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.
NOTE: The opinions expressed here are NOT those of SpoilerTV but of the Author of this Article, Marc Berman.
Metered Market Wednesday Ratings:
ABC Leads; “Celebrity Apprentice” on NBC Most Improved
Monday 1/12/15 Metered Markets
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 5.0/ 7
CBS 4.5/ 7
NBC 3.9/ 6
Fox 1.9/ 3
CW 0.9/ 1
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Monday 1/13/14:
NBC and CW: no change, ABC: -12, CBS: -17, Fox: -58
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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. The overnights are your first look at what to potentially expect when the other results come in. And we always take into account other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence. Keep in mind, as always, that results for any live sporting event are always approximate.
-Winners:
“The Bachelor” (ABC), “The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS), “Mike & Molly” (CBS), “Celebrity Apprentice” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“State of Affairs” (NBC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Note: The big draw last night, no doubt, was Oregon versus Ohio State on College Football on ESPN.
Tops among the broadcast networks was ABC, which bested No. 2 CBS by 11 percent with its combination of “The Bachelor” (5.1 rating/7 share from 8-10 p.m.) and “Castle” (4.8/ 8 at 10 p.m.). Facing “Celebrity Apprentice” on NBC, which was competitive at a 4.4/ 6 from 8-10 p.m., “The Bachelor” dipped by 11 percent from the 5.6/ 8 on the comparable year-ago evening. Versus week two of the prior cycle (3.7/6 from 9-11 p.m. on Sunday, March 10, 2013), “Celebrity Apprentice” increased by 22 percent.
Inching closer to cancellation, meanwhile, was recently introduced NBC drama “State of Affairs” at a last-place 2.8/ 4 at 10 p.m. Comparably, retention for the Katherine Heigl drama was only 61 percent out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of “Celebrity Apprentice” (4.6/ 7).
CBS gave regularly scheduled “2 Broke Girls” a rest last night in place of an encore telecast of “The Big Bang Theory,” which scored a dominant 6.3/ 9 in the household overnights at 8 p.m. Next was “Mike & Molly” at a 5.8/ 8 at 8:30 p.m. (#1), followed by repeats of “NCIS: Los Angeles” (#3: 4.2/ 6) and just renewed “Scorpion” (#2: 3.3/ 5) from 9-11 p.m. The Eye net reversed their airtimes last night.
Elsewhere, a repeat of the pilot episode of Fox drama “Empire” (#4: 2.4/ 4 at 8 p.m.) led into a 1.5/ 2 for an encore of “Sleepy Hollow” at 9 p.m. And two repeat episodes of “Jane the Virgin” on The CW, featuring newly crowned Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez, averaged a 0.9/ 1 from 8-10 p.m. Comparably, that was on par from its original performance.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
ABC Leads; “Celebrity Apprentice” on NBC Most Improved
Monday 1/12/15 Metered Markets
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 5.0/ 7
CBS 4.5/ 7
NBC 3.9/ 6
Fox 1.9/ 3
CW 0.9/ 1
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Monday 1/13/14:
NBC and CW: no change, ABC: -12, CBS: -17, Fox: -58
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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. The overnights are your first look at what to potentially expect when the other results come in. And we always take into account other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence. Keep in mind, as always, that results for any live sporting event are always approximate.
-Winners:
“The Bachelor” (ABC), “The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS), “Mike & Molly” (CBS), “Celebrity Apprentice” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“State of Affairs” (NBC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Note: The big draw last night, no doubt, was Oregon versus Ohio State on College Football on ESPN.
Tops among the broadcast networks was ABC, which bested No. 2 CBS by 11 percent with its combination of “The Bachelor” (5.1 rating/7 share from 8-10 p.m.) and “Castle” (4.8/ 8 at 10 p.m.). Facing “Celebrity Apprentice” on NBC, which was competitive at a 4.4/ 6 from 8-10 p.m., “The Bachelor” dipped by 11 percent from the 5.6/ 8 on the comparable year-ago evening. Versus week two of the prior cycle (3.7/6 from 9-11 p.m. on Sunday, March 10, 2013), “Celebrity Apprentice” increased by 22 percent.
Inching closer to cancellation, meanwhile, was recently introduced NBC drama “State of Affairs” at a last-place 2.8/ 4 at 10 p.m. Comparably, retention for the Katherine Heigl drama was only 61 percent out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of “Celebrity Apprentice” (4.6/ 7).
CBS gave regularly scheduled “2 Broke Girls” a rest last night in place of an encore telecast of “The Big Bang Theory,” which scored a dominant 6.3/ 9 in the household overnights at 8 p.m. Next was “Mike & Molly” at a 5.8/ 8 at 8:30 p.m. (#1), followed by repeats of “NCIS: Los Angeles” (#3: 4.2/ 6) and just renewed “Scorpion” (#2: 3.3/ 5) from 9-11 p.m. The Eye net reversed their airtimes last night.
Elsewhere, a repeat of the pilot episode of Fox drama “Empire” (#4: 2.4/ 4 at 8 p.m.) led into a 1.5/ 2 for an encore of “Sleepy Hollow” at 9 p.m. And two repeat episodes of “Jane the Virgin” on The CW, featuring newly crowned Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez, averaged a 0.9/ 1 from 8-10 p.m. Comparably, that was on par from its original performance.
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 (We also where possible now post the 18-34 and 25-54 Demo Numbers).
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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