Last Week's Final Adjusted Ratings
Early Ratings Analysis by Marc Berman (TVMediaInsights)
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)
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Metered Market Thursday Ratings
“The Big Bang Theory” Season-Ender Leads CBS to Victory
Thursday 5/07/15
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 5.7/10
ABC 5.3/ 9
NBC 3.6/ 7
Fox 3.1/ 5
CW 0.9/ 2
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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 4/24/14:
NBC: +57, ABC: +36, CBS: – 3, Fox: -11, CW: -25
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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 additional benchmarks including the expected Live + Same Day demographic ratings, potential DVR usage, the critical acclaim (or lack of) and the social media presence. Keep in mind that results for any sporting event are always approximate.
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-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Scandal” (ABC)
-Honorable Mention:
“The Blacklist” (NBC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The Vampire Diaries” (CW), “Reign” (CW), “American Crime” (ABC)
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Ratings Breakdown:
The season-finale of “The Big Bang Theory” led CBS to Thursday night victory, with a 9.8 rating/17 share in the household overnights in the 8 p.m. half-hour. But two original episodes of lead-out “The Odd Couple” dipped to a 5.5/ 9 at 8:30 p.m. (#2) and a third-place 4.7/ 8 in the 9 p.m. half-hour, which at this pivotal time may not be enough for a second season renewal.
Next on the Eye net was an encore telecast of “The Big Bang Theory” at a 4.4/ 7 (#3) at 9:30 p.m., followed by older-skewing “Elementary” at a first-place 4.9/ 9 from 10-11 p.m. While overnight dominance is certainly good, CBS can do better in this time period.
Second-place ABC was solid from 8-10 p.m. care of “Grey’s Anatomy” (#2: 6.4/11) and “Scandal” (#1: 6.1/10). But recent critically acclaimed entry “American Crime” continues to squander the lead-in support with a 3.4/ 6 at 10 p.m. (#2), which was 44 percent below “Scandal.”
Over at NBC, “The Blacklist” grew by nine percent from one week earlier with a second-place 5.1/ 8 in the overnights from 9-10 p.m. And the 4.7/ 6 one week earlier set a series record in terms of added time-shifting viewing in “Live + 3 Day” adult 18-49 rating nationally (growing by 99 percent from Live+Same Day to L+3: 1.25 to 2.49.
Next on NBC was “Dateline” at a 3.4/ 6 at 10 p.m. (#2), which tied aforementioned “American Crime” on ABC. And the network opened the evening with a repeat of “Law & Order: SVU” at a 2.5/ 4 (#4) at 8 p.m.
Elsewhere, two episodes of veteran Fox crime solver “Bones” averaged a ho-hum 3.1/ 5 in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m. And The CW could not compete with its deteriorating (and already renewed) combination of “The Vampire Diaries” (#5: 1.2/ 2) and “Reign” (#5: 0.7/ 1). Given the slippage this season for “The Vampire Diaries,” The CW would be wise to open Thursday next season with “Arrow” and “The Flash” spin-off “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow.”
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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