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)
NOTE: The opinions expressed here are NOT those of SpoilerTV but of the Author of this Article,
Marc Berman.
Metered Market Tuesday Ratings
Tuesday 9/29/15
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 8.2/14
NBC 7.2/12
ABC 3.4/ 6
Fox 3.2/ 5
CW 0.6/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 9/30/14:
Fox: +78, ABC: – 3, NBC: – 9, CBS and CW: -14 each
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-Winners:
“NCIS” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS)
-Honorable Mention:
“Limitless” (CBS)
-Respectable Sampling:
“Grandfathered” (Fox), “The Grinder” (Fox)
-Early Interest in Social Media:
“Scream Queens” (Fox)
-Considerable Slippage:
“The Muppets” (ABC)
-Losers:
“The iHeartRadio Music Festival” (CW), “Fresh Off the Boat” (ABC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS finished first in the Tuesday overnights, besting No. 2 NBC by 14 percent in households. But the home of “The Voice” will have no trouble winning the evening in adults 18-49 (and all the key young adult demos). “The Voice,” in fact, built by nine percent from one week earlier, with an 8.8 rating/14 share in households. And that gave week three of lead-out “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris” a minor boost as well, with a 4.0/ 7 at 10 p.m. up by five percent from the 3.8/ 7 in the overnights last week. Comparably, that resulted in 5.91 million viewers and a 2.1 rating/7 share for Neil Patrick Harris based on the Live + Same data (out of 12.35 million viewers and a 3.5/12 in the demo for “The Voice”).
“NCIS” on CBS topped the night in the overnights, as always, with a 10.4/17 at 8 p.m. And that led into an 8.0/13 (#2) for “NCIS: New Orleans” at 9 p.m., followed by week two of drama “Limitless” at a dominant 6.3/11 at 10 p.m. Comparably, “Limitless” dropped by only six percent from its 6.7/12 series-opener last week (which resulted in 9.86 million viewers and a 1.9/ 6 in adults 18-49, based on the Live Plus Same day data). Anticipate a respectable second-place time period finish in the demo for “Limitless.”
In series-premiere news, there was respectable sampling for Fox sitcoms “Grandfathered” (#4: 4.0/ 6) and “The Grinder” (#3: 3.8/ 6) in the 8 p.m. hour. The two, on average, were 22 percent above the series-debut of “Scream Queens” in the time period last week (3.2/ 5 on Sept/ 22). And the pair outdelivered year-ago colossal flip “Utopia” (1.7/ 3 on 9/30/14) by a considerable 129 percent. Let’s wait and see what the demos look like.
In week two (and episode three) news, Fox’s aforementioned “Scream Queens” dipped to a 2.5/ 4 in the household overnights at 9 p.m. (#4), which was one-tenth of a rating point (or four percent) below the 2.6/ 4 in the hour last week. While the two initial episodes of “Scream Queens” averaged a sluggish 4.04 million viewers and a 1.7/ 6 in adults 18-49 initially, ratings rose to 7.3 million viewers based on the Live + 3 Day data, and there was significant interest in social media. That said, “Scream Queens” is a prime example of how the definition of a “hit” or a “miss” has changed. Based on the initial Twitter usage, this was a winner.
Also in week two news was ABC sitcom “The Muppets,” which dipped by a significant 28 percent with a 4.2/ 7 in the overnights at 8 p.m. (versus a 5.8/10 one week earlier). Comparably, however, this was still 14 percent above short-lived “Selfie” last year (3.7/ 6 on 9/30/14), but a definite disappointment nonetheless. With weaker lead-in support, sophomore “Fresh Off the Boat” slipped to a 3.3/ 5 at 8:30 p.m., which trailed the debut of competing “The Grinder” on Fox by 13 percent. And it led into the third season premiere of “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” at a third-place 3.4/ 5 from 9-10 p.m., which could still ultimately crack a 2-rating in adults 18-49. Stay tuned.
An encore telecast of the pilot episode of Sunday drama “Quantico” capped off the night for ABC with a 3.1/ 6 in the overnights at 10 p.m.
Last, and very least was part one of the “The iHeartRadio Music Festival” at a non-competitive 0.6/ 1 from 8-10 p.m., which was one-tenth of a rating point (or 14 percent) from the 0.7/ 1 one year earlier.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
