Last Week's Final Adjusted Ratings
Early Ratings Analysis by Marc Berman (TVMediaInsights)
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)
NOTE: The opinions expressed here are NOT those of SpoilerTV but of the Author of this Article, Marc Berman.
Metered Market Wednesday Rating
More Growth for the Hefty “Empire” Season-Ender
Wednesday 3/18/15
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 10.8/17
CBS 5.3/ 9
ABC 4.0/ 7
NBC 3.0/ 5
CW 1.5/ 2
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 3/19/14
Fox: +61, ABC: +48, CBS: -17, CW: -21, NBC: -23
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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:
“Empire” (Fox)
-Honorable Mention:
“Survivor” (CBS), “The Untold Story of The Sound of Music” (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
Nothing…38 percent of the line-up was in repeats.
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Ratings Breakdown:
“Empire” on Fox, the biggest new network series hit in years, concluded its first season with two episodes and more record ratings last night. The 8-9 p.m. installment scored a 10.4 rating/17 share in the household overnights, which was three percent above the record 10.1/16 one week earlier (at 9 p.m.). And the regularly scheduled 9-10 p.m. edition rose to an 11.2/17, which compared to the already potent series debut on Jan. 14 (6.8/10) was an increase of 65 percent.
Ratings for “Empire” grew every week, with the 10.1/16 last week translating into 14.92 million viewers and a 5.8 rating/17 share among adults 18-49 (based on the Live + Same Day data). “Empire” more than doubled the No. 2 occupant in the 8-10 p.m. block, two episodes of “Survivor” on CBS (5.4/ 9). And “Empire’s” advantage over two-hours of “American Idol” on the year-ago evening (6.7/11 on 3/19/14) was 61 percent. Once the Live +7 Day is factored in, “Empire” should have no trouble surpassing 20-million viewers. This is what you would call a massive hit.
Twelve-episode overnight track for “Empire”: 6.8/10 – 7.3/11 – 7.6/12 – 7.9/12 – 8.0/12 – 8.2/13 – 8.8/13 – 9.2/14 – 9.6/15 – 10.1/16 – 10.4/17 – 11.2/17.
Despite facing “Empire,” two episodes of “Survivor” on CBS remained successfully afloat with a 5.4/ 9 in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m., which was just four percent below the 5.6/ 9 for the regularly scheduled 8-9 p.m. edition last week. And that translated into a respectable 2.2 rating/8 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Plus Same Day data. Fortunately, things took an interesting turn on the veteran reality/competition franchise.
Next on the Eye net was episode three of “CSI: Cyber,” which slipped to a second-place 5.1/ 9 at 10 p.m. Comparably, that was 19 percent below the 6.3/11 one week earlier (which was already modest in adults 18-49, with a 1.7/ 6, based on the Live + Same Day data). If CBS decides to grant parent “CSI” a 16th season, there is really no need to keep modest “CSI: Cyber” on the air. Three-week overnight track for “CSI: Cyber”: 6.4/121 – 6.3/11 – 5.1/ 9.
Over at ABC, repeats of “The Middle” ((#3: 3.8/ 6), “The Goldbergs” (#3: 3.2/ 5), “Modern Family” (#3: 3.7/ 6) and “black-ish” (#4: 2.9/ 5) populated the 8-10 p.m. block, leading into a dominant 5.2/ 9 for 10 p.m. entry, “The Untold Story of The Sound of Music” – A Diane Sawyer Special. Comparably, the “Sound of Music” special was 42 percent above the 3.6/ 6 for the most recent installment of regularly scheduled “Nashville” on March 4.
Elsewhere, NBC offered encore telecasts of on-the-fence “The Mysteries of Laura” (#4: 3.0/ 5) and already renewed “Law & Order: SVU” (#4: 3.2/ 5) and “Chicago PD” (#3: 2.7/ 5). And The CW scored a typical 1.8/ 3 in the overnights for “Arrow” (#5) at 8 p.m. into new Wednesday 9 p.m. occupant “Supernatural” at a 1.3/ 2.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
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