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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)
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Metered Market Tuesday Ratings
CBS and NBC Tie; NBC to Lead in the Key Demos
Tuesday 3/09/15
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 7.7/13
NBC 7.7/12
ABC 2.5/ 4
Fox 2.0/ 3
CW 0.7/ 3
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 3/10/14:
NBC: +31, CBS: +28, Fox: – 5, ABC: – 7, CW: -36
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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 other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence.
-Winners:
“The Voice” (NBC), “NCIS” (CBS), “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS)
-Honorable Mention:
“Chicago Fire” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Repeat After Me” (ABC), “The Mindy Project” (Fox)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Note: Keep in mind that ratings tend to decrease after Daylight saving time.
CBS and NBC tied for first on this second Tuesday in March based on the household overnights, but the home of “The Voice” will certainly hold a large advantage in adults 18-49 (and all the key young adult demos). “The Voice” scored a rock-solid 8.7 rating/14 share in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m., peaking in the 9:30 p.m. half-hour at a 9.1/14. One year earlier, it averaged an 8.5/14. And “The Voice” led into “Chicago Fire” at a first-place 5.7/10 at 10 p.m., which inched past competing “Person of Interest” on CBS (5.5/10) by one-tenth of a rating point. NBC should have no trouble winning all six half-hours in the key demos (and CBS can do better than “Person of Interest” in the Tuesday 10 p.m. hour next season).
Tops for the night, of course, was “NCIS” on CBS at a 9.9/16 from 8-9 p.m., which led into a second-place 7.7/12 for spin-off “NCIS: New Orleans” at 9 p.m. Aforementioned “Person of Interest” dipped by 28 percent from the 9:30 p.m. portion of “NCIS: New Orleans” (7.6/12).
On ABC, recent sitcom entry “Fresh Off the Boat” slipped by 12 percent week to week, with a series-low 3.6/ 6 (#3) in the household overnights in the 8 p.m. half-hour. And the weaker lead-in support resulted in a series-low 2.2/ 4 (#4) for week three of comical reality-themed “Repeat After Me” at 8:30 p.m., which dropped by 19 percent from the 2.7/ 4 one week earlier. As much as I do personally like “Repeat After Me” (and you would too if you gave it a chance), just 61 percent retention out of “Fresh Off the Boat” is a big concern.
Next on the alphabet net was young-adult and DVR friendly “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” at a below-average 2.8/ 4 from 9-10 p.m., which was still 27 percent above lead-in “Repeat After Me.” And it led into an encore telecast of freshman “Forever” at a 2.0/ 3 at 10 p.m., which was a slight improvement from the 1.8/ 3 for failed drama “Mind Games” on the year-ago evening.
Elsewhere, Fox populated the evening with diluted “Hell’s Kitchen” (#4: 2.8/ 5 at 8 p.m.) into a repeat of “New Girl” (#4: 1.2/ 2) and an original installment of “The Mindy Project” (#4: 1.5/ 5), which is still severely lacking despite the growth out of the “New Girl” encore. And The CW aired repeats of “The Flash” (#5: 0.9/ 2) and veteran “Supernatural” (#5: 0.6/ 1).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
CBS and NBC Tie; NBC to Lead in the Key Demos
Tuesday 3/09/15
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 7.7/13
NBC 7.7/12
ABC 2.5/ 4
Fox 2.0/ 3
CW 0.7/ 3
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 3/10/14:
NBC: +31, CBS: +28, Fox: – 5, ABC: – 7, CW: -36
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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 other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence.
-Winners:
“The Voice” (NBC), “NCIS” (CBS), “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS)
-Honorable Mention:
“Chicago Fire” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Repeat After Me” (ABC), “The Mindy Project” (Fox)
———-
Ratings Breakdown:
Note: Keep in mind that ratings tend to decrease after Daylight saving time.
CBS and NBC tied for first on this second Tuesday in March based on the household overnights, but the home of “The Voice” will certainly hold a large advantage in adults 18-49 (and all the key young adult demos). “The Voice” scored a rock-solid 8.7 rating/14 share in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m., peaking in the 9:30 p.m. half-hour at a 9.1/14. One year earlier, it averaged an 8.5/14. And “The Voice” led into “Chicago Fire” at a first-place 5.7/10 at 10 p.m., which inched past competing “Person of Interest” on CBS (5.5/10) by one-tenth of a rating point. NBC should have no trouble winning all six half-hours in the key demos (and CBS can do better than “Person of Interest” in the Tuesday 10 p.m. hour next season).
Tops for the night, of course, was “NCIS” on CBS at a 9.9/16 from 8-9 p.m., which led into a second-place 7.7/12 for spin-off “NCIS: New Orleans” at 9 p.m. Aforementioned “Person of Interest” dipped by 28 percent from the 9:30 p.m. portion of “NCIS: New Orleans” (7.6/12).
On ABC, recent sitcom entry “Fresh Off the Boat” slipped by 12 percent week to week, with a series-low 3.6/ 6 (#3) in the household overnights in the 8 p.m. half-hour. And the weaker lead-in support resulted in a series-low 2.2/ 4 (#4) for week three of comical reality-themed “Repeat After Me” at 8:30 p.m., which dropped by 19 percent from the 2.7/ 4 one week earlier. As much as I do personally like “Repeat After Me” (and you would too if you gave it a chance), just 61 percent retention out of “Fresh Off the Boat” is a big concern.
Next on the alphabet net was young-adult and DVR friendly “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” at a below-average 2.8/ 4 from 9-10 p.m., which was still 27 percent above lead-in “Repeat After Me.” And it led into an encore telecast of freshman “Forever” at a 2.0/ 3 at 10 p.m., which was a slight improvement from the 1.8/ 3 for failed drama “Mind Games” on the year-ago evening.
Elsewhere, Fox populated the evening with diluted “Hell’s Kitchen” (#4: 2.8/ 5 at 8 p.m.) into a repeat of “New Girl” (#4: 1.2/ 2) and an original installment of “The Mindy Project” (#4: 1.5/ 5), which is still severely lacking despite the growth out of the “New Girl” encore. And The CW aired repeats of “The Flash” (#5: 0.9/ 2) and veteran “Supernatural” (#5: 0.6/ 1).
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.
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