Today's Early Overnight Ratings
Top 25 Markets - 18-49
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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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Metered Market Thursday Ratings
Solid Winter Season Drama Enders on ABC
Thursday 11/20/14
Metered Market Results
Note: President Obama’s speech on immigration was carried locally on many affiliates across the country, which means that all overnight rating averages (by network and by series) are approximate.
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 7.2/11
CBS 5.9/ 9
Fox 2.9/ 4
NBC 2.6/ 4
CW 1.3/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 11/21/13:
ABC: +38, NBC: +13, CBS: -16, Fox: -17, CW: -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. These overnights are your first look at the ratings and a precursor to what could lie ahead. And we take into account additional benchmarks including the expected Live + Same Day demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence.
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-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Scandal” (ABC), “How To Get Away With Murder” (ABC)
-Fading”
“The Vampire Diaries” (CW)
-Losers:
“Bad Judge” (NBC), “A To Z” (NBC), “The McCarthys” (CBS), “Gracepoint” (Fox), “Reign” (CW), “Elementary” (CBS)
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Ratings Breakdown:
ABC dominated this atypical evening care of the winter season-finale episodes of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “How To Get Away With Murder.” But, keep in mind that all network and individual series results are approximate due to President Obama’s speech on immigration, which was carried locally on many affiliates across the country.
“Grey’s Anatomy” finished second in the household overnights (behind “The Big Bang Theory” and “Mom” on CBS), with a healthy 6.4 rating/10 share from 8-9 p.m. Comparably, that was a significant 146 percent above failed year-ago time period occupant “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” (2.5/ 4 on 11/21/13). And it led into a dominant 7.9/12 for “Scandal” at 9 p.m., which was 25 percent above “Grey’s Anatomy” on the year-ago evening (6.3/10). While moving any established series (particularly one as old as “Grey’s Anatomy”) is a risk, ABC should be commended for successfully doing so.
ABC’s freshman “How To Get Away With Murder,” meanwhile, held 91 percent of the 9:30 p.m. portion of “Scandal” (8.1/12) with a 7.4/12 at 10 p.m. Three winners on the alphabet net!
“The Big Bang Theory” on CBS, of course, was the top-rated show of the night with a 10.0/16 at 8 p.m. But there has been slippage year-to-year. And relocated “Mom” at 8:30 p.m. scored a 6.5/10, which inched past competing “Grey’s Anatomy” on ABC by one-tenth of a rating point with retention of 65 percent out of “Big Bang.” Comparably, this overnight retention is almost identical to now canceled “The Millers” one year earlier. Note to “Big Bang’s” Melissa Rauch: Last night’s episode would be a good one to send to the Emmy voters.
At 9 p.m. on CBS was the final season of inane “Two and a Half Men” at a second-place 5.7/ 9 in the overnights, followed by episode four of “The McCarthys” at a 4.5/ 7 at 9:30 p.m. (#2). Comparably, laugh-challenged “The McCarthys” slipped by 21 percent from lead-in “Two and a Half Men” and 20 percent from Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher in this time period on the year-ago evening (5.6/ 9 on 11/21/13). Last week, a 4.4 in the overnights for “The McCarthys” translated into a 1.4 rating/4 share for among adults 18-49, based on the fast affiliate data. And for CBS on a Thursday, consider that a “loser.”
Drama “Elementary” closed the night for CBS with a distant second-place 4.5/ 7 at 10 p.m., which should only translate into a 1.0 rating in the demo. Note to CBS: You need to fix Thursday from 9:30-11 p.m.
Elsewhere, the results were minimal beginning with Fox’s combination of “Bones” (#4: 3.4/ 5 at 8 p.m.), which should call it quits this spring while there is still some audience, and limited drama “Gracepoint” (#3t: 2.3/ 4 at 9 p.m.), which has just not resonated. Diluted “The Biggest Loser” on NBC (#4: 3.1/ 5 at 8 p.m.) perked up by 11 percent in the overnights week to week, but 9-10 p.m. lead-out sitcoms “Bad Judge” (#3t, 2.3/ 4) and “A To Z” (#4: series low 1.5/ 2) clearly earned their cancellation stripes. Soon-to-conclude “Parenthood,” meanwhile, scored a third-place 2.7/ 5 at 10 p.m., which is worthy of positive mention because of the double-digit overnight growth out of “A To Z.”
The CW capped off this third Thursday in November with its pairing of dramas “The Vampire Diaries” (#5: 1.6/ 2) and “Reign” (#5: 1.0/ 2), which slipped, on average, by 19 percent from the year-ago evening.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Solid Winter Season Drama Enders on ABC
Thursday 11/20/14
Metered Market Results
Note: President Obama’s speech on immigration was carried locally on many affiliates across the country, which means that all overnight rating averages (by network and by series) are approximate.
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 7.2/11
CBS 5.9/ 9
Fox 2.9/ 4
NBC 2.6/ 4
CW 1.3/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 11/21/13:
ABC: +38, NBC: +13, CBS: -16, Fox: -17, CW: -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. These overnights are your first look at the ratings and a precursor to what could lie ahead. And we take into account additional benchmarks including the expected Live + Same Day demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence.
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-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Scandal” (ABC), “How To Get Away With Murder” (ABC)
-Fading”
“The Vampire Diaries” (CW)
-Losers:
“Bad Judge” (NBC), “A To Z” (NBC), “The McCarthys” (CBS), “Gracepoint” (Fox), “Reign” (CW), “Elementary” (CBS)
———-
Ratings Breakdown:
ABC dominated this atypical evening care of the winter season-finale episodes of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “How To Get Away With Murder.” But, keep in mind that all network and individual series results are approximate due to President Obama’s speech on immigration, which was carried locally on many affiliates across the country.
“Grey’s Anatomy” finished second in the household overnights (behind “The Big Bang Theory” and “Mom” on CBS), with a healthy 6.4 rating/10 share from 8-9 p.m. Comparably, that was a significant 146 percent above failed year-ago time period occupant “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” (2.5/ 4 on 11/21/13). And it led into a dominant 7.9/12 for “Scandal” at 9 p.m., which was 25 percent above “Grey’s Anatomy” on the year-ago evening (6.3/10). While moving any established series (particularly one as old as “Grey’s Anatomy”) is a risk, ABC should be commended for successfully doing so.
ABC’s freshman “How To Get Away With Murder,” meanwhile, held 91 percent of the 9:30 p.m. portion of “Scandal” (8.1/12) with a 7.4/12 at 10 p.m. Three winners on the alphabet net!
“The Big Bang Theory” on CBS, of course, was the top-rated show of the night with a 10.0/16 at 8 p.m. But there has been slippage year-to-year. And relocated “Mom” at 8:30 p.m. scored a 6.5/10, which inched past competing “Grey’s Anatomy” on ABC by one-tenth of a rating point with retention of 65 percent out of “Big Bang.” Comparably, this overnight retention is almost identical to now canceled “The Millers” one year earlier. Note to “Big Bang’s” Melissa Rauch: Last night’s episode would be a good one to send to the Emmy voters.
At 9 p.m. on CBS was the final season of inane “Two and a Half Men” at a second-place 5.7/ 9 in the overnights, followed by episode four of “The McCarthys” at a 4.5/ 7 at 9:30 p.m. (#2). Comparably, laugh-challenged “The McCarthys” slipped by 21 percent from lead-in “Two and a Half Men” and 20 percent from Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher in this time period on the year-ago evening (5.6/ 9 on 11/21/13). Last week, a 4.4 in the overnights for “The McCarthys” translated into a 1.4 rating/4 share for among adults 18-49, based on the fast affiliate data. And for CBS on a Thursday, consider that a “loser.”
Drama “Elementary” closed the night for CBS with a distant second-place 4.5/ 7 at 10 p.m., which should only translate into a 1.0 rating in the demo. Note to CBS: You need to fix Thursday from 9:30-11 p.m.
Elsewhere, the results were minimal beginning with Fox’s combination of “Bones” (#4: 3.4/ 5 at 8 p.m.), which should call it quits this spring while there is still some audience, and limited drama “Gracepoint” (#3t: 2.3/ 4 at 9 p.m.), which has just not resonated. Diluted “The Biggest Loser” on NBC (#4: 3.1/ 5 at 8 p.m.) perked up by 11 percent in the overnights week to week, but 9-10 p.m. lead-out sitcoms “Bad Judge” (#3t, 2.3/ 4) and “A To Z” (#4: series low 1.5/ 2) clearly earned their cancellation stripes. Soon-to-conclude “Parenthood,” meanwhile, scored a third-place 2.7/ 5 at 10 p.m., which is worthy of positive mention because of the double-digit overnight growth out of “A To Z.”
The CW capped off this third Thursday in November with its pairing of dramas “The Vampire Diaries” (#5: 1.6/ 2) and “Reign” (#5: 1.0/ 2), which slipped, on average, by 19 percent from the year-ago evening.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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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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