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
Fox: 5.0 rating/8 share, CBS: 4.3/ 7, ABC: 4.0/ 7, NBC: 3.7/ 6, CW: 1.4/ 2
Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
ABC: – 7, CBS: – 9, Fox: -19, NBC: -20, CW: -22
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Ratings Breakdown:
“Empire” topped the Wednesday overnights as usual, with a 6.8 rating/11 share in households at 9 p.m. Comparably, that was 106 percent above the 3.3/ 5 (#3) for lead-in “Rosewood” at 8 p.m., which benefits by the pre-tune-in for “Empire.” The two dramas, on average, gave dominant Fox a seven-tenth of a household rating point lead over second-place CBS.
The second-to-last episode of “Survivor,” which concludes next Wednesday with a two-hour installment followed by the live reunion show, led the 8 p.m. hour with a 5.6/10 in the household overnights. Comparably, this was on par with the year-ago evening.
“Survivor” led into a 9 p.m. installment of on-the-fence “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” at a fourth-place 3.7/ 6. Comparably, that trailed the week-ago season-finale of parent “Criminal Minds” (5.2/ 8 on May 4) by 29 percent and it was 10 percent below competing “Law & Order: SVU” on NBC (#3: 4.1/ 7). This will certainly not bode well for renewal.
The regularly scheduled Wednesday 10 p.m. edition of “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” finished second also with a 3.7/ 6, which was 16 percent below dominant “Chicago PD” on NBC (4.4/ 8). Third in the time period was ABC’s “Nashville” at a 3.0/ 5.
Earlier in the evening on NBC was waiting-to-be canceled medical drama “Heartbeat” at a fourth-place 2.7/ 4 at 8 p.m.
Elsewhere, ABC was at typical Wednesday overnight levels care of 8-10 p.m. sitcoms “The Middle” (#2: 4.7/ 8), “The Goldbergs” (#2: 4.4/ 7), “Modern Family” (#2: 5.1/ 8) and “black-ish” (#3: 3.7/ 6) and perennially low-rated drama “Nashville” (#3: 3.0/ 5 at 10 p.m.), which is likely to get 13-finale episodes for next season. The CW, meanwhile, featured “Arrow” (#5: 1./6 3) and “Supernatural” (#5: 1.2/ 2), which heads into season 12 next season.
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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