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Metered Market Thursday Ratings
ABC Leads; Week Two of CBS’ “The McCarthys” a Weak Link
Thursday 11/06/14
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 6.8/11
CBS 6.1/10
Fox 2.9/ 5
NBC 2.5/ 4
CW 1.3/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 11/07/13:
ABC: +33, Fox: no change, CBS: – 9, CW: -19, NBC: -40
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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), “Mom” (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Scandal” (ABC), “How To Get Away With Murder” (ABC)
-Losers:
“The Biggest Loser” (NBC), “Bad Judge” (NBC), “A To Z” (NBC), “The McCarthys” (CBS), “Gracepoint” (Fox), “Reign” (CW), “Elementary” (CBS), “Parenthood” (NBC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Thursday remains a two-network race, with the “TGIT”-themed programming block on ABC outdelivering week two of CBS’ regularly scheduled line-up by 11 percent in the household overnights. Veteran “Grey’s Anatomy” opened on ABC with a second-place 6.3 rating/10 share from 8-9 p.m., followed by “Scandal” (#1: 7.5/12) and recently introduced “How To Get Away With Murder” (#1: 6.7/11) from 9-11 p.m. Combined, the three dramas were 33 percent above the year-ago evening (which included failed “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” at 8 p.m.).
“The Big Bang Theory” on CBS topped the night, of course, with a 10.5/17 in the 8 p.m. half-hour. And it led into a 6.8/10 (#1) for relocated “Mom” at 8:30 p.m., which was equal to year-ago occupant “The Millers” (and is a considerable improvement from its former performance Monday at 9:30 p.m. out of “Mike & Molly”).
In week two news, CBS sitcom “The McCarthys” slipped to a distant second-place 4.5/ 7 at 9:30 p.m., which was 18 percent below the 5.5/ 9 one week earlier and 20 percent below former time period occupant “Two and a Half Men” on the year-ago evening (5.6/ 9 on 11/07/13). That 5.5 in the overnights last week translated into 8.08 million viewers and a 1.7 rating/5 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data. So, you can expect a demo rating of only about a 1.4.
Comparably, overnight retention for “The McCarthys” out of “Two and a Half Men” (#2: 5.9/ 9) was also modest at 76 percent.
Drama “Elementary” closed the night for the Eye net with a second-place 4.6/ 8 at 10 p.m., which declined by 18 percent from the 5.6/10 on the year-ago evening and it trailed aforementioned “How To Get Away With Murder” on ABC by 33 percent. What CBS sees in “Elementary” remains a mystery.
Elsewhere, the results were minimal. Fox dipped by six percent in the overnights from one week earlier with its pairing of veteran “Bones” (#3: 3.6/ 6) and episode six of limited drama “Gracepoint” (#4: series low 2.1/ 3). And NBC could not compete with its line-up of relocated “The Biggest Loser” (#4: 2.7/ 4), which has not benefited anchoring Thursday, canceled sitcoms “Bad Judge” (#3: 2.5/ 4) and “A To Z” (#4: 1.9/ 3), and soon-to-conclude “Parenthood” (#3: 2.6/ 4).
The CW, meanwhile, got a slight boost with its pairing of dramas “The Vampire Diaries” (#5: 1.5/ 2) and “Reign” (#5: 1.0/ 2). But the two, on average, were still down by 19 percent from the year-ago evening.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
ABC Leads; Week Two of CBS’ “The McCarthys” a Weak Link
Thursday 11/06/14
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 6.8/11
CBS 6.1/10
Fox 2.9/ 5
NBC 2.5/ 4
CW 1.3/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 11/07/13:
ABC: +33, Fox: no change, CBS: – 9, CW: -19, NBC: -40
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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), “Mom” (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Scandal” (ABC), “How To Get Away With Murder” (ABC)
-Losers:
“The Biggest Loser” (NBC), “Bad Judge” (NBC), “A To Z” (NBC), “The McCarthys” (CBS), “Gracepoint” (Fox), “Reign” (CW), “Elementary” (CBS), “Parenthood” (NBC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Thursday remains a two-network race, with the “TGIT”-themed programming block on ABC outdelivering week two of CBS’ regularly scheduled line-up by 11 percent in the household overnights. Veteran “Grey’s Anatomy” opened on ABC with a second-place 6.3 rating/10 share from 8-9 p.m., followed by “Scandal” (#1: 7.5/12) and recently introduced “How To Get Away With Murder” (#1: 6.7/11) from 9-11 p.m. Combined, the three dramas were 33 percent above the year-ago evening (which included failed “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” at 8 p.m.).
“The Big Bang Theory” on CBS topped the night, of course, with a 10.5/17 in the 8 p.m. half-hour. And it led into a 6.8/10 (#1) for relocated “Mom” at 8:30 p.m., which was equal to year-ago occupant “The Millers” (and is a considerable improvement from its former performance Monday at 9:30 p.m. out of “Mike & Molly”).
In week two news, CBS sitcom “The McCarthys” slipped to a distant second-place 4.5/ 7 at 9:30 p.m., which was 18 percent below the 5.5/ 9 one week earlier and 20 percent below former time period occupant “Two and a Half Men” on the year-ago evening (5.6/ 9 on 11/07/13). That 5.5 in the overnights last week translated into 8.08 million viewers and a 1.7 rating/5 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data. So, you can expect a demo rating of only about a 1.4.
Comparably, overnight retention for “The McCarthys” out of “Two and a Half Men” (#2: 5.9/ 9) was also modest at 76 percent.
Drama “Elementary” closed the night for the Eye net with a second-place 4.6/ 8 at 10 p.m., which declined by 18 percent from the 5.6/10 on the year-ago evening and it trailed aforementioned “How To Get Away With Murder” on ABC by 33 percent. What CBS sees in “Elementary” remains a mystery.
Elsewhere, the results were minimal. Fox dipped by six percent in the overnights from one week earlier with its pairing of veteran “Bones” (#3: 3.6/ 6) and episode six of limited drama “Gracepoint” (#4: series low 2.1/ 3). And NBC could not compete with its line-up of relocated “The Biggest Loser” (#4: 2.7/ 4), which has not benefited anchoring Thursday, canceled sitcoms “Bad Judge” (#3: 2.5/ 4) and “A To Z” (#4: 1.9/ 3), and soon-to-conclude “Parenthood” (#3: 2.6/ 4).
The CW, meanwhile, got a slight boost with its pairing of dramas “The Vampire Diaries” (#5: 1.5/ 2) and “Reign” (#5: 1.0/ 2). But the two, on average, were still down 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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