Ratings News - 13th October 2014

Today's Early Overnight Ratings

Top 25 Markets - 18-49
Thanks to Edward for the Top 25 Demo numbers

60 Minutes 1.4
Madam Secretary 1.6
The Good Wife 1.7
CSI 1.3
NBC NFL 8:pm Pre-show 4.9
NFL 7.3
AHV 1.1
Once Upon a Time 2.6
Resurrection 1.5
Revenge 1.4
Simpsons 3.0
B99 2.0
Family Guy (R) 1.5
Mulaney 0.9

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)

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Early Ratings Analysis

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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NOTE: The opinions expressed here are NOT those of SpoilerTV but of the Author of this Article, Marc Berman.

Sunday 10/12/14 Metered Markets
More Victory for Football-Ignited NBC

Household
Rating/Share
NBC 9.0/14
CBS 7.4/12
Fox 7.2/11
ABC 3.7/ 6

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 10/13/13:
CBS: +10, ABC: + 6, NBC: -13, Fox: -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. The overnights, of course, are your first look at what to potentially expect when the other results come in. And we always 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:
“Sunday Night Football” (NBC), “The OT” (Fox), “Once Upon a Time” (ABC), “The Simpsons” (Fox)

-Solid (and Older) Attraction in Total Viewers:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS), “The Good Wife” (CBS)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Mulaney” (Fox)

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-Note: The fifth season-premiere of “The Walking Dead” on AMC aired at 9 p.m. ET.

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-Ratings Breakdown:
The New York Giants at the Philadelphia Eagles on “Sunday Night Football” led NBC to another Sunday overnight victory, with an estimated 11.3 rating/18 share in households from 8:30-11:30 p.m. ET (peaking in the 9 p.m. half-hour at a 12.9/19). Comparably, this was five percent below the 12.8/20 for the Cincinnati Bengals at the New England Patriots one week earlier, which translated into 19.39 million viewers and an 7.4 rating/21 share among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data

Earlier in the evening on NBC was pre-game “Football Night in America” at a 1.4/ 2 at 7 p.m. (#4), a 3.3/ 5 at 7:30 p.m. (#4) and an 8.2/13 at 8 p.m. (#2). As a reminder, results for any live sporting event are always approximate.

Fox also received a boost care of football with a primetime overrun at an estimated 18.1/30 in the overnights in the 7 p.m. half-hour and a 15.1/25 into whatever potion it aired from 7:30-8 p.m. Post-game “The OT” scored a 9.9/16 in the 7:30 p.m. half-hour. The remainder of Fox’s line-up was also approximate due to football bleeding into primetime.

Next on Fox was granddaddy “The Simpsons” at a 4.7/ 7 (#3) at 8 p.m., which was 62 percent above the 2.9/ 4 one week earlier, followed by relocated “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” at a 2.9/ 4 at 8:30 p.m. (#4). Comparably, overnight retention for “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” out of “The Simpsons” was 62 percent. Had “Brooklyn Nine” still been on Tuesday, the early season ratings would, no doubt, have been considerably lower.

Next on Fox into an encore of “Family Guy” at a 2.3/ 3 (#4) at 9 p.m., which did not benefit week two of lead-out sitcom “Mulaney,” which slipped to a 1.5/ 2. Comparably, “Mulaney” decreased by 12 percent from its already anemic 1.7/ 3 from one week earlier (which translated into just 2.30 million viewers and a 1.0/ 3 among adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data.

Over at CBS, the Sunday night overnights remained positive care of “60 Minutes” (#2: 7.8/13), episode four of “Madam Secretary” (#1: 8.3/12), which was 46 percent above year-ago occupant “The Amazing Race” (5.7/ 9 on 10/13/13), critically acclaimed “The Good Wife” (#2: 7.7/11) and relocated “CSI” (#2: 5.9/10). Thanks to lead-in “Madam Secretary,” “The Good Wife” year-to-year increased by 22 percent (versus the 6.3/10 on 10/13/13). But the 50+ crowd heavily drives the skew of CBS on this evening, which — foolishly — is the audience that the broadcasters and the advertisers balk at.

In season-premiere news, season 25 of “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” featuring host Tom Bergeron in his final season, opened with a distant third-place 3.1/ 5 from 7-8 p.m. Comparably, that was seven percent above the 2.9/ 5 on the year-ago evening. Next was “Once Upon a Time” at a 4.6/ 7 at 8 p.m. (#4), which remains an adult 18-49 favorite, followed by sophomore “Resurrection” (#3: 3.6/ 5) and relocated “Revenge” (#3: 3.7/ 6), which built by 61 percent from failed drama “Betrayal” on the year-ago evening (2.3/ 4 on 10/13/13). Once week earlier, a 4.8/ 7 for “Once Upon a Time” in the overnights translated into a 3.3/ 9 among adults 18-49 (based on the Live + Same Day data).

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source:

Marc Berman@tvmediainsights

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