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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 Thursday Ratings
Clean Sweep for CBS
Thursday 12/18/14
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 5.4/ 9
NBC 2.8/ 5
Fox 2.4/ 4
ABC 2.2/ 4
CW 1.2/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 2/19/13:
CW: +17, CBS: +20, NBC: -12, Fox: -44, ABC: -46
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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 additional benchmarks including the expected Live + Same Day demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence.
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-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS), “Mom” (CBS), “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Taste” (ABC), The iHeartradio Jingle Ball 2014” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy overnight Thursday household victory for CBS, which featured an encore telecast of “The Big Bang Theory” (#1 for the night: 6.7 rating/11 share at 8 p.m.) into original installments of “Mom” (6.2/10), soon-to-conclude “Two and a Half Men” (5.5/ 9), “The McCarthys” (4.4/ 7) and “Elementary” (4.9/ 9) from 8:30-11 p.m. All five shows on CBS led their time periods, and the overnight retention of 93 percent for “Mom” out of the “Big Bang Theory” repeat, in particular, is very promising.
In the specials department, “The People Magazine Awards” on NBC scored a modest 2.9/ 5 from 9-11 p.m., which was still a slight improvement over NBC’s regularly scheduled Thursday night programming rotation and up by seven percent from lead-in “The Biggest Loser” (#2: 2.6/ 4 from 8-9 p.m.). And holiday-themed “The iHeartradio Jingle Ball 2014” on The CW averaged a weak 1.3/ 2 from 8-9:30 p.m. into a repeat of “Whose Line is it Anyway” at 9:30 p.m. (#5: 0.8/ 1).
On ABC, two more hours of time period filler “The Taste” did not impress at a 2.4/ 4 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. And it led into a repeat of “How To Get Away With Murder” at a third-place 1.8/ 3 at 10 p.m. Fox closed the night with back-to-back repeats of “Bones” at an average 2.4/ 4 from 8-10 p.m.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Clean Sweep for CBS
Thursday 12/18/14
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 5.4/ 9
NBC 2.8/ 5
Fox 2.4/ 4
ABC 2.2/ 4
CW 1.2/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 2/19/13:
CW: +17, CBS: +20, NBC: -12, Fox: -44, ABC: -46
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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 additional benchmarks including the expected Live + Same Day demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence.
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-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory” R (CBS), “Mom” (CBS), “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Taste” (ABC), The iHeartradio Jingle Ball 2014” (CW)
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Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy overnight Thursday household victory for CBS, which featured an encore telecast of “The Big Bang Theory” (#1 for the night: 6.7 rating/11 share at 8 p.m.) into original installments of “Mom” (6.2/10), soon-to-conclude “Two and a Half Men” (5.5/ 9), “The McCarthys” (4.4/ 7) and “Elementary” (4.9/ 9) from 8:30-11 p.m. All five shows on CBS led their time periods, and the overnight retention of 93 percent for “Mom” out of the “Big Bang Theory” repeat, in particular, is very promising.
In the specials department, “The People Magazine Awards” on NBC scored a modest 2.9/ 5 from 9-11 p.m., which was still a slight improvement over NBC’s regularly scheduled Thursday night programming rotation and up by seven percent from lead-in “The Biggest Loser” (#2: 2.6/ 4 from 8-9 p.m.). And holiday-themed “The iHeartradio Jingle Ball 2014” on The CW averaged a weak 1.3/ 2 from 8-9:30 p.m. into a repeat of “Whose Line is it Anyway” at 9:30 p.m. (#5: 0.8/ 1).
On ABC, two more hours of time period filler “The Taste” did not impress at a 2.4/ 4 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. And it led into a repeat of “How To Get Away With Murder” at a third-place 1.8/ 3 at 10 p.m. Fox closed the night with back-to-back repeats of “Bones” at an average 2.4/ 4 from 8-10 p.m.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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I wonder what ABC should do to replace the taste. They clearly have the right plan with the split seasons for TGIT but they need better filler than the taste, though I really don't know what it should be.
ReplyDeletehow is it underrated when everyone keeps talking about it?
ReplyDeletePerhaps a relocated Bachorette? I think its more imortant to hold down TGIT than Mondays in the summer. Or something like Motive/Rookie Blue/Candian drama. It would be cheap and do better than the Taste with January viewing.
ReplyDeleteThey could go Bachelorette/Rookie Blue, but they would need a bigger break than just 8 weeks.
ReplyDeleteCould be three canadian shows airing half of the season there and returning after the NBA Finals, a long break, but they would be all procedurals, they just need a third pickup.
The Bachelorette isn't a bad idea, especially because I don't see it being a problem returning for a summer edition later on. It would probably depreciate a bit faster than usual but I think it would be worth it. So I like that idea in theory. The only problem is that it would be on at the same time as the bachelor and that I don't think is a good idea at all, it would be too much of the same thing. I mean in January we would be looking at 4 hours per week (plus the usual specials) of bachelor/bachelorette.
ReplyDeleteI do think reality is the answer, they just need a proper show. I think ABC should just throw a lot of reality experiments on next summer. They barely have anything at all during summer anyway, so there is not a big opportunity cost. Last year, I feel like they did that on a small scale with Rising Star and The Quest. Sure, none of them actually worked but I think they should continue doing so, even more strongly this year. The downside is very low and the upside is big if they can find a utility player to throw at this winter hours.
The Canadian imports option isn't a bad one but I imagine improvements from the taste would be marginal and more importantly, I don't think they can do air them with that much advance from the Canada airings anyway.
ABC won't air The Bachelor and Bachelorette at the same time... That would be way too much.
ReplyDeleteFull Ratings posted
ReplyDeleteWill Mom be the next (and only) big thing for CBS or do those numbers look inflated? Even by such small markets like Nashville and Jacksonville.
ReplyDeleteThey cannot have a bigger break than just 8 weeks I think. There are 34 Thursdays in the regular season. Out of these:
ReplyDelete- 3 are not usable for proper programming (which the bachelorette would qualify for) since one is Thanksgiving and the other two are Christmas.break.
- TGIT takes at least 23 of these (23 Grey's at 8pm, 22 Scandal + 1 Grey's at 9pm and 15 HTGWM + 8 Something Else at 10pm).
So 34 - 3 - 23 = 8 weeks.
Good for CBS
ReplyDeleteOUCH The Biggest Loser.
ReplyDelete- Mom looks great, is CBS inflated once again? I sure hope not, I am happy that it seems to finally be catching on!
ReplyDelete- The biggest looser did awful. The show premiered just at 3.0 two years ago, that's crazy.
- Bones is looking like a bigger asset in repeats than in originals for FOX. It's kind of a waste to put it on an hiatus with so many hours needing a permanent show like it there.
- At least the taste stopped falling but ABC still needs a better plan.
- Are those CW numbers for real? If so this special did really well for them. Strange that Whose Line repeat did so low there.
Mom is inflated, but 1.8+ in the finals is still good
ReplyDeletehalf hours for I Heart are 0.5/0.7/0.7
ReplyDeleteI think it will get adjusted down a few tenths, but that still pretty good.
ReplyDeleteGood for Mom, but CBS had zero competition all night
ReplyDeleteThe Biggest Loser will probably recover next season if given a better timeslot.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing is, with TBL a sinking it's probably helping Celebrity Apprentice's renewal chances.
I'm sure Donald Trump is happy with that.
OUCH The Taste
ReplyDeleteIs The Biggest Loser gone for real?
ReplyDeleteSeriously, it looks to week for summer (AGT, Ninja Warrior and even HGN do better than this) and it wouldn't be an improvement over any filler used to replaced The Voice in the winter (unless The Apprentice crashs and burns).
Time to resurrect Fear Factor!
ReplyDeleteI think the Apprentice will outrate TBL, which could mean another season of Apprentice (Donald Trump's dream).
ReplyDeleteAs far as Biggest Loser I think it may recover next cycle if given a better timeslot. But at this point NBC should consider relocating a summer reality show to the main season.
If not that maybe Ther should consider bringing back a former reality hit. Maybe bring back Deal or No Deal since next year is the 10 year anniversary of its original premier.
I simply think the show is not proper utilized in this capacity. Two years ago it averaged a very respectable 2.32 when replacing the voice in the Winter and that was against the also resurgent season of the bachelor (strong unscripted competition). Sure it has depreciated since then but I still feel like it is worth trying it in that role again since it did so well.
ReplyDeleteGive it two hours, a post new year's launch and some promo as voice fill-in and see what happens. If it doesn't perform, then I agree it should be let go but right now I still think it's worth trying it.
I've been saying the same for a long time.
ReplyDeleteI would love that, but Greenblatt was the one that killed it because of an undesirable demographic. I doubt he'll go back and resurrect it again.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest reason it worked was because of the "New Years resolution" advertising angle. It was pretty ingenious.
ReplyDeleteI think that could work again
Fear Factor's cancellation was absolutely ridiculous. Even though the show was gross as hell, it did decent.
ReplyDeleteI see. Perhaps the chance will be high if Celebrity Apprentice crashes next year. :D
ReplyDeleteI heard that it's because of the goat sperm thingy?
ReplyDeleteHere are the 1/2 hr breakdowns
ReplyDelete8:00 p.m.
ABC – The Taste
Viewers: 3.38 million (#4), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#3t)
CBS – The Big Bang Theory (R)
Viewers: 10.67 million (#1), A18-49: 2.2/ 8 (#1)
NBC – The Biggest Loser
Viewers: 3.94 million (#2), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#2)
Fox – Bones (R)
Viewers: 3.44 million (#3), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#3t)
CW – The iHeartradio Jingle Ball 2014
Viewers: 1.80 million (#5), A18-49: 0.5/ 2 (#5)
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8:30 p.m.
ABC – The Taste
Viewers: 2.87 million (#4), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#3)
CBS – Mom
Viewers: 10.11 million (#1), A18-49: 2.3/ 8 (#1)
NBC – The Biggest Loser
Viewers: 3.64 million (#2), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#2)
Fox – Bones (R)
Viewers: 3.69 million (#2), A18-49: 0.7/ 3 (#4t)
CW – The iHeartradio Jingle Ball 2014
Viewers: 1.90 million (#5), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#4t)
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9:00 p.m.
ABC – The Taste
Viewers: 2.96 million (#4), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#3)
CBS – Two and a Half Men
Viewers: 8.95 million (#1), A18-49: 1.9/ 6 (#1)
NBC – People Magazine Awards
Viewers: 3.35 million (#3), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#4)
Fox – Bones (R)
Viewers: 3.79 million (#2), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#2)
CW – The iHeartradio Jingle Ball 2014
Viewers: 1.81 million (#5), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#5)
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9:30 p.m.
ABC – The Taste
Viewers: 3.07 million (#4), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#2t)
CBS – The McCarthys
Viewers: 7.10 million (#1), A18-49: 1.6/ 5 (#1)
NBC – People Magazine Awards
Viewers: 3.71 million (#3), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#2t)
Fox – Bones (R)
Viewers: 3.82 million (#2), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 )#2t)
CW – Whose Line is it Anyway? (R)
Viewers: 1.06 million (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)
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10:00 p.m.
ABC – How To Get Away With Murder (R)
Viewers: 2.53 million (#3), A18-49: 0.6/ 2 (#3)
CBS – Elementary
Viewers: 7.84 million (#1), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#1)
NBC – The People Magazine Awards
Viewers: 3.86 million (#2), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#2)
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10:30 p.m.
ABC – How To Get Away With Murder (R)
Viewers: 2.57 million (#3), A18-49: 0.5/ 2 (#3)
CBS – Elementary
Viewers: 7.56 million (#1), A18-49: 1.3/ 5 (#1)
NBC – The People Magazine Awards
Viewers: 3.80 million (#2), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#2)
Source: Nielsen Media Research
donkey semen. ew.
ReplyDeleteHaha. I confirmed it by research. But it's banned here.
ReplyDeleteLol did IHeart Jingle Ball really tie the People awards in the demo from 9-9:30 PM?
ReplyDeleteYes I agree. They should try it again. I think it would be pretty weird if such a big portion of the audience simply decided it didn't want to watch it anymore, considering it was always a utility player and not a show in a big peak or something. The trends don't add up for me very well, and considering it had a big situational change, I would more easily believe there are other reasons for the decline worth exploring.
ReplyDeleteI hope it can still keep itself above the big bang repeat.
ReplyDeleteWhat uundesirable demographic? It didn't seem old skewing to me.
ReplyDeleteIf it is for other reasons, that's kind of ironic coming from a network that air SVU, a show extremely toxic to advertisers.
Yeah the show attracted poor people and the donkey stunt likely sealed the shows fate.
ReplyDeleteAt this point Fear Factor won't come back until Greenblatt is gone.
That's why I think maybe it's time for NBC to bring back Deal or No Deal. That show has had a great afterlife in casinos, arcades, and phone/computer apps.
It might do well if brought back.
Lol, it's more likely NBC brings Ninja Warrior to the main season than being back Fear Factor.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
ReplyDeleteBut who knows. Maybe the time for a show like this is over. Extreme makeover weight loss addition hit lows last summer as well.
We'll see though. Hopefully TBL gets a lift for its finale.
I agree. If they brought back Last Comic Standing to a network with no comedies, why not Deal or no Deal.
ReplyDeleteAfter 8 seasons and 8 winners none of the comics that won "development deals with NBC" have produced a hit comedy.
ReplyDeleteBut I still enjoy the show either way lol.
It did well last summer, so that was actually a good move from Greenblatt.
So acording to marc the iheart jingle ball is a loser and golden globe nominated jane isn't on monday even though it was the highest rated program of the week beating his precious jane
ReplyDeleteMarc his Virgin, there's nothing we can do about it.
ReplyDeleteRoughly 90% of shows hit lows in their recent seasons due their usual decline, that's not saying much at all, really.
ReplyDeletethey should put POI in today's slot..it would definitely improve the ratings
ReplyDeletePlease. Don't feed Donald Trump's ego and toupee.
ReplyDeleteEvery season he says it will be 'yooge' but it always ends up being flat.
Flat is the new up.
ReplyDeleteI bet if CA averages a 1.3 this January Donald will talk up how he has the second largest reality franchise on NBC behind only the Voice.