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 Wednesday Ratings
Another Stellar Performance for “Empire” on Fox
Wednesday 1/21/15
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 7.9/12
CBS 6.1/10
NBC 3.9/ 6
ABC 2.7/ 4
CW 1.7/ 3
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 1/22/14:
CBS: +17, CW: +13, NBC: – 2, Fox: – 8, ABC: -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. 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.
-Winners:
“American Idol” (Fox), “Empire” (Fox)
-Honorable Mention:
“The Mentalist” (CBS), “Criminal Minds” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The 100” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Week three of Fox’s now bona fide new hit drama “Empire” topped the 9 p.m. hour with a 7.6 rating/12 share in the household overnights. Comparably, this was four percent above its week two telecast (7.3/11 on Jan. 14), and that translated into 10.32 million viewers and a 4.0 rating/12 share among adults 18-49 (based on the live plus same day data). The overnight retention for “Empire” out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “American Idol” (8.6/13) was solid at 88 percent.
Overall, “American Idol” led the 8 p.m. hour with an 8.2/13 in the overnights, which was just five percent below the 8.6/13 for a two-hour telecast on the year-ago evening. Needless to say, this will not be “Idol’s” final season.
With regularly scheduled “Survivor” on a brief hiatus, the final season of CBS’ older-skewing drama “The Mentalist” kept the time period warm with a second-place 6.2/10 from 8-9 p.m. And it led into a second-place 6.7/10 for “Criminal Minds” at 9 p.m., which will feature former “CSI: NY” star Gary Sinise as the head of the FBI’s Analysis Unit in a planned new spin-off series. The potential new crime solver will air as an episode of “Criminal Minds” later this season, with the filming set to begin next month. Sinise headlined “CSI: NY” from 2004-13 and the first spin-off from “Criminal Minds,” “Suspect Behavior,” aired for 13 episodes in early 2011.
On-the-fence “Stalker,” the only new CBS drama not to be officially renewed for season two, capped off the night for the Eye net with a dominant 5.3/ 9 at 10 p.m. But NBC’s competing “Chicago Fire” (#2: 4.3/ 7) is poised for victory among adults 18-49. And “Stalker” was 15 percent below the 6.2/10 for former time period occupant “CSI” on the year-ago evening.
Earlier on NBC was an encore telecast of “The Mysteries of Laura” at a fourth-place 2.9/ 5 from 8-9 p.m., followed by veteran “Law & Order: SVU” at a third-place 4.4/ 7 at 9 p.m. Comparably, “SVU” increased from the “Mysteries of Laura” second-run by 52 percent in the overnights.
Elsewhere, ABC populated the night with repeats of sitcoms “The Middle” (#3: 3.9/ 6), “The Goldbergs” (#3: 3.3/ 5), “Modern Family” (#4: 3.7/ 6) and “Black-ish” (#4: 2.8/ 4) into a 10 p.m. encore telecast of goofy “Galavant” (#3: 1.3/ 2). And sophomore “The 100” on The CW (#5: 1.1/ 2) did not earn its third season renewal with overnight erosion out of lead-in “Arrow” (#5: 2.2/ 3) of 50 percent.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Another Stellar Performance for “Empire” on Fox
Wednesday 1/21/15
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 7.9/12
CBS 6.1/10
NBC 3.9/ 6
ABC 2.7/ 4
CW 1.7/ 3
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 1/22/14:
CBS: +17, CW: +13, NBC: – 2, Fox: – 8, ABC: -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. 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.
-Winners:
“American Idol” (Fox), “Empire” (Fox)
-Honorable Mention:
“The Mentalist” (CBS), “Criminal Minds” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The 100” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Week three of Fox’s now bona fide new hit drama “Empire” topped the 9 p.m. hour with a 7.6 rating/12 share in the household overnights. Comparably, this was four percent above its week two telecast (7.3/11 on Jan. 14), and that translated into 10.32 million viewers and a 4.0 rating/12 share among adults 18-49 (based on the live plus same day data). The overnight retention for “Empire” out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “American Idol” (8.6/13) was solid at 88 percent.
Overall, “American Idol” led the 8 p.m. hour with an 8.2/13 in the overnights, which was just five percent below the 8.6/13 for a two-hour telecast on the year-ago evening. Needless to say, this will not be “Idol’s” final season.
With regularly scheduled “Survivor” on a brief hiatus, the final season of CBS’ older-skewing drama “The Mentalist” kept the time period warm with a second-place 6.2/10 from 8-9 p.m. And it led into a second-place 6.7/10 for “Criminal Minds” at 9 p.m., which will feature former “CSI: NY” star Gary Sinise as the head of the FBI’s Analysis Unit in a planned new spin-off series. The potential new crime solver will air as an episode of “Criminal Minds” later this season, with the filming set to begin next month. Sinise headlined “CSI: NY” from 2004-13 and the first spin-off from “Criminal Minds,” “Suspect Behavior,” aired for 13 episodes in early 2011.
On-the-fence “Stalker,” the only new CBS drama not to be officially renewed for season two, capped off the night for the Eye net with a dominant 5.3/ 9 at 10 p.m. But NBC’s competing “Chicago Fire” (#2: 4.3/ 7) is poised for victory among adults 18-49. And “Stalker” was 15 percent below the 6.2/10 for former time period occupant “CSI” on the year-ago evening.
Earlier on NBC was an encore telecast of “The Mysteries of Laura” at a fourth-place 2.9/ 5 from 8-9 p.m., followed by veteran “Law & Order: SVU” at a third-place 4.4/ 7 at 9 p.m. Comparably, “SVU” increased from the “Mysteries of Laura” second-run by 52 percent in the overnights.
Elsewhere, ABC populated the night with repeats of sitcoms “The Middle” (#3: 3.9/ 6), “The Goldbergs” (#3: 3.3/ 5), “Modern Family” (#4: 3.7/ 6) and “Black-ish” (#4: 2.8/ 4) into a 10 p.m. encore telecast of goofy “Galavant” (#3: 1.3/ 2). And sophomore “The 100” on The CW (#5: 1.1/ 2) did not earn its third season renewal with overnight erosion out of lead-in “Arrow” (#5: 2.2/ 3) of 50 percent.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
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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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