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 Thursday Ratings
Solid Return for TGIT-Themed Programming on ABC
Thursday 1/29/15
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 6.8/11
CBS 6.3/10
Fox 5.0/ 8
NBC 3.6/ 6
CW 1.1/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 1/30/14:
ABC: +143, NBC: +20, Fox: – 9, CBS: -11, CW: -27
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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:
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “Mom” (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Scandal” (ABC), “How To Get Away With Murder” (ABC)
-Honorable Mention:
“Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Backstrom” (Fox), “Reign” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
The return of the TGIT-themed programming block resulted in a Thursday overnight victory for ABC, which bested No. 2 CBS by eight percent in the household overnights. Veteran “Grey’s Anatomy” opened with a second-place 6.4 rating/10 share from 8-9 p.m., followed by “Scandal” at a first-place 7.7/12 from 9-10 p.m. The two, on average, outdelivered year-ago occupant “The Taste” (2.8/ 4 on 1/30/14) by a hefty 152 percent. And they led into freshman “How To Get Away With Murder,” featuring recent SAG Award winner Viola Davis, at a dominant 6.4/11 at 10 p.m. Consider ABC’s revamped Thursday a major success this season.
In series-finale news, NBC drama “Parenthood” concluded its five and-one half season (and 103 episode) run with a season-high 3.8/ 7 in the household overnights at 10 p.m. Comparably, this bested year-ago special “Saturday Night Live Presents an SNL Sports Spectacular” (3.3/ 6 on 1/30/14) by 15 percent. And it led out of an identical 3.8/ 6 for the 9:30 p.m. portion of the two-hour season-finale of lead-in “The Biggest Loser.” Overall, “The Biggest Loser” concluded its fall edition with a 3.5/ 6 from 8-10 p.m.
Top-rated for the evening, of course, was “The Big Bang Theory” on CBS at a 10.5/17 at 8 p.m. Next was sophomore “Mom” at a 7.0/11 (#1) at 8:30 p.m., which held a respectable 67 percent of the “Big bang” audience. “Two and a Half Man” scored a 6.1/ 9 (#2) at 9 p.m., followed by on-the-fence freshman comedy “The McCarthys” at a 4.2/ 7 at 9:30 p.m. (#2). As a reminder, “Two and a Half Men” will conclude with a one-hour episode on Thursday, Feb. 19 from 9-10 p.m. ET. Leading into the finale at 8:30 p.m. will be the series debut of “The Odd Couple” reboot, featuring Matthew Perry as sloppy Oscar Madison and Thomas Lennon as neat freak Felix. One week later on Feb. 26, current Thursday 8:30 p.m. time period occupant “Mom” moves to 9:30 p.m. ET out of encore telecasts of “The Big Bang Theory” at 9 p.m.
In week two news, Fox detective dramedy “Backstrom,” starring Rainn Wilson, took a tumble at a fourth-place 3.4/ 6 from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, this was 35 percent below the 5.2/ 8 for its debut one week earlier (which translated into 7.98 million viewers and a 1.9 rating/6 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data). Failed year-ago occupant “Rake” was comparable at a 3.6/ 6 on the year-ago evening. And the overnight retention for “Backstrom” out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “American Idol” (6.9/11) was modest at 49 percent.
Overall, “American Idol” finished second in the 8 p.m. hour with a 6.6/11.
The CW closed the evening with deteriorating “The Vampire Diaries” (#5: 1.4/ 2), which dropped by 18 percent year-to-year, and sophomore “Reign” (#5: 0.9/ 1), which did not earn its third season renewal.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Solid Return for TGIT-Themed Programming on ABC
Thursday 1/29/15
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
ABC 6.8/11
CBS 6.3/10
Fox 5.0/ 8
NBC 3.6/ 6
CW 1.1/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 1/30/14:
ABC: +143, NBC: +20, Fox: – 9, CBS: -11, CW: -27
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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:
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “Mom” (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Scandal” (ABC), “How To Get Away With Murder” (ABC)
-Honorable Mention:
“Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Backstrom” (Fox), “Reign” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
The return of the TGIT-themed programming block resulted in a Thursday overnight victory for ABC, which bested No. 2 CBS by eight percent in the household overnights. Veteran “Grey’s Anatomy” opened with a second-place 6.4 rating/10 share from 8-9 p.m., followed by “Scandal” at a first-place 7.7/12 from 9-10 p.m. The two, on average, outdelivered year-ago occupant “The Taste” (2.8/ 4 on 1/30/14) by a hefty 152 percent. And they led into freshman “How To Get Away With Murder,” featuring recent SAG Award winner Viola Davis, at a dominant 6.4/11 at 10 p.m. Consider ABC’s revamped Thursday a major success this season.
In series-finale news, NBC drama “Parenthood” concluded its five and-one half season (and 103 episode) run with a season-high 3.8/ 7 in the household overnights at 10 p.m. Comparably, this bested year-ago special “Saturday Night Live Presents an SNL Sports Spectacular” (3.3/ 6 on 1/30/14) by 15 percent. And it led out of an identical 3.8/ 6 for the 9:30 p.m. portion of the two-hour season-finale of lead-in “The Biggest Loser.” Overall, “The Biggest Loser” concluded its fall edition with a 3.5/ 6 from 8-10 p.m.
Top-rated for the evening, of course, was “The Big Bang Theory” on CBS at a 10.5/17 at 8 p.m. Next was sophomore “Mom” at a 7.0/11 (#1) at 8:30 p.m., which held a respectable 67 percent of the “Big bang” audience. “Two and a Half Man” scored a 6.1/ 9 (#2) at 9 p.m., followed by on-the-fence freshman comedy “The McCarthys” at a 4.2/ 7 at 9:30 p.m. (#2). As a reminder, “Two and a Half Men” will conclude with a one-hour episode on Thursday, Feb. 19 from 9-10 p.m. ET. Leading into the finale at 8:30 p.m. will be the series debut of “The Odd Couple” reboot, featuring Matthew Perry as sloppy Oscar Madison and Thomas Lennon as neat freak Felix. One week later on Feb. 26, current Thursday 8:30 p.m. time period occupant “Mom” moves to 9:30 p.m. ET out of encore telecasts of “The Big Bang Theory” at 9 p.m.
In week two news, Fox detective dramedy “Backstrom,” starring Rainn Wilson, took a tumble at a fourth-place 3.4/ 6 from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, this was 35 percent below the 5.2/ 8 for its debut one week earlier (which translated into 7.98 million viewers and a 1.9 rating/6 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data). Failed year-ago occupant “Rake” was comparable at a 3.6/ 6 on the year-ago evening. And the overnight retention for “Backstrom” out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “American Idol” (6.9/11) was modest at 49 percent.
Overall, “American Idol” finished second in the 8 p.m. hour with a 6.6/11.
The CW closed the evening with deteriorating “The Vampire Diaries” (#5: 1.4/ 2), which dropped by 18 percent year-to-year, and sophomore “Reign” (#5: 0.9/ 1), which did not earn its third season renewal.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Source:
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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Backstrom fell hard as expected.
ReplyDelete7.9 Scandal
ReplyDelete7.4 HWGAWM
I was going to ask the same thing, too lazy to check myself, lol
ReplyDeleteGA?
ReplyDeleteWho has HH numbers for the fall finales of TGIT?
ReplyDelete6.4
ReplyDelete6.4
ReplyDeleteScandal looks high, but Murder seems sharply down; it will still be a winner, but those HH for Murder are a bit concerning. It can still rise over the following weeks, but I thought it would do much better
ReplyDeleteI think Marc made a mistake with HTGAWM's HH number. that number looks low.
ReplyDeleteYup,I also think it may be a typo
ReplyDeleteIt was probably 7.4
ReplyDeleteI asked him on Twitter, let's see what he says.
ReplyDeleteI know, but usually lower HH means lower demo. We have to wait and see, but it doesn't look that good for Murder
ReplyDeleteI hope we get top 25 today
ReplyDeleteAgreed
ReplyDeleteTrue!
ReplyDeleteI'm getting on the top25 train! I'm really curious to see how TGIT did
ReplyDeleteThanks.
ReplyDeleteThat would make MUCH more sense. 7.4 is something Murder would do upon return
ReplyDeleteAs many said i think it was a typo
ReplyDeleteMurder seems low, I wonder if that's a mistake has it usually has high retention from scandal
ReplyDeleteSo it looks like Grey's did the same as the winter finale. That's great, it was a brilliant episode with stellar acting!
ReplyDeleteI think so too, because it is at the same level as Grey's Anatomy when in November, it was closer to Scandal
ReplyDeleteHe never replies to my tweets. Let's see if he does to yours.
ReplyDeleteit really was excellent in every way
ReplyDeleteThose ratings mean nothing!
ReplyDeleteI hope that's a mistake for HTGAWM seems pretty low and backstrom drops as was expected.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think so too.
ReplyDeleteLOL Where's Elementary's HH rating?
ReplyDeleteit isn't LOL
ReplyDeleteHaha! Can't believe he forgot about that :D
ReplyDelete0,8 plzzz TVD
ReplyDeleteScandal - great
ReplyDeleteMurder - underwhelming (ok retention and older skewing, which means a bigger difference in the demos)
Grey's - flat
At least it seems like that to me, I don't remember their typical HHs, it's been two months.
Scandal: 7.9
ReplyDeleteHTGAWM: 7.4
Grey's: 6.4
Their fall finales numbers.
Good for TGIT but also awesome for Parenthood for once.
ReplyDelete7.7 is great for Scandal, but I didn't know it was down from the fall finale.
ReplyDeleteSkewing might fool us, but most shows skew older in the winter/spring.
NBC should have ended Parenthood last week. Might have been able to get slightly higher ratings.
ReplyDeleteBad for CW, great night for ABC!
ReplyDeleteSad both couldn't do well.
Murder HH is not a typo according to Marc himself
ReplyDeleteI asked Marc if the HH for HTGAWM were a typo (since it was also missing Elementary's HH) but he didn't reply to me.
ReplyDeleteObviously.
Maybe Parenthood took a bit away from Murder?
ReplyDeleteEnough to take a full tenth out of it? I don't see it but it could happen.
ReplyDeleteAt his forum.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tvmediainsights.com/forum/topic/wednesday-12815-4/page/4/#post-242835
Shonda is a powerhouse! Glad to see that scandal seems up
ReplyDeleteIt's actually down in HH.
ReplyDeleteFOX has had the benefit of shows being on break. Once they start getting back on schedule, I think that they are going to be in for some real surprises. They're lineup isn't nearly as strong as it's indicated the last few weeks. Both American Idol and Backstrom look to be down significantly.
ReplyDeleteSitcomsonline report that Scandal returned with a 4.0 in the top25 markets.
ReplyDeleteSo roughly a 3.5 (estimate)
ReplyDeleteThis was true for Backstrom and for the first week of january.
ReplyDeleteEmpire already faced full competition, Gotham leveled down, so it already lost all gain it got from its 2.5 winter premiere. Tuesday comedies are mostly on repeats, but everyone knows they are weak
Averaging it out, Elementary has to be at a 4.5 HH's for the hour. That's the only way to get a 6.3/10 for the night with five data points.
ReplyDeleteSeems accurate
ReplyDeleteGA looks down.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't Grey's usually hold the majority of its top25 markets?
ReplyDeleteIt does not. Around 87%.
ReplyDeleteI admit I only have the premiere to go with and in the premiere Grey's did a 3.2 and the final number ended up being a 3.1 hence why I said that Grey's held much of the top25 markets. Sorry!
ReplyDeleteScandal, HTGAWM, TBBT and GA are now in the table (top 25)
ReplyDeleteI will loose it. I was right on Scandal but wrong on the other two unless there are some major deviations from top25.
ReplyDeleteTop25 Markets are great for all ABC shows
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting them. Although, if that's correct, then the nightly average for CBS is too low for the night than stated.
ReplyDeleteIt's probably because it was a premiere and premieres are somewhat of an outliner themselves.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like Empire will overthrow TBBT as highest rated scripted show
ReplyDeleteProbably. But this is also a premiere for all effects. So the numbers could be way off. I hope they are higher than my estimates honestly. Not only because I want to get spot's question but also because I want the three shows to do higher lol
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, FOX's pending renewals are going to come down to cost and how much FOX loves their pilots. Backstrom doing well or doing poorly doesn't have any bearing on that.
ReplyDeleteThey've renewed enough already that they could fill up their schedule with new pilots and still be cohesive.
By the way, have you seen TGIT's return?
ReplyDeleteGod, I hope not. My poor Reign :'(
ReplyDeletemaybe the 0.4 sticks, perhaps its already to to low to any further down (sorry thats not enouraging)
ReplyDeleteIt did a 0.3 already but that was, like, a 0.34 so it was really close to being a 0.4.
ReplyDeleteI hope it didn't do a .3, though.
I wonder if it will drop/gain any or keep the 1.4?
ReplyDeleteother than sitcome online on sundays? i know the futon critic did report them in their daily final broadcast numbers but they seem to have stopped
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