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)
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 Tuesday Ratings
Quartet of Sitcoms Continue to Lag
Tuesday 12/02/14
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 6.2/10
NBC 5.0/ 8
ABC 3.8/ 6
Fox 2.7/ 4
CW 2.4/ 4
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 12/03/13:
CW: +50, ABC: +41, Fox: +35, CBS: -13, NBC: -14
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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:
“The Voice” (NBC), “NCIS” R (CBS), “The Flash” (CW), “NCIS: New Orleans” R (CBS), “Chicago Fire” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Marry Me” (NBC), “New Girl” (Fox), “About a Boy” (NBC), “The Mindy Project” (Fox), “Forever” (ABC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
CBS was still the top Tuesday overnight draw despite airing repeats of “NCIS” (#1 for the night: 7.4 rating/11 share), spin-off “NCIS: New Orleans” (#1: 6.4/10) and “Person of Interest” (#2: 4.7/ 8). But a 7.2/11 in the household overnights for “The Voice” from 8-9 p.m. should be more than enough to lead NBC to victory for the night in adults 18-49 (and all the key young adult demographics).
Unfortunately, the solid lead-in support from “The Voice” continues to be wasted on 9-10 p.m. lead-out sitcoms “Marry Me” (#3: 3.2/ 5) and sophomore “About a Boy” (#3: 2.9/ 4). While we certainly understand there is much more than the overnights, household retention of just 44 percent for “Marry Me” out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of “The Voice” (7.3/11) just does not cut it. Question for NBC: Do you really need those five additional episodes of “Marry Me”?
Opposite the aforementioned encore telecast of “Person of Interest,” NBC’s “Chicago Fire” led the 10 p.m. hour with a 4.9/ 8, which was 69 percent above lead-in “About a Boy” and 26 percent above the 3.9/ 6 one week earlier.
On ABC, original animated special “Toy Story That Time Forgot” finished third in the household overnights with a 4.2/ 7 in the 8 p.m. half-hour, which should resonate in the key demos. And it led into the annual airing of 1965 special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at a 4.0/ 6 at 8:30 p.m. (#3). Next on the alphabet net was sophomore “Marvel’s Agent of SHIELD” at a third-place 3.7/ 6 at 9 p.m., which should also get some mileage demographically. But a similar 3.5/ 6 (#3) for freshman drama “Forever” at 10 p.m. could ultimately dip in the vicinity of 33 percent among adults 18-49 out of “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD.”
On The CW, freshman hit “The Flash” built by 15 percent week-to-week with a 3.0/ 5 in the overnights at 8 p.m. Comparably, that was 76 percent above year-ago occupant “The Originals” (1.7/ 3 on 12/03/13). And it led into a 1.7/ 2 (#5) for “Supernatural” at 9 p.m., which increased by 13 percent from both last week and the year-ago telecast. If it is financially feasible, “Supernatural” could very well be back for an 11th season in 2015-16.
Over at Fox, “MasterChef Junior” scored a 3.3/ 5 (#4) in the overnights from 8-9 p.m., which was 35 percent, on average, above year-ago sitcoms “Dads” (2.4/ 4 on 12/03/13) and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (2.5/ 4). But 9-10 p.m. sitcoms “New Girl” (#4: 2.3/ 8) and “The Mindy Project” (#4: 1.8/ 3) continue to underwhelm.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Quartet of Sitcoms Continue to Lag
Tuesday 12/02/14
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 6.2/10
NBC 5.0/ 8
ABC 3.8/ 6
Fox 2.7/ 4
CW 2.4/ 4
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 12/03/13:
CW: +50, ABC: +41, Fox: +35, CBS: -13, NBC: -14
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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:
“The Voice” (NBC), “NCIS” R (CBS), “The Flash” (CW), “NCIS: New Orleans” R (CBS), “Chicago Fire” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Marry Me” (NBC), “New Girl” (Fox), “About a Boy” (NBC), “The Mindy Project” (Fox), “Forever” (ABC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
CBS was still the top Tuesday overnight draw despite airing repeats of “NCIS” (#1 for the night: 7.4 rating/11 share), spin-off “NCIS: New Orleans” (#1: 6.4/10) and “Person of Interest” (#2: 4.7/ 8). But a 7.2/11 in the household overnights for “The Voice” from 8-9 p.m. should be more than enough to lead NBC to victory for the night in adults 18-49 (and all the key young adult demographics).
Unfortunately, the solid lead-in support from “The Voice” continues to be wasted on 9-10 p.m. lead-out sitcoms “Marry Me” (#3: 3.2/ 5) and sophomore “About a Boy” (#3: 2.9/ 4). While we certainly understand there is much more than the overnights, household retention of just 44 percent for “Marry Me” out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of “The Voice” (7.3/11) just does not cut it. Question for NBC: Do you really need those five additional episodes of “Marry Me”?
Opposite the aforementioned encore telecast of “Person of Interest,” NBC’s “Chicago Fire” led the 10 p.m. hour with a 4.9/ 8, which was 69 percent above lead-in “About a Boy” and 26 percent above the 3.9/ 6 one week earlier.
On ABC, original animated special “Toy Story That Time Forgot” finished third in the household overnights with a 4.2/ 7 in the 8 p.m. half-hour, which should resonate in the key demos. And it led into the annual airing of 1965 special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at a 4.0/ 6 at 8:30 p.m. (#3). Next on the alphabet net was sophomore “Marvel’s Agent of SHIELD” at a third-place 3.7/ 6 at 9 p.m., which should also get some mileage demographically. But a similar 3.5/ 6 (#3) for freshman drama “Forever” at 10 p.m. could ultimately dip in the vicinity of 33 percent among adults 18-49 out of “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD.”
On The CW, freshman hit “The Flash” built by 15 percent week-to-week with a 3.0/ 5 in the overnights at 8 p.m. Comparably, that was 76 percent above year-ago occupant “The Originals” (1.7/ 3 on 12/03/13). And it led into a 1.7/ 2 (#5) for “Supernatural” at 9 p.m., which increased by 13 percent from both last week and the year-ago telecast. If it is financially feasible, “Supernatural” could very well be back for an 11th season in 2015-16.
Over at Fox, “MasterChef Junior” scored a 3.3/ 5 (#4) in the overnights from 8-9 p.m., which was 35 percent, on average, above year-ago sitcoms “Dads” (2.4/ 4 on 12/03/13) and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (2.5/ 4). But 9-10 p.m. sitcoms “New Girl” (#4: 2.3/ 8) and “The Mindy Project” (#4: 1.8/ 3) continue to underwhelm.
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.
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