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Ratings News - 26th March 2015

26 Mar 2015

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  • 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.

    Wednesday 3/25/15

    Household
    Rating/Share
    Fox 6.2/10
    CBS 5.7/ 9
    ABC 4.3/ 7
    NBC 4.3/ 7
    CW 1.6/ 3

    -Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 3/26/14:
    NBC: +72, CBS: +10, ABC: no change, Fox: – 6, CW: -16

    ———-

    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:
    “Survivor” (CBS), “Modern Family” (ABC)

    -Honorable Mention:
    “The Middle” (ABC), “The Goldbergs” (ABC)

    -Losers (excluding repeats):
    “Supernatural” (CW), “Nashville: On the Record 2” (ABC)

    ———-

    Ratings Breakdown:
    Minus mega-hit “Empire,” which concluded season one last week, Fox still managed to win in the Wednesday overnights. But a 6.2 rating/10 share in households for “American Idol” from 8-10 p.m. paled in comparison to the 10.8/17 for the two episodes of “Empire” last week. And this was six percent below the 6.6/10 for “Idol” on the year-ago evening. Regardless, there is no reason to believe this is the final season of the veteran singing competition.

    Next was CBS with its combination of always reliable “Survivor” (#2: 5.7/ 9), which should having no difficulty topping the 8 p.m. hour in the key demos, veteran “Criminal Minds” (#1t: 6.3/10) and week four of “CSI: Cyber” (#1: 5.2/ 9). Dominance is a positive, of course, and “CSI: Cyber” has indeed leveled off. But a 5.1 rating in the household overnights last week only equaled a 1.4 rating/5 share among adults 18-49 (out of a 2.3/ 7 for two episodes of “Survivor), based on the Live Plus Same Day data. And this is not much of an improvement from recent on-the-fence occupant “Stalker.” The bottom-line: CBS can do better and bringing back parent “CSI” for one final season (abbreviated, perhaps) is a better idea than keeping “CSI: Cyber” on the air.

    ABC had nothing unusual to report with its sitcom combination of “The Middle” (#3: 5.0/ 8), “The Goldbergs” (#4: 4.5/ 7), “Modern Family” (#2: 6.0/10) and “black-ish” (#3: 4.4/ 7), which is likely to be revamped next season. One potential option could be to move “The Goldbergs” into the 8 p.m. lead-off spot, which generally builds from “The Middle” by about three-tenths of a rating in adults 18-49. And “The Middle” could, perhaps, be used to strengthen Tuesday or Friday, if it does return.

    At 10 p.m. on ABC was “Nashville: On the Record 2,” featuring members of the cast performing their favorite songs, as a distant third-place 2.9/ 5. Thump!

    Elsewhere, NBC was at typical Wednesday overnight levels care of dramas “The Mysteries of Laura” (#4: 4.6/ 8), veteran “Law & Order: SVU” (#4: 4.2/ 7) and sophomore “Chicago PD” (#2: 4.3/ 7), which should be competitive with competing “CSI: Cyber” for first in the 10 p.m. hour adults 18-49. And The CW capped off this final Wednesday in March with “Arrow” (#5: 2.0/ 3) and relocated “Supernatural,” which slipped by 37 percent from the 8:30 p.m. portion of “Arrow” (1.9/ 3) and was down by 33 percent from year-ago occupant “The 100” (1.8/ 3 on 3/26/14). To the fans of “Supernatural”: Don’t shoot the messenger, but these overnights could be better.

    Source: Nielsen Media Research data

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193 comments:

  1. Solid numbers for Arrow, slight HH improvement makes me hope for an 1,2 in demos.
    MF solid as always nothing more for me.

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  2. CSI Cyber looks dead...

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  3. Back to ho-hum numbers on Wednesday till next season.

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  4. So what HH did Supernatural actually get? He doesn't say it.

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  5. So, Marc forgot to mention it, but SPN got a 1.3 HH.

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  6. Wed Ratings are not the same w/out Empire breaking records

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  7. Come on Ross activate Ur B cells. A third of 2.0 ^_^
    Its sweet how he tries to make it an intriguing and interesting read. :-P

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  8. Thanks. Same as last week then. Let's hope it's not another series low. Although the way the writing for this show is going at the moment, I expect many more series lows to come.

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  9. Pfft. Don't make me do math when its lunch time! I'm far too hungry to think haha.

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  10. Instead you have Supernatural getting series lows.

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  11. That's good for Arrow, last week it got 1.8/3 this week it went up to 2.0/3. Probably gonna get 1.0 or 1.1 in demos

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  12. Why do ABC do these stupid Nashville specials? A regular eps hardly does well.

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  13. I know what you mean, I'm already home with a full belly so I'm fine ! ;-)

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  14. FOX won the night without Empire.

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  15. Devon Maxwell-Pierce26 March 2015 at 13:26

    I agree with Marc for once. I think they should do a 13 ep season for CSI rather than keep going with Cyber. It's dreadful.

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  16. in HH yes but we don't know in demo yet.

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  17. That episode deserved a series low. But I hope it can bounce back up a little next week.

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  18. Huh so SPN didn't fair so well then

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  19. Hope for Modern Family!

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  20. Predctions for ABC

    Middle: 1.9
    Goldbergs: 2.3
    Modern: ?
    Blackish: 2.2

    Middle's HH looks low...

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  21. So this should be a heads up to them SPN is finally feeling the effects of creative problems. In that's good, so they need to stop patting themselves on the back for putting out trash every week.

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  22. Poor Supernatural :( Although, that was a boring ass episode last night.

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  23. Specials usually do better than repeats so it's kinda a win-win for the network even if the specials dont rate as well as new episodes.

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  24. The power of American Idol.

    Proof people still love watching singing competitions no matter how long in the tooth they get.

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  25. Nashville On the Record pulled 1.0 in the demo last year. It would be about the same this year. I don't think anyone was expecting it to match a regular episode but is better than a repeat.

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  26. Well I guess its time for CW to make a nutsy call to Carver&Co. If SPN budget is so low they cant hire decent writers - time to wrap it up. Don't run what left of this iconic show down to the ground.
    Prepare for another 0.6.Its a new normal now. Thanks to horrible writing and CW brilliant ides to move straggling aging show in the middle of spring break.

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  27. I really hope Arrow gets at least a 1.0, I absolutely hate when it goes fractional.

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  28. I am not sure they won it in the demo though. Maybe if the Nashville thing did really bad, but otherwise ABC should be able to take it unless the comedies fell hard.

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  29. jenny herpes, charmzies, Robbie Thompson, Adam Glass, brad buecker & eugenie ross leming and Carver destroyed this show.

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  30. Can The Goldberg really keep up with that type of momentum this deep in the Spring? It's almost April. We shall see.

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  31. Jenny Herpes? That's an unfortunate last name.

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  32. It's clear that the writers don't care about the show. As far as I'm aware, I think about half of them have other jobs that are more catered to their interests (like I think a few of them write comic books). My guess is is that they work on Supernatural for the paycheck so they can peruse their actual interests. I think it's time to clean house, well mostly.

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  33. Exactly. People keep reacting to these specials as if they were replacing original episodes when they are in fact replacing repeats.

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  34. Jenny Klein that her twitter handle.

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  35. Its just a shame that so many good ideas went down to the toilet. I hope Js is wealthy enough by now to dement short 11th season and call it quit (I never ever thought I can say something like that, SPN is my only TV love, but it just too much)

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  36. I think if the fanbase make enough noise it can happen. But SPN still have a alot of fan girls still pumping up their egos.

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  37. It would be damn close to being ABC's number #2 show if that happens! And to think it was a bubble show a year and a half ago!

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  38. Look at the villains we used to have. Azazel, Lillith, Lucifer, Ruby, hell even Dick Roman. Now what do we have? Rowena and Metatron. Really? Yet we have one episode with Cain which could have been a season long arc (his genocide). They can't even remember the veil plotline! It's not been mentioned once this year. I'm so frustrated because the world of Supernatural is so rich, there are so many things that could happen. Yet we get this drivel?

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  39. Yup. They want to do anything just to get noticed or retweeted, so they just blow hot air.

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  40. Well ratings will tell the story. That's only true measurement of viewers satisfaction. Good luck to Carver to spin that off .

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  41. In that's the problem with ever single one. Give the show writers that don't care and a show runner that let them do whatever they wan't it spells for disaster.
    This is not a A list team and I don't expect it to be, but they can at least put out average work. In the sad thing is they are not even doing average work. It's time to clean house as you said.

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  42. Let's see if ABC's line-up suffered any kind of spike.

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  43. Farewell Parks and Rec26 March 2015 at 14:02

    CW moved supernatural to the wrong fast now it can't stand another move. But I aL guess this is the way Pedowitz dies things, he would refuse living Reign to Friday, SPN to Thursday then launching two new shows out of Flash and Arrow.

    Cyber looks like a one and done, otherwise, normal night or maybe I don't remember Wednesday reading thanks to the big 4 avoiding Empire.

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  44. True. SPN had lots of 1.3HH last spring, but demo was much higher. This year 1.3s are bad, its 0.6-0.7 demo, when last year it was mostly 0.7-0.8.
    I hope demo drop will ring some bell in Carvers head. Too bad his NBC pilot wasn't picked up, may be its time for him to go.

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  45. This morning the album for this special was number 3 on iTunes. Meaning they were able to make some semblance of a profit off this special now versus next to nothing for a repeat.

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  46. Well, at least the Nashville album for this special is charting on iTunes, so yay?

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  47. Boring ass season

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  48. Unless there's a bump in the demos that we haven't seem yet, I looks like Empire's absense had no effect :(

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  49. It would have had these numbers on Tuesday too

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  50. Supernatural may end next year :(

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  51. Hopefully they announce season 11 as the last though at this point is a season 11 needed? All Carver is going to do is drag this already shitty MOC storyline out for another season. They dont know what to do with Cas, Crowley is a joke, they dont have a big bad and its gotten to the point of Sam who? Theres too much fan service (to certain sections of the fandom), too much poor use and over use of guest stars, too much of the writers writing for themselves/inserting themselves into the story via certain characters not to mention 2 leads who want more time off.

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  52. Dont move The Middle. Tuesdays at 8 is an awfull hour for ABC.

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  53. One question: since Middle and Goldbergs typically have very similar share ratings, that means that less people between the ages of adults 18-49 are watching TV at 8 than 8:30?

    I think Goldbergs essentially took Suburgatory's place on the schedule, for the better.

    I since another fluke low for all comedies eventually. Goldbergs has gone as low as a 1.7 this season.

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  54. Dont blame the time slot for SPN's poor ratings, it was getting 0.8/0.7's on Tuesday and with the writing was getting worse by the episode, boring storylines and arrogant writers/show runner it was only a matter of time before the ratings stared to reflect what was being shown on screen. The decline has been steady this season so how the move can be blamed I dont know?!

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  55. If they don't they'll keep having failures. But yeah, I definately don't want The Middle to move.

    Strange when you think about it: it rates exactly the same as last year, but Goldbergs has spiked. Many expected it to, but not this much.

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  56. The viewing levels are increasing throughout the evening until the beginning of the 10 p.m. hour when they start to go down again.


    It's not very surprising that less people in the demo age are watching tv at 8 than those at 8:30

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  57. So, Goldbergs at 8 would probably drop a little? Something to think about...

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  58. Comparison to last episode

    The Middle-5.0(-0.3)
    The Goldbergs-4.5(-0.3)
    Modern Family-6.0(-0.1)
    Black-ish-4.4(+0.1)
    Nashville-2.9(-0.7)

    The Mysteries of Laura-4.6(-0.6)
    Law & Order: SVU-4.2(-1.2)-OUCH
    Chicago PD-4.3(-0.5)

    Survivor-5.7(+0.3)
    Criminal Minds-6.3(-0.2)
    CSI:Cyber-5.2(+0.1)

    American Idol-6.2(-0.8)-Compared to last wednesday episode

    Arrow-2.0(+0.2)
    Supernatural-1.3(even)

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  59. Not necessarily but it could happen, indeed.

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  60. SHIELD didnt help the show at all when it was at 9 pm. Im glad ABC gave it a chance and it's worth it. You see how FoTB did those days it was on wednesday, teh show performed well but going to it's time slot ii has been dropping week by week.

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  61. Yes, that is exactly what it means. The 8h30 comedies are expected to do better than the 8h00 comedies for two reasons:
    1) Local programming is supposed to be a worse lead-in than the 8pm comedy (unless it is a flop, which isn't the case here)
    2) Viewing levels spike in a relatively significant manner from 8 to 8h30. Season to date, my estimates claim viewing levels in the 8pm half hour have averaged a 29.5 PUT and a 32 PUT in the 8.30 pm half hour, which is not irrelevant.

    This means that, if say, the 8h00 comedy does a 2.1 and the 8h30 comedy does a 2.1 (think Mike and Molly and 2 Broke Girls for instance), the 8h00 comedy is stronger. It is an imprecise thing to quantify exactly how much growth is enough growth for the 8h30 to be stronger than the 8h00 one, but most people agree that what The Goldbergs has done this year is enough for it to be stronger than The Middle, even accounting for the two aforementioned reasons (even if the difference is much lower than what raw numbers indicate).

    Take a look at Spotted Ratings TRUE Power Rankings to learn more: http://www.spottedratings.com/2014/11/abc-weekly-true-power-rankings-for-2014.html

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  62. Didn't SVU air against the Survivor/TAR combo the last time it was an original? Since it seems to correlate so much with Criminal Minds, that would explain the difference.

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  63. Don't forget that following the Goldbergs, we have the #2 strongest comedy on television, Modern Family. The pre-tune effect the show has on the previous comedy should also be accounted to give the Goldbergs another push.

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  64. Very likely, yes. The same way 2 Broke Girls was expected to decline with the move to 8pm this year (further aggravated by the fact that it lost the How I Met Your Mother lead-in)

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  65. It's an awful hour until you get the correct show to go there.


    Case-in-point: Grey's Anatomy this season.

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  66. Yes, it did, so the big drop does make some sense at least some sense.

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  67. SPN would've perform worst on a thursday

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  68. Yes, you are entirely correct, I forgot that. I believe pre-tune really is a thing and that lead-out should also be accounted for. I am not sure it is that much relevant in cases like 2 Broke Girls | Mike and Molly in which there is a drama with similar ratings following but certainly in the case of a 2 hour comedy block in which the biggest show is at 9pm, like is the case of The Middle | The Goldbers, so Iyes, I definitely agree.

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  69. The Middle moving would make a lot of sense to me if there wasn't and Empire looming. That's my biggest con against that move.

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  70. GA has a loyal audience and im so glad somethign finally work there. Can ABC take a risk and move MF there to see how will it perform?

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  71. According to my estimates (which I am admittedly still trying to perfect, but still) the average viewing levels at 8h are actually the lowest! Both the 10h and the 10h30 half hour are higher than the 8h half hour! Even if I am slightly off, which is very possible, it's still crazy, because we tend to think of 10pm as being lower viewed. It really makes you respect more the 8pm heavy lifters like The Middle, 2 Broke Girls and Last Man Standing.

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  72. I've always wondered why CBS hasn't put - or experimented - with TBBT at 9 p.m.

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  73. It is amazing how three of the comedies manage to sucessfully self-start.

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  74. Yes, Grey's Anatomy is in an entirely different league from most other shows on network television.


    But ABC won't move their highest rated show to 8 p.m. when Modern Family has been doing just fine where it is.

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  75. SPN's writing team aspires to mediocrity. The characterization is all over the place, continuity is appalling, and the constant dangling of character progression before snatching it away and reverting to the same, dreary default has turned the dynamic between the brothers into one of tedious rinse-repeat. Their salaries must be handsome for J2M to keep signing up for this garbage.

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  76. The writing has definitely taken a sharp nose dive.

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  77. I think it is harder to lead off a comedy hour than it is to anchor it, meaning I think the 8pm half hour is a tougher one to crack than the 9pm half hour. I don't think CBS was ever in a condition to put TBBT at 9 because its replacement would always lack at 8. As long as they have a good 8h30 show (Which tends to be their problem), the positive effects that TBBT has at 8 should still carry through the entire night in a more significant manner than they would at 9h. In addition, it is the game of the bird on one hand - maybe if they were to start the night from scratch they could consider doing it, like ABC did for Modern Family, but to change things up later on... I just don't feel it's worth the risk of the 8pm hour collapsing. This is my thinking anyway.

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  78. To be fair, only two comedies actually self-start (in my opinion): The Middle (for the obvious reasons) and Modern Family, because the show does essentially the same regardless of the lead-in it has (although I'd argue that the show is a bit stronger if it has a more compatible, higher-rated lead-in but the difference isn't that meaningful.)


    You can argue that while TG's performance this year has been impressive (which it has!), you also have to take into account just how good of a situation it has.

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  79. 2 Broke Girls is a huge self starter too! And obviously The Big Bang Theory. To a lesser degree, but New Girl is also a self starter for FOX albeit on a different ratings level and The Last Man on Earth proved this past Sunday that it was one as well.

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  80. I take it that he meant on ABC, particularly in the Wednesday block. Hence why I brought those two examples into this.

    But you're correct on the rest, as you usually are.

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  81. Ah sorry, my bad.

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  82. That's why i want it moved even if it's for a few weeks, like CBS does for TBBT when it's on mondays, They keep retty much the same lvls on audience and then goes back to it's regular timeslot.

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  83. The Big Bang Theory was hurt with the jerk-around this year to that is a bad example, in my opinion.

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  84. The Middle: 1.8
    The Goldbergs: 2.0
    Modern Family: 2.8
    black-ish: 2.1

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  85. Arrow 1.0, SPN 0.7

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  86. Now that I think of it, Goldbergs technically doesn't self start bc it drops from Middle in viewers, but still impressive!

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  87. TBBT got seriously damaged in the jerking around it had.


    ABC won't do that (for one, because they don't need to.)

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  88. The Goldbergs self-starts where it matters the most.

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  89. Wow ABC had a very bad night, I was expecting boosts in the 9pm hour as a result of Empire leaving. Very glad to see Arrow back with a 1.0 though, hopefully we have an upwards adjustment as usual too! Very proud!

    Winners: Modern Family, Survivor, Criminal Minds, Arrow

    Honorable Mention: The Middle, The Goldbergs, Blackish, Supernatural, Chicago PD

    Losers: The Mysteries of Laura, CSI Cyber, Law and Order SVU

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  90. I thought it started off strong, with the Demon Dean stuff but they failed majorly with Cole. I also didn't care about the Angel sub plot so that failed for me early on. However, the last few episodes have been rather boring. Hopefully they can pick it up before the end of the season.


    At this point, with the ratings as they are, they should just declare S11 the Final season and wrap everything up in a meaningful way...they can still do it, Fan Fiction was a great episode

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  91. TMOL: 1.0
    SVU: 1.3
    PD: 1.5


    Very nice performance for NBC's block.

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  92. Really? I think only PD did decently. I think those are ugly numbers for Laura and SVU.

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  93. Victor Hugo G. Soares26 March 2015 at 15:03

    Goodbye Laura

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  94. I hope so and I think the cast do too

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  95. Viewer metrics are irrelevant though.

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  96. Looks like Nashville is now down to Revenges levels

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  97. Oh man. I feel really sad. Can't believe Goldbergs lost half a point.

    Meawhile, The Middle deserves so much better. Could be the funniest episode in the entire series, such a shame.

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  98. It was a special backstage thing, not an actual episode!

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  99. That was a special, not a regular episode

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  100. The Goldbergs was very high end before though, it was bound to go down. And 2.0 is still pretty good.

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  101. FOX is down 73% week-to-week!

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  102. Its been steadily declining since Carver took over its gotten even worse since mid season 9.

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  103. The Goldbergs was already overachieving by posting two 2.5's consecutively.


    Course correction.

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  104. If SVU and Chicago PD both remain on Wednesdays, these two need to flip. Chicago PD should not be growing out of SVU.

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  105. SPN is essentially an ensemble show now. It has to be, because J2 want fewer hours: they're family guys. Good for them. But this creative team needs to take a long hard look at how other ensemble genre shows, like The Flash, Arrow, Grimm, and The 100, craft their storylines. Because those writing teams are doing an infinitely better job at using all of their characters in logical, clever ways while not making fans feel they aren't seeing enough of the main protagonist/s.

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  106. what did SPN get, 0.7 or 0.8?

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  107. It seems like all the nets are having an off week ( CBS seems the least affected)

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  108. ok thanks. The chart up top is saying 0.8 so I got confused

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  109. Those numbers for Idol e.e . ABC had abad night i thougth without EMPIRE the shows will rise a little. Glad seeing Arrow at 1.1, last night episode was really good.

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  110. Daylight Savings Time/Spring is in effect.

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  111. Arrow 1.1
    SPN 0.8
    Arrow's gonna pinch 0.1 off SPN in the finals

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  112. ABC's comedies always seem to return down after a break.

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  113. Terrible performance for NBC's block

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  114. was on the table up top, I went back out and in again and its changed to 1.0 and 0.7. Dont know what happened.

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  115. For less than one minute we could see 1.1 and 0.8

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  116. Very nice performance, i.e, they all grew from each other.

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  117. I think this is sarcasm...RIGHT?

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  118. Abc comedies tend to rebound
    Hoping GA and Scandal can tonight

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  119. Empire being over helped none of the networks.

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  120. I will be a fanboy for a second and say that Arrow is the drama that is up the most y2y on all of broadcast television with an extremely impressive +8% year to year trend! Extremely proud!

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  121. Laura placed 5th last night... has NBC ever tied or, if adjusted up to a 1.1, lost to the CW on Wednesdays?

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  122. I agree, it's very strange, I though for sure Modern Family and Blackish would inch upwards.

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  123. Way to go Arrow! I knew you can do it :D

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  124. I second your fanboy moment. Especially sense most people seem to have a mixed reaction this season as far as plot, it's impressive that it is up y2y.


    Could it be the loss of revolution?

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  125. CSI cyber is a joke its doing worse than Stalker

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  126. Nope. Half hours were 0.8/0.7. Hour was 0.7. If anything SPN stays at 0.7 or adjusts up to 0.8

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  127. me too, its fixed now. But looking at those viewer figures and factoring in Arrow's likelyhood to have overrun I think it will adjust down to 0.6. Looking for the half hours as I expect a big second half drop off for SPN in viewers and a drop in demo?

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  128. Arrow had a fantastic episode yesterday

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  129. Maybe this will put the rest the theory that Empire was affecting black-ish.

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  130. Maybe that helps a bit but I never found the ratings of the two correlated last year. I think it's a mix of The Flash getting more people interested, the show's very good positive buzz from last year and some considerable underachievement last winter and spring for some reason that is making the comparisons more favorable now.

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  131. I really though it was

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  132. It did a 0.8-0.7

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  133. CSI is so getting cancelled. CSI franchise will only live in syndication heaven.

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  134. Unless this was a direct result of the break. We will know next week.

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  135. One of the writers wrote for Woody Wood Pecker. They don't know anything about ensemble.

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  136. where are you getting the half hours from?

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  137. So NBC will but Shades of Blue at the 8PM slot next season, I guess? Wonder if JLo will bring in any younger viewers for the slot.

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  138. Yep, I find that really surprising.

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  139. I think they should do Law and Order SVU | Chicago PD | Chicago Med and hold Shades of Blue to the summer to the post Got Talent slot as it sounds very similar to Laura and Laura was apparently compatible with Got Talent judging from the preview results.

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  140. CBS won the night

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  141. Modern Family had 3.0+ with Empire, but now 2.8? What happened?

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  142. The break seems to have affected the comedy block. It should bounce back.

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  143. I find it really funny how The Middle fell like half a ratings point yet still beat Idol, which fell even more.

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  144. JLo comes with a big paycheck so I wonder if they can afford to put it in summer. They have already started production, so it is safe to say that they prepping it for the fall.

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  145. One thing to bear in mind is that this is Blackish's best Modern Family retention in a very long time (since October) and that it has only had better retention than these three times (one of them being the premiere). So it is possible that Blackish really was affected but that what it gained from Empire's absence was lost by Modern Family's lower result.

    I am a dog with a bone now, so I am kind of trying to prove my point, I admit it, but well, what I said is true!

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  146. I agree with you that they will do that but I don't think they should. JLo is not bringing any influx of viewers to American Idol as far as I can tell, why would she do it for Shades of Blue? We shall see.

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  147. Have you heard of the concept 'grasping at straws'.


    You seem keen on doing it. :P

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  148. In any case, even if they go down that route, I would rather them do SVU | PD | Shades of Blue (with Med launching in the winter) than forcing a newbie at 8pm against the Empire monster.

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  149. Shades of Blue will be in the fall. However, I agree with Omabin that the smartest play for summer 2016 is Night Shift on Tuesday after AGT and Shades of Blue Wednesday after AGT (in Taxi Brooklyn's spot, but sooner after the second AGT episode).

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  150. Yes Laura has lost to Arrow quite a few times this season

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  151. Yeah I acknowledge it and own it lol. But it's kind of true though... This was Blackish's best Modern Family retention in a very long time!

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  152. Your plan for SVU at 8pm is looking better and better right now.

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  153. Yep, I agree, PD should be the one launching a show now. It makes little sense to subject a show to the low viewed 8pm slot against the Empire monster.

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  154. We will see how blackish performs next week, if/when Modern Family rebounds.

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  155. Really weird that Empire's absence didn't boost any other network significantly. I suspected some shows would rise but that doesn't seem to be the case.

    So will CBS ever have a freshman 10 pm show again that has acceptable ratings?

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  156. I don't think Idol is comparable with a drama, tho.

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  157. The greater risk I think you run is oversaturation in the marketplace. Not only with existing properties but also potential newbies like Broad City. I feel the same about medical dramas, too.

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  158. That is fair enough ;)

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  159. Maybe, I dunno. This just feels like a Laura redux. JLo may attract initial interest but I doubt people would watch it just for her. We shall see.

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  160. Jennifer Lopez's Shades of Blue would be demolished by Empire.

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  161. Nice come back Arrow. Now adjust up to 1.1.

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  162. Lucifer, Lilith, and Dick Roman were mostly awful.

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  163. The writing has been bad since season 3, with some exceptions here and there.

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  164. If NBC decides to air Shades of Blue in the fall for 13-16 episodes, it could time share with Chicago Med in the Wednesday 10pm slot.

    That's just idea of course.

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  165. HTGAWMRevengeOUAT26 March 2015 at 15:38

    For being a special nashville did well in viewership

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  166. why she is 45 years old

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  167. Yes I agree with that. They launched PD in the winter too so that is possible. Maybe it isn't such a bad idea since they could focus all of their energy in Med in the winter instead of spreading it in the fall.

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  168. not very good for Chicago PD

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  169. Um why? It returned after a 3 week hiatus to a 1.5, the same ratings it had in the last episode. It also won the timeslot. What are you talking about? The show was already renewed anyways (with those ratings as well)

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  170. I agree. This entire season has been bad and boring. The DD plot was wasted. The MOC plot is boring and being dragged out. Cas is nowhere to be found. Crowley's story is awful and boring.
    I think the decline in writing has finally taken its toll on the viewers. This season is so bad that I'm seriously thinking I won't be back next year, and I may just record the rest of this season and "marathon" it later.

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  171. Agreed! Each Carver season is the worse than the other, IMO, and this one is the absolute worst!

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  172. I hope so too! The show is not worth saving in its present condition!

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  173. Arrow did a 1.0? Given the way that everything has taken a hit since spring fever hit, I'm astonished. Unexpected yet excellent news, and another nail in the argument that the show is off the rails.

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  174. I still don't understand. Jeremy Carver wrote some of Supernatural's most outstanding episodes but when he became show runner, he lost his head. He was on a leash as a writer but as show runner, he just lost all sense of what made SPN special. Those fan boy friends of his are no better. They did well on the leash but under Carver, they lost their minds too.
    I hope and pray NBC picks up Frequency. I hope he leaves and takes his fan boys with him.

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  175. I agree that the addition of the Flash show is a significant factor. Awareness/interest in the show definitely increased after the winter crossover episodes. I don't agree that the show has underachieved. Given that the seasons are crafted as a 23-chapter story, it's best to look back on each season as a whole to judge if it was successful or not.

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  176. it should go up........I hope episode 18 is even higher because of the crazy stuff that will happen

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  177. 4 was pretty well written, I think it started to go sideways in season which is when Kripke started to lose interest

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  178. We have been on 1.1 or 1.2 since FlArrow crossover. Last week was down only because of Empire finale. So I expect really good numbers from now on. Nothing less than 1.1 will do. I expect 1.2 and hope for 1.3 next episode.


    I feel for The Flash though. I wish it had remained steady at 1.3.

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  179. I am silently praying that Cyber is doing worse than Stalker, I really liked Stalker and I wonder when they will air the remaining episodes.

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  180. I think the decline in writing has finally taken its toll on the viewers

    I fear that’s been happening to me too a little bit. I’m behind on the episodes right now. I watched 10.13 Halt and Catch Fire last week so it’s not that bad but there was a long hiatus recently… On the other hand, my computer breaking contributed to it because it broke my habit of watching a new episode soon after it’s aired. And it’s hard to pick the habit back up when the show isn’t as compelling as it used to be. I remember how hard it was to wait a whole week for another episode. Now it’s like, “Argh, another one was aired and I still haven’t watched the previous ones!”

    This season is so bad that I'm seriously thinking I won't be back next year, and I may just record the rest of this season and "marathon" it later.

    I hope you’ll still be around on the forums!

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  181. I was really interested in L&O: SVU last night. Honestly, I was much more interested in that show than in SPN. Whenever I turned to SPN, it was either Rowena going on and on about whatever or a horrible FB w/that nun. Hahaha! I just wasn't interested.


    As you said, the show doesn't have the same hold over me it once did. I've been watching out of habit, but I feel if this is the best they have to offer, I will probably check out. I don't feel one single meaningful thing has occurred all season. I feel like the show has been spinning its wheels all season long. It's ridiculous. I also read that this MOC crap story will probably be carried over into next year. IMO, SPN would benefit from an actual story arc and plan for the year. I don't think that is likely to happen w/Carver at the helm!

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  182. Wait they still do American Idol?

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  183. It's horrible...i wanted to like it but it's complete rubbish...it has potential but writing is terrible and all the people were miscast...

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