Ratings News - 29th April 2015

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  Last Week's Final Adjusted Ratings
  
  
  
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  Early Ratings Analysis by Marc Berman (TVMediaInsights)
  
  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
  “Dancing With the Stars” Special Helps ABC
  
  Tuesday 4/28/15
  
  Household
  Rating/Share
  CBS 7.8/13
  ABC 4.9/ 8
  NBC 4.6/ 7
  Fox 2.0/ 3
  CW 1.9/ 3
  
  -Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 4/22/14:
  ABC: +75, CW: +46, Fox: +11, NBC: -12, CBS: -15
  
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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 presence.
  
  -Winners:
  “NCIS” (CBS), “Dancing With the Stars 10th Anniversary Special” (ABC), “The Voice” (NBC), “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS)
  
  -Honorable Mention:
  “Chicago Fire” (NBC)
  
  -Losers (excluding repeats):
  “Undateable” (NBC), “New Girl” (Fox), “One Big Happy” (NBC), “Weird Loners” (Fox)
  
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  Ratings Breakdown:
  ABC got a boost care of the “Dancing With the Stars 10th Anniversary Special,” which finished second in the 8 p.m. hour with a 7.2 rating/12 share in the household overnights. Tops in the time period, of course, was “NCIS” on CBS at a 9.4/15, but a 6.5/10 for third-place “The Voice” should be more than enough for the singing competition to lead in all the key young adult demographics.
  
  Despite the improved lead-in support, “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” on ABC only had a slight bump from one week earlier, with a distant second-place 3.3/ 5 in the overnights from 9-10 p.m. And it led into a third-place 4.3/ 7 for a special edition of “20/20” at 10 p.m., themed Captive: A Journey of Survival and Hope.
  
  At 9 p.m. on CBS was freshman “NCIS”: New Orleans,” which fits like a glove out of parent “NCIS” at an 8.7/14. And that led into on-the-fence “Person of Interest” at a 5.3/ 9 at 10 p.m. (#1), which dipped by 40 percent from the 9:30 p.m. portion of “NCIS: New Orleans” (8.8/14).
  
  Airing out of “The Voice” on NBC was sophomore sitcom “Undateable” at a 3.0/ 5 (#3), which held only 45 percent of the 8:30 p.m. portion of the singing competition. And that led into the season (or, more likely, series) finale of recently introduced sitcom “One Big Happy” (#3: 2.2/ 3 at 9:30 p.m.), followed by “Chicago Fire” at a second-place 4.7/ 8 at 10 p.m.
  
  Elsewhere, tired “Hell’s Kitchen” on Fox (#4t: 2.6/ 4 at 8 p.m.) led into sitcoms “New Girl” (#4: 1.7/ 3) and recent entry “Weird Loners” (#5: 1.1/ 2) from 9-10 p.m, which is an absolute goner. And The CW’s solid “The Flash” (#4t: 2.6/ 4 at 8 p.m.) led into a 1.2/ 2 (#5) for new drama “iZombie,” which was flat from last week.
  
  Source: Nielsen Media Research data
  
  
  

  Source:

  Marc Berman@tvmediainsights
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