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 Wednesday Ratings
Clean Sweep for “The CMA AWARDS” on ABC
Wednesday 11/05/14
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 9.7/15
CBS 5.6/ 9
NBC 4.9/ 8
Fox 2.5/ 4
CW 1.6/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 11/06/13:
NBC: +29, ABC: no change, CW: – 6, CBS: -11, Fox: -29
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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.
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-Winners:
“The 48th Annual CMA Awards” (ABC)
-Honorable Mention:
“Survivor” (CBS), “The Mysteries of Laura” (NBC), “Criminal Minds” (CBS), “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Red Band Society” (Fox), “The 100” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy overnight victory for ABC care of “The 48th Annual CMA Awards,” hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. The annual three-hour extravaganza averaged a dominant 9.7 rating/15 share in households from 8-11 p.m., peaking in the 9 p.m. half-hour at a 10.3/16. Comparably, this was equal to the year-ago telecast (on 11/06/13), and that translated into 16.76 million viewers and a 4.7 rating/13 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data.
Over at CBS, veteran “Survivor” (#2: 5.5/ 9) and “Criminal Minds” (#2: 6.4/10) were close to typical recent overnight levels, which remain down by minor percentages from the year-ago evening. While I will not give anything away on “Survivor” last night, the person who did ultimately depart will go down in the “Survivor” history books as one of the most cowardly competitors.
The Eye net’s freshman “Stalker,” which recently snagged a full season renewal, capped off the night with a second-place 4.8/ 8 at 10 p.m., which was 24 percent below former time period occupant “CSI” on the year-ago evening (6.3/11 on 11/06/13). While patience could always be a virtue, there are other more worthy CBS dramas waiting in the wings (“Battle Creek,” for example) that could eventually step in.
Elsewhere, NBC was the most-improved network on Wednesday once again care of its combination of recent older-skewing entry “The Mysteries of Laura” (#3: 5.3/ 8), veteran “Law & Order: SVU” (#3: 5.0/ 8) and sophomore “Chicago PD” (#3: 4.3/ 7). Of positive note for “The Mysteries of Laura” was overnight growth of 51 percent from year-ago occupant “Revolution” (3.5/ 6 on 11/06/13). And “SVU,” now in season 16, matched its top overnight rating in four weeks despite facing “The CMA Awards.”
On Fox, diluted “Hell’s Kitchen” (#4: 2.9/ 5) led into a soft 2.2/ 3 (#4) for recent entry “Red Band Society” at 9 p.m. And the two, on average, dropped by 27 percent in the overnights from the year-ago two-hour edition of former time period occupant “The X Factor” (3.5/ 6 on 11/06/13). Sophomore “The 100” (#5: 1.1/ 2) on The CW, meanwhile, remained problematic with overnight retention out of “Arrow” (#5: 2.1/ 3) of only 52 percent.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Clean Sweep for “The CMA AWARDS” on ABC
Wednesday 11/05/14
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 9.7/15
CBS 5.6/ 9
NBC 4.9/ 8
Fox 2.5/ 4
CW 1.6/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 11/06/13:
NBC: +29, ABC: no change, CW: – 6, CBS: -11, Fox: -29
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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.
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-Winners:
“The 48th Annual CMA Awards” (ABC)
-Honorable Mention:
“Survivor” (CBS), “The Mysteries of Laura” (NBC), “Criminal Minds” (CBS), “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Red Band Society” (Fox), “The 100” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy overnight victory for ABC care of “The 48th Annual CMA Awards,” hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. The annual three-hour extravaganza averaged a dominant 9.7 rating/15 share in households from 8-11 p.m., peaking in the 9 p.m. half-hour at a 10.3/16. Comparably, this was equal to the year-ago telecast (on 11/06/13), and that translated into 16.76 million viewers and a 4.7 rating/13 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data.
Over at CBS, veteran “Survivor” (#2: 5.5/ 9) and “Criminal Minds” (#2: 6.4/10) were close to typical recent overnight levels, which remain down by minor percentages from the year-ago evening. While I will not give anything away on “Survivor” last night, the person who did ultimately depart will go down in the “Survivor” history books as one of the most cowardly competitors.
The Eye net’s freshman “Stalker,” which recently snagged a full season renewal, capped off the night with a second-place 4.8/ 8 at 10 p.m., which was 24 percent below former time period occupant “CSI” on the year-ago evening (6.3/11 on 11/06/13). While patience could always be a virtue, there are other more worthy CBS dramas waiting in the wings (“Battle Creek,” for example) that could eventually step in.
Elsewhere, NBC was the most-improved network on Wednesday once again care of its combination of recent older-skewing entry “The Mysteries of Laura” (#3: 5.3/ 8), veteran “Law & Order: SVU” (#3: 5.0/ 8) and sophomore “Chicago PD” (#3: 4.3/ 7). Of positive note for “The Mysteries of Laura” was overnight growth of 51 percent from year-ago occupant “Revolution” (3.5/ 6 on 11/06/13). And “SVU,” now in season 16, matched its top overnight rating in four weeks despite facing “The CMA Awards.”
On Fox, diluted “Hell’s Kitchen” (#4: 2.9/ 5) led into a soft 2.2/ 3 (#4) for recent entry “Red Band Society” at 9 p.m. And the two, on average, dropped by 27 percent in the overnights from the year-ago two-hour edition of former time period occupant “The X Factor” (3.5/ 6 on 11/06/13). Sophomore “The 100” (#5: 1.1/ 2) on The CW, meanwhile, remained problematic with overnight retention out of “Arrow” (#5: 2.1/ 3) of only 52 percent.
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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