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)
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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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Sunday 3/01/15 Metered Markets
Mixed Results for New Trio of Scripted Sunday Series
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 7.0/11
ABC 3.7/ 6
NBC 3.1/ 5
Fox 2.6/ 4
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Oscar Evening – Sunday 3/02/14:
Note: ABC aired The Academy Awards on the year-ago evening.
CBS: +89,Fox: +73, NBC: +19, ABC: -84
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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:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS), “The Last Man on Earth” (Fox)
-Could Be Better/Could Be Worse:
“Secrets and Lies” (ABC)
-Disappointing:
“Battle Creek” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Bob’s Burgers” (Fox), “Dateline” (Fox)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Results were mixed for the three series premieres last night: crime dramas “Secrets and Lies” on ABC and “Battle Creek” on CBS and sitcom “The Last Man on Earth” on Fox.
Beginning with dominant CBS, the launch of “Battle Creek” was the highest rated of the trio, with a first-place 4.8 rating/8 share in the household overnights from 10-11 p.m. Comparably, however, veteran “CSI” opened its 15th season in the time period with a 5.8/10 on 9/28/14. “Battle Creek” debuted 23 percent below the 9:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “The Good Wife” (#1: 6.1/ 9). And the results among the key young adult demographics are likely to be limited given who is watching “The Good Wife.” Since most new series (excluding “Empire” on Fox, of course) drop 10 to 20 percent in week two, consider this a modest start for “Battle Creek” on CBS.
Earlier in the evening on the Eye net was granddaddy “60 Minutes” (#1 for the night: 9.3/15 from 7-8 p.m.), followed the returns of “Madam Secretary” (#1: 7.6/12 at 8 p.m.), which has clearly earned its second season renewal stripes, and aforementioned “The Good Wife” (#1: 6.1/ 9 at 9 p.m.).
On ABC, the two-hour debut of “Secrets and Lies” earned immediate brownie points for holding the household overnight lead-in support from “Once Upon a Time,” with a 4.0/ 6 from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, this was an improvement over the recent 9-11 p.m. pairing of dramas “Resurrection” and “Revenge.” And the four half-hours fluctuated by only one-tenth of a rating point. So, what the viewers saw kept them interested…at least initially. “Secrets and Lies” should also have no trouble besting competing “Battle Creek” in the 10 p.m. hour in the key demos (thanks to lead-in “Once Upon a Time”), but a 4.0 overnight household rating is still nothing to really boast about.
Next week on ABC, “Revenge” returns to the 10 p.m. hour out of “Secrets and Lies” from 9-10 p.m.
Earlier in the evening on the alphabet net was 7 p.m. clips show “Once Upon a Time: Secrets From Storybrooke” (#3: 2.9/ 5) into the aforementioned return of “Once Upon a Time” (#2t: 4.0/ 6 from 8-9 p.m.), which is expected to generate respectable interest in the key demo groups.
On Fox, the two-episode debut of comedy “The Last Man on Earth” was the lowest rated of the three new shows in the overnights with a 3.7/ 6 in the 9 p.m. half-hour (#3) and a 3.8/ 6 (#3) at 9:30 p.m. But overnight growth out of lead-in “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (#4: 2.3/ 3 at 8:30 p.m.) was a hefty 65 percent. “The Last Man on Earth” is poised for time period victory in the key young adult demos. And the second episode actually grew by one-tenth of a rating point in a time period know for considerable erosion. That said, consider episodes one and two of “The Last Man on Earth” with Will Forte a “winning” start.
Earlier in the evening on Fox was a repeat of “The Simpsons” (#4: 1.6/ 3 at 7 p.m.) into “Bob’s Burgers” (#4: 1.6/ 4 at 7: 30 p.m.) and diluted “The Simpsons” (#4: 2.4/ 4 in the 8 p.m. half-hour). Am I the only one who has noticed how far “The Simpsons” has fallen?
NBC capped off this first night in March with a two-hour encore airing of “The Voice” (3.6/ 6 from 7-9 p.m.) and a lackluster two-hour edition of “Dateline” (2.7/ 4 from 9-11 p.m.)
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Mixed Results for New Trio of Scripted Sunday Series
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 7.0/11
ABC 3.7/ 6
NBC 3.1/ 5
Fox 2.6/ 4
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Oscar Evening – Sunday 3/02/14:
Note: ABC aired The Academy Awards on the year-ago evening.
CBS: +89,Fox: +73, NBC: +19, ABC: -84
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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:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS), “The Last Man on Earth” (Fox)
-Could Be Better/Could Be Worse:
“Secrets and Lies” (ABC)
-Disappointing:
“Battle Creek” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Bob’s Burgers” (Fox), “Dateline” (Fox)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Results were mixed for the three series premieres last night: crime dramas “Secrets and Lies” on ABC and “Battle Creek” on CBS and sitcom “The Last Man on Earth” on Fox.
Beginning with dominant CBS, the launch of “Battle Creek” was the highest rated of the trio, with a first-place 4.8 rating/8 share in the household overnights from 10-11 p.m. Comparably, however, veteran “CSI” opened its 15th season in the time period with a 5.8/10 on 9/28/14. “Battle Creek” debuted 23 percent below the 9:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “The Good Wife” (#1: 6.1/ 9). And the results among the key young adult demographics are likely to be limited given who is watching “The Good Wife.” Since most new series (excluding “Empire” on Fox, of course) drop 10 to 20 percent in week two, consider this a modest start for “Battle Creek” on CBS.
Earlier in the evening on the Eye net was granddaddy “60 Minutes” (#1 for the night: 9.3/15 from 7-8 p.m.), followed the returns of “Madam Secretary” (#1: 7.6/12 at 8 p.m.), which has clearly earned its second season renewal stripes, and aforementioned “The Good Wife” (#1: 6.1/ 9 at 9 p.m.).
On ABC, the two-hour debut of “Secrets and Lies” earned immediate brownie points for holding the household overnight lead-in support from “Once Upon a Time,” with a 4.0/ 6 from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, this was an improvement over the recent 9-11 p.m. pairing of dramas “Resurrection” and “Revenge.” And the four half-hours fluctuated by only one-tenth of a rating point. So, what the viewers saw kept them interested…at least initially. “Secrets and Lies” should also have no trouble besting competing “Battle Creek” in the 10 p.m. hour in the key demos (thanks to lead-in “Once Upon a Time”), but a 4.0 overnight household rating is still nothing to really boast about.
Next week on ABC, “Revenge” returns to the 10 p.m. hour out of “Secrets and Lies” from 9-10 p.m.
Earlier in the evening on the alphabet net was 7 p.m. clips show “Once Upon a Time: Secrets From Storybrooke” (#3: 2.9/ 5) into the aforementioned return of “Once Upon a Time” (#2t: 4.0/ 6 from 8-9 p.m.), which is expected to generate respectable interest in the key demo groups.
On Fox, the two-episode debut of comedy “The Last Man on Earth” was the lowest rated of the three new shows in the overnights with a 3.7/ 6 in the 9 p.m. half-hour (#3) and a 3.8/ 6 (#3) at 9:30 p.m. But overnight growth out of lead-in “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (#4: 2.3/ 3 at 8:30 p.m.) was a hefty 65 percent. “The Last Man on Earth” is poised for time period victory in the key young adult demos. And the second episode actually grew by one-tenth of a rating point in a time period know for considerable erosion. That said, consider episodes one and two of “The Last Man on Earth” with Will Forte a “winning” start.
Earlier in the evening on Fox was a repeat of “The Simpsons” (#4: 1.6/ 3 at 7 p.m.) into “Bob’s Burgers” (#4: 1.6/ 4 at 7: 30 p.m.) and diluted “The Simpsons” (#4: 2.4/ 4 in the 8 p.m. half-hour). Am I the only one who has noticed how far “The Simpsons” has fallen?
NBC capped off this first night in March with a two-hour encore airing of “The Voice” (3.6/ 6 from 7-9 p.m.) and a lackluster two-hour edition of “Dateline” (2.7/ 4 from 9-11 p.m.)
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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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.
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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