This table shows the early overnight ratings. These ratings are normally adjusted later in the day when all the ratings have been consolidated to take into account any local preemptions and/or overruns. You can find all the final adjusted numbers in our Ratings Database. (See the About section below for details about ratings)
The analysis below is based on the early household numbers and are NOT the same as the numbers that will be posted in the above table later. (See the About section below)
For more information on the Nielsen Ratings see this Wikipedia Entry.
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Metered Market Tuesday Ratings
Two Annual Specials Leads CBS to Victory
Tuesday 12/09/14
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 6.1/10
NBC 4.5/ 7
ABC 3.3/ 5
Fox 2.8/ 4
CW 2.4/ 4
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 12/10/13:
CW: +300, ABC: + 6, Fox: -12, NBC: -24, CBS: -34
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Note: The following labels are based on the household overnights and are subject to change given the availability of other pending data streams. These overnights are your first look at the ratings and a precursor to what could lie ahead. And we take into account other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence.
-Winners:
‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” R (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “The Flash” (CW), “NCIS” R (CBS), “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Marry Me” (NBC), “New Girl” (Fox), “About a Boy” (NBC), “The Mindy Project” (Fox), NBC News: “Angelina Jolie: Unbroken” (NBC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Note: The 10 p.m. hour last night featured the series-finale of drama “Sons of Anarchy” on FX.
CBS led the overnight Tuesday troops with its atypical line-up of annual animated holiday special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (#2: 5.9 rating/9 share), a 9 p.m. encore telecast of “NCIS” (#1: 6.5/10), and annual “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” (#1: 5.8/10). Comparably, beloved “Rudolph” tied its year-ago telecast in the hour (on 11/26/13), and that translated into 11.30 million viewers and a 3.0 rating/9 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live Plus Same Day data (which should be enough to beat NBC’s competing “The Voice” in the demo). “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” was also on par from one year earlier (on 12/10/13), and that 5.8 in the overnights translated into 9.72 million viewers and a 3.4/10 in the demo.
Over at NBC, “The Voice” was solid (and dominant) at a 7.3/11 in the household overnights at 8 p.m. But 9-10 p.m. Peacock net comedies “Marry Me” (#3: 3.3/ 5) and sophomore “About a Boy” (#3: 2.7/ 4) continued to squander the lead-in support. And a 10 p.m. NBC News special, “Angelina Jolie: Unbroken,” scored an unimpressive (and last place) 3.3/ 6.
Most improved for the night remained The CW care of bona fide freshman hit “The Flash” (#4: 3.1/ 5 at 8 p.m.), which managed to increase by one-tenth of a rating point (or three percent) from the cross-over with “Arrow” last week, and veteran “Supernatural” (#5: 1.7/ 3 at 9 p.m.).
Elsewhere, an encore of ABC animated special “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” (#5: 2.8/ 4 at 8 p.m.) led into a second-place 3.5/ 5 for “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” at 9 p.m., which should be enough to get some traction in the key young adult demos. But a 3.7/ 6 (#2) for freshman drama “Forever” at 10 p.m., which is a slight improvement, will only likely translate into a 1.2 (or a 1.3) rating among adults 18-49.
Fox, meanwhile, has wisely plugged up the troubled Tuesday 8 p.m. hour with young adult demo friendly “MasterChef Junior” (#3: 3.5/ 5). But the 9-10 p.m. comedy pairing of “New Girl” (#4: 2.4/ 4) and “The Mindy Project” (#4: 1.9/ 3) just do not resonate. A fourth season of “The Mindy Project,” however, is likely because of the need for more episodes in off-network.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
Two Annual Specials Leads CBS to Victory
Tuesday 12/09/14
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 6.1/10
NBC 4.5/ 7
ABC 3.3/ 5
Fox 2.8/ 4
CW 2.4/ 4
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 12/10/13:
CW: +300, ABC: + 6, Fox: -12, NBC: -24, CBS: -34
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Note: The following labels are based on the household overnights and are subject to change given the availability of other pending data streams. These overnights are your first look at the ratings and a precursor to what could lie ahead. And we take into account other benchmarks including the expected demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence.
-Winners:
‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” R (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “The Flash” (CW), “NCIS” R (CBS), “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” (CBS)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Marry Me” (NBC), “New Girl” (Fox), “About a Boy” (NBC), “The Mindy Project” (Fox), NBC News: “Angelina Jolie: Unbroken” (NBC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
Note: The 10 p.m. hour last night featured the series-finale of drama “Sons of Anarchy” on FX.
CBS led the overnight Tuesday troops with its atypical line-up of annual animated holiday special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (#2: 5.9 rating/9 share), a 9 p.m. encore telecast of “NCIS” (#1: 6.5/10), and annual “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” (#1: 5.8/10). Comparably, beloved “Rudolph” tied its year-ago telecast in the hour (on 11/26/13), and that translated into 11.30 million viewers and a 3.0 rating/9 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live Plus Same Day data (which should be enough to beat NBC’s competing “The Voice” in the demo). “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” was also on par from one year earlier (on 12/10/13), and that 5.8 in the overnights translated into 9.72 million viewers and a 3.4/10 in the demo.
Over at NBC, “The Voice” was solid (and dominant) at a 7.3/11 in the household overnights at 8 p.m. But 9-10 p.m. Peacock net comedies “Marry Me” (#3: 3.3/ 5) and sophomore “About a Boy” (#3: 2.7/ 4) continued to squander the lead-in support. And a 10 p.m. NBC News special, “Angelina Jolie: Unbroken,” scored an unimpressive (and last place) 3.3/ 6.
Most improved for the night remained The CW care of bona fide freshman hit “The Flash” (#4: 3.1/ 5 at 8 p.m.), which managed to increase by one-tenth of a rating point (or three percent) from the cross-over with “Arrow” last week, and veteran “Supernatural” (#5: 1.7/ 3 at 9 p.m.).
Elsewhere, an encore of ABC animated special “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” (#5: 2.8/ 4 at 8 p.m.) led into a second-place 3.5/ 5 for “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” at 9 p.m., which should be enough to get some traction in the key young adult demos. But a 3.7/ 6 (#2) for freshman drama “Forever” at 10 p.m., which is a slight improvement, will only likely translate into a 1.2 (or a 1.3) rating among adults 18-49.
Fox, meanwhile, has wisely plugged up the troubled Tuesday 8 p.m. hour with young adult demo friendly “MasterChef Junior” (#3: 3.5/ 5). But the 9-10 p.m. comedy pairing of “New Girl” (#4: 2.4/ 4) and “The Mindy Project” (#4: 1.9/ 3) just do not resonate. A fourth season of “The Mindy Project,” however, is likely because of the need for more episodes in off-network.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
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Each day (except Sunday) during the main TV Season we post the TV Ratings for the previous nights primetime shows for the major broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, NBC). Cable Network ratings will be added to the Ratings Database.
The first item that gets posted (normally around 2pm GMT) is the early overnight analysis based on the early household numbers (these are not the same as the Total Viewers and 18-49 Demo numbers that are posted later).
Next, if available, we will post the Top 25 Market 18-49 Ratings to give you a rough idea of the ratings to following.
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