Today's Early Overnight Ratings
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Early Ratings Analysis
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SUNDAY 5/05/13 Metered Markets
Clean Overnight Sweep for CBS
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 6.4/11
ABC 3.9/ 7
Fox 3.6/ 6
NBC 2.8/ 5
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 5/07/12:
Fox: +44, CBS: + 3, ABC: -25, NBC: -35
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-Winners:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “The Amazing Race” (CBS), “The Mentalist” (CBS)
-Down Considerably:
“Once Upon a Time” (ABC), “Revenge” (ABC). “Celebrity Apprentice” (NBC)
-Losers (Excluding Repeats):
“Red Widow” (ABC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy Sunday overnight victory for CBS, which populated the evening with granddaddy “60 Minutes” (#1 for the night: 8.0 rating/14 share at 7 p.m.), the two-hour season-finale of “The Amazing Race” (5.9/ 9 from 8-10 p.m.) and the season-finale of “The Mentalist” (6.0/10 at 10 p.m.), which did not benefit by moving to Sunday this season. CBS ranked first in each of the eight half-hours and “The Amazing Race” finished only three percent below its year-ago season-ender (6.1/10 on 5/06/12). “The Mentalist,” meanwhile, built by a hefty 43 percent from failed year-ago occupant “NYC 22” (4.2/ 7). But it may not be enough to win the time period among adults 18-49 opposite deteriorating “Celebrity Apprentice” on NBC.
“Celebrity Apprentice” on NBC scored a 3.5/ 6 in the overnights from 9-11 p.m., which was a considerable 27 percent below the 4.8/ 8 on the year-ago evening. SPOLIER ALERT: If you do not want to know who was fired last night, then skip the rest of the paragraph. But the departure of Marilu Henner in place of grumpy Trace Adkins last night only proved that not all reality is real. Based on his attitude and lack of cooperation, the country music artist should have been sent packing.
Earlier in the evening on NBC was a repeat of singing competition “The Voice” at a 2.1/ 4 from 7-9 p.m.
Over at ABC, veteran “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (which will outlive us all) opened with a 3.8/ 7 in the overnights at 7 p.m., which was only seven percent below the 4.1/ 7 one year earlier. But the 8-10 p.m. airings of “Once Upon a Time” (#3: 4/8/ 8) and “Revenge” (#2: 4.5/ 7) remained down by double-digit percentages year-to-year. And a 2.6/ 5 (#3) for the season-finale of freshman “Red Widow” at 10 p.m. means there is no way there will be a second season. One year earlier, failed drama “GBC” was 58 percent higher at a 4.1/ 7.
Individual program results for Fox’s animated combination of a repeat of “The Simpsons,” “The Cleveland Show,” the regularly scheduled installment of “The Simpsons,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “”Family Guy” and “American Dad” are excluded due to a potential late start.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Source: Marc Berman@tvmediainsights
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Not surprised about Once,instead of having a direction its just all over the place.
ReplyDeleteIf OUAT is "down considerably" and last week they had a series low at 2.0, how is it going to be this week? A 1.8? 1.7? Less? Where is this going? And just as last week's, yesterday's episode was also excellent. The ratings are in no way reflecting the quality right now.
ReplyDeleteDown from last year, not last week..
ReplyDeleteIt had 4.7 last week and 4.8 this week, but that does not say much on the demo ratings.
Actually, I think it means that it's down from last year
ReplyDeleteWell, it's in no danger of cancellation at this point, anyhow. Given that it's still considerably popular and will probably get a spin-off soon, I think a Season 3 renewal is in the bag. My main concern is for its future after Season 3. The show has improved quite a bit over the past few weeks, but it's going to need to halt its downward ratings trend completely and regain some ground in order to get a fourth season. I really hope the game-changer at the end of the finale pays off.
ReplyDeleteWord. Wish it would be different but they did this to themselves.
ReplyDeleteIt's absolutely reflective of the quality right now, last week's episode was an abomination. The worst one yet. Haven't seen last night's though, I'm actually dreading it.
ReplyDeleteWell downvote me all you want, Once's writers got themselves to thank for the drop in ratings.
ReplyDeleteWhether or not the show is bad or good is up to the viewer not you.
ReplyDeleteSad for OUAT and Revenge considering the finally got too speed with things. I think The double ep Revenge finale is to test if Revenge can handle the 10pm timeslot and move maybe SHIELD to the 9pm slot which will help both OUAT and Revenge but thats just me.
ReplyDeleteI sense adjustments for FOX in the future.
ReplyDeleteRight? This season has been TERRIBLE. The last three episodes have just been so bad.
ReplyDeleteYou mean like how the show has dropped millions of viewers this year? Yeah.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say it's ''just'' the past three episodes, but I agree they're worse than the rest.
ReplyDeleteI have nothing to add to that.
ReplyDeleteWell, yeah, the whole thing has been a mess but the nonsense of the last few has been terrible. Like, how did the last episode make any sense at all except that they were trying to set up something for the finale?
ReplyDeleteYeah, true. They seem to want to tell a certain story with the finale and obviously didn't care how they got there, there was very little enjoyable about the last episode.
ReplyDeleteI personally loved last week's episode, and I think there were many issues in the first season too. I'm going to see last night's episode tonight and I hope I like it too.
ReplyDeleteThe idea behind it was interesting and the acting and emotional depth was great but it came far too late in the season. It would have been much better served earlier, when it didn't need such out of character actions in order to move the plot forward.
ReplyDeleteOnce put UP not down to a 2.2 demo.
ReplyDeletePretty much. Honestly, this episode should have been in place of In the Name of the Brother or Tiny, putting the emotions from The Cricket Game flashbacks close together without needing to hammer home how the Snow/Regina interactions mirror each other in back to back episodes. It also would have fit with Regina being in a vindictive mode about Emma kidnapping Henry and the Charmings denying her motherhood; then it would have been about, say, Cora and Regina killing Rumple, taking Henry and destroying Storybrooke for the Enchanted Forest.
ReplyDeleteThe 'trigger' still exists, it's in the back of the viewers' consciousness but perhaps taken away from Regina as a gesture of 'good will' to Henry or something. The core conflicts would still exist, it wouldn't have taken people too far out of their characterizations (Regina's has been terribly back and forth), etc.
Its been bad and i think everyone knows it unless their are people wearing rose colored glasses.
ReplyDeleteYay for the Amazing Race!
ReplyDeleteI haven't either,and to be honest i'm not looking forward to it..
ReplyDeleteConsidering Once is the show that, last week, had a character tell her adopted son that she is good and can be a "hero" right before she stated she'll commit mass murder by destroying the entire town they live in... I'm frankly stunned its ratings are as high as they are. (Go on, downvote me to oblivion.)
ReplyDeleteOnce Upon A Time was AMAIZING LAST NIGHT!!! Loved It!
ReplyDeleteHave I missed you not liking Once? Can't remember if you have said anything about it before? :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, that would've been infinitely better. But that's assuming the writers plan that far ahead, which they obviously don't.
ReplyDeleteYou must of missed it my friend,for i have done my fair share of bitching about the show. :)
ReplyDeleteAlright, I'm going to go back to old articles see if I can find it. :) Always curious to know what you think!
ReplyDeleteSorry I missed it, too much on my mind lately. ;)