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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Sunday 11/09/14 Metered Markets
Football Leads NBC to Victory
Household
Rating/Share
NBC 9.2/14
CBS 7.7/12
Fox 5.4/ 8
ABC 3.7/ 6
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 11/10/13:
Fox: +125, ABC: + 3, NBC: -10, CBS: -19
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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 Attractions:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS), “The Good Wife” (CBS)
-Tired:
“Revenge” (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Resurrection” (ABC), “Mulaney” (Fox)
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Ratings Breakdown:
It was by no means one of the higher rated football match-ups. But the Chicago Bears at the Green Bay Packers on “Sunday Night Football” kept NBC in the overnight winner’s circle, with an estimated 11.1 rating/18 share in households from 8:30-11:30 p.m. The peak half-hour was a 13.1/20 at 8:30 p.m. Earlier in the evening on NBC was pre-game “Football Night in America” at a 2.1/ 3 (#4) at 7 p.m., a 4.2/ 7 (#3) at 7:30 p.m. and an 8.4/13 at 8 p.m. (#2).
CBS, which aired as planned, remains a Sunday night attraction for older viewers. Granddaddy “60 Minutes” opened the evening with an 8.6/14 in the overnights from 7-8 p.m. And it led into “Madam Secretary,” which earned its full season renewal, at an 8.6/13 at 8.m., followed by “The Good Wife” (#2: 7.5/11) and “CSI” (#2: 5.9/10) from 9-11 p.m. If “CSI” does officially conclude this spring (the network trimmed the current season episode order from 22 to 18 installments), CBS will hopefully give it the finale it deserves.
Fox got a boost care of a half-hour football overrun (#1: 13.5/22 at 7 p.m.) into post-game “The OT” at 7:30 p.m. (#2: 7.2/12). And that lifted young adult demo favorite “The Simpsons” to a 4.4/ 7 at 8 p.m. (#3), which was 57 percent above the year-ago evening. With stronger lead-in support, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (#4: 3.0/ 4), “Family Guy” (#4: 2.9/ 5) and recent entry “Mulaney” (#4: 1.5/ 2) from 8:30-10 p.m. all increased from one week earlier (“Family Guy” was a repeat). But “Mulaney,” which had its episode order trimmed from 16 to 13, is just waiting for the exe to officially swing.
ABC, meanwhile, was at typical overnight household levels care of veteran “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (#3: 3.6/ 6), “Once Upon a Time” (#4: 4.3/ 6), “Resurrection” (#3: 3.2/ 5) and “Revenge” (#3: 3.8/ 6). While “Once Upon a Time” will resonate in the key young adult demos and “Revenge” remains an improvement over failed year-ago Sunday 10 p.m. time period occupant “Betrayal,” “Resurrection,” unfortunately, is unlikely to survive past this sophomore season. And if ABC does officially conclude it, let’s hope it does so by giving us answers to all the mysteries.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Football Leads NBC to Victory
Household
Rating/Share
NBC 9.2/14
CBS 7.7/12
Fox 5.4/ 8
ABC 3.7/ 6
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 11/10/13:
Fox: +125, ABC: + 3, NBC: -10, CBS: -19
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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 Attractions:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS), “The Good Wife” (CBS)
-Tired:
“Revenge” (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Resurrection” (ABC), “Mulaney” (Fox)
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Ratings Breakdown:
It was by no means one of the higher rated football match-ups. But the Chicago Bears at the Green Bay Packers on “Sunday Night Football” kept NBC in the overnight winner’s circle, with an estimated 11.1 rating/18 share in households from 8:30-11:30 p.m. The peak half-hour was a 13.1/20 at 8:30 p.m. Earlier in the evening on NBC was pre-game “Football Night in America” at a 2.1/ 3 (#4) at 7 p.m., a 4.2/ 7 (#3) at 7:30 p.m. and an 8.4/13 at 8 p.m. (#2).
CBS, which aired as planned, remains a Sunday night attraction for older viewers. Granddaddy “60 Minutes” opened the evening with an 8.6/14 in the overnights from 7-8 p.m. And it led into “Madam Secretary,” which earned its full season renewal, at an 8.6/13 at 8.m., followed by “The Good Wife” (#2: 7.5/11) and “CSI” (#2: 5.9/10) from 9-11 p.m. If “CSI” does officially conclude this spring (the network trimmed the current season episode order from 22 to 18 installments), CBS will hopefully give it the finale it deserves.
Fox got a boost care of a half-hour football overrun (#1: 13.5/22 at 7 p.m.) into post-game “The OT” at 7:30 p.m. (#2: 7.2/12). And that lifted young adult demo favorite “The Simpsons” to a 4.4/ 7 at 8 p.m. (#3), which was 57 percent above the year-ago evening. With stronger lead-in support, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (#4: 3.0/ 4), “Family Guy” (#4: 2.9/ 5) and recent entry “Mulaney” (#4: 1.5/ 2) from 8:30-10 p.m. all increased from one week earlier (“Family Guy” was a repeat). But “Mulaney,” which had its episode order trimmed from 16 to 13, is just waiting for the exe to officially swing.
ABC, meanwhile, was at typical overnight household levels care of veteran “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (#3: 3.6/ 6), “Once Upon a Time” (#4: 4.3/ 6), “Resurrection” (#3: 3.2/ 5) and “Revenge” (#3: 3.8/ 6). While “Once Upon a Time” will resonate in the key young adult demos and “Revenge” remains an improvement over failed year-ago Sunday 10 p.m. time period occupant “Betrayal,” “Resurrection,” unfortunately, is unlikely to survive past this sophomore season. And if ABC does officially conclude it, let’s hope it does so by giving us answers to all the mysteries.
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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