Ratings News - 9th January 2015

Today's Early Overnight Ratings

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.

Metered Market Thursday Ratings
“American Idol” Down but Still Dominant

Thursday 1/08/15
Metered Market Results

Household
Rating/Share
Fox 7.7/12
CBS 6.7/10
NBC 2.8/ 4
ABC 2.2/ 4
CW 1.1/ 2

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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Thursday 1/09/15:
Fox: +381, CW: +57, NBC: +17, CBS: -13, ABC: -24
(Note: “American Idol” did not air on Fox on the year-ago evening.

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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.

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-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “American Idol” (Fox), “Mom” (CBS)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
“The taste” (ABC), “Bad Judge” (NBC), “A To Z” (NBC), Movie: “House at the End of the Street” (CW)

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Ratings Breakdown:
Two-hours of the new season of “American Idol” led Fox to victory, with an average 7.3 rating/11 share in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m., peaking at an 8.1/12 at 9:30 p.m. Comparably, “Idol” dominated from 8:30-10 p.m. (finishing second in the 8 p.m. half-hour behind the 11.1/17 for “The Big Bang Theory” on CBS), but it slipped by 12 percent from the 8.3/13 for the year-ago Thursday night opener (on 1/16/14).

Benefitting out of CBS’ aforementioned “The Big Bang Theory,” of course, was “Mom” at a 7.5/11 (#2) at 8:30 p.m., which held 68 percent of the “Big Bang” lead-in. Next was soon-to-conclude “Two and a Half Men” at a 6.2/10 at 9:30 p.m. (#2), followed by freshman “The McCarthys” at a 4.9/ 8 (#2) at 9:30 p.m. As a reminder, the upcoming reboot of “The Odd Couple” moves into the Thursday 8:30 p.m. half-hour on Feb. 26, with current occupant “Mom” shifting to 9:30 p.m. out of repeat telecasts of “The Big Bang Theory.”

The Eye net capped off the evening with older-skewing mystery drama “Elementary” at a first-place 5.4/ 9 from 9-10 p.m.

Over at ABC, two more hours of cooking competition “The Taste” was half-baked, at a 2.4/ 4 in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m. And that led into a repeat of “How To Get Away With Murder” at a third-place 1.8/ 3 at 10 p.m.

Elsewhere, NBC could not compete with its line-up of “The Biggest Loser” (#3: 3.2/ 5), canceled sitcoms “Bad Judge” (#4: 2.1/ 4) and “A To Z” (#4: 1.6/ 2), which earned their walking papers, and “Parenthood” (#2: 3.4/ 6), which built by a hefty 112 percent in the overnights out of “A To Z.” Only three original episodes of “Parenthood” remain.

The CW populated the evening with 2012 movie “House at the End of the Street,” which scored a 1.1/ 2 from 8-10 p.m.

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Source:

Marc Berman@tvmediainsights

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