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 Thursday Ratings
Modest Start for “Backstrom” on Fox
Thursday 1/22/15
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 6.2/10
CBS 6.0/10
NBC 2.7/ 4
ABC 2.3/ 4
CW 1.2/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 1/23/15:
NBC: +17, CBS: + 9, Fox: no change, ABC: -21, CW: -25
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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:
“American Idol” (Fox), “The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS), “Mom” (CBS)
-Honorable Mention:
“Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Taste” (ABC), “Bad Judge” (NBC), “A To Z” (NBC), “Reign” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Fox inched past CBS for Thursday overnight dominance, with a two-tenth of a household rating point advantage. In series-premiere news, Fox drama “Backstrom,” featuring former “The Office” star Rainn Wilson as an offensive, irascible detective who is engaged in a constant struggle with his self-destructive tendencies (is there any other kind of TV detective?), opened with a second-place 5.1/ 8 in the household overnights from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, this was 13 percent above the year-ago debut of short-lived legal drama “Rake,” with Greg Kinnear. The overnight retention for “Backstrom” out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “American Idol” (7.5/12) was so-so at 68 percent. And it dropped by 13 percent in the second half-hour (5.9/ 9 to 4.8/ 8).
Assuming “Backstrom” and “Rake” have similar audience skews (translation: older), chances are the debut of “Backstrom” will be a minor improvement over the 6.95 million viewers and the 1.7 rating/5 share among adults 18-49 (based on the Live Plus Same Day data) for the launch of “Rake.” In other words, this is nothing spectacular.
Overall, “American Idol” averaged a dominant 7.3/12 from 8-9 p.m., which was a minor nine percent below the 8.0/12 for “Idol” on the year-ago evening. That said, there is still life left in the veteran singing competition.
CBS opened the evening with an encore telecast of “The Big Bang Theory” at a 7.0/12 at 8 p.m. (#2) into a 6.6/11 (#2) for “Mom” at 8:30 p.m. Comparably, “Mom” held 94 percent of the encore “Big Bang” lead-in, which was its best overnight retention to-date. And this is the episode that should result in a second Emmy Award for Allison Janney as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Next on the Eye net was soon-to-conclude “Two and a Half Men” at a 5.8/ 9 (#1) at 9 p.m., followed by a second repeat installment of “The Big Bang Theory” at a 5.5/ 9 at 9:30 p.m. (#1) and older-skewing “Elementary” at a typical 5.6/10 from 10-11 p.m.
In series-finale news, NBC 9-10 p.m. sitcoms “Bad Judge” (#4: 2.1/ 3) and “A To Z” (#4: 1.7/ 3) earned their walking papers, which led into the second-to-last episode of drama “Parenthood” at a 3.2/ 6 (#2) at 10 p.m. Earlier in the evening on NBC was “The Biggest Loser” at a 2.9/ 5 from 8-9 p.m. (#4), which was 29 percent, on average, above year-ago sitcoms “Community” (2.2/ 3) and “Parks and Recreation” (2.3/ 3).
Elsewhere, the season (or series) finale of ABC cooking competition “The Taste” went out with a whimper at a 2.5 4 from 8-10 p.m. And it led into a repeat of “How To Get Away With Murder” at a 1.8/ 3 at 10 p.m. (#3). Note to Viola Davis: you were robbed at the Golden Globe Awards.
Capping off the night was The CW’s combination of “The Vampire Diaries” at a 1.5/ 2 (#5) at 8 p.m., which dropped by 21 percent from one year earlier, and sophomore “Reign” (#5: 1.0/ 2), which slipped from “The Vampire Diaries” by 33 percent.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Modest Start for “Backstrom” on Fox
Thursday 1/22/15
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 6.2/10
CBS 6.0/10
NBC 2.7/ 4
ABC 2.3/ 4
CW 1.2/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 1/23/15:
NBC: +17, CBS: + 9, Fox: no change, ABC: -21, CW: -25
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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:
“American Idol” (Fox), “The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS), “Mom” (CBS)
-Honorable Mention:
“Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Taste” (ABC), “Bad Judge” (NBC), “A To Z” (NBC), “Reign” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Fox inched past CBS for Thursday overnight dominance, with a two-tenth of a household rating point advantage. In series-premiere news, Fox drama “Backstrom,” featuring former “The Office” star Rainn Wilson as an offensive, irascible detective who is engaged in a constant struggle with his self-destructive tendencies (is there any other kind of TV detective?), opened with a second-place 5.1/ 8 in the household overnights from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, this was 13 percent above the year-ago debut of short-lived legal drama “Rake,” with Greg Kinnear. The overnight retention for “Backstrom” out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “American Idol” (7.5/12) was so-so at 68 percent. And it dropped by 13 percent in the second half-hour (5.9/ 9 to 4.8/ 8).
Assuming “Backstrom” and “Rake” have similar audience skews (translation: older), chances are the debut of “Backstrom” will be a minor improvement over the 6.95 million viewers and the 1.7 rating/5 share among adults 18-49 (based on the Live Plus Same Day data) for the launch of “Rake.” In other words, this is nothing spectacular.
Overall, “American Idol” averaged a dominant 7.3/12 from 8-9 p.m., which was a minor nine percent below the 8.0/12 for “Idol” on the year-ago evening. That said, there is still life left in the veteran singing competition.
CBS opened the evening with an encore telecast of “The Big Bang Theory” at a 7.0/12 at 8 p.m. (#2) into a 6.6/11 (#2) for “Mom” at 8:30 p.m. Comparably, “Mom” held 94 percent of the encore “Big Bang” lead-in, which was its best overnight retention to-date. And this is the episode that should result in a second Emmy Award for Allison Janney as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Next on the Eye net was soon-to-conclude “Two and a Half Men” at a 5.8/ 9 (#1) at 9 p.m., followed by a second repeat installment of “The Big Bang Theory” at a 5.5/ 9 at 9:30 p.m. (#1) and older-skewing “Elementary” at a typical 5.6/10 from 10-11 p.m.
In series-finale news, NBC 9-10 p.m. sitcoms “Bad Judge” (#4: 2.1/ 3) and “A To Z” (#4: 1.7/ 3) earned their walking papers, which led into the second-to-last episode of drama “Parenthood” at a 3.2/ 6 (#2) at 10 p.m. Earlier in the evening on NBC was “The Biggest Loser” at a 2.9/ 5 from 8-9 p.m. (#4), which was 29 percent, on average, above year-ago sitcoms “Community” (2.2/ 3) and “Parks and Recreation” (2.3/ 3).
Elsewhere, the season (or series) finale of ABC cooking competition “The Taste” went out with a whimper at a 2.5 4 from 8-10 p.m. And it led into a repeat of “How To Get Away With Murder” at a 1.8/ 3 at 10 p.m. (#3). Note to Viola Davis: you were robbed at the Golden Globe Awards.
Capping off the night was The CW’s combination of “The Vampire Diaries” at a 1.5/ 2 (#5) at 8 p.m., which dropped by 21 percent from one year earlier, and sophomore “Reign” (#5: 1.0/ 2), which slipped from “The Vampire Diaries” by 33 percent.
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 (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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