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 Monday Ratings
ABC Wins; NBC Poised for More Young Adult Demo Victory
Monday 11/03/14
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 7.6/12
NBC 7.5/11
CBS 6.0/ 9
Fox 4.0/ 6
CW 1.0/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 11/04/13:
CBS and CW: +25 each, NBC: + 3, ABC and Fox: -13 each
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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), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS) “The Blacklist” (NBC)
-Honorable Mention:
“Gotham” (Fox)
-Improved:
“Countdown to the CMA Awards: 15 Songs That Changed Country Music With Robin Roberts” (ABC)
-Worthy of a Larger Audience:
“Jane the Virgin” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
ABC inched past NBC for overnight dominance, with a 0.1 household rating point advantage. But the home of “The Voice” and “The Blacklist” remains the network to beat in adults 18-49 (and all the key young adult demos). And CBS and The CW are the most improved (despite only a 1.0 rating/1 share in the household overnights, on average, for The CW).
ABC’s veteran “Dancing with the Stars” led the 8-10 p.m. bock, with a 9.0 rating/13 share in households (and erosion of just seven percent from the 9.7/15 on the year-ago evening). And it led into 10 p.m. special, “Countdown to the CMA Awards: 15 Songs That Changed Country Music With Robin Roberts” at a third-place 4.8/ 8 at 10 p.m., which was 19 percent below the 5.9/10 for regularly scheduled “Castle” one week earlier. Compared to last fall, however, that 4.8 in the overnights was a hefty 92 percent above the 2.5/ 4 for “In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Countdown to the CMA Awards” on Tuesday 11/05/13 (at 10 p.m. ET).
On NBC, two-hours of demo-dominant “The Voice” scored a healthy 8.1/12 from 8-10 p.m. (#2), which was seven percent above the 7.6/11 on the year-ago evening. And it led into “The Blacklist” at a 6.3/11 at 10 p.m., which will win the hour in the key demos but trailed competing “NCIS: Los Angeles” on CBS (#1: 6.4/11) by one-tenth of a rating point. Worth positively noting for “NCIS: Los Angeles” was overnight growth of 94 percent from failed year-ago time period occupant “Hostages” (3.3/ 6 on 11/04/13).
Earlier in the evening on CBS were sitcoms “2 Broke Girls” (#3: 5.2/ 8 at 8 p.m.) and relocated “The Millers” (#3: 4.4/ 6 at 9:30 p.m.), which declined from year-ago time period occupants “How I Met Your Mother” (5.6/ 8 on 11/04/13) and “2 Broke Girls” (5.4/ 8) by 7 percent and 19 percent, respectively. While 85 percent overnight retention for “The Millers” out of “2 Broke Girls” was better than the 79 percent last week, the question on everyone’s minds has to be why Sean Hayes is suddenly on this sitcom.
Also on CBS: Episode seven of full season-renewed drama “Scorpion” did drop to a series-low 6.7/10 in the overnights from 9-10 p.m. But that 6.7 was still 52 percent above lead-in “The Millers” and 22 percent above year-ago time period occupants “Mike & Molly” (6.1/ 9 on 11/04/13 – season premiere) and “Mom” (5.0/ 8). CBS took a gamble by breaking up the perennial two-hour Monday sitcom block and it has paid off.
Elsewhere, Fox increased by eight percent from one week earlier with its demo friendly combination of dramas “Gotham” (#4: 4.8/ 7), which also earned its full season-renewal stripes, and “Sleepy Hollow” (#4: 3.1/ 5). And The CW was flat from one week earlier (but up 25 percent form the year-ago evening) with its pairing of sophomore “The Originals” (#5: 1.0/ 2) and creative hit “Jane the Virgin” (#5: 0.9/ 1), which has also received a full season pick-up. While a 0.9 in the overnights last week only translated into a 0.4/ 1 among adults 18-49 for “Jane the Virgin” out of a 0.6/ 2 in the demo for “The Originals,” it was still 29 percent above year-ago occupant “Beauty and the Beast” in the overnights (0.7/ 1 on 11/04/13). Note to the Emmy voters: don’t forget to include Gina Rodriguez on the ballot.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
ABC Wins; NBC Poised for More Young Adult Demo Victory
Monday 11/03/14
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 7.6/12
NBC 7.5/11
CBS 6.0/ 9
Fox 4.0/ 6
CW 1.0/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 11/04/13:
CBS and CW: +25 each, NBC: + 3, ABC and Fox: -13 each
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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), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS) “The Blacklist” (NBC)
-Honorable Mention:
“Gotham” (Fox)
-Improved:
“Countdown to the CMA Awards: 15 Songs That Changed Country Music With Robin Roberts” (ABC)
-Worthy of a Larger Audience:
“Jane the Virgin” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
ABC inched past NBC for overnight dominance, with a 0.1 household rating point advantage. But the home of “The Voice” and “The Blacklist” remains the network to beat in adults 18-49 (and all the key young adult demos). And CBS and The CW are the most improved (despite only a 1.0 rating/1 share in the household overnights, on average, for The CW).
ABC’s veteran “Dancing with the Stars” led the 8-10 p.m. bock, with a 9.0 rating/13 share in households (and erosion of just seven percent from the 9.7/15 on the year-ago evening). And it led into 10 p.m. special, “Countdown to the CMA Awards: 15 Songs That Changed Country Music With Robin Roberts” at a third-place 4.8/ 8 at 10 p.m., which was 19 percent below the 5.9/10 for regularly scheduled “Castle” one week earlier. Compared to last fall, however, that 4.8 in the overnights was a hefty 92 percent above the 2.5/ 4 for “In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Countdown to the CMA Awards” on Tuesday 11/05/13 (at 10 p.m. ET).
On NBC, two-hours of demo-dominant “The Voice” scored a healthy 8.1/12 from 8-10 p.m. (#2), which was seven percent above the 7.6/11 on the year-ago evening. And it led into “The Blacklist” at a 6.3/11 at 10 p.m., which will win the hour in the key demos but trailed competing “NCIS: Los Angeles” on CBS (#1: 6.4/11) by one-tenth of a rating point. Worth positively noting for “NCIS: Los Angeles” was overnight growth of 94 percent from failed year-ago time period occupant “Hostages” (3.3/ 6 on 11/04/13).
Earlier in the evening on CBS were sitcoms “2 Broke Girls” (#3: 5.2/ 8 at 8 p.m.) and relocated “The Millers” (#3: 4.4/ 6 at 9:30 p.m.), which declined from year-ago time period occupants “How I Met Your Mother” (5.6/ 8 on 11/04/13) and “2 Broke Girls” (5.4/ 8) by 7 percent and 19 percent, respectively. While 85 percent overnight retention for “The Millers” out of “2 Broke Girls” was better than the 79 percent last week, the question on everyone’s minds has to be why Sean Hayes is suddenly on this sitcom.
Also on CBS: Episode seven of full season-renewed drama “Scorpion” did drop to a series-low 6.7/10 in the overnights from 9-10 p.m. But that 6.7 was still 52 percent above lead-in “The Millers” and 22 percent above year-ago time period occupants “Mike & Molly” (6.1/ 9 on 11/04/13 – season premiere) and “Mom” (5.0/ 8). CBS took a gamble by breaking up the perennial two-hour Monday sitcom block and it has paid off.
Elsewhere, Fox increased by eight percent from one week earlier with its demo friendly combination of dramas “Gotham” (#4: 4.8/ 7), which also earned its full season-renewal stripes, and “Sleepy Hollow” (#4: 3.1/ 5). And The CW was flat from one week earlier (but up 25 percent form the year-ago evening) with its pairing of sophomore “The Originals” (#5: 1.0/ 2) and creative hit “Jane the Virgin” (#5: 0.9/ 1), which has also received a full season pick-up. While a 0.9 in the overnights last week only translated into a 0.4/ 1 among adults 18-49 for “Jane the Virgin” out of a 0.6/ 2 in the demo for “The Originals,” it was still 29 percent above year-ago occupant “Beauty and the Beast” in the overnights (0.7/ 1 on 11/04/13). Note to the Emmy voters: don’t forget to include Gina Rodriguez on the ballot.
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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