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.
THURSDAY MARCH 24, 2016
Fox: 5.6 rating.9 share, ABC: 5.2/ 9, CBS: 4.4/ 7, NBC: 2.6/ 4, CW: 0.6/ 1
Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening
Fox: +75, CW: no change, ABC: – 9, CBS: -21, NBC: -35
Ratings Breakdown:
Two-hours of “American Idol” on Fox was enough to dominate Thursday in the household overnights, with a 5.6 rating/9 share from 8-10 p.m. Comparably, that was an improvement of 75 percent, on average, over the year-ago pairing of dramas “Bones” and “Backstrom.”
In series-premiere news, ABC drama “The Catch,” from Shonda Rhimes, opened with a disappointing 4.6/ 8 at 10 p.m. While that did dominate the 10 p.m. hour, it slipped by 18 percent from lead-in “Scandal” (#2: 4.9/ 8 from 9-10 p.m.). And it was only seven percent above year-ago occupant “American Crime” (4.3/ 7 on 3/25/15). Since most new series drop in the vicinity of 10 to 20 percent in week two, this is by no means a positive start for “The Catch.”
Earlier in the evening on ABC was veteran “Grey’s Anatomy” at a consistent (and dominant) 6.0/10 from 8-9 p.m.
In the ongoing March Madness, coverage of two more match-ups on NCAA Basketball on CBS (Miami vs. Villanova and Maryland vs. Kansas) averaged a 4.4/ 7 in the household overnights in primetime. Comparably, that was 21 percent, on average, below the two games on CBS on the year-ago evening.
Elsewhere, NBC had nothing unusual to report with its combination of failing “You, Me and the Apocalypse” (#4: 1.8/ 3), a repeat of “The Blacklist” (#4: 2.1/ 4) and “Shades of Blue” (#2: 3.7/ 7). Comparably, “Shades of Blue” increased by 76 percent from “The Blacklist” encore. And The CW populated this fourth Thursday in March with repeats of “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow” (#5: 0.8/ 1) and “The 100” (#5: 0.6/ 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.
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