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)
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Sunday 4/12/15 Metered Markets
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 7.2/12
ABC 3.2/ 5
NBC 3.0/ 5
Fox 1.7/ 3
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Oscar Evening – Sunday 4/13/14:
NBC: +11, CBS: + 4, ABC: -16, Fox: -19
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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.
-Solid in Total Viewers:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Dateline” (NBC), “American Odyssey” (NBC), “Revenge” (ABC), “Battle Creek” (CBS)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Note: All individual program results on CBS are approximate due to the estimated final 15-minutes of the Masters Golf Tournament bleeding into primetime on the East Coast.
CBS stood well above the competition in the Sunday overnights, besting distant No. 2 ABC by 125 percent. The aforementioned Masters Golf Tournament (10.6 rating/20 share from 7-7:15 p.m.) led into a 9.0 rating/16 share in households for “60 Minutes” from 7:15-8:15 p.m., followed by “Madam Secretary” (7.8/12 from 8:15-9:15 p.m.), “The Good Wife” (6.1/10 from 9:15-10:15 p.m.) and waiting-to-be axed recent entry “Battle Creek” (4.1/ 8 from 10:15-11:15 p.m.). While CBS — excluding “Battle Creek” — has a solid total audience base on Sunday, the challenge is bringing in younger viewers to the night.
In week two news, “A.D.: The Bible Continues” on NBC dipped by 25 from its debut with a second-place 4.6/ 7 in the overnights from 9-10 p.m. (versus a 6.1/10 one week earlier, which translated into 9.68 million viewers and a 2.3 rating/7 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data). This should be more than enough to dominate the time period in the key young adult demographics. And week two of “American Odyssey” slipped by 24 percent with a last-place 2.5/ 4 at 10 p.m. (versus a 3.3/ 6, which translated into 5.37 million viewers and a 1.1/ 4 in adults 18-49).
Earlier in the evening on NBC was “Dateline” (#4: 2.4/ 4) and a repeat of the pilot episode of “A.D.: The Bible Continues” (#3: 2.7/ 4) from 7-9 p.m.
Elsewhere, ABC had a modest overnight showing with its line-up of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (#3: 3.3/ 6), “Once Upon a Time” (#3: 3.2/ 5), “Secrets & Lies” (#3: 3.3/ 5) and tired “Revenge” (#2: 3.0/ 5) from 7-11 p.m. “Revenge” is unlikely to even beat competing “American Odyssey” on NBC in adults 18-49. And Fox populated this second Sunday in April with a repeats of “The Simpsons” (two episodes – 7 p.m.: 1.0/ 2 and 8 p.m.: 1.5/ 2) and “Bob’s Burgers” (1.0/ 2 at 7:30 p.m.), and original installments of “Family Guy” (2.1/ 3) and two episodes of just renewed “The Last Man on Earth” (avg. 2.2/ 3 from 9-10 p.m.). Fox ranked fourth in the overnights in each of its six half-hours.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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