Ratings News - 30th Novemeber 2011 *Full Tables Added*

TUESDAY 11/29/11
Metered Market Results

Household
Rating/Share
CBS 7.1/11
Fox 5.1/ 8
ABC 4.9/ 8
NBC 4.4/ 7
CW 1.3/ 2

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-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (Tuesday 11/30/10):
ABC: +11, CBS: - 3, CW: - 7, Fox: -11, NBC: -27

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-Winners:
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (CBS), Last Man Standing (ABC), NCIS R (CBS), New Girl (Fox), Body of Proof (ABC), Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (CBS)

-On the Plus Side:
The Biggest Loser (NBC), Parenthood (NBC)

-Fading Fast:
Glee (Fox)

-Losers:
90210 (CW), Man Up! (ABC), Ringer (CW)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS replaced its regularly scheduled Tuesday line-up with annual holiday classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, a repeat of NCIS and also annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. And the network still dominated in the overnights with a hefty 45 percent advantage over second-place ABC. Third overall was Fox, followed by NBC and distant The CW.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer opened the evening with a dominant 6.9 rating/11 share in the overnights at 8 p.m., which built from the year-ago evening (6.3/ 9 on 11/30/10) by 10 percent. Last year’s telecast averaged 12.20 million viewers and a 3.9/11 among adults 18-49 (based on the Live Plus Same Day results). The 9 p.m. NCIS encore took the hour with an 8.1/13, followed by Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at a 6.4/11, which tied Body of Proof on ABC for first at 10 p.m. Compared to one year earlier (6.0/10 on 11/30/10), Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show rose by seven percent.

Over at Fox, Glee dipped by a significant 27 percent year-to-year, with a 6.0/ 9 in the overnights at 8 p.m. One year earlier it scored an 8.2/12. New Girl at 9 p.m. was consistent ay a second-place 5.3/ 8, which should be more than enough to translate into a time period win among adults 18-49. Sophomore Raising Hope, unfortunately, slid to a third-place 3.3/ 5 at 9:30 p.m. But, comparably, that was still 37 percent above failed year-ago occupant Running Wilde (2.4/ 4 on 11/30/10).

The positive news on ABC Tuesday remains Tim Allen sitcom Last Man Standing, which finished second at 8 p.m. with a consistent 6.4/10 in the overnights. Comparably, that outdelivered year-ago animated special How the Grinch Stole Christmas (4.3/ 7 on 11/30/10) by 49 percent. But soon-to-depart Man Up!, which is being replaced by upcoming sitcom Work It on January 3, sunk to a fourth-place 3.9/ 6 at 8:30 p.m. An encore telecast of a one-hour edition of The Middle, reuniting Patricia Heaton with guest star Ray Romano, followed with a 3.0/ 5 at 9 p.m. Better news for the alphabet net was aforementioned sophomore crime solver Body of Proof at a 6.4/11 at 10 p.m. (#1t), which doubled the 9:30 p.m. portion of The Middle repeat. One year earlier, former failed time period occupant Detroit 1-8-7 scored a 5.2/ 9 on 10/30/10.

On NBC, The Biggest Loser rose to a season-high 4.6/ 7 from 8-10 p.m., building by 28 percent from one week earlier (3.6/ 6 on 11/22/11). With stronger lead-in support, 10 p.m. drama Parenthood rose to its best overnight performance (4.1/ 7) since its season-opener on Sept. 13. NBC’s overall 27 percent drop year-to-year is a result of annual special Christmas in Rockefeller Center igniting the evening on 10/30/10.

Last, and very least was The CW’s combination of 90210 (1.3/ 2), which really needs to call it quits this spring, and recent entry Ringer (1.4/ 2), which is only a slight improvement over failed year-ago occupant Life Unexpected. Ringer, unfortunately, is no Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights