Ratings News - 17th November 2014

Today's Early Overnight Ratings

Top 25 Markets - 18-49
Thanks to ED for the Top 25 numbers

NBC NFL 7.6
AHV 1.6
Once 2.4
Revenge 1.6
60 Minutes 1.9
Madam Secretary 1.7
Good Wife 1.5
CSI 1.2
Simpsons 3.0
Brooklyn 2.4
Family Guy 2.3
Bob's 1.5

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 11/16/14 Metered Markets

Household
Rating/Share
NBC 10.5/16
CBS 7.7/12
Fox 5.3/ 8
ABC 3.9/ 6

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 11/17/13:
ABC: + 8, CBS: + 7, NBC: -18, Fox: -33

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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 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. Keep in mind, as always, that results for any live sporting event are always approximate.

-Winners:
“Sunday Night Football” (NBC), “60 Minutes” (CBS), “Once Upon a Time” (ABC), “Madam Secretary” (CBS), “The Simpsons” (Fox)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
Nothing…each of the networks resonated at some point during the evening.

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Ratings Breakdown:
The New England Patriots at the Indianapolis Colts on “Sunday Night Football” kept NBC in the overnight winners circle with an estimated 13.3 rating/21 share in households from 9-11:30 p.m. ET. The peak half-hour was 9 p.m., which scored a 14.5/21, and this match-up was 27 percent above the 10.5/17 for Chicago at Green Bay one week earlier (which translated into 18.13 million viewers and as 6.5 rating/18 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 2.2/ 3 at 7 p.m. (#4), a 4.3/ 7 at 7:30 p.m. (#3) and an 8.6/13 in the 8 p.m. half-hour.

Over at older skewing CBS, the overnight results were at now typically positive total viewer results with its combination of “60 Minutes” (#2: 8.9/14), freshman drama “Madam Secretary” (#1: 8.8/13), critically acclaimed “The Good Wife” (#2: 7.4/11) and veteran “CSI” (#2: 5.8/10), which could be concluding this spring given that its current season episode order was reduced from 22 to 18. Year-ago Sunday 8 p.m. occupant “The Amazing Race,” which has lost steam anchoring Friday, brought in more young adult viewers. But, year-to-year, worthy “Madam Secretary” increased by 44 percent in the household overnights. In other words, even shows with a 50+ targeted base can be considered “winners.”

Elsewhere, Fox got a boost courtesy of a primetime football overrun, which scored a dominant 12.5/20 in the 7 p.m. half-hour into a 7.2/11 (#2) for post-game “The OT” at 7:30 p.m. Next on Fox was animated granddaddy “The Simpsons” at a 4.3/ 6 at 8 p.m., which should translate into the vicinity of a 3.0 rating among adults 18-49, followed by sophomore “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” at a 3.0/ 4 at 8:30 p.m., which is expected to lose about a full rating point in the demo.

In time period premiere news, Fox’s animated “Bob’s Burgers” moved into the 9:30 p.m. half-hour with a 2.0/ 3 (#4) in the overnights, which was 33 percent above the 1.5/ 2 for “Mulaney” one week earlier. And the overnight retention for “Bob’s Burgers” out of “Family Guy”(#4: 2.9/ 4) was an improved 69 percent (versus 52 percent for “Mulaney” last week). “Mulaney” moves into the Sunday 9:30 p.m. half-hour on Nov. 23.

On ABC, sophomore drama “Resurrection” was pre-empted by two hours of “Once Upon a Time,” which scored a 4.1/ 6 from 8-10 p.m. Comparably, the 9-10 p.m. portion of the fantasy drama (4.0/ 6) built from the 3.2/ 5 for “Resurrection” one week earlier by 25 percent (and the two-hours should translate into about a 2.5 rating in adults 18-49). Tired “Revenge,” meanwhile, was flat from last week at a 3.8/ 6 at 10 p.m. (#3), which was 52 percent above failed year-ago occupant “Betrayal” (2.5/ 4 on 11/17/13).

At 7 p.m. on ABC was veteran “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at a 3.8/ 6 (#3), which was on par with both the week-ago and year-ago telecasts.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source:

Marc Berman@tvmediainsights

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