Ratings News - 6th May 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)
  
  

  NOTE: The opinions expressed here are NOT those of SpoilerTV but of the Author of this Article, Marc Berman.

  
  Metered Market Tuesday Ratings
  Modest Season Enders on ABC and Fox
  
  Tuesday 5/05/15
  
  Household
  Rating/Share
  CBS 7.7/13
  ABC 4.5/ 7
  NBC 4.4/ 7
  Fox 1.9/ 3
  CW 1.9/ 3
  
  -Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 5/06/14:
  ABC: +67, CW: +46, Fox: no change, NBC: -12, CBS: -13
  
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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), “The Flash” (CW), “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS)
  
  -Honorable Mention:
  “Chicago Fire” (NBC)
  
  -Losers (excluding repeats):
  “Hell’s Kitchen” (Fox), “Undateable” (NBC), “New Girl” (Fox), “Weird Loners” (Fox), “Forever” (ABC)
  
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  Ratings Breakdown:
  CBS scored an easy Tuesday overnight victory, besting No. 2 ABC by a considerable 71 percent. And top-rated for the evening, as always, was powerhouse “NCIS” on the eye net at a 9.2 rating/15 share in households at 8 p.m. That led into dominant overnights for spin-off “NCIS: New Orleans” (8.5/13) and the season-finale of “Person of Interest” (5.2/ 9) from 9-11 p.m. But competing “Chicago Fire” (#2: 4.6/ 8) is expected to win the 10 p.m. hour among adults 18-49 (and “Person of Interest” is unlikely to remain on Tuesday if it returns next season).
  
  ABC got a boost in the 8 p.m. hour care of the one-hour live “Dancing With the Stars” Results Show, which finished second with a 7.5/12 in the overnights. And that led into demo friendly “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” at a distant second-place 3.2/ 5 from 9-10 p.m., followed by the season (or series) finale of “Forever” at a 2.9/ 5 at 10 p.m. With “Secrets & Lies” the more likely freshman drama candidate to return on ABC next season, odds of a second season of “Forever” are 50-50 at best.
  
  On NBC, the live one-hour episode of sitcom “Undateable” did not impress at a third-place 2.8/ 5 from 9-10 p.m., which is likely to only average about a 1.2-1.3 rating in adults 18-49. Comparably, overnight retention for “Undateable” out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of “The Voice” (6.2/10) was only 45 percent. But, with NBC in dire need of new hit comedies, expect the network to exhibit patience by ordering a third season on “Undateable.”
  
  Overall, “The Voice” was on the overnight map with a 6.1/10 from 8-9 p.m., which trailed competing “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC by 19 percent (but will hold a solid advantage in the key demos).
  
  In season-finale news, Fox’s tired “New Girl” concluded season three with a modest 1.6/ 2 (#4) in the 9 p.m. half-hour. And that led into a mere 1.0/ 2 (#5) in what has to be the series-finale of freshman sitcom dud “Weird Loners” at 9:30 p.m. “Hell’s Kitchen” opened the night for Fox with a now typically unimpressive 2.5/ 4 (#5) from 8-9 p.m.
  
  The CW capped off the night with freshman success “The Flash” at a fourth-place 2.7/ 5 from 8-9 p.m. And recent entry “iZombie” followed with a 1.2/ 2 from 9-10 p.m., which was flat from one week earlier (and that translated into a 0.7/ 2 in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data).
  
  Source: Nielsen Media Research data
  
  

  Source:

  Marc Berman@tvmediainsights
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