It was a mixed bag in the ratings department last night, with a pretty good night all round for CBS, but the opposite for ABC
Winning the night at 8pm was CBS's The Big Bang Theory, which pulled in a season premiere equalling 5.0 18/49 rating, and 15.82 million viewers for its half hour. The total viewers is also a season high, and a series high for a fifth episode of any of its previous seasons. See the graphs on this page for more information. On ABC, things are not looking at all positive for freshman Last Resort, which dropped 0.4 of a ratings point on last week's episode, to a 1.3 rating and 6.53 million viewers. This is on the back of a ratings and audience increase that the show earned last week, which is unfortunate considering it was the best episode aside from the pilot so far this season. Over on CW, The Vampire Diaries earned a 1.3 rating and 2.87 million viewers, an equal rating to last week, though shedding a small number of viewers
At 8:30pm, CBS's Two and a Half Men aired, and despite its lead-in pulling an equal season best rating, and audience, it dropped 0.3 of a ratings point, and 650,000 viewers on last week's performance, to a 3.7 rating and 12.94 million viewers
The 9pm timeslot saw the usual shows Person of Interest and Grey's Anatomy go head to head on CBS and ABC respectively. Person of Interest continues to be incredibly consistent, with a 2.9 rating and 14.03 million viewers, up 0.1 of a ratings point and 100,000 viewers on last week. This result is also up a little on ratings this time last year, but there are 2 million more people watching the show. The graphs on this page show how consistent the show is, with a fluctuation of no more than 1 ratings point across the two seasons so far
Unfortunately the news isn't so good for Grey's Anatomy fans, with the show having dropped a total of 1.4 ratings points in the four episodes of the season so far. Last nights rating was 3.0, with just 8.76 million viewers tuning in. Both results aren't too far away to series lows, see the graphs on this page for a comparison to previous seasons
The Office was NBC's best performing show of the evening with a 1.9 rating and 4.00 million viewers. This is down 0.2 on last week's rating and down 280,000 on last week's viewers. At 9:30pm, Parks & Recreation was up 0.1 of a ratings point to 1.7, but down slightly on last week's viewers, to 3.34 million
Wrapping up the night on ABC was Scandal, with another terrific episode. It was the only show on ABC that increased its ratings on last week, with a 2.0 rating (up 0.1) but a series low 6.11 million viewers. I wonder if the poor performance of its lead-in Grey's Anatomy is having an effect?? The graphs on this page suggest so. Conversely, CBS's Elementary is continuing to do well in its late night slot alongside Scandal, with a 2.2 rating and 10.31 million viewers. This is down on last week by 0.1 of a rating and 600,000 viewers, despite lead-in Person of Interest's increase on last week
For the record, FOX aired the second World Series game, which earned a 3.5 rating and 12.34 million viewers - the third best rating and the fourth best audience of the evening
Next week, all three primetime shows take the night off on ABC to make way for the CMA Awards. They will all return in a fortnight, hopefully with better ratings. Programming on the other networks remains the same. Did your show do well, or not so well?? Make yourself heard in the comments below
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Jimmy
So awesome Person of Interest gained viewers and rating. None of the shows I've ever watched gained viewers in their second season over the first. Usually Season 1 viewers and ratings are never obtained again.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, it's so good to see it doing well, particularly because I myself love the show. It's good that although the ratings haven't risen significantly, the audience has, so it evens out nicely
ReplyDeletewhat about Elementary ?
ReplyDeleteWhat about it??
ReplyDeleteSo awesome.
ReplyDeleteToo bad about Last Resort because this week's episode, as you say, both excellent and the game-changing, stride hitting episode, in my opinion. I am now officially "hooked" on it. I sure hope it makes its audience bones and sticks with us a while.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, there's nothing else like it on TV at the moment so it would be great if it can pull through. It's a bloody hard timeslot to win though, with so much pulling power on CBS
ReplyDeleteI'm disappointed for Grey's, because though 9 seasons in actually this season is so far pretty damn good, acres better than season 7 and also better than 8.
ReplyDeleteGrey's is a good example of a series that gained viewers in it's second season, though in the latter half, so there is a sort of precedent. In fact season 2 had the whopping great 37m viewers for the bomb episode.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, that 37mil was due to being after the Super Bowl. (Which I imagine, is still a possibility for POI this year.)
ReplyDeleteTrue, but the figures stayed up, and season 3 didn't do so badly.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you feel that way Bru, but I think many Grey's fans, and I'm speaking chiefly for myself, may feel the series has jumped the Great White. The characters' behavior just doesn't seem natural any more, and this is a show that has been consistantly organic over the years, thanks to the consistancy of showrunner @shondarhimes. I don't know if she's lost interest in GA, or if she's spreading herself too thin, but it seems clear that Grey's is no longer a show that needs to be followed, only checked into from time to time, until it follows Private Practice out the door. JMO.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you feel that way Brou, but I think many Grey's fans, and I'm speaking chiefly for myself, may feel the series has jumped the Great White. The characters' behavior just doesn't seem natural any more, and this is a show that has been consistantly organic over the years, thanks to the consistancy of showrunner @shondarhimes. I don't know if she's lost interest in GA, or if she's spreading herself too thin, but it seems clear that Grey's is no longer a show that needs to be followed, only checked into from time to time, until it follows Private Practice out the door. JMO.
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