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Metered Market Monday Ratings
Significant Losses for Week Two of NBC’s “State of Affairs”
Monday 11/24/14
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 9.0/14
CBS 5.9/ 9
NBC 5.5/ 8
Fox 3.6/ 5
CW 1.0/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 11/25/13:
CBS: +34, CW: +11, ABC: + 1, Fox: -16, NBC: -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 other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence.
-Winners:
“Dancing With the Stars” (ABC), “The Voice” (NBC), “Scorpion” (CBS), “Castle” (ABC)
-Honorable Mention:
“The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS), “Gotham” (Fox), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS)
-Fading:
“Sleepy Hollow” (Fox)
-Modest:
“The Originals” (CW)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Jane the Virgin” (CW), “State of Affairs” (NBC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Note: The overnight network averages and the individual series results are estimated due to news break-ins for coverage of the Ferguson decision. WCBS in New York, in addition, carried the Jets/Buffalo Bills NFL Football match-up.
Keeping in mind that everything is approximate, two-hours of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC topped the night with a 9.7 rating/15 share in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m., peaking in the 9:30 p.m. half-hour at a 10.1/15. Comparably, this was 39 percent above competing “The Voice” on NBC (7.0/10), but it won’t be enough to top the singing competition in the key young adult demographics. “Dancing With the Stars” concludes this fall edition tonight.
In week two news (again, this is approximate), NBC drama “State of Affairs” dropped by a hefty 33 percent week-to-week with a third-place 4.0/ 6 in the overnights at 10 p.m. Comparably, this was 39 percent below year-ago time period occupant “The Blacklist” (6.6/11 on 11/25/13). Retention for “State of Affairs” out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of “The Voice” (6.2/ 9) was only 65 percent. And “State of Affairs” trailed competing “Castle” on ABC (7.2/11) and “NCIS: Los Angeles” on CBS (6.1/10) by a significant 44 percent and 34 percent, respectively. Note to NBC: You may want to rethink moving “The Blacklist” into the Thursday 9 p.m. hour in February.
On CBS, an encore of “The Big Bang Theory” lifted the 8:30 p.m. half-hour to a third-place 4.8/ 7, which held 94 percent of the “2 Broke Girls” lead-in (#3: 5.1/ 8 at 8 p.m.). Comparably, this was 20 percent above the series-finale of “The Millers” one week earlier (4.0/ 6 on Nov. 17). Freshman drama “Scorpion,” meanwhile, perked up to a second-place 6.5/ 9 in the overnights from 9-10 p.m., which was 35 percent above the “Big Bang” lead-in encore and 30 percent above “Mike & Molly” (5.4/ 8) and “Mom” (4.6/ 7) on the year-ago evening.
Elsewhere, it was more of the same. “Gotham” on Fox (#4: 4.4/ 6 at 8 p.m.) remains a solid entry in the key demos, while lead-out “Sleepy Hollow” (#4: 2.7/ 4 at 9 p.m.) dropped by 36 percent from the year-ago evening. And another sluggish 0.9/ 1 in the overnights at 9 p.m. for recent CW entry “Jane the Virgin” is a true shame given the unique content. “The Originals” opened the night for The CW with a 1.1/ 2 at 8 p.m., which was 10 percent above year-ago occupant “Hart of Dixie” (1.0/ 2 on 11/25/13). “Jane the Virgin,” meanwhile, was still 29 percent above “Beauty and the Beast” one year earlier (0.7/ 1).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Significant Losses for Week Two of NBC’s “State of Affairs”
Monday 11/24/14
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 9.0/14
CBS 5.9/ 9
NBC 5.5/ 8
Fox 3.6/ 5
CW 1.0/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 11/25/13:
CBS: +34, CW: +11, ABC: + 1, Fox: -16, NBC: -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 other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence.
-Winners:
“Dancing With the Stars” (ABC), “The Voice” (NBC), “Scorpion” (CBS), “Castle” (ABC)
-Honorable Mention:
“The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS), “Gotham” (Fox), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS)
-Fading:
“Sleepy Hollow” (Fox)
-Modest:
“The Originals” (CW)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Jane the Virgin” (CW), “State of Affairs” (NBC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Note: The overnight network averages and the individual series results are estimated due to news break-ins for coverage of the Ferguson decision. WCBS in New York, in addition, carried the Jets/Buffalo Bills NFL Football match-up.
Keeping in mind that everything is approximate, two-hours of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC topped the night with a 9.7 rating/15 share in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m., peaking in the 9:30 p.m. half-hour at a 10.1/15. Comparably, this was 39 percent above competing “The Voice” on NBC (7.0/10), but it won’t be enough to top the singing competition in the key young adult demographics. “Dancing With the Stars” concludes this fall edition tonight.
In week two news (again, this is approximate), NBC drama “State of Affairs” dropped by a hefty 33 percent week-to-week with a third-place 4.0/ 6 in the overnights at 10 p.m. Comparably, this was 39 percent below year-ago time period occupant “The Blacklist” (6.6/11 on 11/25/13). Retention for “State of Affairs” out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of “The Voice” (6.2/ 9) was only 65 percent. And “State of Affairs” trailed competing “Castle” on ABC (7.2/11) and “NCIS: Los Angeles” on CBS (6.1/10) by a significant 44 percent and 34 percent, respectively. Note to NBC: You may want to rethink moving “The Blacklist” into the Thursday 9 p.m. hour in February.
On CBS, an encore of “The Big Bang Theory” lifted the 8:30 p.m. half-hour to a third-place 4.8/ 7, which held 94 percent of the “2 Broke Girls” lead-in (#3: 5.1/ 8 at 8 p.m.). Comparably, this was 20 percent above the series-finale of “The Millers” one week earlier (4.0/ 6 on Nov. 17). Freshman drama “Scorpion,” meanwhile, perked up to a second-place 6.5/ 9 in the overnights from 9-10 p.m., which was 35 percent above the “Big Bang” lead-in encore and 30 percent above “Mike & Molly” (5.4/ 8) and “Mom” (4.6/ 7) on the year-ago evening.
Elsewhere, it was more of the same. “Gotham” on Fox (#4: 4.4/ 6 at 8 p.m.) remains a solid entry in the key demos, while lead-out “Sleepy Hollow” (#4: 2.7/ 4 at 9 p.m.) dropped by 36 percent from the year-ago evening. And another sluggish 0.9/ 1 in the overnights at 9 p.m. for recent CW entry “Jane the Virgin” is a true shame given the unique content. “The Originals” opened the night for The CW with a 1.1/ 2 at 8 p.m., which was 10 percent above year-ago occupant “Hart of Dixie” (1.0/ 2 on 11/25/13). “Jane the Virgin,” meanwhile, was still 29 percent above “Beauty and the Beast” one year earlier (0.7/ 1).
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.
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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