Last Week's Final Adjusted Ratings
Early HH Ratings from Marc Berman (programminginsider)
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.
Household Rating/Share
CBS: 5.9 rating/10 share, ABC: 4.1/ 7, NBC: 3.9/ 7, Fox: 2.6/ 4, CW: 1.4/ 2
Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
CBS: + 4, ABC: – 5, NBC: -11, CW: -12, Fox: -58
Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy Wednesday overnight victory for CBS, which bested No. 2 ABC by 44 percent in households. “Survivor” opened with a dominant 5.7/10 in the 8 p.m. hour, followed by an above average 6.9/11 (#1 for the night) for veteran “Criminal Minds” at 9 p.m. and week two of spin-off “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” at a 5.2/ 9 (#1) at 10 p.m. Comparably, “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” slipped by 10 percent from its 5.8/10 opener one week earlier, and that translated into 8.88 million viewers and a 1.6 rating/6 share in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data. In other words, this erosion was expected and is not a concern…yet.
On ABC, “Modern Family” dominated the two-hour Wednesday sitcom block, as always, with a 5.4/ 9 (#2) at 9 p.m., but this was 10 percent below the 6.0/10 one year earlier. Needless to say, the pending return of Fox’s competing “Empire” in the time period will not be beneficial. “Modern Family” led into a typical 4.1/ 7 for “black-ish” at 9:30 p.m., followed by on-the-fence “Nashville” at a 3.0/ 5 (#3) at 10 p.m. Comparably, “Nashville” trailed aforementioned “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” and “Chicago PD” on NBC (#2: 4.3/ 7) by 21 percent and 73 percent, respectively.
Earlier in the evening on ABC, were typical overnight performances for sitcoms “The Middle” (#2: 4.9/ 8) and “The Goldbergs” (#2: 4.4/ 7) from 8-9 p.m.
In time period premiere news, NBC medical drama “Heartbeat” disappointed with a third-place 3.4/ 5 from 8-9 p.m., which was 28 percent below “The Mysteries of Laura” on the year-ago evening. The “Heartbeat” preview in the Tuesday 9 p.m. hour this week (out of “The Voice”) scored a 4.1/ 7 in the overnights, which translated into 6.30 million viewers and a 1.4 rating/5 share in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data. With weaker lead-in support, granddaddy “Law & Order: SVU” slipped to a 4.1/ 7 from 9-10 p.m.
Elsewhere, Fox had nothing usual to report care of the pairing of “Rosewood” (#4: 2.8/ 5), which is not worthy of a second season, and “Hell’s Kitchen” (#4: 2.5/ 4). And “Arrow” on The CW (#5: 1.6/ 2) led into a 1.2/ 2 for 1.2/ 2 for “Supernatural” at 9 p.m.
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.
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