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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 Wednesday Ratings
“Survivor” Season-Ender Leads CBS to Victory
Wednesday 12/17/14
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 5.5/ 9
NBC 4.3/ 7
ABC 3.4/ 6
Fox 2.8/ 4
CW 1.2/ 2
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 12/18/13:
CBS: +41, NBC: +23, CW: no change, Fox: -28, ABC: -32
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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:
“Survivor” (CBS), “Michael Buble’s Christmas in New York” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The 100” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
CBS got over the so-called Wednesday “hump” in winning overnight fashion care of the two-hour fall season-finale of “Survivor: San Juan del Sur” (which traditionally airs on Sunday) at a 5.8 rating/9 share in households. Comparably, this was only six percent below the 6.2/10 for the fall season-ender one year earlier (6.2/10 on Sunday 12/15/13), and that 6.2 overnight rating translated into 10.19 million viewers and a 2.6 rating/7 share among adults 18-49 (based on the Live Plus Same Day data). Unlike other veteran series of any kind losing typical steam in later seasons, this consistency for “Survivor” is unprecedented.
Airing out of the “Survivor” finale was the live reunion show (which included the last few minutes of the season-finale) at a dominant 5.0/ 8 from 10-11 p.m.
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read any further if you don’t want to know who won. Speaking as the ultimate fan of “Survivor,” this was not the best of seasons. But bold and strategic moves by Natalie in recent weeks (including saving Jaclyn in place of Baylor) resulted in the absolute right person winning. And Reed’s long soliloquy comparing Missy to a wicked stepmother is now second only to Sue Hawk’s infamous rant against Richard Hatch and Kelly Wigglesworth in the first season.
The night’s second fall season-finale was veteran “Hell’s Kitchen” on Fox, which did not impress at a 2.8/ 5 from 8-10 p.m. While Fox needed to utilize two Gordon Ramsay series this fall (to fill the net’s weak line-up, no doubt), a better use is one show at a time.
Over at NBC, annual holiday reality/competition “The Sing-Off” returned as a one-night event with a 3.8/ 6 in the household overnights from 9-11 p.m., peaking in the 9 p.m. half-hour at a second-place 4.3/ 7. Comparably, this was on par with the 8-10 p.m. telecast on the year-ago evening (which translated into 5.49 million viewers and a 1.6/ 5 among adults 18-49, based on the Live Plus Same Day data).
Earlier in the evening on the Peacock net was holiday special “Michael Buble’s Christmas in New York” at a second-place 5.4/ 9 from 8-9 p.m., which was a hefty 69 percent above the 3.2/ 6 on the year-ago evening for Buble’s first Christmas special (which aired at 10 p.m. out of “The Sing-Off”).
Elsewhere, third-place ABC populated the evening with encore telecasts of “The Middle” (#3: 3.9/ 6), “The Goldbergs” (#3: 3.4/ 5), “Modern Family” (#3: 4.2/ 7) and three episodes of freshman “Black-ish,” which averaged a 3.0/ 5 from 9:30-11 p.m. And The CW aired a repeat of special “Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown” (#5: 1.3/ 2) into weak sophomore entry “The 100” (#5: 1.0/ 2).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
“Survivor” Season-Ender Leads CBS to Victory
Wednesday 12/17/14
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 5.5/ 9
NBC 4.3/ 7
ABC 3.4/ 6
Fox 2.8/ 4
CW 1.2/ 2
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 12/18/13:
CBS: +41, NBC: +23, CW: no change, Fox: -28, ABC: -32
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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:
“Survivor” (CBS), “Michael Buble’s Christmas in New York” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The 100” (CW)
———-
Ratings Breakdown:
CBS got over the so-called Wednesday “hump” in winning overnight fashion care of the two-hour fall season-finale of “Survivor: San Juan del Sur” (which traditionally airs on Sunday) at a 5.8 rating/9 share in households. Comparably, this was only six percent below the 6.2/10 for the fall season-ender one year earlier (6.2/10 on Sunday 12/15/13), and that 6.2 overnight rating translated into 10.19 million viewers and a 2.6 rating/7 share among adults 18-49 (based on the Live Plus Same Day data). Unlike other veteran series of any kind losing typical steam in later seasons, this consistency for “Survivor” is unprecedented.
Airing out of the “Survivor” finale was the live reunion show (which included the last few minutes of the season-finale) at a dominant 5.0/ 8 from 10-11 p.m.
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read any further if you don’t want to know who won. Speaking as the ultimate fan of “Survivor,” this was not the best of seasons. But bold and strategic moves by Natalie in recent weeks (including saving Jaclyn in place of Baylor) resulted in the absolute right person winning. And Reed’s long soliloquy comparing Missy to a wicked stepmother is now second only to Sue Hawk’s infamous rant against Richard Hatch and Kelly Wigglesworth in the first season.
The night’s second fall season-finale was veteran “Hell’s Kitchen” on Fox, which did not impress at a 2.8/ 5 from 8-10 p.m. While Fox needed to utilize two Gordon Ramsay series this fall (to fill the net’s weak line-up, no doubt), a better use is one show at a time.
Over at NBC, annual holiday reality/competition “The Sing-Off” returned as a one-night event with a 3.8/ 6 in the household overnights from 9-11 p.m., peaking in the 9 p.m. half-hour at a second-place 4.3/ 7. Comparably, this was on par with the 8-10 p.m. telecast on the year-ago evening (which translated into 5.49 million viewers and a 1.6/ 5 among adults 18-49, based on the Live Plus Same Day data).
Earlier in the evening on the Peacock net was holiday special “Michael Buble’s Christmas in New York” at a second-place 5.4/ 9 from 8-9 p.m., which was a hefty 69 percent above the 3.2/ 6 on the year-ago evening for Buble’s first Christmas special (which aired at 10 p.m. out of “The Sing-Off”).
Elsewhere, third-place ABC populated the evening with encore telecasts of “The Middle” (#3: 3.9/ 6), “The Goldbergs” (#3: 3.4/ 5), “Modern Family” (#3: 4.2/ 7) and three episodes of freshman “Black-ish,” which averaged a 3.0/ 5 from 9:30-11 p.m. And The CW aired a repeat of special “Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown” (#5: 1.3/ 2) into weak sophomore entry “The 100” (#5: 1.0/ 2).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
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Next, if available, we will post the Top 25 Market 18-49 Ratings to give you a rough idea of the ratings to following.
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