Last Week's Final Adjusted Ratings
Early HH 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 Overnights
Household Rating/Share
CBS 8.6/14
NBC 4.5/ 7
ABC 2.7/ 4
Fox 2.1/ 3
CW 0.7/ 1
Percent Change from the Comparable Year-Ago Evening:
NBC: +67, CBS: – 6, CW: -22, Fox: -28, ABC: -34
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-Winners:
“NCIS” (CBS), “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS), “Chicago Fire” (NBC), “Chicago Med” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats)
“Fresh Off the Boat” (ABC), “New Girl” (Fox), “Grandfathered” (Fox), “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (Fox), “The Grinder” (Fox)
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Ratings Breakdown
CBS took solid center stage on this first Tuesday in January in the household overnights care of its drama combination of “NCIS” (#1 for evening: 11.3 rating/18 share), spin-off “NCIS: New Orleans” (10.1/16) and freshman “Limitless” (#2: 4.5/ 8). But “Limitless” trailed year-ago occupant “Person of Interest” (6.2/10 on 1/06/15) by 27 percent. And it was 18 percent below competing “Chicago Med” on NBC (5.5/10), which is a shoo-in for a second season renewal. As for “Person of Interest,” it will return at some point later this season.
In a totally revamped night, Fox generated minimal interest with two hours of live action comedies. Overrated “New Girl” opened season five with a mere 2.5/ 4 in the overnights at 8 p.m., which tied relocated “Fresh Off the Boat” on ABC for third in the half-hour. One year earlier, “New Girl” scored an almost identical 2.4/ 4 in the Tuesday 9 p.m. half-hour. Lead-out “Grandfathered” moved into the 8:30 p.m. half-hour with a lackluster 2.2/ 3 (#3). Together, “New Girl” and “Grandfathered,” on average, were 36 percent below (in household rating) the 3.6/ 6 for year-ago occupant “MasterChef Junior.”
Next on Fox were the time period debuts of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (#4: 2.0/ 3) and “The Grinder” (#4: 1.6/ 3) from 9-10 p.m., which trailed the year-ago pairing of “New Girl” (2.4/ 4) and “The Mindy Project” (1.8/ 3) by an average of 14 percent. Outside of social media attention, Fox unfortunately cannot make inroads on Tuesday in the traditional ratings.
On ABC, airing out of aforementioned “Fresh Off the Boat” (which is not the “hit” we are led to believe) was an encore telecast of “The Muppets” (#4: 1.5/ 2) at 8:30 p.m. A Tuesday 9 p.m. telecast of “Shark Tank” (#3: 3.1/ 5) proves the series is better off staying on Friday. And it led into the return of spin-off “Beyond the Tank” at a compatible 2.9/ 5 (#3) at 10 p.m.
In other season-premiere news, “Hollywood Game Night” on NBC, hosted by Emmy winner Jane Lynch, finished a distant second behind “NCIS” with a 3.1/ 5 from 8-9 p.m. Comparably, that bested Fox’s competing “New Girl” and “Grandfathered” by an average of 32 percent. And it led into “Chicago Fire” at a 5.1/ 8 from 9-10 p.m., which built by a hefty 65 percent. Aforementioned freshman hit “Chicago Med” capped off the night with a 5.5/10.
Elsewhere, The CW populated the evening with encore telecasts of “The Flash” (#5: 0.9/ 1) and “iZombie” (#5: 0.1/ 1).
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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About the Daily Ratings
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.
NOTE: We will open up the ratings post early so that people can chat/disqus whilst we wait for the HH, T25 Numbers and then the Early Overnight numbers as usual.
