-game at a 7.2/12 from 7-8 p.m. Once again, results for any live sporting event are always approximate.
Individual program results for CBS are also estimated due to the aforementioned NFL Football primetime overrun, with granddaddy “60 Minutes” at a 9.6/15 from 8-9 p.m., followed by the late starts for older-skewing dramas “Madam Secretary” (#2t: 8.2/12 from 9-10 p.m.) and “The Good Wife” (#3: 7.0/11 from 10-11 p.m.). Pending news of a full season episode order for “Madam Secretary” is a given.
Full results for the “CSI” late start are not available, but the veteran forensic crime solver (which had its episode order cut from 22 to 18 in what could be its final season) did score a 5.4/10 in the 11 p.m. half.
With the Sunday competition more severe than usual, there was not much left for ABC, which opened with an encore of animated Disney XD series “Star Wars Rebels: Sparks of Rebellion” at a 1.6/ 3 in the overnights (#4) from 7-8 p.m. Next was “Once Upon a Time” at a fourth-place 4.2/ 6 from 8-9 p.m., which slipped by 11 percent from the 4.7/ 7 from one week earlier, followed by “Resurrection” at a series-low 3.1/ 4 from 9-10 p.m. and “Revenge” at a 3.4/ 6 (#4) at 10 p.m. Despite only scoring a 3.4, “Revenge” was still 42 percent above failed year-ago time period occupant “Betrayal” (2.4/ 4 on 10/27/13).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Football Rules Over Baseball
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 9.5/15
NBC 8.5/13
Fox 7.9/12
ABC 3.1/ 5
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 10/27/13:
CBS: +42, NBC: + 8, ABC: -11, Fox: -33
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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 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. Keep in mind, as always, that results for any live sporting event are always approximate.
-Winners:
“Sunday Night Football” (NBC)
-Positive Older-Skewing Entries:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS), “The Good Wife” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Resurrection” (ABC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Led by a 13.3 rating/22 share for an NFL Football primetime overrun from approximately 7-8 p.m., CBS took top-rated household overnight honors on this final Sunday in October.
In the battle of football versus baseball, the Green Bay Packers at the New Orleans Saints on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” was the stronger option with an 11.4/18 in households from 8:30-11:30 p.m. (peaking in the 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. half-hours at an 11.8/18). One week earlier, however, the San Francisco 49ers at the Denver Broncos was considerably stronger at a 14.9/24 in the overnights (which translated into 23.79 million viewers and as 8.2 rating/23 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live Plus Same Day data).
Earlier in the evening on NBC was pre-game “Football Night in America” at a 1.5/ 3 (#4) at 7 p.m., a 2.2/ 4 at 7:30 p.m. (#4) and a 6.9/11 (#3) in the 8 p.m. half-hour.
On Fox, game five of the World Series (Giants 5, Royals 0) was certainly a stronger option than the network’s regularly scheduled Sunday night line-up. But an estimated 8.2/13 in the household overnights from 8-11 p.m. was 22 percent below the year-ago game four match-up between Boston and St. Louis (10.5/17 on 10/27/13). Earlier in the evening on Fox was the baseball pre-game at a 7.2/12 from 7-8 p.m. Once again, results for any live sporting event are always approximate.
Individual program results for CBS are also estimated due to the aforementioned NFL Football primetime overrun, with granddaddy “60 Minutes” at a 9.6/15 from 8-9 p.m., followed by the late starts for older-skewing dramas “Madam Secretary” (#2t: 8.2/12 from 9-10 p.m.) and “The Good Wife” (#3: 7.0/11 from 10-11 p.m.). Pending news of a full season episode order for “Madam Secretary” is a given.
Full results for the “CSI” late start are not available, but the veteran forensic crime solver (which had its episode order cut from 22 to 18 in what could be its final season) did score a 5.4/10 in the 11 p.m. half.
With the Sunday competition more severe than usual, there was not much left for ABC, which opened with an encore of animated Disney XD series “Star Wars Rebels: Sparks of Rebellion” at a 1.6/ 3 in the overnights (#4) from 7-8 p.m. Next was “Once Upon a Time” at a fourth-place 4.2/ 6 from 8-9 p.m., which slipped by 11 percent from the 4.7/ 7 from one week earlier, followed by “Resurrection” at a series-low 3.1/ 4 from 9-10 p.m. and “Revenge” at a 3.4/ 6 (#4) at 10 p.m. Despite only scoring a 3.4, “Revenge” was still 42 percent above failed year-ago time period occupant “Betrayal” (2.4/ 4 on 10/27/13).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Source:
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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