Top 25 Markets - 18-49
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Great Halloween 1.1
MAOS 2.0
Forever 1.2
The Voice 3.2
Marry Me 1.7
About A Boy 1.4
Chicago Fire 1.8
NCIS 2.2
NCIS NO 1.8
POI 1.3
Flash 1.8
Supernatural 1.0
Fox World Series 3.7
This table shows the early overnight ratings. These ratings are normally adjusted later in the day when all the ratings have been consolidated to take into account any local preemptions and/or overruns. You can find all the final adjusted numbers in our Ratings Database. (See the About section below for details about ratings)
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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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Metered Market Tuesday Ratings
Baseball Ignited Fox Inches Past CBS
Tuesday 10/28/14
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 9.1/14
CBS 9.0/14
NBC 5.2/ 8
ABC 2.9/ 5
CW 2.0/ 3
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 10/29/13:
Fox: +146, CW: +33, ABC: + 4, CBS: – 8, NBC: -15
Note: Fox featured two hours of “The X Factor” on the year-ago evening.
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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. These overnights are your first look at the ratings and a precursor to what could lie ahead. And we take into account other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media and digital presence.
-Winners:
“NCIS” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “The Flash” (CW), “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS), Baseball World Series, Game 6 (Fox), “Chicago Fire” (NBC)
-Losing Steam:
“Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” (ABC), “Marry Me” (NBC), “About a Boy” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Great Halloween Fright Flight” (ABC), “Forever” (ABC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Game six of The World Series (Royals 10, Giants 0) inched past normally dominant CBS by one-tenth of a rating point, with an estimated 9.1 rating/14 share in the household overnights from 8-11 p.m. Comparably, this was a series-high, besting game five on Sunday (7.9/12 on Oct. 26) by 15 percent in the overnights. And that game translated into 12.63 million viewers and a 3.3 rating/9 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data. The seventh – and final – match-up between Kansas City and San Francisco will, no doubt, rise to a series-high tonight.
Despite the additional competition, CBS dramas “NCIS” (#1 for the night: 10.9/17), spin-off “NCIS: New Orleans” (#2: 9.8/15) and “Person of Interest” (#2: 6.2/1) built week-to-week by an average of three percent in the overnights.
In week three news, NBC sitcom “Marry Me” dipped by 10 percent from one week earlier with a 3.8/ 6 at 9 p.m. And the overnight retention out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “The Voice” (7.7/12) was only 49 percent. Comparably, a 4.2/ 6 in the overnights one week earlier translated into 5.61 million viewers and a 1.8/ 5 among adults 18-49, based on the Live Plus Same Day data. And that was already a disappointment out of 11.95 million viewers and a 3.3/10 in the demo for “The Voice.”
NBC’s sophomore “About a Boy” slipped to a 3.1/ 5 in the overnights at 9:30 p.m., which was six percent below the 3.3/ 5 one week earlier. And it led into drama “Chicago Fire” at a consistent (and third-place) 4.8/ 8 at 10 p.m., which built from “About a Boy” by 55 percent and should have no trouble beating competing “Person of Interest” in all the young adult demographics. That said, consider “Chicago Fire” a “winner.”
Overall, “The Voice” averaged a 7.5/11 in the overnights from 8-9 p.m. (#3), which was only four percent below the 7.8/12 one week earlier despite facing The World Series on Fox.
In week four results, full season-renewed “The Flash” on The CW seems to have leveled off with a 2.6/ 4 at 8 p.m. (#4), which was a hefty 62 percent above former time period occupant “The Originals” on the year-ago evening (1.6/ 2 on 10/29/13). One week earlier, a 2.7/ 4 in the overnights for “The Flash” translated into 3.59 million viewers and a 1.5/ 5 among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data, which is a definite positive for The CW.
At 9 p.m., The CW”s veteran “Supernatural” dropped to a typical 1.5/ 2 (#2), which was seven percent above the 1.4/ 2 one year earlier.
Over at ABC, 8 p.m. special “The Great Halloween Fright Flight” was left at the starting gate with a last-place 2.4/ 4 in the overnights. Next was relocated “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” at a diluted 2.9/ 4 (#4) from 9-10 p.m., which was a series low for an original episode. And it led into a last-place 3.4/ 6 for freshman drama “Forever” at 10 p.m., which with an identical overnight rating one week earlier could only muster a 1.2/ 4 among adults 18-49 (based on the Live + Same Day data). For anyone wondering why “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” was not labeled a “loser” with a smaller overnight rating, results in the young adult demos should be notably higher. Stay tuned.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Baseball Ignited Fox Inches Past CBS
Tuesday 10/28/14
Household
Rating/Share
Fox 9.1/14
CBS 9.0/14
NBC 5.2/ 8
ABC 2.9/ 5
CW 2.0/ 3
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 10/29/13:
Fox: +146, CW: +33, ABC: + 4, CBS: – 8, NBC: -15
Note: Fox featured two hours of “The X Factor” on the year-ago evening.
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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. These overnights are your first look at the ratings and a precursor to what could lie ahead. And we take into account other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media and digital presence.
-Winners:
“NCIS” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “The Flash” (CW), “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS), Baseball World Series, Game 6 (Fox), “Chicago Fire” (NBC)
-Losing Steam:
“Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” (ABC), “Marry Me” (NBC), “About a Boy” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Great Halloween Fright Flight” (ABC), “Forever” (ABC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Game six of The World Series (Royals 10, Giants 0) inched past normally dominant CBS by one-tenth of a rating point, with an estimated 9.1 rating/14 share in the household overnights from 8-11 p.m. Comparably, this was a series-high, besting game five on Sunday (7.9/12 on Oct. 26) by 15 percent in the overnights. And that game translated into 12.63 million viewers and a 3.3 rating/9 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data. The seventh – and final – match-up between Kansas City and San Francisco will, no doubt, rise to a series-high tonight.
Despite the additional competition, CBS dramas “NCIS” (#1 for the night: 10.9/17), spin-off “NCIS: New Orleans” (#2: 9.8/15) and “Person of Interest” (#2: 6.2/1) built week-to-week by an average of three percent in the overnights.
In week three news, NBC sitcom “Marry Me” dipped by 10 percent from one week earlier with a 3.8/ 6 at 9 p.m. And the overnight retention out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “The Voice” (7.7/12) was only 49 percent. Comparably, a 4.2/ 6 in the overnights one week earlier translated into 5.61 million viewers and a 1.8/ 5 among adults 18-49, based on the Live Plus Same Day data. And that was already a disappointment out of 11.95 million viewers and a 3.3/10 in the demo for “The Voice.”
NBC’s sophomore “About a Boy” slipped to a 3.1/ 5 in the overnights at 9:30 p.m., which was six percent below the 3.3/ 5 one week earlier. And it led into drama “Chicago Fire” at a consistent (and third-place) 4.8/ 8 at 10 p.m., which built from “About a Boy” by 55 percent and should have no trouble beating competing “Person of Interest” in all the young adult demographics. That said, consider “Chicago Fire” a “winner.”
Overall, “The Voice” averaged a 7.5/11 in the overnights from 8-9 p.m. (#3), which was only four percent below the 7.8/12 one week earlier despite facing The World Series on Fox.
In week four results, full season-renewed “The Flash” on The CW seems to have leveled off with a 2.6/ 4 at 8 p.m. (#4), which was a hefty 62 percent above former time period occupant “The Originals” on the year-ago evening (1.6/ 2 on 10/29/13). One week earlier, a 2.7/ 4 in the overnights for “The Flash” translated into 3.59 million viewers and a 1.5/ 5 among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data, which is a definite positive for The CW.
At 9 p.m., The CW”s veteran “Supernatural” dropped to a typical 1.5/ 2 (#2), which was seven percent above the 1.4/ 2 one year earlier.
Over at ABC, 8 p.m. special “The Great Halloween Fright Flight” was left at the starting gate with a last-place 2.4/ 4 in the overnights. Next was relocated “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” at a diluted 2.9/ 4 (#4) from 9-10 p.m., which was a series low for an original episode. And it led into a last-place 3.4/ 6 for freshman drama “Forever” at 10 p.m., which with an identical overnight rating one week earlier could only muster a 1.2/ 4 among adults 18-49 (based on the Live + Same Day data). For anyone wondering why “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” was not labeled a “loser” with a smaller overnight rating, results in the young adult demos should be notably higher. Stay tuned.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
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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.
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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