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.
Sunday 1/04/15 Metered Markets
Respectable Sampling for “Galavant” Debut on ABC
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 11.7/18
CBS 6.4/10
NBC 4.3/ 7
ABC 3.4/ 5
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 1/05/14:
CBS: +12, NBC: + 7, ABC: – 8, Fox: -10
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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:
Football overrun (Fox), “Madam Secretary” (CBS), “The Simpsons” (Fox), “The Good Wife” (CBS), “Celebrity Apprentice” (NBC)
-Respectable Sampling:
“Galavant” (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Resurrection” (ABC), “Revenge” (ABC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Although some of the broadcast networks are no longer using the word midseason, the launch of goofy musical comedy “Galavant” on ABC last night did signal the beginning of the next round of new primetime series. And “Galavant” did, as expected, get sampled with a 4.4 rating/7 share in the household overnights from 8-9 p.m. Comparably, “Galavant” finished fourth in the time period, which is nothing to boast about. And it dipped by 15 percent in the second half-hour (4.8/ 7 to 4.1/ 6), which could signal considerable erosion in week two. But “Galavant” did build from the 7:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (3.6/ 5) by 22 percent. And it opened 16 percent higher than the most recent telecast of regularly scheduled time period occupant “Once Upon a Time” (3.8/ 6 on 12/14/14), which it is filling in for. Let’s wait and see the what initial demo ratings look like.
Also on ABC: The prognosis for life past the 14 ordered episodes this season continues to get weaker for sophomore drama “Resurrection,” which slipped to a 2.9/ 4 in the overnights from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, that was 36 percent below year-ago occupant “Revenge” (4.5/ 7 on 1/05/14). And minus the lead-in support, “Revenge” at 10 p.m. could only muster a 3.1/ 5, which was still 35 percent above failed year-ago occupant “Betrayal” (2.3/ 4 on 1/05/14).
Earlier in the evening on ABC was aforementioned “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at a 3.3/ 5 (#4) from 7-8 p.m.
In season-premiere news, NBC guilty pleasure “Celebrity Apprentice” returned after an almost two year absence with a 4.7/ 7 from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, this was a 24 percent overnight rating improvement over its most recent season-opener (3.8/ 6 on 3/03/13), and this should be enough to win the two-hour block in adults 18-49. The episode, no doubt, was taped long before Bill Cosby’s sexual assault allegations began piling up.
From 7-9 p.m. on NBC was a two-hour edition of “Dateline” at a 4.0/ 6 from 7-9 p.m., peaking in the 8:30 p.m. half-hour at a 5.5/ 8.
Tops for the night was Fox, which won this first Sunday in January with ease thanks to an estimated one-hour NFL Football primetime overrun (NFC Wildcard Game: Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys) at a mammoth 27.8/43 in the household overnights from 7-8 p.m. Individual program results for Fox last night are approximate, due to unconfirmed start times. As it stands, “The Simpsons” is showing up at an above average 6.6/10 in the 8 p.m. half-hour, but part of that overnight rating could include post-game “The OT.” Next was sophomore “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” at a 4.0/ 6 at 8:30 p.m. (#4), followed by “Family Guy” (#3: 3.7/ 5) and “Bob’s Burgers” (#4: 2.6/ 4) from 9-10 p.m.
Over at CBS, granddaddy “60 Minutes” took a hit opposite the football overrun on Fox with a second-place 5.8/ 9 from 7-8 p.m. But the return of scripted dramas “Madam Secretary” (#1: 7.7/11) and “The Good Wife” (#1: 7.0/10) remained perfectly compatible from 8-10 p.m. (and are both worth touting despite the older audience skew). And tired ‘CSI” closed the night for the Eye net with a 5.3/ 9 at 10 p.m. (#1), which was 17 percent below year-ago occupant “The Mentalist” (6.4/10 on 1/05/14).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Respectable Sampling for “Galavant” Debut on ABC
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 11.7/18
CBS 6.4/10
NBC 4.3/ 7
ABC 3.4/ 5
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 1/05/14:
CBS: +12, NBC: + 7, ABC: – 8, Fox: -10
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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:
Football overrun (Fox), “Madam Secretary” (CBS), “The Simpsons” (Fox), “The Good Wife” (CBS), “Celebrity Apprentice” (NBC)
-Respectable Sampling:
“Galavant” (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Resurrection” (ABC), “Revenge” (ABC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Although some of the broadcast networks are no longer using the word midseason, the launch of goofy musical comedy “Galavant” on ABC last night did signal the beginning of the next round of new primetime series. And “Galavant” did, as expected, get sampled with a 4.4 rating/7 share in the household overnights from 8-9 p.m. Comparably, “Galavant” finished fourth in the time period, which is nothing to boast about. And it dipped by 15 percent in the second half-hour (4.8/ 7 to 4.1/ 6), which could signal considerable erosion in week two. But “Galavant” did build from the 7:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (3.6/ 5) by 22 percent. And it opened 16 percent higher than the most recent telecast of regularly scheduled time period occupant “Once Upon a Time” (3.8/ 6 on 12/14/14), which it is filling in for. Let’s wait and see the what initial demo ratings look like.
Also on ABC: The prognosis for life past the 14 ordered episodes this season continues to get weaker for sophomore drama “Resurrection,” which slipped to a 2.9/ 4 in the overnights from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, that was 36 percent below year-ago occupant “Revenge” (4.5/ 7 on 1/05/14). And minus the lead-in support, “Revenge” at 10 p.m. could only muster a 3.1/ 5, which was still 35 percent above failed year-ago occupant “Betrayal” (2.3/ 4 on 1/05/14).
Earlier in the evening on ABC was aforementioned “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at a 3.3/ 5 (#4) from 7-8 p.m.
In season-premiere news, NBC guilty pleasure “Celebrity Apprentice” returned after an almost two year absence with a 4.7/ 7 from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, this was a 24 percent overnight rating improvement over its most recent season-opener (3.8/ 6 on 3/03/13), and this should be enough to win the two-hour block in adults 18-49. The episode, no doubt, was taped long before Bill Cosby’s sexual assault allegations began piling up.
From 7-9 p.m. on NBC was a two-hour edition of “Dateline” at a 4.0/ 6 from 7-9 p.m., peaking in the 8:30 p.m. half-hour at a 5.5/ 8.
Tops for the night was Fox, which won this first Sunday in January with ease thanks to an estimated one-hour NFL Football primetime overrun (NFC Wildcard Game: Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys) at a mammoth 27.8/43 in the household overnights from 7-8 p.m. Individual program results for Fox last night are approximate, due to unconfirmed start times. As it stands, “The Simpsons” is showing up at an above average 6.6/10 in the 8 p.m. half-hour, but part of that overnight rating could include post-game “The OT.” Next was sophomore “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” at a 4.0/ 6 at 8:30 p.m. (#4), followed by “Family Guy” (#3: 3.7/ 5) and “Bob’s Burgers” (#4: 2.6/ 4) from 9-10 p.m.
Over at CBS, granddaddy “60 Minutes” took a hit opposite the football overrun on Fox with a second-place 5.8/ 9 from 7-8 p.m. But the return of scripted dramas “Madam Secretary” (#1: 7.7/11) and “The Good Wife” (#1: 7.0/10) remained perfectly compatible from 8-10 p.m. (and are both worth touting despite the older audience skew). And tired ‘CSI” closed the night for the Eye net with a 5.3/ 9 at 10 p.m. (#1), which was 17 percent below year-ago occupant “The Mentalist” (6.4/10 on 1/05/14).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
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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Oh no revenge 😔 I have a very bad feeling about its ratings
ReplyDeleteOh god revenge. But when revenge hit a 1.5 they also had said that it was a loser so this means nothing!
ReplyDeleteHow was it?
ReplyDeleteIt was a good episode
ReplyDeleteThat's OK for Galavant, I guess. We'll see when the demo comes out.
ReplyDeleteResurrection has 13 episodes ordered for this season Marc, not 14.
Surprised by Galavant, those look like good numbers! Let's hope it does over 2s on the demo and keeps it over the season!
ReplyDeleteRevenge's numbers look ugly, but I'll wait for the demo.
Last time it's hh was a 3.1 it ended up translating to a 1.0
ReplyDeleteOkay but i think These first ratings mean nothing
ReplyDeleteOh :/
ReplyDeleteDo These early numbers really mean anything*
ReplyDeleteI heard that The Simpsons started in its usual timeslot.
ReplyDeleteGalavant looks high but I imagine that's the type of show that was bound to attract a lot of initial interest and that will then have a lot of tune-out - how much it retains is likely the audience. We still need to see the young demos though, of course.
ReplyDeleteElsewhere, poor Revenge looks horrible, sadly. I can't really say much about the CBS dramas or the FOX comedies without the demos. The Apprentice looks solid and might actually kill the Biggest Loser if it does well on Mondays. It could pull a TBL-2012/2013 when it rebounded big time when airing in the winter as voice-fill in.
That's pretty decent for CA
ReplyDeleteFOX is boosted by football
CBS remains old skewing
Resurrection and Revenge are done
Not really but it's not a good sign for revenge- it's likely finished
ReplyDeleteI'm not even going to look at revenges ratings
ReplyDeleteI guess this is really the end fro revenge ;(
ReplyDeleteYeah :/ bur AFHV scored a 3.3 ans red q 3.1 and usually AFHV ends up with a 1.4-1.5 so how could revenge be much lower?
ReplyDeleteI know it's sad. Let's just hope that the writers will manage to at least give it closure
ReplyDeleteAlright for Galavant. We're obviously going to have to wait to see what the ratings look like. Poor Revenge, with dreadful Resurrection as a lead in it can't be able to breathe. Resurrection is suffocating Revenge to death. FOX and CBS inflated. Celebrity Apprentice actually looks quite good.
ReplyDeleteYes and i hope the next show fails in that Slot so we have our revenge because revenge was really not treated correctly by ABC
ReplyDeleteIt depends on the timeslot.
ReplyDeleteBut 10 pm is a way harder Slot than 7pm
ReplyDeleteYou can't possibly get more childish.
ReplyDeleteUgly for Revenge, fraudulent for FOX and OK for Galavant.
ReplyDeleteYou do realize the show went bad and never got back to S1 quality- stop blaming abc
ReplyDeleteOh cmon she was just saying her opinion
ReplyDeleteI am just saying that people always say revenge does terribly which it indeed does but if for example OUAT was put there it would fail as well
ReplyDeleteThe correlation with the actual demos is awful so we still have shows that go down in HH and up in demo in vice-versa but it's rare to have big deviations. If a show does bad (for its standards) in HH, it shouldn't be expected a good scenario in 18-49. This doesn't apply to CW shows though.
ReplyDeleteWishing that the next shows falls just to prove some sort of point is quite childish.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't, 7 PM is a low-viewed timeslot, that's why ABC and CBS don't change it and FOX burns episodes.
ReplyDeleteIt wouldn't fail nearly as badly as Revenge. besides, OUAT is a 8 p.m. family show. No one would put it here.
ReplyDeleteYeah true
ReplyDeleteIt wouldn't sink to Revenge's numbers. It would still be doing over 1.5 at least.
ReplyDeleteIt really depends on the show and lead in. So far every show abc has put in that timeslot has been getting ratings between 0.7-1.0.
ReplyDeleteI still never understand how the shows on CBS can't crack a 2 are still labeled as winners
ReplyDeleteI was wondering as well
ReplyDeleteMarc berman is just biased
ReplyDeleteI adore Revenge, it's one of my favorite shows but ABC didn't treat it as horribly as you are implying. They did a horrible thing two years ago when they aired it and OUAT up against the awards season, yes, but they redemeed themselves from it. Even in Season 3 when Revenge had done poor enough to warrant a move to 10pm they held it at 9pm to give it another try and only moved it when they had a viable hit for 9pm in Resurrection. Yes, it found itself in a bad situation now that Resurrection has collapsed, but there is little ABC could have done to change it once it happened.
ReplyDeleteYou forgot to publish Thursday ratings. tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/01/02/tv-ratings-thursday-a-to-z-bad-judge-see-huge-slides-the-taste-hits-new-low/345293/
ReplyDeleteThat's why I think they should move one of their veteran shows there, like Castle or Nashville. Nashville seems more compatible, though.
ReplyDeleteYeah you are right i guess ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is not what Mark does (he bases classifications on total viewers and even prestige and such) but IMO, it doesn't matter at all if a show hits a 2.0 or not for me to label it as a winner. Any show on FOX for instance will be renewed with >1.5 and likely even below if it's a comedy for instance. If you're an NBC comedy and have >1.3 or so, you're a winner. If you're a CW show with higher than 0.7 or so, you're a winner.
ReplyDeleteCBS's drama average in recent weeks is 1.62. If those shows do close to that, they can be classified as winners (not saying it will happen, just showing my logic)