Today's Early Overnight Ratings
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Metered Market Thursday Ratings
Easy Victory for CBS; Struggling NBC
Thursday 3/14/13
Metered Market Results
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 8.9/15
Fox 5.8/ 9
ABC 4.2/ 7
NBC 2.3/ 4
CW 1.4/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 3/16/12:
CBS: +162, CW: -22, Fox: -26, NBC: -30, ABC: -38
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-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory (CBS), , “Two and a Half Men (CBS), “American Idol” (Fox), “Person of Interest” (CBS), “Elementary” (CBS)
-Honorable Mention:
“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Community” (NBC), “Parks and Recreation” (NBC), “The Office” (NBC), “1600 Penn” (NBC), “Beauty and the Beast” (CW)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy Thursday overnight victory for CBS, which topped the night, of course, with red-hot “The Big Bang Theory” at an 11.0 rating/18 share at 8 p.m. Next was veteran “Two and a Half Men” at an 8.4/14 at 8:30 p.m. (tied with the 8:30 p.m. portion of “American Idol” on Fox), followed by sophomore “Person of Interest” (#1: 9.5/15) and freshman “Elementary” (#1: 7.6/13) from 9-11 p.m. Keep in mind that the stellar overall growth of 162 percent was a reflection of First Round – Day 1 of 2012 NCAA Basketball airing on the year-ago evening.
“Elementary”, which held an improved 79 percent of the 9:30 p.m. portion of “Person of Interest” (9.6/15) benefited opposite a repeat of “Scandal” on ABC (#2: 3.2/ 6).
“American Idol” on Fox, which featured the surprise departure of Curtis Finch Jr., finished second overall from 8-9 p.m., with a 7.9/13 in the overnights. And facing “The Big Bang Theory” on CBS means that “Idol” will also finish second in adults 18-49 (among other demos). Year-to-year, “American Idol” dipped by 25 percent (versus a 10.5/17 on 3/15/12).
Third-place ABC had only one original last night, “Grey’s Anatomy,” and it averaged a second-place 6.3/10 from 9-10 p.m. sandwiched between encores of “Shark Tank” (#3: 3.3/ 6 at 8 p.m.) and aforementioned “Scandal” (#2: 3.2/ 6 at 10 p.m.). Year-to-year, aging “Grey’s Anatomy” dipped by 15 percent (versus a 7.4/12 on 3/15/12).
It was dismal Thursday business as usual on NBC, meanwhile, care of its combination of “Community” and “Parks and Recreation,” which each finished fourth with a 2.1/ 3, soon-to-conclude “The Office” (#4: 2.6/ 4), recent entry “1600 Penn” (#4: 1.6/ 3), and a repeat of “Law & Order: SVU” (#3: 2.7/ 5). Thankfully, NBC passed on the proposed “The Office” spin-off (“The Farm”) with Rainn Wilson.
The CW capped off the evening in primetime with a below-average 1.8/ 3 in the overnights for “The Vampire Diaries” at 8 p.m., followed by struggling “Beauty and the Beast” at a 1.1/ 2 at 9 p.m. Of the current on the fence CW series, “Beauty and the Beast” is the least likely to return next season.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Source: Marc Berman@tvmediainsights
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Looks like BATB did pretty bad.
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean that Person of Interest beat Grey's Anatomy last night? Not that I have anything against the latter, just love whenever POI wins the 9:00 PM slot.
ReplyDeleteAt least Berman is spot on about one struggling show.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how Glee did since it wasn't mentioned at all.
ReplyDeleteno really those are the same ratings as last episode after the mid day adjustment, so they might adjust up in my opinion last night was crazy in Twitter and getglue even TVD is too low anyways is the opinion of TVbythenumbers they are skeptical about BATB so who cares?! :)
ReplyDeletethe "same ratings" before were also awful considering its lead in.
ReplyDeleteYes,POT had 9.5 and Grey's only came in with a second place 6.3
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone think both elementary and POI could show overall benefit for CBS if they eye swapped?
ReplyDeleteWere
ReplyDeleteSo tired of the lead in crap. TVD has failed several times at being a stable lead in for several shows in that time slot. Nothing has been able to retain close to TVD numbers. I think the CW is realizing this. If they pick up The Originals, we can all assume this will fill that spot next year. If nothing else works why not put more Vampires? Watching one show does not influence me to stick around and watch another. Not in this day and age when there are so many shows and programming options available. I just don't see how the lead in theory is plausible these days.
ReplyDelete“Beauty and the Beast” is the least likely to return next season?! And TCD is going to be renewed?! not possible.
ReplyDeleteThe CW cancelled TSC last year because of the specific reason that it couldn't keep its audience from its lead in. BATB is doing worse than TSC did this time last year, therefore, there's no reason why it should be renewed.
ReplyDeleteI would rather have BATB over TCD renewed.
ReplyDeleteThe HH rating is useless, u should look at 18-49 rating, otherwise if u look at total viewers POI has already beaten Grey's a thousand times.
ReplyDeleteYes, but it's the 18-49 demo that REALLY counts as 'beating' or 'losing' to another show. We'll see once they're released. My guess is that POI will win in that too.
ReplyDeleteBATB is an amazing show! If you haven't watched, you should try it. You will find a great blend of drama, action, suspense, humour and romance. The story between Vincent and Cat will captivate you and the chemistry between the two on screen will amaze you.
ReplyDeleteConsidering that TCD is struggling in 0.4s in its' 1st season, that's doing much worse. BatB isn't safe, it's pretty much on the fence and could go either way. As for Marc Berman, this is the same guy that kept shading Supernatural, so i would take his comments at face value and only look for the numbers.
ReplyDeleteWow, Glee really dropped.
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. TSC did .4 and an average of 1-1.2 mil this time last year BatB is scoring .6 1.3-1.6 Mil so it's obviously doing better than TSC
ReplyDeleteIt's because Grey's anatomy was on hiatus last week ( and also because the 4x15 was a better episode lol )
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely right! The CW did cancel TSC because of the poor retention from TVD. However, there were so many other reasons why TSC got the axe. CW poured so much in to TSC trying to make it the next big hit. They were expecting numbers to be level with TVD. At the end of the day the show wasn't worth the money to keep producing. We don't know all the logistics. The CW is so unpredictable these days, but to compare TSC and BATB is like comparing Apples to Oranges..
ReplyDeleteSC didn't get 0.4s. It only got 0.5-0.6 in April and May so BATB is doing worse with now four 0.5s already.The low retention out of VD was only one of a few reason SCwas cancelled,including not selling well internationally, not doing well online.
ReplyDeleteum, no. TSC was getting constant 0.7's this time last year. 2 tenths higher than what BATB is currently getting.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the ratings for PoI are back on the rise. I got a little concerned after last week's article about how the ratings were dropping each week.
ReplyDeletePretty every show took a hit this week. Could it be because of the Daylight savings time?
ReplyDeleteYou could have just edited you original comment, you know.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7YRRLH8
ReplyDeleteTake a survey and what NBC sitcom should stay and what should get cancelled.
Community, that's not even a question.
ReplyDeletePoor Community, I understand the show isn't exactly the same but it's still got the best cast on TV and good writing. It may have slumped to 2nd best comedy though behind Parks & Rec. Still, watch it! Watch both!
ReplyDeleteI agree. Plus it deserves to be renewed for not just its loyal fanbase (despite S4 is not even as good as 1-3) but rumor has it (I hope this is not true) that S4 ends with a cliffhanger. :(
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/30/community-cliffhanger-chevy-chase-season-4_n_2217869.html
Thanks, hadn't seen that article yet. Last I heard they were wrapping it up as a viable series finale if they weren't renewed, much like Season 3's finale could have worked that way.
ReplyDeleteYou all seem to be talking about ratings in the USA like this is the ONLY reason a show will be renewed. BATB has been sold to TV networks around the WORLD so is making the all important $$$ for the network (i.e here in the UK, they have agreed to buy 3 seasons if it is renewed) this will surely have to be a massive factor for them to consider, so long as the network is making money (either from selling the rights internationally or from advertising during the show) that's what really counts...isn't it??
ReplyDeleteExactly, people are so obsessed about the ratings, here tv here is not what it used to be before, especially after the invention or the remote, internet and the dvr people are not gonna watch live tv and stop doing what they are doing except all the nielsen box owners (mostly people watching main networks abc, nbc, fox & cbs) cw viewers are more up to date and the cw weight in a lot of factors to renew a show fandom, internet sales & fandoms is a lot of to weight in, it might not saved BATB if it was competing to hight ratings shows in the network but those are renewed already its doing pretty estable compared to the other bubble shows if you take in consideration all the factors Ijust pointed above. Even Nielsen will change their ratings system and incorporate internet viewing next fall. AND STOP comparing TSC ratings to BATB this year all of the CW shows are not doing the same as last year especially the bubble ones....goshhhhh!
ReplyDeleteBut TSC made a drastic ratings drop with succeeding eps in March from 1.7 mil t0 1.3 then remained there only ending with 1.2 mil. It's viewership was always downward and though sometimes stable, it just made too huge of a drop.
ReplyDeleteLearned something from you, thanks Shatteredone!
ReplyDeleteIt beat Greys in the dmographic numbers and the overall numbers, Grey's usually beats POI in the demo. I hope POI is here to stay for awhile. It is on here in Australia, fast tracked as they call it, we see it maybe two weeks after a new epi goes to air in the US.
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