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Metered Market Thursday Ratings
Clean Sweep for CBS
Thursday 12/06/12
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 8.6/14
ABC 5.2/ 8
Fox 4.6/ 7
NBC 2.6/ 4
CW 1.6/ 2
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-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (Thursday 12/08/11):
CW: +100, ABC: +44, CBS: + 5, NBC: -16, Fox: -29
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-Winners:
The Big Bang Theory (CBS), Two and a Half Men (CBS), Person of Interest (CBS), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
Last Resort (ABC), 30 Rock (NBC), Up All Night (NBC), The Office (NBC), Parks and Recreation (NBC), Beauty and the Beast (CW), Rock Center With Brian Williams (NBC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
CBS remains the network to beat on Thursday with a clean overnight sweep from 8-11 p.m. care of The Big Bang Theory (10.8 rating/18 share — No.1 for the evening), Two and a Half Men (8.5/14), sophomore Person of Interest (9.2/14) and recent entry Elementary (7.0/12). Comparably, Elementary finished 18 percent below year-ago occupant The Mentalist (8.5/14 on 12/08/11), with retention out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of Person of Interest (9.3/14) of 75 percent. In other words, not every dominant show is a “winner.”
Next was ABC, which was at typical Thursday overnight levels as a result of canceled drama Last Resort (#4: 3.5/ 5), veteran Grey’s Anatomy (#2: 6.5/10) and sophomore Scandal (#2: 5.6/10), which featured a guest shot by Stephen Collins. Retention for Scandal out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of Grey’s Anatomy was an improved 86 percent. And this could be enough to push Scandal ahead of competing Elementary among key adults 18-49.
As a reminder, upcoming ABC drama Zero Hour, with former ER star Anthony Edwards in search of his missing wife, debuts in the Thursday 8 p.m. hour effective on February 14.
In the No. 3 spot overall for the evening was Fox’s pairing of The X Factor (#2: 5.7/ 9), which dipped by 21 percent from the 7.2/12 it delivered one year earlier, and Glee (#3: 3.5/ 5), which remains on the double-digit percent downside since moving from Tuesday to Thursday. Like any high school based series, the shelf life is limited. Remember Room 222, Room 222 and Boston Public?
Elsewhere, the Thursday results for NBC were grim care of 30 Rock (#4: 2.6/ 4), Up All Night (#4: 2.3/ 4), The Office (#4: 3.0/ 5), Parks & Recreation (#4: 2.4/ 4) and Rock Center With Brian Williams (#3: 2.8/ 7), which will move to Fridays at 10 p.m. (out of Dateline while Grimm is on hiatus) effective on February 8. NBC’s revamped Thursday in midseason will consist of the return of Community at 8 p.m., followed by Parks and Recreation, The Office and new sitcom 1600 Penn from 8:30-10 p.m., and new drama Do No Harm at 10 p.m.
The CW capped off this first Thursday in December with The Vampire Diaries at a below average 2.0/ 3 (#5) at 8 p.m., followed by recent entry Beauty and the Beast at lackluster 1.2/ 2 at 9 p.m. Comparably, retention for Beauty and the Beast out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of The Vampire Diaries (1.9/ 3) was only 63 percent and the ongoing steep demographic erosion means ordering nine additional episodes was a foolish move. And there you have it…the Thursday overnights.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights
Metered Market Thursday Ratings
Clean Sweep for CBS
Thursday 12/06/12
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 8.6/14
ABC 5.2/ 8
Fox 4.6/ 7
NBC 2.6/ 4
CW 1.6/ 2
———-
-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (Thursday 12/08/11):
CW: +100, ABC: +44, CBS: + 5, NBC: -16, Fox: -29
———-
-Winners:
The Big Bang Theory (CBS), Two and a Half Men (CBS), Person of Interest (CBS), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
Last Resort (ABC), 30 Rock (NBC), Up All Night (NBC), The Office (NBC), Parks and Recreation (NBC), Beauty and the Beast (CW), Rock Center With Brian Williams (NBC)
———-
Ratings Breakdown:
CBS remains the network to beat on Thursday with a clean overnight sweep from 8-11 p.m. care of The Big Bang Theory (10.8 rating/18 share — No.1 for the evening), Two and a Half Men (8.5/14), sophomore Person of Interest (9.2/14) and recent entry Elementary (7.0/12). Comparably, Elementary finished 18 percent below year-ago occupant The Mentalist (8.5/14 on 12/08/11), with retention out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of Person of Interest (9.3/14) of 75 percent. In other words, not every dominant show is a “winner.”
Next was ABC, which was at typical Thursday overnight levels as a result of canceled drama Last Resort (#4: 3.5/ 5), veteran Grey’s Anatomy (#2: 6.5/10) and sophomore Scandal (#2: 5.6/10), which featured a guest shot by Stephen Collins. Retention for Scandal out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of Grey’s Anatomy was an improved 86 percent. And this could be enough to push Scandal ahead of competing Elementary among key adults 18-49.
As a reminder, upcoming ABC drama Zero Hour, with former ER star Anthony Edwards in search of his missing wife, debuts in the Thursday 8 p.m. hour effective on February 14.
In the No. 3 spot overall for the evening was Fox’s pairing of The X Factor (#2: 5.7/ 9), which dipped by 21 percent from the 7.2/12 it delivered one year earlier, and Glee (#3: 3.5/ 5), which remains on the double-digit percent downside since moving from Tuesday to Thursday. Like any high school based series, the shelf life is limited. Remember Room 222, Room 222 and Boston Public?
Elsewhere, the Thursday results for NBC were grim care of 30 Rock (#4: 2.6/ 4), Up All Night (#4: 2.3/ 4), The Office (#4: 3.0/ 5), Parks & Recreation (#4: 2.4/ 4) and Rock Center With Brian Williams (#3: 2.8/ 7), which will move to Fridays at 10 p.m. (out of Dateline while Grimm is on hiatus) effective on February 8. NBC’s revamped Thursday in midseason will consist of the return of Community at 8 p.m., followed by Parks and Recreation, The Office and new sitcom 1600 Penn from 8:30-10 p.m., and new drama Do No Harm at 10 p.m.
The CW capped off this first Thursday in December with The Vampire Diaries at a below average 2.0/ 3 (#5) at 8 p.m., followed by recent entry Beauty and the Beast at lackluster 1.2/ 2 at 9 p.m. Comparably, retention for Beauty and the Beast out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of The Vampire Diaries (1.9/ 3) was only 63 percent and the ongoing steep demographic erosion means ordering nine additional episodes was a foolish move. And there you have it…the Thursday overnights.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights
Go POI.
ReplyDeleteI hope this guy is right about scandal! hopefully it got higher than last week or at least even
ReplyDeletenot like CW had much of a choice, they either had to give Beauty a back 9 or have 4 mid time slots open at mid season with only 2 replacement shows to fill them.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how you keep talking crap about Glee's "shelf life" when it's been said they're pretty safe for another season. Personal opinion over fact?
ReplyDeletePlease read the BIG RED TEXT
ReplyDeleteits safe for another season when you look at the relative ratings, FOX is doing badly across the board, Glee just happens to be going better than mostly everything else they have.
ReplyDeleteShelf life wise Glee is down massively, it seems to have lost its appeal to a lot of viewers this seasons. For me personally I dont like the mix of the old characters floating around and the new high scholl kids I dont care about.
I'm glad for that, Beauty and the Beast is actually picking up now.
ReplyDeleteSeries high for Scandal ! 7,39m viewers & 2.6A18-49
ReplyDeleteis that true? where did you see that? i would be crazy if that was true
ReplyDeleteYes, it is. You'll see. ;)
ReplyDeleteI am very happy about this, but I am affraid because ABC was preempted, still I think even a 2.3 will be good.
ReplyDeleteYou might have to start using all caps! lol
ReplyDeleteWoohoo Scandal!!
ReplyDeleteAh LOL.
ReplyDeleteMaybe a bit of audio embedded in the page that SHOUTS OUT VERY LOUDLY to people lol
Do you happen to have the half hours?
ReplyDeletePerson of Interest rocks even harder than ever !!!
ReplyDelete10:00 P.M. : 7,61m - 2.6A18-49
ReplyDelete10:30 P.M. : 7,16m - 2.5A18-49
Scandal scored series highs among total viewers, all key Adult (AD18-34/AD18-49/AD25-54) and Women demographics (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54).
Yay for Scandal and POI!
ReplyDeletepoi is just getting better and better:)) and rip 30 rock
ReplyDeleteBeauty and the flop is flopping hard, ouch!
ReplyDeletesomeone has to question how the CW chooses which scripts to put to development then to pilot and to series, seems like someone at the CW has been smokin something stupid. Its been nothing but failure after failure for seasons now (with the exception of TVD and Arrow)
ReplyDeleteABC and CBS preempted
ReplyDeleteits also losing demo and viewers
ReplyDeleteThanks. Hopefully this holds in the finals. The half-hours look promising
ReplyDeleteAll the CW shows went down this week, (except supernatural) so, give it a break...
ReplyDeleteYou should update this. In the final ratings, POI fell 3/10 in the demo and is at 2.9. Greys beat it in the demo.
ReplyDeletelucinders These tables are the Overnight Ratings, always have, always will be.
ReplyDeleteYou can see the Final Adjusted numbers in our Ratings Database
http://www.stvplus.com
Yay for POI.
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