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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Metered Market Tuesday Ratings
“Dancing With the Stars” Fall Season-Ender Ignites ABC
Tuesday 11/25/14
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 9.5/15
CBS 8.0/13
NBC 4.1/ 7
Fox 2.4/ 4
CW 2.0/ 3
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 11/26/13:
CW: +25, ABC and CBS: +14 each, Fox: + 4, NBC: -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. 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), “NCIS” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “The Flash” (CW), “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Marry Me” (NBC), “New Girl” (Fox), “About a Boy” (NBC), “The Mindy Project” (Fox)
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Ratings Breakdown:
ABC led this final Tuesday of the November 2015 sweeps thanks to the two-hour “Dancing With the Stars” fall season-ender, which averaged a 10.4 rating/17 share in the household overnights from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, this was nine percent above the 9.5/16 for the year-ago fall season-finale, and that translated into 14.75 million viewers and a 2.4 rating/7 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data. Congratulations, Alfonso Ribeiro!
Earlier in the evening on ABC was one-hour “Dancing With the Stars” special, “Road to the Finals”, at a second-place 7.8/12 from 8-9 p.m., which lifted the time period to a season-high. Results for the evening among adults 18-49 (and other key young adult demos) could be neck-and-neck between ABC and NBC. Stay tuned.
Second overall for the night in the overnights was normally dominant CBS with its combination of “NCIS” (#1: 9.8/16), spin-off “NCIS: New Orleans” (#2: 8.5/13), which fits like a glove as expected, and “Person of Interest” (#2: 5.9/10), which held only 70 percent of the 9:30 p.m. portion of “NCIS: New Orleans” (8.4/13).
Over at NBC, “The Voice” dipped by 13 percent from one week earlier with a still potent 6.2/10 (#3) from 8-9 p.m. But 9-10 p.m. Peacock net sitcoms “Marry Me” (#3: 2.5/ 4) and “About a Boy” (#3: 2.2/ 3) both sunk to series lows opposite the increased competition from ABC. “Chicago Fire” perked up to a 3.9/ 7 (#3) from 10-11 p.m., which was a hefty 77 percent above lead-in “About a Boy.” But that was also below average against “Dancing With the Stars.”
Elsewhere, “The Flash” on The CW remains the real deal at a 2.6/ 4 from 8-9 p.m., which was 53 percent above the 1.7/ 3 in the overnights for “The Originals” on the year-ago evening. And it led into a typical 1.5/2 for “Supernatural” at 9 p.m. In other words, The CW was the least impacted opposite “Dancing With the Stars.”
On Fox, demo friendly “MasterChef Junior” dipped by 10 percent week-to-week in the overnights, with a 2.9/ 4 at 8 p.m. And that led into lackluster fourth-place results for 9-10 p.m. sitcoms “New Girl” (2.1/ 3) and “The Mindy Project” (1.7/ 3), which is likely to return next season because more episodes are needed for off-network. Comedies, unfortunately, are just not resonating on any network on Tuesday once again this season.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
“Dancing With the Stars” Fall Season-Ender Ignites ABC
Tuesday 11/25/14
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 9.5/15
CBS 8.0/13
NBC 4.1/ 7
Fox 2.4/ 4
CW 2.0/ 3
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 11/26/13:
CW: +25, ABC and CBS: +14 each, Fox: + 4, NBC: -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. 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), “NCIS” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “The Flash” (CW), “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Marry Me” (NBC), “New Girl” (Fox), “About a Boy” (NBC), “The Mindy Project” (Fox)
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Ratings Breakdown:
ABC led this final Tuesday of the November 2015 sweeps thanks to the two-hour “Dancing With the Stars” fall season-ender, which averaged a 10.4 rating/17 share in the household overnights from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, this was nine percent above the 9.5/16 for the year-ago fall season-finale, and that translated into 14.75 million viewers and a 2.4 rating/7 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data. Congratulations, Alfonso Ribeiro!
Earlier in the evening on ABC was one-hour “Dancing With the Stars” special, “Road to the Finals”, at a second-place 7.8/12 from 8-9 p.m., which lifted the time period to a season-high. Results for the evening among adults 18-49 (and other key young adult demos) could be neck-and-neck between ABC and NBC. Stay tuned.
Second overall for the night in the overnights was normally dominant CBS with its combination of “NCIS” (#1: 9.8/16), spin-off “NCIS: New Orleans” (#2: 8.5/13), which fits like a glove as expected, and “Person of Interest” (#2: 5.9/10), which held only 70 percent of the 9:30 p.m. portion of “NCIS: New Orleans” (8.4/13).
Over at NBC, “The Voice” dipped by 13 percent from one week earlier with a still potent 6.2/10 (#3) from 8-9 p.m. But 9-10 p.m. Peacock net sitcoms “Marry Me” (#3: 2.5/ 4) and “About a Boy” (#3: 2.2/ 3) both sunk to series lows opposite the increased competition from ABC. “Chicago Fire” perked up to a 3.9/ 7 (#3) from 10-11 p.m., which was a hefty 77 percent above lead-in “About a Boy.” But that was also below average against “Dancing With the Stars.”
Elsewhere, “The Flash” on The CW remains the real deal at a 2.6/ 4 from 8-9 p.m., which was 53 percent above the 1.7/ 3 in the overnights for “The Originals” on the year-ago evening. And it led into a typical 1.5/2 for “Supernatural” at 9 p.m. In other words, The CW was the least impacted opposite “Dancing With the Stars.”
On Fox, demo friendly “MasterChef Junior” dipped by 10 percent week-to-week in the overnights, with a 2.9/ 4 at 8 p.m. And that led into lackluster fourth-place results for 9-10 p.m. sitcoms “New Girl” (2.1/ 3) and “The Mindy Project” (1.7/ 3), which is likely to return next season because more episodes are needed for off-network. Comedies, unfortunately, are just not resonating on any network on Tuesday once again this season.
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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